Stung!

Saw The Police's Reunion Concert last Sunday at the Giants' Stadium. One of those last minute things...Thank God we made it =) yey!

Admittedly, I was there for Sting. But I was awed by Copeland. Thus far, I'd say he's the best drummer I've ever seen perform. No joke. I am not a musician but man alive! This guy is something....I dunno how they were on their other concerts. All I know is we got our money's worth that night in Jersey. The Police still rocks. Sting, Copeland and Summers still make good music and lively performance together after all these years. They all seemed to enjoy playing and I think they pretty much connected with the huge and cooperative crowd. Wonderful =)

I checked some reviews and it looks like the set list is consistent:

1. Message in a Bottle
2. Synchronicity II
3. Don’t Stand So Close to Me
4. Voices Inside My Head/When the World is Running Down
5. Spirits in the Invisible World
6. Driven to Tears
7. Walking on the Moon
8. Truth Hits Everybody
9. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
10. Wrapped Around Your Finger (my fave of all)
11. The Bed’s Too Big Without You
12. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
13. Invisible Sun
14. Walking in Your Footsteps
15. Can’t Stand Losing You (hey, you with me????)
16. Roxanne

ENCORE 1
17. King of Pain (ahhhh...at this point I was just there breathless...)
18. So Lonely (could I love this song any more?)

ENCORE 2
19. Every Breath You Take
20. Next to You

The selection could have been better, but no more grand complaints. Oh yeah, no cams allowed. I could have slipped it, the girl just smiled at me and let me through. But how can I tell right? And he was right, the parking lot is way too far from the stadium's entrance. Too much of a hassle to take it back if I get searched. (I do obey rules sometimes hehe).

At the risk of sounding emo, I confess: the concert was wayyyyy tooooo personal for me. It's bloody bittersweet as I listen to Sting belt out those songs. With real poetic, meaningful and ironic lyrics. Been a huge fan. Remember humming the Dododo-dadada as a kid. And in college, knowing he was a teacher made me proud I was a BA English Major once (lol). Of course, he also started my fascination with englishmen =)

Was really struck. Seeing him perform live. Another one of few times that I genuinely appreciate being here. More so after realizing that last night was their last stint here in the US. We're stuck in the parking lot looking at the t-shirt he bought, with all the tour dates haha. And we were laughing like children for having made it. Yeah, it doesn't really take much to make me happy.

Ahhh... I'm stung all over again.

chilly yet hot, hot night

Last Tuesday’s Red Hot Chili Peppers' concert was totally a blast! Outside it was chilly and the rain never let up, but it was so hot, hot, hot inside the jam-packed Continental Arena.

Here they are, from where i sat =)

The concert atmosphere is definitely one way of keeping my spirits in an all-time high. My friend and I were so excited we're like children =) We both had to take a day-off just to watch nyahaha! If last year’s highlight for me was U2’s, this year would be the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I missed Radiohead’s (how dumb!) and since Aerosmith’s is already sold-out, I don’t see any contender, unless of course Audioslave suddenly goes on tour too. I wonder why they aren’t, considering that they’ve just released an album last month? Hmmm….

Let me tell you a secret: I only get to appreciate Frusciante’s genius last night. Prior that, Tom Morello’s the one, hands down. It’s still Tom, but John is also good, is what I’m saying. Hearing him perform live last night, was phew! It’s different if it’s live (and now I have to go back to their old albums and pay attention to him).

His stint with Flea was superb, of course Flea’s a genius too and I’ve always been dreaming to be a bass player.

John Frusciante and Michael Balzany (Flea)

Flea in his usual weird costume, actually it's a body suit but from afar it looks like body tattoo

Great set =)

And John's rendition of “Will you still love me tomorrow” was sooooo sexy.

Anthony is the same old Anthony. Hyper and upbeat.

And yeah, the front act was…The Mars Volta!!!