Just got back from the INXS show at the Moncton Coliseum. Since I had earned a free night's stay at the Rodd, I decided to stay up overnight after the show. There is always something work-wise to do in Moncton, so I might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
The show was really great. Our seats -- if we had actually sat in them -- were in the front row of the second section on the floor. Not bad. However, social butterfly that the Jaybird is, at the Frederiction show he had met some ladies from Fortune 448 who had empty seats around them in the second row. He staked the seats out and we planned to make a break for it. Under careful instruction to not make eye contact with security, we owned our stolen seats and spent the whole show in the second row!!! Close enough to see the sweat!
Since there were 4 of us going to the show, and there are 4 letters in INXS, we all got together last weekend and made shirts to wear to the concert. Dan was "I", Jaybird was "N", Dre was "X", and I formed the head, er, I mean, I was "S". The shirts were a big hit with people walking by. A girl in the lineup for the bathroom turned to me and said "cool shirts". But even better than that, at least 2 of the band members saw us. Kirk in particular got a chuckle out of it, so that was pretty cool for us INXS-ophiles.
My only negative comments on the evening had to do with a couple of strange things JD did onstage. He did a graphic humping of the microphone & stand which I didn't think was all that necessary. Not something I needed to see. The other thing he did was annihilate some roses a fan had thrown onstage. Smashing them to bits is entertainment? Just those two things I thought were a bit unnecessary.
JD did seem really overwhelmed by the "hometown" crowd. He kept saying how great it was to be home, how he loved the support from Canada. During the latter part of the concert he even wore a shirt that said "Bluenoser". :)
The setlist was great, they played new as well as lots of old stuff. I thought JD did a great job with the old stuff. Certainly there is no replacing Hutch, but it was a nice balance between making it his own and not sounding completely different. Ending with Don't Change, as they are wont to do, was really awesome. We danced, we bounced, we sang, and man am I tired! But we had a great, great time.
A big shout out to the Jaybird, who got us the tickets in the first place through his fanclub membership, and then managed to get us in the second row. Wouldn't have been there without your help -- thanks!!!
As to the rest of my life during the past week, it's consisted mainly of being insanely busy at work. Thankfully today was a bit more sane, and I will be working hard the rest of the week in preparation for another week out of the office. I leave on Saturday for my training course in Kirkland, WA. The course itself doesn't begin until Monday, so I will have Sunday to explore Seattle on my own. I'm not a huge fan of doing a tour by myself, but I may relent and do a walking tour of the city for 1/2 day so I can see some of the major sights. The course runs Monday - Friday, then after class on Friday I hop a plane for SoCal. It can't come soon enough.
10 comments:
Thank YOU for driving to Moncton and for thinking up the t-shirt idea. This was one of the most fun concert experiences EVER and I'm glad we all got great memories from it!
Jaybird
Third only after the Fredericton show and the Stones right Jaybird? ~_^
The humping during "Hot Girls" didn't bother me, but I was all eyebrows during "Taste It" and the little, er, demonstration.
Yeah - the demo is what go t me shaking my head and giggling with embarassment for him. I think it fell a bit into the realm of taking it too far. Ah well, no doubt they're thinking in terms of marketing, creating a bit of a buzz (such as this) and some shock value - and maybe even a bit of humour (I would hope).
not surprised he wanted to get all showman....all the biggest rock acts do it too so any buzz must be what they want given this tour is of smaller venues to test the waters.
Liz, when I was in Seattle there is a pretty cool market, much like the city market, think it is called Pikes Place. Down the street is the VERY first Starbucks. There are some really GREAT old bookstores, one store totally devoted to maps, and then you can do the underground tour, as the city in the old days was largely below street level. kinda fun.
Enjoy Seattle. Heres wishing you nice weather, rained for me. Friend who works for Microsoft there loves it.
Lisa - exactly, one of the most fun ever, along with Fredericton show and with Stones in Moncton!
Jaybird
Yeah, it was the "show" during Taste It that I was referring to.
I do want to hit the market in Seattle, I've seen that on TV before (and in the corporate motivational video Fish!) :P Fun, but not the brilliant piece of filmmaking that is Hired!
I am not a coffee drinker, so no Starbucks for me, but the bookstore with all maps is definitely something I'd be interested in. I love maps! Thanks for the ideas Colin!
the map store....if I can remember it, though not hard to find in the old part of town, is incredible. scored a great deal on a world map for my wall.
think the market is called Pikes. there is fish vendor there known for throwing these large salmon around. also a great store with JUST bathtub toys (also good for the hottub). anyhow, all fun!
He just humped the microphone during "Taste It?" Oh, you guys got off easy! You should have seen what he did the night before!
No no, I'm just not describing what else he did with the microphone. Don't care to go into that detail myself. But as Jay put it, he "warmed up" the mic in both shows.
Yes it certainly was risque! ^_^
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