My Spur of the Moment Epic/Fail Boston show w/ pics and video
YOU SEE... I'M A MAMA OF THREE AND MUCH TOO OLD TO BE FANGIRLING ABOUT KRIS... HE ACCIDENTALLY MY ADULTHOOD. BUT IT'S A DISEASE YO, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE CURED.
BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE WHOLE AFTER-THE-CUT THING SO I'LL LINK TO MY FLICKR AND YOUTUBES FOR YOU ALL.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CATCH A SHOW SINCE THE TOUR STARTED. I'M A RICKEY CELLCAST JUNKIE... STAYING UP TOO LATE, ETC. I EVEN WON A GOKEY PADDLE IN HIS CHAT (HAVEN'T GOT IT YET, COUGH, COUGH RICKEY). SO I'M PRETTY HOOKED HERE. I DECIDED ON THE MORNING OF THE SHOW THAT I'D HOP ON TO TICKETMASTER AND SEE WHAT I COULD FIND. AFTER POSTING HERE, I WAS ADVISED NOT TO SETTLE AND HANG IN FOR FLOOR SEATS. LO AND BEHOLD, THEY CAME UP! I JUMPED ON THEM WITH NO THOUGHT TO STAGE SIDE. LUCKY FOR ME THEY WERE ON THE SIDE SO I COULD SEE BB KRIS AT THE PIANO (SIGH).
AS I SAID, I HAVE KIDS SO I COULDN'T GET THERE EARLY TO TRY AND DO A M&G. IT WAS A FAIL, SO JUST AS WELL. HOWEVER, I *DO* HAVE A FANTASTIC HUSBAND WHO DROVE ME TO THE VENUE. I GOT THERE IN 15 MINS AND DID NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH HOT SWEATY CROWDS ON THE T (AKA SUBWAY).
SO, I GET INSIDE AND FIND MY SEAT. OMG SO EPIC SO CLOSE! BUT ALSO, UH OH... TRAGIC SPEAKER IN MY FACE AND NO EAR PLUGS. MY EARS WERE RINGING WHEN I FINALLY WENT TO BED AT 3:30AM. OUCH. ALSO MADE IT A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. SHOULD HAVE PRETENDED PRISCILLA (WHO I MET EARLIER) AND I WERE BUDDIES TO GET ONE OF THE GIRLS BETWEEN US TO SWITCH WITH ME. OH WELL. WE STOOD THE WHOLE TIME, IT WAS GREAT.
MICHAEL I WAS A BIT PREOCCUPIED WHEN HIS SET STARTED WITH TEXTING FOR THE AP CONTEST. MAYBE THIS IS WHY HIS SET GETS OFF TO A SLOW START? ANYWAY, MAYBE I'M JUST OVEREXCITED, BUT I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED GREAT. VERY GOOD AT WORKING THE CROWD, MAKING EYE CONTACT, SEEMED LIKE HE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME.
MEGAN I'VE HEARD MIXED REVIEWS... BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS IN EXCELLENT VOICE. VERY STRONG SOUNDING. AGAIN, LOTS OF EYE CONTACT, WAVING AT PEOPLE. SHE SEEMED IN TO IT. HER OUTFIT IS RIDICULOUS THOUGH. I MEAN, SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS IN IT, BUT ALL SHE CAN REALLY DO IS TOTTER AROUND THE STAGE, NOT REALLY DANCE AND MOVE.
AT THIS POINT SECURITY CAME OVER TO CHECK OUT MY CAMERA. IT HAS A HONKIN ATTATCHMENT TO BLOCK SIDE LIGHT, AND I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WORKING THINGS, SOT IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE I WAS VIDEOING.
SCOTT I THOUGHT HIS SET WAS MEH. WASN'T REALLY A BIG FAN ON AI BUT WAS HOPEFUL THAT HE WOULD BE BETTER LIVE. HE WAS TO A DEGREE, BUT I STILL FIND HIS VOICE TO BE ON THE NASALLY SIDE. HIS SET WAS ALSO A BIT OF A DOWNER. SLOWER SONGS ARE FINE, BUT BETTER WHEN THEY ARE LOVEY AND SWOON-WORTHY. SO FOR ME, I THOUGHT HE NEEDED SOME MORE UPBEAT SONGS FOR HIM, FOR ME.
LIL I ENJOYED HER SET VERY MUCH. SHE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM, DANCING AROUND, ENGAGING PEOPLE, ETC. I DID NOT CARE FOR HER SECOND SONG (JUST FINE?), BUT SHE SOUNDED GOOD VOCALLY. REALLY ENJOYED NO ONE AND BOUNCED AROUND TO SINGLE LADIES. MUCH FUN!
ANOOP WOW.... HE SOUNDED REALLY GREAT LIVE. VERY PURE SOUNDING VOICE. ALWAYS ON MY MIND WAS DEFINITELY SWOON WORTHY. I LOVE THE SONG MAD, IT REMINDS ME OF SYTYCD, LOL. MY PEROGATIVE WAS FUN, THAT'S A SONG FROM MY LATE TEENS, EEP. I THINK I GOT A LITTLE GYRATE ON FILM, NEED TO STILL UPLOAD. ANOOP SURE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE, THOUGH HE SEEMED A BIT DISCONNECTED COMPARED WITH THOSE BEFORE HIM. PERHAPS IT'S THE SET LIST.
MATT I WAS PUMPED AFTER READING ALL THE GOOD REVIEWS AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED! HARD TO HANDLE WAS AWESOME, BUT I THINK HE CHANGED THE WORDS UP A BIT FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE CHORUS, THAT WAS CONFUSING FOR AN OLD SPUD LIKE ME. MY GOODNESS HE KILLS THE PIANO. SELF TAUGHT? CAN'T READ MUSIC? PSSSHAW. HE'S AWESOME. I HAD HOPES HE'D FIND A DUELLING PIANO BAR WHILE IN BOSTON (THERE WAS ONE ON LANDSDOWNE ST LAST I KNEW) BUT NOTHIN DOIN. ANYWAY, GEORGIA WAS BEAUTIFUL, YOU FOUND ME IS A GREAT SONG, HE SOUNDED AWESOME ON BOTH. I DO THINK WITH SUCH A LIVELY OPENER TO HIS SET, IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP UP THE ENERGY THROUGH TWO LESS LIVELY SONGS.
INTERMISSION!!!
SOME DOLLED-UP-THINK-THEY-ARE-HOT-SHIT MAMAS SHOWED UP NEXT TO ME. ONE NUDGED ME AND SAID "YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT, WE SAW HIM IN HARTFORD AND WOOOOW". I WAS CHUCKLING THEM. I MEAN, I'M A MAMA TOO AND THEY WERE PROBABLY ONLY A COUPLE YEARS OLDER THAN ME, BUT STILL... REIGN IT IN LADIES.
HERE'S WHERE MY EPICALLY TRAGIC TECHNOLOGY FAILURE STARTED TO DEVELOP. I WAS TRYING (UNSUCCESSFULLY) TO MULTITASK. TWEETING, PHOTOING, AND SOMEWHAT NEGLECTING MY LITTLE FLIP VIDEO CAMERA. MY STILL IS A GREAT CAMERA, BUT USER ERROR MEANT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING PICTURES. I HAD TO USE THE FLASH WHICH TAKES TIME TO RECHARGE BETWEEN PICS. KIND OF A FAIL ALL AROUND. HONESTLY, SO MANY PEOPLE TAKE BETTER PICTURES (WHICH I WILL BE SAVING) I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST STUCK TO THE LITTLE FLIP.
ALLISON AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SECOND HALF JUST KINDA STARTS. BEING SO CLOSE THOUGH, WE COULD SEE THE MFB COMING BACK ON STAGE GETTING READY, SO WE WERE PREPARED. SO WHAT IS SO MUCH FUN, THO I WISH ALLISON COULD MOVE AROUND MORE DURING THAT SONG SINCE IT'S PRETTY HIGH ENERGY. CRY BABY IS FANTASTIC. YOU CAN REALLY HEAR THE GRAVELLY QUALITY OF HER VOICE. BARRACUDA HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART B/C I SANG IT IN MY HIGH SCHOOL ROCK ENSEMBLE, SHE REALLY DOES IT JUSTICE.
DANNY I'LL GO OUT ON A LIMB... I REALLY, REALLY LIKE DANNY'S VOICE. IT DRAWS ME IN, IDK WHY. I EVEN LIKE HIS GOOFY DANCING. I JUST THINK BB HAS LITTLE PR SKILLZ. PYT WAS FUN... ANOTHER SONG FROM MY CHILDHOOD. MARIA, MARIA IS A SONG I REALLY LIKE, I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED GREAT. OH! HE POINTED TO ME A COUPLE TIMES DURING HIS SET. I REALIZED AT THIS POINT I SHOULD START VIDEOING SINCE THE FRIEND I'M SEEING NEXT WEEK REALLY LIVES GOKEY. RECORDED THE REST OF HIS SET. WHAT HURTS THE MOST WAS BEAUTIFUL, I FOUND THE SPEECH SWEET AND HEARTFELT, NOT PREACHY AT ALL. I MEAN HIS WIFE DIED, GIVE HIM A BREAK.
AT THIS POINT I REALLY WISH I BROUGHT EARPLUGS
ADAM WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID? HE'S A SHOWSTOPPER. VERY FUN SET. OKAY, GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE THAT ADAM WAS NOT MY FAVORITE ON THE SHOW. I FIND HIM A BIT... CONTRIVED? IDK WHAT THE WORD IS. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE HIM AS A PERSON, THINK HE IS A FANTASTIC PERFORMER, DON'T PARTICULARLY LOVE HIS VOICE. THAT SAID... CROWD STARTS FREAKING AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS DIM. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE. BB KNOWS HOW TO WHIP UP THE CROWD. STARLIGHT SOUNDED A BIT LIKE HE SUCKED A HELIUM BALLOON FIRST. GREAT PERFORMANCE THOUGH. BOY WAS COMING RIGHT OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE STAGE WHERE WE WERE, IT WAS AWESOME. GOOD THING I WAS TAPING AND KEEPING MYSELF UNDER CONTROL. MAD WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS. SLOW RIDE WASN'T TERRIBLY EPIC THIS SHOW. ONE LEOPARD BRA WHICH HE SWUNG AROUND AND THREW BACK. TWO BOAS TOSSED UP, HE TOOK ONE AND PUT IT AROUND THE GUITARIST (TIM) DIDN'T STAY THERE LONG THOUGH. BOWIE MEDLEY, THE PLACE WENT NUTS. I VIDEOED AS BEST I COULD WITH THE DANCING/SINGING.
KRIS MY FAR AND AWAY FAVORITE. THERE'S NO HIDING MY LUH FOR HIM, LOL. HEARTLESS WAS LOVELY, I WAS SINGING ALONG. SQUEELING LIKE A FOOL SIGH. ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IS MY FAVORITE OF THE SET, SUCH FUN TO SING ALONG. THE CROWD WAS IN TO IT. WE ALL HAD SOUL, BUT WE'RE NOT SOLDIERS, KWIM? IT WAS AMAZING TO BE SO.CLOSE. I WAS KINDA FREAKING. AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WAS BEAUTIFUL, HE DOES THESE LITTLE LEG KICKY THINGS AT THE PIANO. I JUST LOVE HOW HE GETS SO IN TO THE SONG. WAY MORE CONNECTED TO THE MUSIC PERFORMANCE WISE THAN THE OTHERS. HIS VOICE SOUNDED INCREDIBLE (BLASTING INTO MY BRAIN FROM THE SPEAKER IN MY FACE). BRIGHTLIGHTS... OMG I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME IN A CELLCAST, YOU'VE SEEN ME TYPE "I WANT TO BE THE PIANO BENCH". HE'S JUST UP AND DOWN ALL OVER THAT THING. LOTS OF ARM FLAILING, LEG KICKING, JUST A GREAT PERFORMANCE. THE GUITAR SOLO... LOVE HIS EXPRESSIONS. SO BETWEEN BRIGHT LIGHTS AND HEY JUDE, WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE JUST COMING UP, I TOSSED A GREEN RED SOX SHIRT UP ON TO THE STAGE. HE SAW IT LAND AND GAVE A RAISED EYEBROW "WHAAAA???" FACE (YAY!). HE TOTALLY IGNORED IT THROUGH THE SONG. PEOPLE WERE UP AND SINGING ALONG. WHEN THE OTHER IDOLS CAME OUT, AND HE DOES HIS LITTLE ROCKER "JUDE-Y JUDE-Y JUDE-Y" THING, HE CAME OVER AND PICKED IT UP, TURNED IT AROUND SO THE CROWD COULD SEE (BIG CHEER) AND THEN SWUNG IT AROUND HIS HEAD. THEN HE TOSSED IT BACK. AS THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN, I COULD SEE HIM PICK IT UP AND RUN OFF STAGE. SQUEE!
DSB/KRADAM ANOTHER SONG I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT GOES SO I'LL SKIP AHEAD... WATCHING THE LIFT... WATCHING... WATCHING... UP THEY COME! HE'S WEARING MY SHIRT! OMG!!! FLAILING ALL AROUND, HARD TO TAPE. GOT ALMOST NO PICTURES (WILL BE RELYING ON BBS TO HOOK ME UP). CROWD CHEERS. EPIC, JUST EPIC. EVEN MY 14YO THINKS I'M COOL NOW. ONLY REGRET IS THAT THE SHIRT IS A BIT BIG. WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A VINTAGE STYLE FOR HIM, BUT THE GREEN WAS IMPORTANT. I WONDER IF HE KEEPS THESE THINGS. HE DID EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT BEING BY FENWAY WITH THE SOX OUT OF TOWN. I DID TWEET HIM TO THANK HIM FOR WEARING IT. omg I ALMOST FORGOT... GOKEY WAS BLOCKING MY VIEW OF ANY KRADAM DANCING. I COULD TELL THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. SIGH.
HAD A FANTASTIC TIME, DESPITE THE TECHNO-FAIL. I GOT NOT ONE STILL OF ADAM PEEPS. NOT ONE. HOW CAN THAT BE? GUESS I CAN'T MULTITASK THAT MUCH. HERE ARE SOME LINKIES:
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hfdoyle&view=videos
PICTURES:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7215116@N03/sets/72157622083418434/
IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO MAKE GIFS/MACROS/ICONS FROM ANYTHING, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT! I MUST STOP NEGLECTING MY KIDS NOW...
BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE WHOLE AFTER-THE-CUT THING SO I'LL LINK TO MY FLICKR AND YOUTUBES FOR YOU ALL.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CATCH A SHOW SINCE THE TOUR STARTED. I'M A RICKEY CELLCAST JUNKIE... STAYING UP TOO LATE, ETC. I EVEN WON A GOKEY PADDLE IN HIS CHAT (HAVEN'T GOT IT YET, COUGH, COUGH RICKEY). SO I'M PRETTY HOOKED HERE. I DECIDED ON THE MORNING OF THE SHOW THAT I'D HOP ON TO TICKETMASTER AND SEE WHAT I COULD FIND. AFTER POSTING HERE, I WAS ADVISED NOT TO SETTLE AND HANG IN FOR FLOOR SEATS. LO AND BEHOLD, THEY CAME UP! I JUMPED ON THEM WITH NO THOUGHT TO STAGE SIDE. LUCKY FOR ME THEY WERE ON THE SIDE SO I COULD SEE BB KRIS AT THE PIANO (SIGH).
AS I SAID, I HAVE KIDS SO I COULDN'T GET THERE EARLY TO TRY AND DO A M&G. IT WAS A FAIL, SO JUST AS WELL. HOWEVER, I *DO* HAVE A FANTASTIC HUSBAND WHO DROVE ME TO THE VENUE. I GOT THERE IN 15 MINS AND DID NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH HOT SWEATY CROWDS ON THE T (AKA SUBWAY).
SO, I GET INSIDE AND FIND MY SEAT. OMG SO EPIC SO CLOSE! BUT ALSO, UH OH... TRAGIC SPEAKER IN MY FACE AND NO EAR PLUGS. MY EARS WERE RINGING WHEN I FINALLY WENT TO BED AT 3:30AM. OUCH. ALSO MADE IT A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. SHOULD HAVE PRETENDED PRISCILLA (WHO I MET EARLIER) AND I WERE BUDDIES TO GET ONE OF THE GIRLS BETWEEN US TO SWITCH WITH ME. OH WELL. WE STOOD THE WHOLE TIME, IT WAS GREAT.
MICHAEL I WAS A BIT PREOCCUPIED WHEN HIS SET STARTED WITH TEXTING FOR THE AP CONTEST. MAYBE THIS IS WHY HIS SET GETS OFF TO A SLOW START? ANYWAY, MAYBE I'M JUST OVEREXCITED, BUT I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED GREAT. VERY GOOD AT WORKING THE CROWD, MAKING EYE CONTACT, SEEMED LIKE HE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME.
MEGAN I'VE HEARD MIXED REVIEWS... BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS IN EXCELLENT VOICE. VERY STRONG SOUNDING. AGAIN, LOTS OF EYE CONTACT, WAVING AT PEOPLE. SHE SEEMED IN TO IT. HER OUTFIT IS RIDICULOUS THOUGH. I MEAN, SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS IN IT, BUT ALL SHE CAN REALLY DO IS TOTTER AROUND THE STAGE, NOT REALLY DANCE AND MOVE.
AT THIS POINT SECURITY CAME OVER TO CHECK OUT MY CAMERA. IT HAS A HONKIN ATTATCHMENT TO BLOCK SIDE LIGHT, AND I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WORKING THINGS, SOT IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE I WAS VIDEOING.
SCOTT I THOUGHT HIS SET WAS MEH. WASN'T REALLY A BIG FAN ON AI BUT WAS HOPEFUL THAT HE WOULD BE BETTER LIVE. HE WAS TO A DEGREE, BUT I STILL FIND HIS VOICE TO BE ON THE NASALLY SIDE. HIS SET WAS ALSO A BIT OF A DOWNER. SLOWER SONGS ARE FINE, BUT BETTER WHEN THEY ARE LOVEY AND SWOON-WORTHY. SO FOR ME, I THOUGHT HE NEEDED SOME MORE UPBEAT SONGS FOR HIM, FOR ME.
LIL I ENJOYED HER SET VERY MUCH. SHE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM, DANCING AROUND, ENGAGING PEOPLE, ETC. I DID NOT CARE FOR HER SECOND SONG (JUST FINE?), BUT SHE SOUNDED GOOD VOCALLY. REALLY ENJOYED NO ONE AND BOUNCED AROUND TO SINGLE LADIES. MUCH FUN!
ANOOP WOW.... HE SOUNDED REALLY GREAT LIVE. VERY PURE SOUNDING VOICE. ALWAYS ON MY MIND WAS DEFINITELY SWOON WORTHY. I LOVE THE SONG MAD, IT REMINDS ME OF SYTYCD, LOL. MY PEROGATIVE WAS FUN, THAT'S A SONG FROM MY LATE TEENS, EEP. I THINK I GOT A LITTLE GYRATE ON FILM, NEED TO STILL UPLOAD. ANOOP SURE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE, THOUGH HE SEEMED A BIT DISCONNECTED COMPARED WITH THOSE BEFORE HIM. PERHAPS IT'S THE SET LIST.
MATT I WAS PUMPED AFTER READING ALL THE GOOD REVIEWS AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED! HARD TO HANDLE WAS AWESOME, BUT I THINK HE CHANGED THE WORDS UP A BIT FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE CHORUS, THAT WAS CONFUSING FOR AN OLD SPUD LIKE ME. MY GOODNESS HE KILLS THE PIANO. SELF TAUGHT? CAN'T READ MUSIC? PSSSHAW. HE'S AWESOME. I HAD HOPES HE'D FIND A DUELLING PIANO BAR WHILE IN BOSTON (THERE WAS ONE ON LANDSDOWNE ST LAST I KNEW) BUT NOTHIN DOIN. ANYWAY, GEORGIA WAS BEAUTIFUL, YOU FOUND ME IS A GREAT SONG, HE SOUNDED AWESOME ON BOTH. I DO THINK WITH SUCH A LIVELY OPENER TO HIS SET, IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP UP THE ENERGY THROUGH TWO LESS LIVELY SONGS.
INTERMISSION!!!
SOME DOLLED-UP-THINK-THEY-ARE-HOT-SHIT MAMAS SHOWED UP NEXT TO ME. ONE NUDGED ME AND SAID "YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT, WE SAW HIM IN HARTFORD AND WOOOOW". I WAS CHUCKLING THEM. I MEAN, I'M A MAMA TOO AND THEY WERE PROBABLY ONLY A COUPLE YEARS OLDER THAN ME, BUT STILL... REIGN IT IN LADIES.
HERE'S WHERE MY EPICALLY TRAGIC TECHNOLOGY FAILURE STARTED TO DEVELOP. I WAS TRYING (UNSUCCESSFULLY) TO MULTITASK. TWEETING, PHOTOING, AND SOMEWHAT NEGLECTING MY LITTLE FLIP VIDEO CAMERA. MY STILL IS A GREAT CAMERA, BUT USER ERROR MEANT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING PICTURES. I HAD TO USE THE FLASH WHICH TAKES TIME TO RECHARGE BETWEEN PICS. KIND OF A FAIL ALL AROUND. HONESTLY, SO MANY PEOPLE TAKE BETTER PICTURES (WHICH I WILL BE SAVING) I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST STUCK TO THE LITTLE FLIP.
ALLISON AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SECOND HALF JUST KINDA STARTS. BEING SO CLOSE THOUGH, WE COULD SEE THE MFB COMING BACK ON STAGE GETTING READY, SO WE WERE PREPARED. SO WHAT IS SO MUCH FUN, THO I WISH ALLISON COULD MOVE AROUND MORE DURING THAT SONG SINCE IT'S PRETTY HIGH ENERGY. CRY BABY IS FANTASTIC. YOU CAN REALLY HEAR THE GRAVELLY QUALITY OF HER VOICE. BARRACUDA HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART B/C I SANG IT IN MY HIGH SCHOOL ROCK ENSEMBLE, SHE REALLY DOES IT JUSTICE.
DANNY I'LL GO OUT ON A LIMB... I REALLY, REALLY LIKE DANNY'S VOICE. IT DRAWS ME IN, IDK WHY. I EVEN LIKE HIS GOOFY DANCING. I JUST THINK BB HAS LITTLE PR SKILLZ. PYT WAS FUN... ANOTHER SONG FROM MY CHILDHOOD. MARIA, MARIA IS A SONG I REALLY LIKE, I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED GREAT. OH! HE POINTED TO ME A COUPLE TIMES DURING HIS SET. I REALIZED AT THIS POINT I SHOULD START VIDEOING SINCE THE FRIEND I'M SEEING NEXT WEEK REALLY LIVES GOKEY. RECORDED THE REST OF HIS SET. WHAT HURTS THE MOST WAS BEAUTIFUL, I FOUND THE SPEECH SWEET AND HEARTFELT, NOT PREACHY AT ALL. I MEAN HIS WIFE DIED, GIVE HIM A BREAK.
AT THIS POINT I REALLY WISH I BROUGHT EARPLUGS
ADAM WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID? HE'S A SHOWSTOPPER. VERY FUN SET. OKAY, GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE THAT ADAM WAS NOT MY FAVORITE ON THE SHOW. I FIND HIM A BIT... CONTRIVED? IDK WHAT THE WORD IS. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE HIM AS A PERSON, THINK HE IS A FANTASTIC PERFORMER, DON'T PARTICULARLY LOVE HIS VOICE. THAT SAID... CROWD STARTS FREAKING AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS DIM. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE. BB KNOWS HOW TO WHIP UP THE CROWD. STARLIGHT SOUNDED A BIT LIKE HE SUCKED A HELIUM BALLOON FIRST. GREAT PERFORMANCE THOUGH. BOY WAS COMING RIGHT OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE STAGE WHERE WE WERE, IT WAS AWESOME. GOOD THING I WAS TAPING AND KEEPING MYSELF UNDER CONTROL. MAD WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS. SLOW RIDE WASN'T TERRIBLY EPIC THIS SHOW. ONE LEOPARD BRA WHICH HE SWUNG AROUND AND THREW BACK. TWO BOAS TOSSED UP, HE TOOK ONE AND PUT IT AROUND THE GUITARIST (TIM) DIDN'T STAY THERE LONG THOUGH. BOWIE MEDLEY, THE PLACE WENT NUTS. I VIDEOED AS BEST I COULD WITH THE DANCING/SINGING.
KRIS MY FAR AND AWAY FAVORITE. THERE'S NO HIDING MY LUH FOR HIM, LOL. HEARTLESS WAS LOVELY, I WAS SINGING ALONG. SQUEELING LIKE A FOOL SIGH. ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IS MY FAVORITE OF THE SET, SUCH FUN TO SING ALONG. THE CROWD WAS IN TO IT. WE ALL HAD SOUL, BUT WE'RE NOT SOLDIERS, KWIM? IT WAS AMAZING TO BE SO.CLOSE. I WAS KINDA FREAKING. AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WAS BEAUTIFUL, HE DOES THESE LITTLE LEG KICKY THINGS AT THE PIANO. I JUST LOVE HOW HE GETS SO IN TO THE SONG. WAY MORE CONNECTED TO THE MUSIC PERFORMANCE WISE THAN THE OTHERS. HIS VOICE SOUNDED INCREDIBLE (BLASTING INTO MY BRAIN FROM THE SPEAKER IN MY FACE). BRIGHTLIGHTS... OMG I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME IN A CELLCAST, YOU'VE SEEN ME TYPE "I WANT TO BE THE PIANO BENCH". HE'S JUST UP AND DOWN ALL OVER THAT THING. LOTS OF ARM FLAILING, LEG KICKING, JUST A GREAT PERFORMANCE. THE GUITAR SOLO... LOVE HIS EXPRESSIONS. SO BETWEEN BRIGHT LIGHTS AND HEY JUDE, WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE JUST COMING UP, I TOSSED A GREEN RED SOX SHIRT UP ON TO THE STAGE. HE SAW IT LAND AND GAVE A RAISED EYEBROW "WHAAAA???" FACE (YAY!). HE TOTALLY IGNORED IT THROUGH THE SONG. PEOPLE WERE UP AND SINGING ALONG. WHEN THE OTHER IDOLS CAME OUT, AND HE DOES HIS LITTLE ROCKER "JUDE-Y JUDE-Y JUDE-Y" THING, HE CAME OVER AND PICKED IT UP, TURNED IT AROUND SO THE CROWD COULD SEE (BIG CHEER) AND THEN SWUNG IT AROUND HIS HEAD. THEN HE TOSSED IT BACK. AS THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN, I COULD SEE HIM PICK IT UP AND RUN OFF STAGE. SQUEE!
DSB/KRADAM ANOTHER SONG I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT GOES SO I'LL SKIP AHEAD... WATCHING THE LIFT... WATCHING... WATCHING... UP THEY COME! HE'S WEARING MY SHIRT! OMG!!! FLAILING ALL AROUND, HARD TO TAPE. GOT ALMOST NO PICTURES (WILL BE RELYING ON BBS TO HOOK ME UP). CROWD CHEERS. EPIC, JUST EPIC. EVEN MY 14YO THINKS I'M COOL NOW. ONLY REGRET IS THAT THE SHIRT IS A BIT BIG. WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A VINTAGE STYLE FOR HIM, BUT THE GREEN WAS IMPORTANT. I WONDER IF HE KEEPS THESE THINGS. HE DID EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT BEING BY FENWAY WITH THE SOX OUT OF TOWN. I DID TWEET HIM TO THANK HIM FOR WEARING IT. omg I ALMOST FORGOT... GOKEY WAS BLOCKING MY VIEW OF ANY KRADAM DANCING. I COULD TELL THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. SIGH.
HAD A FANTASTIC TIME, DESPITE THE TECHNO-FAIL. I GOT NOT ONE STILL OF ADAM PEEPS. NOT ONE. HOW CAN THAT BE? GUESS I CAN'T MULTITASK THAT MUCH. HERE ARE SOME LINKIES:
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hfdoyle&view=videos
PICTURES:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7215116@N03/sets/72157622083418434/
IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO MAKE GIFS/MACROS/ICONS FROM ANYTHING, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT! I MUST STOP NEGLECTING MY KIDS NOW...