i had to go through 5 different passwords to remember how to get in here. THAT'S how long i've left this blog. not to mention there's them dates at the top corner of each entry. hehe. reasons for actually blogging again (at least for today)- 1) need to let out my awe at the incubus gig last month (as if i hadn't done enough of that) and 2) bored out of my pants (not to be taken literally) as all my housemates have gone away for the summer.
incubus at the point, dublin.
what can i say. all the hype is true. not that i've ever doubted the band's flair at playing live. but this was too awesome it brings tears to my eyes thinking about it.
seven years ago when i came to this land of westlife's, boyzones and the corrs, (okay2 fair enough, they do produce some good ones ie U2, Ash, and Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols), nobody, and i mean NOBODY knows who incubus are (they still don't, most of them). if the band were touring europe, they'd leave ireland out of the venue-list. that's how bad it was. nobody to share my passion for these calabasas boys with.
seven years on, still not that many fans here. the point theatre was about only 2/3 packed for the show. and i scoffed at the thought that even these kids here at the gig are only those who dug drive and morning view and brandon's new 'do n beefed up bod (:P~~, sorry! but i'm only a redblooded human!)and 'crow.
when 'megalomaniac' came on, u practically could not hear brandon as he was drowned by the audience. and what an audience we(!) were. and i take back my bitter judgement on the irish crowd. they were brilliant. TRUE fans. every single word on every single song (except pantomime of course) new AND old. when the band did a certain shade of green with brandon on his djembe, all hell broke loose. i loved it! i loved the fact that they played two of my favourite songs: 'shade of green and ultimately, summer romance. brandon did this hilarious rendition of kelis's milkshake towards the end of the anti-gravity lovesong and i love him to death for it(not for playing kelis but the fact that he is just so spontaneously funny. they used to do tlc's no scrubs live which i've downloaded a few yrs back and it was equally as charming as milkshake.hehe). jose's drum solo was orgasmic. i'm still getting used to ben on bass, but i'm sure he's as good as dirk. love mikey's afro which seems to be getting more and more bouffant by each album. :> .and kilmore, what can i say, incubus just isn't, without him.
BRILLIANT.
wished i could've gone to the Pixies's gig last saturday. heard they played 26 songs. damn.