Mar 31, 2005 19:07
wohoo I'm back from our little trip to Paris which was GREAT!! there are so many things to write, Idon't know where to start!
Maybe I'll start with the begining!
*sunday 27th*
We left Kehl at 7am, changed train in Strasbourg at 8 and arrived in Paris at 12, Anne picked us up by car at the station, we were so excited! We went to her flat, stayed there a bit, talked, nothing much. then she left to pick up Marta at the airport. Diana and I went out to get something to eat, called Elfie and Gaelle to tell them we arrived and to see if they could meet us. A while later they came to Anne's flat, we hung around there waiting for Anne and Marta to arrive. When they arrived we picked up some pizzas, bought some drinks, ate and went out for a drink or two. Then we went back to Anne and Marta's flat and had a drinking night! It was fun, Diana, Gaelle, and Anne played some music. Then we put that kinda karaokee game on, everybody sang except me and Elfie :P lol I'm way too shy!
Diana was SO drunk, it was really funny!! I think we stayed up until 3am or 4am, I don't remember.
*monday 28th*
Anne and Marta left in the morning to bring back the car Anne had rented, and picked up Michel at the station on the way. Diana and I got up, got ready, cleaned a bit. They arrived a bit later, it was great to see Michel again... I think the last time was when we met in Amsterdam... a year and a half ago I think :P
Later Diana and I went out to eat something, came back to the flat and we all waited for 2 of Anne's friends, Elfie, Gaelle, Annie, Kristina, Claire, and Heloise (I hope I'm not forgetting anyone)to come and watch the new L word altogether!
lol it was a LOT of people watching it, which was great, we always watch it the 2 of us here, so it was really fun like that. And of course the episode rocked, like usual I wanted to watch MORE!!!
Afterwards we all got ready and went to the Canal + studio to see GARBAGE!!!!!! whooooo .. just to write about it gives me pain in my stomach... cuz of course I'm suffering from the very well known post Garbage depression :(
It took us a while to get there, undergroung + walk. We arrived there and met Greg, his girlfriend, Jerome and another guy I don't remember the name. We queued there, with some other poeple who were rude and just went in front of us.. but well it was not like a concert, just a tv show, so it's not like you need to be front row :P
It started with a french tv show "guignols de l'info". After waiting, clapping, cheering for a few minutes, Garbage arrived!! and oh my god I thought " is it for real?! are they really back??!" I had to hold my tears but it was hard :P
They played really well, Shirley looked stunning, really! I really like the new bass player, he sounds cool, looks cool and well I didn't like Daniel so it's better now :)
Then they left and 10min later then came back telling us the sound fucked up or something and had to do it again :) so they played it again !! so cool! we were lucky :))
After the show while we were under the Garbage mood, we went to a bar to drink and eat something! we were like 20 of us, or something, maybe nore, I don't know.
We left the bar, told "see you tomorrow" to everyone and went to bed at around 3am again.
*tuesday 29th*
Got up at 7am, got ready, left around 8, and went to the venue L'Olympia in order to start queuing! I know it's insane : 12hours of queuing but we were so scared that more people would come and then the front row wouldn't be for us ;9
Greg, Jerome, Elfie, Gaelle, Thomas, Heloise, Claire were there since a few minutes, I also met Charley (his 1st Garbage concert :P).
the queuing went well, time passed quite fast. More people arrived every now and then like Michel, Anne, Marta, Annie, Kristina, and some more I didn't know.
Camille was there too :)
At 7 they opened the doors, we ran, made it front row! It was great because our complete group was front row (except 2 or 3 guys who were there early too, it sucked cuz some arrived after them and had a better spot:P but well...)
The concert was so GOOD!! I don't even wanna write much about it, I'm still in it, just not over it yet.
And after all that time, after hearing the new album, after reading about their almost split up and everything, I didn't expect it to be that GREAT! The set list was just awesome !! I really wanted them to play lots of old songs :D
Maybe "Special" and "When I grow up" could have been avoided. But "#1 Crush" I mean hello!! I couldn't have asked for more as it's my fav Garbage song ever!! I couldn't hold my tears this time :P
And "Push it", "Queer", "Hammering in my head", "Shut your mouth", "I think I'm paranoid", "Vow"... just wicked! And the new songs sound great live!
I just loved it !! It was too much, I can't get it out of my head!
Shirley looked so good, she spoke some french of course, she introduced the new bass player.
They seemed really happy to be back on stage!
After the concert, we hung around at the venue, sharing impressions, calming down and all.
Then we waited a bit outside in case they'd come out, but they didn't.
Michel, Anne, Marta, Diana and I walked back to the flat, had some fast food on the way.
At the flat, they went to bed, but Diana and I packed our stuff, had a shower, fell asleep.
*wensday 30th*
After one hour of sleep we went to the station, met charley there, took the train back to Kehl. I was supposed to go to work right away but I was too dead, still sick from my 10 days of annyoing cold, and just terribly low, so instead I went to the doctor who gave me 2 days off work.
We rested all day, nothing much.
I have to work tomorrow, I don't see myself telling people "yeah the concerts were good" because they just can't understand how GOOD it was, what it meant and everything.
Next gig is sunday :) I can't wait.