#9426 "My Jumping concert..."

Finally taking off.. really beyond schedule...1st sign of a good nite to come.. an ad just before leaving Brussels.... Of course stuck in the traffic... of course... and the concert is like in less than 3 hours... :( Stopping 4 minutes 25 at the stargate just to say I stopped... and time to hit the road back... Arriving at 8.30ish in city center Luxembourg, time to pick M. up and go straight to the "Rockhal", the hall outside of Luxembourg where the Maroon 5 concert will take place... the doors were opening at 7, the 1st part, a band I've never heard about, was at 8, and the group was supposed to arrive at 9... We arrived on site at like.. 8.55.. following the signs... and at the last hundred meters of the road, a security guard is here, stopping us... "Are u here as Press member?" us... "errrr... no.. but we have tickets.... and we're super douber late....", this secury nicely late us enter the parking of the rockhal, who's really not a big parking, but cool to be there.. running a lil bit for the hundred meters and arriving at 9.05.. nothing as started.. still waiting for everyone to go back to the hall.. :) Time to have a lil drink before preparing to jump all around :) Just a quick view of the cloakroom, we willingly came without any coat to avoid that.. and seeing how many coats are there... we will be able to quickly leave.. because there's honestly like 450 coats there at least... Not to self.. it was already the case for the Daft Punk, but no stage diving in here :p Time to start the concert... we are probably a lil bit more than a thousand.. and as usual the crowd is just so cool :) It's actually really rock, jumping all the time, singing, lots of fun, sooo happy to be here :) ---------------------- OK.. it's 3am saturday... I had a blast last nite! A really cool nite, a really nice nite, with a wonderful woman. To those who said « What? Maroon 5? », I'll answer, « Yup, and it was really great actually! ». I mean c'mon, why everybody told me « maaaaaan.... why are u going to see them? », well...I dunno... who said they were a crappy band? Bc their 1st album was in 2002 and the second one this year does mean they are bad? Not at all!!! I mean, of course, I was afraid that this would be a litlle bit « girlish » in the crowd.. but it wasn't really that much, of courses all the groupies were in the front, and even if we never actually really saw them, we sure definitely heard them!!! What I like about band like this is that they really seemed to enjoy being here.. Honestly, we are in Esch Sur Alzette in Luxembourg.. I'm sure 90% of the people wouldn't spot Luxembourg in Europe, even less the town we're in... but none the less, the concert hall they've build there can be proud of itself... This year Maroon 5, Daft Punk, Mika, Gwen Stephani, to come Avril Lavigne or Tokio Hotel along Dream theater.... OK.. this playlist is definitely not for everyone, but that's all the charm about it...! I'm proud of being from the « close » region and being able to have this hall among another one in my home town were Linkin Park, Ben Harper, 50 cent, David Bowie came!! Metz is not a big spot on the Europeans concerts halls map, but still good!!! So why? Why would all those come around? Is there a billionnaire around here paying them just for fun?? arff... obviously not, but I have to confess that in the East and North of France (and close region), the crowd is just amazing most of the time.. I mean really a crowd who's willing to come and appreciate the concert, and not just come, not move... we are in a freakin concert, c'mon, time to move ur body, dance with the people around, being happy to be here and live this moment altogether! (OK, Years will pass before I'll live once again the blast I had with Daft Punk here few months ago, or the 1st concert of the Darkness I saw in Strasbourg.. the singer on the shoulders of a hhuuuuuge bodyguard walking amongst the crowd... WOW...!!!!!) Anywoo.. to refocus.. just to say the band was actually great... OK.. The singer is just absolutely charismatic (I'd say it's all about in the stripes tonite, but not sure everyone will agree on that ;) ), the drumer is really good, the guitarist and bassist not that important.. but none the less, we are a lil bit more of a thousand in here, jumping for some, clapping, dancing, taking picture of this, with some space around, we are definitely not « too tight », and that's a good thing, we can breath without problem!!! They've of course interpreted their Hits, but also some deep rock tracks, amongst a lil bit of deep purple, a nice cover of « In the air tonite » of Phil Collins... They're showing some talent and credibilities, and not just a wha could be called « Rock Boys band ». nope. They're definitely not this kind. I'm proud I saw them, and seeing their reaction when we booued and shouted at him close to the end when the singer didn't expected this was worth all the trouble arriving late to the concert... I don't know his name, but a security officer was kind enough to see how desperate we were and allowed us to go to VIP parking bc we were so late... zankkk u ssssooooo much ^^ Then time to hit the road back to Thionville tonite. Not much to say. Speaking with the friend I'm with tonite is always a pleasure, she makes me notice that she always talk about herself, I never talk about me... well.. dat's me I mean.. u know... It has always been like that.... I'm not sure I have much to say anyway, but it's nonetheless a good point.. i should open more sometimes... but not tonite. Juste not tonite... Time to go to sleep now, listening to a lil bit of Norah Jones (My blueberry night is just an awesome movie by the way!!!!).. thinking a lil bit about what I'm feeling, about my situation right now, the moving and everything, and that for the real first time in 3 weeks i was really busy all day, and that felt just good! Wha should I really say when we ask me « what are u feeling at the moment? »... probably hard to put words on it... maybe for those who really knew me.. let's say I've bit my right lips several times in the concert... :p