living a boys adventure tale
actually that'd equally fit another post i want/hope/intend to make... but in this instance refers to the three scandinavian lads of the band 'a-ha'. they still are... and we joined them at the brighton point/stop of their current tour.
we being esther and her sister mary-ann, inspired by a chance televisual encounter with them playing at the berlin 'live 8' concert. E and i struggled down to brighton on saturday 10th of this month, at the tail end of the most time-consuming migraine i've had in some months/years. there we met up with M-A, who'd spent the afternoon browsing and patronising the local shops, and with artremis and oilrig, who'd been more casually sauntering, for a lovely early-evening of food and conversation *smiles*
dessert dragged/delayed/dillied/dallied a bit, and we made it into the concert at the brighon centre just in time to catch the final song of the support artist, tina d_ _ _ (anyone else help me fill in the blanks?). i was interested enough by this song to wish i'd managed to catch more of her *smiley shrug*
we had a short interval, in which to chill out and survey the venue and audience, before a-ha came on. the brighon centre is one of the largest, if not the largest, venues i've caught a band at, and it was almost full. we we'ren't surprised to observe that the audience comprised a mostly 'mature' crowd *winky grin* and we were struck by how 'normal' most looked. possibly this had more to do with M-A's and my other-than-a-ha musical tastes and our other gig experiences... *smile*
and when the band came on... what an experience! as the first inklings of the band's almost presence were felt the entire audience (except for us crips) stood up, and the excitement was palpable... 'though the screams were a bit of a give away too *grin* i was a little dumbstruck ('though this state was shortlived *winky smile*). somehow i'd overlooked that the crowd would be so hysterical. it was hilarious, and rather beautiful. in front of where we three were sat was a group of three women there together, and they were very representative of the hysterical middle-aged-'girls' element of the crowd. one had frizzy hair too, which only helped complete the image/experience for me *grin* i can't recall which track it was now, but one of the songs had her completely over-excited to the point of tears and needing restraint/calming/comfort from her fellows. awesome. 'though also a somewhat reserved hysteria pervaded - there was much shouting and screaming and jumping up and down and waving of arms, but only within the confines of one's seat-space *wriggles eyebrows and grins* E noticed that those who did stray into the aisles for a little bop/such were calmly but firmly escorted back to their seat-space by security. bizarre.
and the band? they rocked *grin* they were an aural and visual treat *beam* lighting and onto-screen-projection were used to good effect and the show was visualy pleasing and entertaining - as was morten's posing *grin* and the (imo, quite homoerotic *grin*) moments where they all got close together, the two guitarists playing at/with/off each other. the sound level struck me as up a bit high initially, producing a bit of distortion, but that either subsided or was sorted out, and the show sounded pretty good... and especially what they did with some of their tracks - giving earlier songs news lives. as well as the 'old favourites' (my favourite was 'stay on these roads') they played a coupla/few tracks from their most current album 'analogue', which were good to hear and worth another listen i think.
in all ways, i really enjoyed the gig *grin*
we being esther and her sister mary-ann, inspired by a chance televisual encounter with them playing at the berlin 'live 8' concert. E and i struggled down to brighton on saturday 10th of this month, at the tail end of the most time-consuming migraine i've had in some months/years. there we met up with M-A, who'd spent the afternoon browsing and patronising the local shops, and with artremis and oilrig, who'd been more casually sauntering, for a lovely early-evening of food and conversation *smiles*
dessert dragged/delayed/dillied/dallied a bit, and we made it into the concert at the brighon centre just in time to catch the final song of the support artist, tina d_ _ _ (anyone else help me fill in the blanks?). i was interested enough by this song to wish i'd managed to catch more of her *smiley shrug*
we had a short interval, in which to chill out and survey the venue and audience, before a-ha came on. the brighon centre is one of the largest, if not the largest, venues i've caught a band at, and it was almost full. we we'ren't surprised to observe that the audience comprised a mostly 'mature' crowd *winky grin* and we were struck by how 'normal' most looked. possibly this had more to do with M-A's and my other-than-a-ha musical tastes and our other gig experiences... *smile*
and when the band came on... what an experience! as the first inklings of the band's almost presence were felt the entire audience (except for us crips) stood up, and the excitement was palpable... 'though the screams were a bit of a give away too *grin* i was a little dumbstruck ('though this state was shortlived *winky smile*). somehow i'd overlooked that the crowd would be so hysterical. it was hilarious, and rather beautiful. in front of where we three were sat was a group of three women there together, and they were very representative of the hysterical middle-aged-'girls' element of the crowd. one had frizzy hair too, which only helped complete the image/experience for me *grin* i can't recall which track it was now, but one of the songs had her completely over-excited to the point of tears and needing restraint/calming/comfort from her fellows. awesome. 'though also a somewhat reserved hysteria pervaded - there was much shouting and screaming and jumping up and down and waving of arms, but only within the confines of one's seat-space *wriggles eyebrows and grins* E noticed that those who did stray into the aisles for a little bop/such were calmly but firmly escorted back to their seat-space by security. bizarre.
and the band? they rocked *grin* they were an aural and visual treat *beam* lighting and onto-screen-projection were used to good effect and the show was visualy pleasing and entertaining - as was morten's posing *grin* and the (imo, quite homoerotic *grin*) moments where they all got close together, the two guitarists playing at/with/off each other. the sound level struck me as up a bit high initially, producing a bit of distortion, but that either subsided or was sorted out, and the show sounded pretty good... and especially what they did with some of their tracks - giving earlier songs news lives. as well as the 'old favourites' (my favourite was 'stay on these roads') they played a coupla/few tracks from their most current album 'analogue', which were good to hear and worth another listen i think.
in all ways, i really enjoyed the gig *grin*