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well folks, i'm a bit sobered up now, for i have stopped indulging myself in the memory or mick jagger flailing about right above me...
well... ok once more...
*calapses in giggles of disbalief*
ok, so lilly's long and involved post has saved me some of the typing, but this will probably still be pretty long, i'll decide if it needs a cut later.
so yes, our inn was delightful and very cozy, especially with 5 people in the loft, and the locals were... friendly in the way that they waved but still glared. The highlight of our explorations was when trhis van drove by and the guy driving gave us a "rock on" type gesture, i guess we didn't really fit in with the townfolk... the ducks were pretty good too, swimming in their nice straight line until my brother and i start qucking at them! they were so confused! and lilly pretended not to know us even though the town is deserted...
I finaly played the game of life. Lilly and i accidently made a new way to play which i think is actually more realistic. Lilly was so lonely getting a family partait of just her... and i was a bit skankbag with a carful of kids with no father... then everyone else watched underworld and mainly because there was no where very comfortable left to sit... i took advantage of the giant bathtub with all its water jet thingies. Twas lovely, and very hot, and bubbly, and sudsy!
but now we come to the important part... the concert. oh my lord it was glorious. Fist this french band plays and they were good, i adore the lead singer fellow, he was so energetic! but we were mainly waiting for our lady peace who came on before maroon 5! that just makes me angry, i'm offended on behalf of olp, but they were brilliant, their new stuff is pretty much on par with everything they've done since spritual machines... meaning its ok, but they still have thewir classics which are so very amazing, i mean... 4 am, supermans dead... those early albums were so good. but yes, and now i must admit, i am one of those croud surfers that lilly complained of... its just so much fun! and i figure at 105lbs i'm not bothering people too much... i just get scared when i see some huge guy heading towards me and i know i could toally be crushed under his weight... so yes, people started croud surfing during olp, and looking around i just had the sudden urge to be the firt girl up there, its silly and i'm sure i wasn't really cuz i couldn't see the other side of the croud... oh well, it was fun...
and so i'm up there and the croud is taking me back... where people become sparser and there are places where no one is standing. one of which places i fall into from 6 feet in the air onto my back, and all i get is a little scatch on my elbow, i was hoping for something... a little more perminent to show off to my grandchildren or something "i got this at a stones concert when i was 17..."
but yes, after the olp we take a break during maroon 5, then come back for the hip during which we spnet the whole time trying to get closer. We made so many new friends during this time. I was working really hard on these 3 guys, one of which i have to buy a drink for at some point, but then i had to move away from him for someone next to me was smoking up and it has happened before that i've gotten high from standing next to someone doing it and... i really wanted my wits about me for this concert. So then i'm behind his friend randy who proved to be oh so fun and is on the his college basketball team with someone i grew up with! tis a small world people... and of course behind me there was lilly with pete and chad who were also delightful, and then roberto comes along and we give up on this spot saying goodbye to our new found friends we manage to get slightly closer and then are trapped by grumpy old people, except for one drunken guy who was so friendly and gave lilly a flashing heart pin for her hat, and me one shaped like a guitar saying it was the only guitar he had to his name... awww...
then i can hardly believe it! i see my brother! so we fight our way accross to him and his drunken french friend matt from which point i hold tight to micheal and lilly to me and we fight our way closer for micheal is very good at that kinda thing. we are so close now! and making more friends! like these two girls whose names i did not catch... but they were so excited to meet us. and some long haired fellow, also whose name i didn't get. Then we see chad our friend from earlier! it was beautiful. Then the hip end (no they did not play New Orleans is Sinking... they're too nice to say "i told you so") and we're waiting for the stones. the excitement is unbearable, we really close to the stage now... then i hear this tall guy say "i think i see the guitarist" which just made me angry. the guitarist??? if you can't say "keith" or "ronnie" then what are you doing up front??? but i didn't have much time to be angry because there they were.
keith with his bandana and adorable grin... mick jumping out in his tight little t-shirt bouncy and energetic as ever... ronnie also in a tight little striped shirt looking laid back as always but also with a big grin, he just seems like the sweetest guy... i can't get over it... then back on the drums there was charlie... darling charlie the the rolling stones' rock, always so calm just smiling and shaking his head loveling at his fellow band members... there was only about 3 people between me and the front of the stage and i was looking right up at mick jagger, my instinct was to get closer and even though i lost my great spot it was worth it. The security guard pulled me over the edge or the rail and then there was no one in between me and the rolling stones. It was as close as you could possibly get. then the security guards lead me out to the croud where i desperately try to get back to my spot. which is when i meet the nicest guy, i didn't even think of it at the time but he was just with me helping me get closer, we totally bonded but never said a word to eachother, then i lost him and was stuck, but i need to get back to my brother and lilly, i'm actually rather close now. So this guy helps me get up and i croud surf over. That actually sounds pretty stupid... but i was mezmerized and this whole time i couldn't take my eyes off the stage. This time when i'm up there i get flipped around which was actually kinda scary... but then i'm right back to my spot! i even kicked lilly's hat! but as that spot was so close to the front that pesky security guard grabs me! he put me down then kindly informs me that at some point in my jounry my fly has come undone... thank you mr.security guard. but once again, nothing in between me and the stones, mick is on the other side of the stage at the moment but i'm staring right up at ronnie which for me is just about equal for i really do love every single stone so much i can't decide on a favourite.
so i make my way out again, this time i don't try for my old spot, but i do find one thats just as good, maybe even better... i was further from the middle but right up again the bar. the vision of each mick, keith and ronnie standing directly above me is burned into my memory forever.
Its indescribable, if you can just imagine your favourite band since childhood, you adore them more than any other musician, only the chances of your dream to see them coming true are so slim you don't even want to think about it. Then there they are right in front of you... can you imagine? this was the most amazing experience of my life, and at this point i can't believe anything will ever trump it.
then there is the whole concrt atmosphere which i absolutely love. some people don't like concerts thats much, but i am not one of those people, in fact the complete opposite. yes you are standing for ages, your feet are killing you, your rubbing up again countless sweaty strangers and theres the constant worry you might be crushed, but i love it all. All of these people with one common bond, its the best way to meet people because you are so close physically but theres nothing you can do about it and from there its really hard for anything to be awkward.
i can't wait for the pearl jam concert... i'll probably get back stage too! yeeei
i'm just trying to figure out who will be opening for them...
wow, that was long, i understand if you didn't read read, i'm sure i'm not going to read it again.
now, on a different topic...
Fidel Castro has many doctors ready to be sent off to new orleans to help with the relief effort... and the american government has not responded to this offer.... what do you think will win? american pride or their need for medical care in a crisis?....
love always,
anna