11.18.04: Plain White T's/Mae/Simple Plan
I'm going to warn you right now: THIS. IS. FUCKING. LONG.
Wow.
Okay, let me first start off how the morning/early afternoon was. I was stressing way bad because well... I had no pants to wear. I was about to settle for my dark grey dickies... when hooray, the UPS guy came and I got my pinstripe pants. I must say though, they do make my ass look good. This paragraph was pointless, but shut up!
Anyways, my mommy called a cab for me and Becca and it came like 10 minutes later. We got in and I told the driver where to go. We got to the El Rey 10 minutes later and got out. It was about 2:30 and there were probably 10 people already there in line.
As soon as we got in line, I ran over to Rite Aid to grab some cameras. They had some problems so I had to use a damn credit card, which in turn wasted about 6 minutes of my time, and once it was all finished, I ran out the door and headed back to the venue.
I got back and Becca just looked at me. She told me I missed David, Chuck, and Pierre walking out of the building. Ohhhh wellllll.
So about an hourish later, a few more people got in line... no biggie. Then Mae's bus came along (blocking the sun, thank you Mae), and they unloaded their equipment.
Did I forget to mention the decoy bus? It was like a fucking billboard ad for Still Not Getting Any. It was like, "OMGOMGOMG IT'S SP'S BUS!!!!!1111" but no. Their bus was around the corner haha.
Anyways, Seb came walking back up the street and people mobbed him. It was amusing.
Then a while later, Jeff came walking up to the building, he was slightly mobbed. It was amusing, the chick behind us was all, "was that one of them?" and then she was all, "oh it's the bald one, it's the ugly one," and me and Becca cracked up. I enjoyed that chick.
Some more time passed and I caught a glimpse of a VERY hot guy with fucking SWEET hair allllll the way down and across the street. Ahem, it turned out to be David. Not my fucking fault! He has hot hair. Anyways, he was pacing back and forth on the phone, probably screaming obscenities in French. Eventually he got off the phone and crossed the street, meeting up with these two whore-looking chicks, the blonde one giving him the hoodie she was wearing. She may have been a size 2 but she still looked like a man so I AM NOT UPSET.
Needless to mention, he was mobbed hxc and a girl gave him a teddy bear... apparently meant to look just like him. Kind of creepy if you ask me.
A while later, Patrick walked around.. being very Patrick-like. You know, gross and annoying. He was on the phone... most likely talking to thin air.
Then Chuck came walking back to the venue with a couple dudes... cough cough.. his last name rhymes with 'homo' cough cough. He wasn't mobbed actually. Good times for him eh?
THEN Plain White T's came with their little equipment van... and they unloaded their stuff. Tom caught my eye, it was the hair. I can't help it, he's got nice hair!
ANYWAYS it was pretty fucking boring for the rest of the waiting-in-line part, except for the annoyingness of the 16 year olds breaking into song in front of us. They slaughtered "Welcome to my Life," "Untitled," "Addicted," and "One Day," which PISSED ME OFF DAMN IT! Anyways, they FINALLY let us in. Took them long enough. Jeez.
So we got our tickets scanned and torn, and we went basically running inside. We headed straight for the barriers, and grabbed ahold of it. Damn straight, you KNOW I had to be up against the barrier. I wouldn't settle for anything less. We were on the right side of the stage, or Seb's side in case you cared. Apparently though, in our hurried run to the barrier, we ran past Chuck who was just chilling talking to people. Then he walked over next to the stage and went backstage.
And then we waited.
And FINALLY! Plain White T's came on stage. I was excited. They opened up with "Stop," the title track on their 2002 full length cd. Their set was freaking amazing, they've got quite some energy. Tom was just spazzing out and swinging the mic and wrapping it around himself. They played quite a few new songs, which was cool... although I would have died if they did "What If," and "Fireworks." But no... at least they played "Your Fault," so I was happy. They closed with that song, and it was just damn amazing. I'd definitely love to see them again. On a side note, I'd also love to take Dave (I've officially named him "Quebec Boy" because well... he was wearing a shirt that said 'Quebec' on it. Mmmm baseball tee) home with me, thanks. Tim kept getting "ACTION!" screamed at him, and Tom was all, "Action Action?" and shrugged and looked at Mike, who went up to the mic and went, "you must be confused, we're not Action Action, we're Plain White T's!" and that was funny. Yes, yes it was.
Then Mae came on stage and set up their equipment. Now don't get me wrong, I don't hate Mae, I just hate their drummer and bassist. And the keyboardist. That dude was fucking creepy okay? And the bassist just STOOD there playing and bobbing his head. Wtf. And the drummer was giving me a headache, he was trying to kill me! But all in all, they weren't HORRIBLE, although Becca would say otherwise. They played "Runaway," which was okayyyy... and they closed with "Summertime." I adore that song. It was lovelyness. But I have to say it was kinda not-so-fun because they didn't interact with the crowd much! How boring is that?
Anyways, they cleared their own equipment off the stage and left the open space for SP's roadies to do their thing. Whateverrrrrrr. Boring boring time that was.
Then the annoying kids started chanting "SIM-PLE-PLAN!" and yeah. I wanted to stab them all. So fucking annoying, really. It's like GOD! We all KNOW who you're here to see! SHUT UP!
Speaking of "Shut Up," SP finally came on and opened with that song. The crowd didn't really go nuts. It was a refreshing change. Their fans aren't as fucked up as Good Charlotte's fans. It's a good thing.
A lot of the show is kind of a blur, I guess I was just so high on adrenaline that I don't readily remember it all. But I DO remember Jeff coming out in a fucking mullet wig. It was awesome. Oh, and the deliciousness of David tossing his pick into the air and catching it in his mouth. God fucking damn. That was hot.
Also, those boys were being so fucking slashy with eachother! During "Addicted," the "I'd run a thousand miles to get you" part, I didn't hear how Pierre changed the lyric because at that part, he reached out and put his hand on David's cheek, and David smiled and backed up the vocal with "...just to kiss you" as he looked into Pierre's eyes with a smile. I KNOW he said "kiss" because I read his lips. I didn't hear it, but oh yes I saw it.
They started up "Welcome to my Life" and right where the vocals are supposed to come in, Ashlee Simpson's song came on... the one she fucked up on SNL. It was fucking hilarious, and Chuck came out and apologized for it. I love those boys.
Anyways, they didn't play "One Day" which made me mega mega sad. Very sad. But they had a fucking hour and a half long set. I didn't mind TOO much.
By the way, Seb and David played "lets have our instruments have air sex right on stage" and yeah. It was hotness. S/D is nice. Mhm, mhm.
Then... oh my oh my. Then they played "I'm Just a Kid." It was awesome, but it got way awesomer (yes, awesomer is a word). Towards the end of the song, they brought out Tom from Plain White T's and he and David basically got busy on stage. Hot? Yeah. No shit right? coughshouldhavebeenquebecboycough. But it was great, they sang into the same mic and it was awesome! They hugged too, teehee. Makes me sad I was on the other side of the stage. Grrr. Oh well. I got barrier, so I don't fucking CARE.
Pierre is great, for real. He did his microwave dance. It was fucking hilarious. He ended it with some crotch-grabbing and kinda forward-hoppingness. I didn't get a picture of that, grrr. The 43 foot tall security dude was in my fucking way! His fro made him like 5 feet taller (thank you Becca for saying that and nearly killing me). David did some crotch grabbing too, and I didn't get a picture of that either. God I suck at life.
David made fun of Pierre and made everyone boo him, and then Pierre got all pissy and was all, "turn all the lights off," and then he said, "whatcha gonna do about it?" and I don't remember David's reply, but David said, "black is my favorite color, I wear a lot of black, but I'm really a pussy, inside I'm a pussy," and well I died. It was great. Then David was like, "Seb, please, make the lights come back on," heh. I love them so much.
But then. Oh yes. Then they played "I'd Do Anything." Tee-fucking-hee. I'm not so sure of what part of the song it was, but Pierre was behind David and David finished singing a part, and Pierre walked past him and touched his ass. NO ONE BUT ME SAW, I SWEAR TO GOD. I freaked out because well... it was fucking great slashy-momentness, so with my jaw dropped, I stared at Pierre, who made eye contact with me, and I tapped Becca's shoulder to ask if she saw the ass-touching, and I saw her jaw drop randomly and she freaked, and I was all "wtffffffffff?" and then she was just so incoherent. I didn't know why. Apparently... heeheehee, after I made eye contact with Pierre and tapped her shoulder, Pierre looked at her, smiled, and then winked at her, thus making her jaw drop. I didn't see it, since my head was turned towards her. It's funny, because I guess I made him think she wanted his ass, which in turn made him a wee bit excited. The point? Pierre <3 Becca, Becca <3 Pierre. :)
They did "Perfect," but not acoustic. Made me sad, but not as sad as I could have been. I would have burst into tears (like I did for "Welcome to my Life" because I'm a pussy) but no.
So all in all, the show was great.
We started heading for the merch table, but neither of us wanted to talk to Patrick, so we just basically left. We went to Ralphs to get something to drink, and then headed back to the venue. Not to mention I was harassed by people saying, "OH MY GOD I LOVE YOUR SHIRT, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE RULES!" and I was just all, "....thanks?" But yeah.
We waited a good hour and a half outside in the cold, only to hear from one of Verizon's people AND Tom from PWT's that SP left. :(
Although, I almost went and molested Quebec Boy, but EEEEURGH he's a smoker. Bad bad times. I don't care much, he's fucking cute! So damn cute.
We crossed the street, I called a cab, and we got home at 11:30. We developed the film, but I don't feel like sharing. So ha. Maybe Becca will share, but me? NOPE!
I'm so totally sure I'm missing some HUGE details, but as for now, that's all I've got. I've been typing this for so fucking long, and my hands are a wee bit numb. If I remember anything, you KNOW I'll say it later.
So yeah. It was fucking awesome.
Wow.
Okay, let me first start off how the morning/early afternoon was. I was stressing way bad because well... I had no pants to wear. I was about to settle for my dark grey dickies... when hooray, the UPS guy came and I got my pinstripe pants. I must say though, they do make my ass look good. This paragraph was pointless, but shut up!
Anyways, my mommy called a cab for me and Becca and it came like 10 minutes later. We got in and I told the driver where to go. We got to the El Rey 10 minutes later and got out. It was about 2:30 and there were probably 10 people already there in line.
As soon as we got in line, I ran over to Rite Aid to grab some cameras. They had some problems so I had to use a damn credit card, which in turn wasted about 6 minutes of my time, and once it was all finished, I ran out the door and headed back to the venue.
I got back and Becca just looked at me. She told me I missed David, Chuck, and Pierre walking out of the building. Ohhhh wellllll.
So about an hourish later, a few more people got in line... no biggie. Then Mae's bus came along (blocking the sun, thank you Mae), and they unloaded their equipment.
Did I forget to mention the decoy bus? It was like a fucking billboard ad for Still Not Getting Any. It was like, "OMGOMGOMG IT'S SP'S BUS!!!!!1111" but no. Their bus was around the corner haha.
Anyways, Seb came walking back up the street and people mobbed him. It was amusing.
Then a while later, Jeff came walking up to the building, he was slightly mobbed. It was amusing, the chick behind us was all, "was that one of them?" and then she was all, "oh it's the bald one, it's the ugly one," and me and Becca cracked up. I enjoyed that chick.
Some more time passed and I caught a glimpse of a VERY hot guy with fucking SWEET hair allllll the way down and across the street. Ahem, it turned out to be David. Not my fucking fault! He has hot hair. Anyways, he was pacing back and forth on the phone, probably screaming obscenities in French. Eventually he got off the phone and crossed the street, meeting up with these two whore-looking chicks, the blonde one giving him the hoodie she was wearing. She may have been a size 2 but she still looked like a man so I AM NOT UPSET.
Needless to mention, he was mobbed hxc and a girl gave him a teddy bear... apparently meant to look just like him. Kind of creepy if you ask me.
A while later, Patrick walked around.. being very Patrick-like. You know, gross and annoying. He was on the phone... most likely talking to thin air.
Then Chuck came walking back to the venue with a couple dudes... cough cough.. his last name rhymes with 'homo' cough cough. He wasn't mobbed actually. Good times for him eh?
THEN Plain White T's came with their little equipment van... and they unloaded their stuff. Tom caught my eye, it was the hair. I can't help it, he's got nice hair!
ANYWAYS it was pretty fucking boring for the rest of the waiting-in-line part, except for the annoyingness of the 16 year olds breaking into song in front of us. They slaughtered "Welcome to my Life," "Untitled," "Addicted," and "One Day," which PISSED ME OFF DAMN IT! Anyways, they FINALLY let us in. Took them long enough. Jeez.
So we got our tickets scanned and torn, and we went basically running inside. We headed straight for the barriers, and grabbed ahold of it. Damn straight, you KNOW I had to be up against the barrier. I wouldn't settle for anything less. We were on the right side of the stage, or Seb's side in case you cared. Apparently though, in our hurried run to the barrier, we ran past Chuck who was just chilling talking to people. Then he walked over next to the stage and went backstage.
And then we waited.
And FINALLY! Plain White T's came on stage. I was excited. They opened up with "Stop," the title track on their 2002 full length cd. Their set was freaking amazing, they've got quite some energy. Tom was just spazzing out and swinging the mic and wrapping it around himself. They played quite a few new songs, which was cool... although I would have died if they did "What If," and "Fireworks." But no... at least they played "Your Fault," so I was happy. They closed with that song, and it was just damn amazing. I'd definitely love to see them again. On a side note, I'd also love to take Dave (I've officially named him "Quebec Boy" because well... he was wearing a shirt that said 'Quebec' on it. Mmmm baseball tee) home with me, thanks. Tim kept getting "ACTION!" screamed at him, and Tom was all, "Action Action?" and shrugged and looked at Mike, who went up to the mic and went, "you must be confused, we're not Action Action, we're Plain White T's!" and that was funny. Yes, yes it was.
Then Mae came on stage and set up their equipment. Now don't get me wrong, I don't hate Mae, I just hate their drummer and bassist. And the keyboardist. That dude was fucking creepy okay? And the bassist just STOOD there playing and bobbing his head. Wtf. And the drummer was giving me a headache, he was trying to kill me! But all in all, they weren't HORRIBLE, although Becca would say otherwise. They played "Runaway," which was okayyyy... and they closed with "Summertime." I adore that song. It was lovelyness. But I have to say it was kinda not-so-fun because they didn't interact with the crowd much! How boring is that?
Anyways, they cleared their own equipment off the stage and left the open space for SP's roadies to do their thing. Whateverrrrrrr. Boring boring time that was.
Then the annoying kids started chanting "SIM-PLE-PLAN!" and yeah. I wanted to stab them all. So fucking annoying, really. It's like GOD! We all KNOW who you're here to see! SHUT UP!
Speaking of "Shut Up," SP finally came on and opened with that song. The crowd didn't really go nuts. It was a refreshing change. Their fans aren't as fucked up as Good Charlotte's fans. It's a good thing.
A lot of the show is kind of a blur, I guess I was just so high on adrenaline that I don't readily remember it all. But I DO remember Jeff coming out in a fucking mullet wig. It was awesome. Oh, and the deliciousness of David tossing his pick into the air and catching it in his mouth. God fucking damn. That was hot.
Also, those boys were being so fucking slashy with eachother! During "Addicted," the "I'd run a thousand miles to get you" part, I didn't hear how Pierre changed the lyric because at that part, he reached out and put his hand on David's cheek, and David smiled and backed up the vocal with "...just to kiss you" as he looked into Pierre's eyes with a smile. I KNOW he said "kiss" because I read his lips. I didn't hear it, but oh yes I saw it.
They started up "Welcome to my Life" and right where the vocals are supposed to come in, Ashlee Simpson's song came on... the one she fucked up on SNL. It was fucking hilarious, and Chuck came out and apologized for it. I love those boys.
Anyways, they didn't play "One Day" which made me mega mega sad. Very sad. But they had a fucking hour and a half long set. I didn't mind TOO much.
By the way, Seb and David played "lets have our instruments have air sex right on stage" and yeah. It was hotness. S/D is nice. Mhm, mhm.
Then... oh my oh my. Then they played "I'm Just a Kid." It was awesome, but it got way awesomer (yes, awesomer is a word). Towards the end of the song, they brought out Tom from Plain White T's and he and David basically got busy on stage. Hot? Yeah. No shit right? coughshouldhavebeenquebecboycough. But it was great, they sang into the same mic and it was awesome! They hugged too, teehee. Makes me sad I was on the other side of the stage. Grrr. Oh well. I got barrier, so I don't fucking CARE.
Pierre is great, for real. He did his microwave dance. It was fucking hilarious. He ended it with some crotch-grabbing and kinda forward-hoppingness. I didn't get a picture of that, grrr. The 43 foot tall security dude was in my fucking way! His fro made him like 5 feet taller (thank you Becca for saying that and nearly killing me). David did some crotch grabbing too, and I didn't get a picture of that either. God I suck at life.
David made fun of Pierre and made everyone boo him, and then Pierre got all pissy and was all, "turn all the lights off," and then he said, "whatcha gonna do about it?" and I don't remember David's reply, but David said, "black is my favorite color, I wear a lot of black, but I'm really a pussy, inside I'm a pussy," and well I died. It was great. Then David was like, "Seb, please, make the lights come back on," heh. I love them so much.
But then. Oh yes. Then they played "I'd Do Anything." Tee-fucking-hee. I'm not so sure of what part of the song it was, but Pierre was behind David and David finished singing a part, and Pierre walked past him and touched his ass. NO ONE BUT ME SAW, I SWEAR TO GOD. I freaked out because well... it was fucking great slashy-momentness, so with my jaw dropped, I stared at Pierre, who made eye contact with me, and I tapped Becca's shoulder to ask if she saw the ass-touching, and I saw her jaw drop randomly and she freaked, and I was all "wtffffffffff?" and then she was just so incoherent. I didn't know why. Apparently... heeheehee, after I made eye contact with Pierre and tapped her shoulder, Pierre looked at her, smiled, and then winked at her, thus making her jaw drop. I didn't see it, since my head was turned towards her. It's funny, because I guess I made him think she wanted his ass, which in turn made him a wee bit excited. The point? Pierre <3 Becca, Becca <3 Pierre. :)
They did "Perfect," but not acoustic. Made me sad, but not as sad as I could have been. I would have burst into tears (like I did for "Welcome to my Life" because I'm a pussy) but no.
So all in all, the show was great.
We started heading for the merch table, but neither of us wanted to talk to Patrick, so we just basically left. We went to Ralphs to get something to drink, and then headed back to the venue. Not to mention I was harassed by people saying, "OH MY GOD I LOVE YOUR SHIRT, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE RULES!" and I was just all, "....thanks?" But yeah.
We waited a good hour and a half outside in the cold, only to hear from one of Verizon's people AND Tom from PWT's that SP left. :(
Although, I almost went and molested Quebec Boy, but EEEEURGH he's a smoker. Bad bad times. I don't care much, he's fucking cute! So damn cute.
We crossed the street, I called a cab, and we got home at 11:30. We developed the film, but I don't feel like sharing. So ha. Maybe Becca will share, but me? NOPE!
I'm so totally sure I'm missing some HUGE details, but as for now, that's all I've got. I've been typing this for so fucking long, and my hands are a wee bit numb. If I remember anything, you KNOW I'll say it later.
So yeah. It was fucking awesome.