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LOL!!! Just watching the DVD right now, and saw myself in the crowd! At the end of the first song ("AWYWI"), there is a great pan of the audience where you can make out people's faces. Look very closely near the top at 5:27-5:30 and you will see one person clapping with his hands over his head, and his shirt is on FIRE -- sticks out like a sore thumb -- that's Rip Rokken with his magic shirt! And the head directly to my right is the Mrs., who was sitting down. Most of the time I clapped with my hands as high as possible hoping to be able to spot myself later on. Mission accomplished!!!



Might as well make this the official thread for people who spot themselves on the DVD, or recognize someone else who was there -- point yoselves out!

Rip Rokken wrote:LOL!!! Just watching the DVD right now, and saw myself in the crowd! At the end of the first song ("AWYWI"), there is a great pan of the audience where you can make out people's faces. Look very closely near the top at 5:27-5:30 and you will see one person clapping with his hands over his head, and his shirt is on FIRE -- sticks out like a sore thumb -- that's Rip Rokken with his magic shirt! And the head directly to my right is the Mrs., who was sitting down. Most of the time I clapped with my hands as high as possible hoping to be able to spot myself later on. Mission accomplished!!!



Might as well make this the official thread for people who spot themselves on the DVD, or recognize someone else who was there -- point yoselves out!

lol... I'll look for you! Just got mine. Congrats!!

I demand a screencap!

Just caught what appears to be WIX and Maui Tom at 14:30, right after "Lights" -- cool! I remember WIX's shirt, because we had dinner together that night.

wednesday's child wrote:I demand a screencap!

I'll see what I can do -- I'm watching it on my 62" TV right now, but will put it in my PC tomorrow and try to take a screencap. I'm back in the crowd, so I'm pretty blurry... just recognize the flash from my shirt and the way I was clapping, the Mrs. next to me, and the dude that was sitting behind us. And if I strain pretty hard, I could swear I can see Saint John to my right, turned around talking to someone. He had about 3 people crammed into his spot, though, so I'll be surprised if I see a good shot of him... LOL!!!

Me, my wife, and my best friend. 22 years earlier, when we were just teenagers, we saw Journey in San Diego, during the Raised On Radio Tour.

Anyways, I'll post a screen cap later.

Anyone ever notice the dude who flashes his man boobs to the camera in one of the sweeping overhead crowd shots on Vegas 2001?

Nice one Rip!

i'm gonna slip over to wal mart today and get this damn thing if it kills me.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Anyone ever notice the dude who flashes his man boobs to the camera in one of the sweeping overhead crowd shots on Vegas 2001?

Rip Rokken wrote:[ I'm back in the crowd, so it's not a good facial shot at all...

Saint John wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:[ I'm back in the crowd, so it's not a good facial shot at all...

Shame on you for even thinking that.

Saint John wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:[ I'm back in the crowd, so it's not a good facial shot at all...

Must have got him in the eye.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Anyone ever notice the dude who flashes his man boobs to the camera in one of the sweeping overhead crowd shots on Vegas 2001?

Of course... I usually pay attention to everything the guitar player does.

Saint John wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:[ I'm back in the crowd, so it's not a good facial shot at all...

LOL.... Oh, good grief....

I went back and changed it to make it Saint John proof. Saint John and Tito -- that sounds suspiciously like The Green Hornet and Kato!



Anyway, watched the whole DVD as closely as possible last night, and the shot of WIX and Maui Tom was the best I could find.

LOL!!!! Somehow I knew if we spotted anyone, it would be you

StevePerryHair wrote:LOL!!!! Somehow I knew if we spotted anyone, it would be you

You know, I forgot to mention that I thought I spotted you and Mel, and actually paused and rewound a few times to look. Still not sure, but possibly so! I forget exactly where it was. I just remember it must have been nearer the front, and I can't remember where you were sitting.

Rip Rokken wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:LOL!!!! Somehow I knew if we spotted anyone, it would be you

You know, I forgot to mention that I thought I spotted you and Mel, and actually paused and rewound a few times to look. Still not sure, but possibly so! I forget exactly where it was. I just remember it must have been nearer the front, and I can't remember where you were sitting.

We were in the front, but off to the left side. I hid behind Gayle whenever I saw a camera so I don't know if they captured me or not

StevePerryHair wrote:We were in the front, but off to the left side. I hid behind Gayle whenever I saw a camera so I don't know if they captured me or not

That may have been you! I know one thing -- there is some blonde wearing a gold shirt in the front row that got featured pretty well throughout the disc...

wednesday's child wrote:I demand a screencap!

I demand an autograph!

LOL! I knew if anyone of us would be seen on there it would be you!

Rip Rokken wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:LOL!!!! Somehow I knew if we spotted anyone, it would be you

You know, I forgot to mention that I thought I spotted you and Mel, and actually paused and rewound a few times to look. Still not sure, but possibly so! I forget exactly where it was. I just remember it must have been nearer the front, and I can't remember where you were sitting.

Oh goodness, will have to keep an eye out when I watch, after looking for you

hahaha, that's funny Rip. Awesome. Were you holding up a Dokken sign?

Rip Rokken wrote:

wednesday's child wrote:I demand a screencap!

I'll see what I can do -- I'm watching it on my 62" TV right now, but will put it in my PC tomorrow and try to take a screencap. I'm back in the crowd, so I'm pretty blurry... just recognize the flash from my shirt and the way I was clapping, the Mrs. next to me, and the dude that was sitting behind us. And if I strain pretty hard, I could swear I can see Saint John to my right, turned around talking to someone. He had about 3 people crammed into his spot, though, so I'll be surprised if I see a good shot of him... LOL!!!

Dan had his hat on right?

Rip Rokken wrote:

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Anyone ever notice the dude who flashes his man boobs to the camera in one of the sweeping overhead crowd shots on Vegas 2001?

Of course... I usually pay attention to everything the guitar player does.

I just saw this Missed it earlier while reading everything else too fast, lol.

So, Rip, is this your big screen debut?

brywool wrote:hahaha, that's funny Rip. Awesome. Were you holding up a Dokken sign?

No, but actually, they should have caught the part where I threw a fit and stormed out after finding that Journey wasn't opening for Dokken that night. All that wasted time and money!

conversationpc wrote:So, Rip, is this your big screen debut?

Other than the soft core remake of Blue Lagoon?

conversationpc wrote:

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Anyone ever notice the dude who flashes his man boobs to the camera in one of the sweeping overhead crowd shots on Vegas 2001?

Seriously.
I believe it's when the band comes back out for their encore of DSB. But It's been awhile since I've watched it.

conversationpc wrote:So, Rip, is this your big screen debut?

What this is, is the making of a classic Cain-penned Journey anthem about a boy from a small town who keeps on believin' and holding onto his dreams, takes a chance and buys a tacky $10 shirt at Puff's $12.00 Zoo (yes, it was even cheaper than $12... haha!), makes a pilgrimage to Las Vegas and ends up immortalized for eternity on a Journey DVD that is sold in every Wal Mart in existence... This is the pinnacle of redneck existence!

I froze the frame and showed the wife this morning, pointing out her little head -- she thought that was cool!