My Chemical Romance at the 9:30 Club
So I got to the show about 10 minutes before MCR went on. I couldn't get there any sooner because of the time of my new belly dance class. (I actually had to cut out of that 15 minutes early and take a taxi to the show to make it when I did.) The show opener 'Look Alive, Sunshine' was a bit of a let down as a recording after having Dr. Death Defying himself come out for the NYC show in December, but it's still a great set kick-off. I was super excited to hear 'Thank You For The Venom,' 'Planetary (GO!),' 'House of Wolves,' 'Vampire Money' (Frank did a hilarious shrug when asked if he was ready, and you still couldn't hear Mikey's response.), 'SING,' 'Vampires Will Never Hurt You,' and 'Bulletproof Heart' (It really ended the show on a high note with good energy.).
Scattered throughout were random jams and Gerard singing bits and pieces of stuff I felt like I should recognize, but I don't. Dewees had some great keyboard intros and interludes. I don't think I realized how many songs he sings back up on. Gerard was sassing it up all over the place. Frank took many opportunities to stand on the amps at the front of the stage. He was singing along to most of the songs even when he was no where near a mike. Mikey was rocking out when I could see him, but he was often blocked by this tall dude standing in front of me. Ray played hard and gave great smiley face (as always) but didn't really move much, probably owing to his foot.
Mikey and Frank signed after. They are both tinier than expected. When Mikey got down to my part of the line, I told him it was an awesome show and that I'd seen them in NYC in December. He said thanks and that he thought the NYC show was one of their favorites of the tour. Then he moved to the girl next to me and said "Suzy, right?" with this grin on his face. She was confused but excited 'Wait, how do you know my name?' Mikey then unfolded a note, grinning like mad, and read 'Suzy, will you go to the prom with Marco?' Then he looked up at the guy behind me and gave him a high five. Suzy said 'Marco? That's my boyfriend. Oh my God! Yes, of course.' She looked around to find Marco and managed to maneuver around to give him a kiss. Mikey was still grinning, sort of silently laughing to himself. He seemed really pleased that he got to do something sweet for one of the fans. Suzy was over the moon, and rightfully so. She had a rock star ask her to prom. Frank did not ask anyone to prom, but he was still very nice about signing anything put in front of him and giving high fives. I heard both Mikey and Frank get asked for hugs, and both of them said they weren't allowed to do hugs. High fives and fist bumps were ok though.
So overall - YAY! SHOW!! A++ Would rock out again. I'll get pictures up when I get around to it.
Scattered throughout were random jams and Gerard singing bits and pieces of stuff I felt like I should recognize, but I don't. Dewees had some great keyboard intros and interludes. I don't think I realized how many songs he sings back up on. Gerard was sassing it up all over the place. Frank took many opportunities to stand on the amps at the front of the stage. He was singing along to most of the songs even when he was no where near a mike. Mikey was rocking out when I could see him, but he was often blocked by this tall dude standing in front of me. Ray played hard and gave great smiley face (as always) but didn't really move much, probably owing to his foot.
Mikey and Frank signed after. They are both tinier than expected. When Mikey got down to my part of the line, I told him it was an awesome show and that I'd seen them in NYC in December. He said thanks and that he thought the NYC show was one of their favorites of the tour. Then he moved to the girl next to me and said "Suzy, right?" with this grin on his face. She was confused but excited 'Wait, how do you know my name?' Mikey then unfolded a note, grinning like mad, and read 'Suzy, will you go to the prom with Marco?' Then he looked up at the guy behind me and gave him a high five. Suzy said 'Marco? That's my boyfriend. Oh my God! Yes, of course.' She looked around to find Marco and managed to maneuver around to give him a kiss. Mikey was still grinning, sort of silently laughing to himself. He seemed really pleased that he got to do something sweet for one of the fans. Suzy was over the moon, and rightfully so. She had a rock star ask her to prom. Frank did not ask anyone to prom, but he was still very nice about signing anything put in front of him and giving high fives. I heard both Mikey and Frank get asked for hugs, and both of them said they weren't allowed to do hugs. High fives and fist bumps were ok though.
So overall - YAY! SHOW!! A++ Would rock out again. I'll get pictures up when I get around to it.