August 8, 2015- July 18, 2014- Duran Duran in PA- Part 2

They did 2 more songs, “Hungry like the Wolf” and “Planet Earth” before John was the next speaker. Michelle T was asking him a question but I barely heard it because I was shocked to see Nick Rhodes sitting two rows in front of me.

   That was very odd; how had he gotten there and what had happened to the previous occupant of that chair?  A few seconds later he disappeared and the girl who was sitting there before returned. I heard someone saying hello to me; when I looked over to my right side, there was Nick.

    It was so cool that he was now next to and also talking to me. Jamie looked back and seemed just as surprised and thrilled. He asked me how I was doing and I said fine. I was kind of nervous as I asked him a similar question.

   I wasn’t even caring that this interaction was distracting me from what John was saying, which was definitely weird. Nick was only there for like 45 seconds before he walked back up onto the stage. The guy who had been next to me before magically reappeared.

   The other band members were also coming out to the audience after John spoke which excited the fans. What an unusual concert it had been so far. Another 15 minutes passed before they all went back onto the stage. No one seemed to mind that only 3 songs had been performed within the first hour.

   I was so happy when right before they started up the music again, I was teleported to a much better seat in the 4^th row, to the left of the stage. It was a bit nerve wracking but also wonderful being closer to one of my favorite groups, esp. the one particular member. I still can’t get over my shame of liking bassist guy.

     ” New Moon on Monday” was the next song; I’ve never seen them do this one in concert before. Well, according to my scrapbook set list from my first ever DD concert in 2000, it had been performed but I don’t remember this. Besides, it was only the “Nick and Simon Show” then. It wasn’t until 5 years later that I finally got to see the entire original band.

   The whole event lasted 2 and a half hours. The last song that they did was “Rio”. I was smiling during parts of that. They didn’t perform this one at the last show that I was at up in the Foxwoods Casino/Resort. They probably would have done so at the cancelled Atlantic City one. I still can’t believe that I went to both places in one weekend.

   This PA concert certainly was a different and interesting experience. It was still kind of early by the time we left that venue. We had to find a place to have our dinner at. It would have to be cheaper than our lunchtime one, probably a fast food eatery.

   We decided to stop at the McDonalds in the town near where my Aunt Ann lives. I’m pretty sure that all 4 of her kids worked at that place at various times during the 70s-mid 1980s.  As we were getting out of the van, the scene around me was fading and I was soon back in my house in the real world.

 

      Christmas gifts from my cousins’ McDonalds- 1970s plate set and 1980s Muppet Babies