I have just returned from the Duran Duran concert in Vancouver and I am still hyped! This being the first date of their Canadian tour, the fabulous boys returned from the height of their success in the Eighties and blew us all away!
Despite any of the natural aging that they have experienced, the music is still awesome and it sounds much like it did before. A large part of the audience sang along with all of the songs and there was a lot of dancing. Everyone seemed to have had a great time. Including the guy next to me, who I thought was there with his big busomed girlfriend, who was super hyper. He even pulled up his shirt and flashed his chest at Simon at the end. I suppose that I should have known that I was standing next to this flaming queen who had a thing for Simon and the girl with him was just there for moral support.
It's really interesting that although a couple of them were a little bigger around the middle, (funny, I never thought that I would see John Taylor look anything other than rail thin) their energy levels were still pretty high. Andy Taylor was smoking on stage, which I was sure was going to cause some law enforcement officer to come up and cite him on smoking indoors charges. John, and perhaps Simon, looked as if their hairlines might be receding and Nick, what can I say... He must be shrinking however, I suppose that he was pretty short to begin with. (As well, he should trash the gold chain look... he looks like one of those old men trying to attract the younger ones...actually, I had heard that he does have a penchant for the young lasses) And Roger, well, we didn't really see that much of him and despite having had broken his foot in Japan you could definitely hear him.
The interesting thing about this is that they are older, they managed to entertain an extremely diverse crowd for about 2 1/2 hours. While, at the outset I wasn't sure that it was going to be worth the $90 CDN that I paid to get in, I left feeling that I had got beyond my money's worth. I had absolutely an awesome seat (although there was no stage diving for me tonight) and the sound was brilliant!
Not so for the opening act, Ima Robot out of Los Angeles. Their sound and songs were better than I had heard on their website but the lead singer seemed to have been having some sort of strange convulsions... oh, I suppose that was supposed to be his way of dancing. I was trying to think of who they sounded like but it was kind of a combination of the Psychedelic Furs, and Devo and perhaps a little OMC thrown in. I don't know. They weren't that band but pretty much everyone I talked to had no idea who they were.
I didn't come out with any souvenir merchandise because it was pretty damned expensive. A t-shirt for about $40 CDN was to rich for my blood and there was nothing there that I really fancied. They even had a pop-up tour book for $50. I passed on all of it.
One thing that hasn't changed in all of this concert mayhem is the large number of nubile young women all dressed (or not dressed up for that matter) up and ready to do anything to get noticed. I suppose that we were the same at that age. Even the older women, who should have known better than to wear clothing that was way too small, were out there shaking their things. I suppose that will exist as long as ther are bands out there to play to them.
Well, I suppose that I should get some sleep now. I just wanted to say that if you are thinking of going and still aren't totally sure, you might want to check it out. I haven't had that much fun at a concert in a long time. The diversity of the audience and the fact that these guys aren't afraid to get out there and even laugh at themselves a bit made it well worth it. Oh, and the music was awesome too.
Despite any of the natural aging that they have experienced, the music is still awesome and it sounds much like it did before. A large part of the audience sang along with all of the songs and there was a lot of dancing. Everyone seemed to have had a great time. Including the guy next to me, who I thought was there with his big busomed girlfriend, who was super hyper. He even pulled up his shirt and flashed his chest at Simon at the end. I suppose that I should have known that I was standing next to this flaming queen who had a thing for Simon and the girl with him was just there for moral support.
It's really interesting that although a couple of them were a little bigger around the middle, (funny, I never thought that I would see John Taylor look anything other than rail thin) their energy levels were still pretty high. Andy Taylor was smoking on stage, which I was sure was going to cause some law enforcement officer to come up and cite him on smoking indoors charges. John, and perhaps Simon, looked as if their hairlines might be receding and Nick, what can I say... He must be shrinking however, I suppose that he was pretty short to begin with. (As well, he should trash the gold chain look... he looks like one of those old men trying to attract the younger ones...actually, I had heard that he does have a penchant for the young lasses) And Roger, well, we didn't really see that much of him and despite having had broken his foot in Japan you could definitely hear him.
The interesting thing about this is that they are older, they managed to entertain an extremely diverse crowd for about 2 1/2 hours. While, at the outset I wasn't sure that it was going to be worth the $90 CDN that I paid to get in, I left feeling that I had got beyond my money's worth. I had absolutely an awesome seat (although there was no stage diving for me tonight) and the sound was brilliant!
Not so for the opening act, Ima Robot out of Los Angeles. Their sound and songs were better than I had heard on their website but the lead singer seemed to have been having some sort of strange convulsions... oh, I suppose that was supposed to be his way of dancing. I was trying to think of who they sounded like but it was kind of a combination of the Psychedelic Furs, and Devo and perhaps a little OMC thrown in. I don't know. They weren't that band but pretty much everyone I talked to had no idea who they were.
I didn't come out with any souvenir merchandise because it was pretty damned expensive. A t-shirt for about $40 CDN was to rich for my blood and there was nothing there that I really fancied. They even had a pop-up tour book for $50. I passed on all of it.
One thing that hasn't changed in all of this concert mayhem is the large number of nubile young women all dressed (or not dressed up for that matter) up and ready to do anything to get noticed. I suppose that we were the same at that age. Even the older women, who should have known better than to wear clothing that was way too small, were out there shaking their things. I suppose that will exist as long as ther are bands out there to play to them.
Well, I suppose that I should get some sleep now. I just wanted to say that if you are thinking of going and still aren't totally sure, you might want to check it out. I haven't had that much fun at a concert in a long time. The diversity of the audience and the fact that these guys aren't afraid to get out there and even laugh at themselves a bit made it well worth it. Oh, and the music was awesome too.
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