Blink-182 & No Doubt
I must say it, the concert last night was amazing! One of the best shows I've been to recently. I can't say best show ever because that was, without a doubt, going to see Pearl Jam with Elena last year, especially since they played my favorite Pearl jam song of all time, the song whose lyrics gave this blog its name, "Rearviewmirror." But Blink and No Doubt put on one hell of a show put together. It seems like an odd pairing of groups, but it was definitely cool
First off, Blink-182. I must admit, I have their latest CD, but I haven't really listened to it, so of course when they played new songs, I didn't really know them that well. Honestly, I probably knew every other song that they played, and thats really how it went down. Song I knew, song I didn't know, song I knew, song I didn't know, etc, etc, and they tell two friends and they tell two friends... you get the point. But they played the good stuff. They opened with "Feeling This", the first single off their new CD, and played all the hits, "Dammit", "What's My Age Again?", "Rock Show", "Adam's Song", "Stay Together For The Kids", "All The Small Things" and so on. They played a pretty cool medley in the beginning of a couple older songs from their first two albums. And of course, their stage banter was juvenile, but hilarious. They must've played Boston previously and not really liked the crowds energy because they were bashing Boston big time, which is always going to go over well in NY, especially with the Yankees fans, because they hate the Red Sox. One funny thing was the lead singer/guitarist said that everyone in Boston could suck on his f-ing penis, and then paused and took a moment to say hi to all the mom's in the crowd. Funny stuff.
No Doubt were amazing! I saw them years ago opening for Bush and the Goo Goo Dolls and didn't really know them, but last night they kicked ass, and Gwen Stefani is so goddamn gorgeous. She was basically down to just some funky pants and a bikini top/bra type thing by the third song. Plus she's running around stage, dancing, shaking her ass. All good stuff. They basically played through all their hits and only their hits. There was maybe one song I wasn't familiar with, but thats it. Everything else was a single or a popular song. If you've heard a song on the radio, they played it, but they kicked ass doing it!
All in all a good night, but now I'm exhausted because I didn't get home until like 12:30 and of course didn't go to bed until 1 and the doggy woke me up at 5. So I'm shot, but it was worth it. Jones Beach is just such a cool place to see a show. Its honestly right on the beach, so it gets nice and cool at night, but not freezing. There's the smell of the sea air and there's boats out on the water trying to get as close to the theater as they can. Good stuff. I'll be heading back at the end of July to see 311. That should be fun.
In other news there really isn't much. I will probably be booking my hotel for Scotland in the next day or so once I get the definitive word that the one I've narrowed it down to is in a good location. I'm really looking forward to going and I know Elena is too, which is good to hear. She said she was going to try to change the way our relationship works while she's over there and she has. Everything feels so much better now, because I feel more appreciated and missed in everything I do. I know it sounds weird and it is hard to explain, but I'll just leave it at this, things are good, which make me happy.
So back to work. Only have an hour and a half to kill before I can go home and get some sleep, although I'm sure I'll stay up watching the MTV Movie Awards, because those are always fun. Adios everyone!