April 14- More DD in Brooklyn

 I can’t remember much about that concert except that I wish that I hadn’t made a total dance party out of it. My moves should have been kept to a minimum. I am really upset that my memories of their performance at the Sands show are even less. I must have had a good time at both of them.

   My head is spinning from the what- ifs of this event and some others. I should just let it go. Even Mike said “What’s done is done”. Gosh, it is so hard to forgive my stupidity in these type of matters.

   I have been attempting to give myself a positive message of “How was I to know that they were going to upgrade Mike’s ticket?” so I can just focus on the fact that I did have a great time during the show despite not being as near to the stage as we had hoped. My jealousy of Mike getting that opportunity is clouding over this though.

   Jenny told Mike how many DD shows that she has been to- 37 since 1987. He later told me that she is just too into this group which made me defend her. If he knew that I have been to 16 since 2000, I would hear the obsessed word about this.

  Looking back, I would have been like Jenny and just stuck mainly with going to DD concerts. I would rather have seen them more instead of many of the other performers, including Bon Jovi. She said that she would like to go to the Cure one that her parents are attending but DD is a priority. I am totally understanding of this.

   I was surprised that my brother said that he enjoyed Chic’s performance. He was also going around trying to sing “Wild Boys” off and on throughout the day. This isn’t really a DD song that I am fond of but when I see it done in person it is quiet exciting.

   A small part of me would have liked to seen and /or heard my brother’s reaction to the concert during it. We always have a good time at these events.

   I sort of would like to write more about this concert and about the Duran Duran topic but I am getting frustrated from having problems expressing myself in my journal.

   Lately, I haven’t had the creativity and desire to work on my dream project either, not even my DD related ones. I did write a bit about the one that I had a couple of weeks ago. I would love to be able to add to this. The details and ideas are stuck in my head though.

   I was at 3 concerts- 2 Duran Duran and 1 Sting and Peter Gabriel (who are actually touring together this year). They all were taking place in churches. These music artists talked to some of the fans in the audience beforehand.

   At one, I was watching Simon speak with a pretty blonde girl. I heard someone talking next to me. I looked over and saw John. I wasn’t even that nervous. I told him that I had been too anxious to talk to him at the album signing. I thanked him for signing my CD. If only I could’ve done so in reality.

   My brother was listening to the first 4 songs on that CD today. If Jenny knew that he has listened to it more than I have, she might not consider me to be a truly devoted fan. I like Paper Gods, I just haven’t been in the mood for it lately.

   I wonder if my brother noticed that I had the binoculars in a small tote bag instead of the case that it came with. I still haven’t told him that I accidentally left it behind in PA last August yet. It was damaged anyhow so I need to buy a new one. He will mostly be mad about the fact that the lens covers were still in it.

   I didn’t even use them at the CT show. They might have zoomed the DD guys in too much. I could have brought my digital camera with me to use as binoculars since the zoom isn’t as good. But then I might have been tempted to take photos and gone overboard with this again causing even more self-criticism in my mind.

 

Note- these photos are from the internet.

 

April 13, 2016- Duran Duran in Brooklyn-Part 2

  

The show was absolutely wonderful. It was the same set list as Mohegan Sun. I am pretty sure that the order of the songs were the same. We did get a couple of special guests- Lindsay Lohan during “Danceophobia” and Kiesza during “Last Night in the City”. Naturally, Nile Rodgers was with them during “Pressure Off” and “Notorious”.

   Mike seemed disappointed that Janelle Monae wasn’t there during “Pressure Off”. I didn’t think that she would be but that would have been nice too. I know that he must have been going gaga over Anna. I teased him about this later. He said that he was, by the way.

   We didn’t get “The Reflex” which I was thinking that they might treat the NY audience to. I forget which shows did get to experience this super hit of theirs. I am okay with not hearing it, I suppose. I would much rather hear “Careless Memories”.

   We didn’t get home until around 12:45 a.m. I felt worried about Jenny having to drive back to PA so late at night. I did invite her to stay at our place but she said that she couldn’t. I told her to send me a message that she arrived there safely; thank goodness that she did.

   The train was packed during the ride home. Lots of DD and also David Gilmour (Mike forgot that he did a second show) people. There must have been some Mets fans too. We found out that they lost again.

   Mike and I stayed up until 2 a.m. eating our snack and watching “The Rockford Files.” It was a 2 part episode so I have to DVR the other one tonight. I thought that he had jury duty today so I tried waking him up at 6 a.m. but he told me that he didn’t have to go to this.

   Now, July 21 seems even further away to me because of the fact that I am eager to be close to DD again like I was fortunate enough to be 5 other times. It won’t be as near as any of those, especially because of that pit area, but row F is damn good.

   I just hope that Jenny is able to go. Her friend has the row D seats. Gosh, it is so pathetic that I am even jealous of her being just 2 rows ahead of me. Well, I don’t want to get too excited about it because I am already worrying that something might happen to prevent me from attending this concert or that it could be cancelled. I am praying that everything works out for the both of us.

 

Note- These 3 photos are from the internet

April 13, 2016- DD in Brooklyn- Part 1

I got to see Jenny again yesterday. She called me to ask if I was doing anything that night and I said no. She had won the Live Nation ticket contest that morning and asked me if I wanted to go. Of course, I accepted. Wow- two get-togethers with her in 8 days. This is unusual for a socially anxious freak like me.

   Mike went online and purchased a ticket after I told him about this. He seemed really excited about going to the concert with us.

   We were worried that we wouldn’t make it to the will call window in time. You had to be there before 7:00. Luckily, we arrived by 6:48. We had just missed the earlier 2 train by 30 seconds and had to wait around the subway station for 8 minutes for the next one which was making us feel very tense.

   I wasn’t going to bring the binoculars but had a strong feeling that we wouldn’t be as close to the stage as we hoped that we would be. I had heard that not all contests give out the close seats. Boy, I was sure right about that. We were in the top row of section 112.

   Mike was in the first row of section 207 which is nearer to the stage. A part of me was thinking that maybe it would have been better to be in that spot even though it was higher up but then I was glad about the viewpoint that we were at because it was more of a direct one.

    He told us something after the show that was both upsetting and ironic. At first, I thought that he was just joking but then he showed us the ticket- they had upgraded the people in the 200 sections because there wasn’t many of them up there. He was in the F9 section- on the floor! He said that it was like being in the 30^th row.

   Jenny had made a comment that we had better seats at the Bethlehem show which made me feel not as bad about the whole ordering process for those tickets. I still will always feel upset that I didn’t do my best with that, esp. after this experience.

    She discovered that her childhood friend who she mainly keeps in touch with on Facebook was there and close to the stage in section 25. She posted her photo of the ticket and tagged me in it. She showed me that Allison left a comment that her and her brother were there too. I bet that they had closer seats as well.

   When I was on Facebook this morning, I found out that a girl that I met at the DD album signing was in the floor section too. This further added to my sadness. Geez, I feel bad for even being in a bit of a blue mood about this. I should just be totally happy that I was there with my DD buddy. I feel awful about having jealous feelings towards my brother and those two girls.

   I was doing the dancing around thing even though I swore that I wouldn’t. I couldn’t help myself. Jenny gets into complete enthusiastic mode while dancing which I admire her for. I still have the shame issue regarding this in my mind. I can’t remember if my doing so made me lose some focus on the show. Maybe just a little.

    I used the binoculars more than I intended on but I am not going to beat myself up about this as I have done in the past. I was a bit embarrassed that I was doing so though. Crap, I think that I did wind up focusing in on John more than anyone else on the stage with them.

Note- The 2 concert photos are from the internet.