But on Friday the feeling really wasn't missing. In Finlandia Klubi was about 600 people, who all had huge hair.. The show started a bit late 'cause they had some problem with mikes, so they started about half past nine.
We were sometimes in the first, sometime in the second line, but anyway so freakin close of the guys on stage. That was amazing. I knew already before the gig that Michael Monroe is good live, but I couldn't have believed that he would.. I don't how to say it. He was amazing. All the time running and jumping around, but you couldn't hear that from his voice at all. He sang everything perfectly (although he forgot to start few times singing in the right place, so he dropped some lines away..). And the rest of the band.. Sami Yaffa was fuckin cool as always, Steve Conte played good too (he winked me once!) and Dregen.. ya know Swedish Backyard Babies? The guitaris of that band plays with Michael Monroe nowadays and he suits to that group perfectly. They couldn't have chose any better guitarist to that band, Dregen was great choice. I love those guys so much ♥
About the music.. they didn't play loud at all, actually the volume level was good. They played mostly Sensory Overdrive songs but of course few Hanoi songs: Back to mystery City, Malibu beach nightmare (Michael really can play sax very well <3) and Motorvatin' (Sami's bass intro... ya should have seen it!) And, of course they ended the show with Dead, Jail or Rock N' Roll.. and then came encore, three songs.. Then that was over. But that feeling is still on, I've fallen in love <3 I've never seen such intensive gig, that was full of speed and dangerous situations. And I loved that.
The best things of the show were of course that when Sami smiled at me, Michael pointed me when he sang Back to Mystery City's second verse: Hey little girl, you'll love it there, just backcomb your hair, let's get outta here.. <3 And... in the end of the show, when Michael came down from stage I touched his arm..<3 Actually I touched him twice.. All guys were fuckin sweaty, Dregen looked like someone had pour water on him.. Well, there was hot. Really. Best gig ever, I wanna go back there.
Think, I took this without zoom.. I really was that close of Michael Monroe. <3
Yeah. I don't know what else to say. Actually I can't really talk, 'cause I lost my voice partly and my back and chest are so hurt that I can hardly breathe deep. But I don't complain, that's my own fault XD
But some pics of the guys.. <3
Dregen, guitarist of Backyard Babies (one of two good swedish bands, other is The Hives but Backyard Babies is 100 times better)
Michael and Sam
Sami Yaffa
Michael Monroe in some The Voice interview..
I had long time a fobia of everything Finnish music, 'cause I adjusted that it's shit. Ya know, The Rasmus, HIM, Nightwish etc, I've never liked them. Especially I've always hated all those bands which make music in Finnish language. I just couldn't stand that, and I still can't. Finnish is ugly language, and usually it's so easy to regonize Finnish song (even though it's in English) 'cause it has no feelings, and there's no attitude. Finnish rockbands usually don't have any rock attitude. That's why I can't stand that music, it's like... ya know, wannabe. And I don't admire any Finnish rock stars.. But Michael, Sam and Andy are the only exceptions. <3
( I meant to put here one of the videos I took from the show, but my computer couldn't download them here, and that fuckin shit machine shut down and it took an hour to switch it on again.. so sorry for that I don't have any music/moving picture here this time)
Sorry I gotta go (after I've tried to write this 5 hours).. If I could download this post now to my blog.. anyway, see ya soon again <3
Cool dudes :>
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