LIVE THROUGH THIS AND YOU WON'T LOOK BACK.

Stars
Live @ Esplanade Concert Hall
07 Jan 2009

First gig of the year and it started out with a bang already!

I'm posting this while it's still fresh in my head. Whatever Torquil was sipping, it's so strong I am feeling its buzz, still. Hahah.

So I didn't have the best of seats, way up on top, but the band seemed mighty sympathetic that we're paying so much for their gig, they played close to 2 hours long and kept thanking us and expressing their gratefulness at how they managed to sell 1,500 kinda-expensive tickets to this tiny red dot. They were also shocked that the crowd was made up of many locals as opposed to "only Canadian English teachers" as the band had expected. heh

So appreciative they were, Torquil during his bouts of musical spasms, after repeatedly spouting the lines "Stay Alive" on 'Calendar Girl", suddenly leapt out into the crowd, balanced his way on the seats to the middle of the crowd, like Criss Angel walking on water. He was warmly received and he screamed (I've no idea what, his thanks?) while reaching out to people whose hands are in the air eager to give him a bigger welcome. This could be the first (maybe the last) time I see a successful crowd-surfing attempt at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Wicked. I want whatever he's having.

On top of that there were dozens of white and red roses sitting on their amps on stage. The members would occasionally grab some stalks and throw it to the crowd, or bunch a handful of petals and throw it on stage the way people throw rice at a wedding - ceremoniously to give the songs abit more oomph. How romantic. Lovely. (Though not so lovely for the cleaner afterwards)

Oh I'm so caught up describing the experience I haven't even mentioned about the music. How rude of me. What else is there to say...the crescendo of "Your ex-lover is dead" would've put anyone in the Hall in a second of cosmic high. There is nothing else I can describe about the music 'cept, you shoulda been there!!

If you weren't, you also missed:

- Amy Millan rocking in her disco sequinned top.
- singing a Happy Birthday song for Evan Alan!
- seeing drummer Pat playing the drums with 2 stalks of red roses.
- catching a glimpse of Chris two-stepping a salsa(?)-esque dance when he thought no one's watching.

Do you know how old these guys are?! Ageless Beauties never stop rockin'!



Will post vids soon...including the one of Torquil walking on the crowd.