Bon Jovi Concert Memories- 2000-2007- Part 2

 Monday November 28, 2005 – MSG, NYC

I was really excited about seeing them at the Garden for the first time. I went to Macy’s beforehand as I always do when attending concerts in the city. I bought 2 sweaters, one of them my favorite color, purple and 2 pairs of gold tone earrings.

   I talked to a nice girl in the souvenir stand line. I should have asked where she and her husband were from. Their accent sounded Australian, but they could’ve been from New Zealand – aren’t these 2 similar? They saw the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.

   Someone asked me to take a picture of him and his friends like at the DD concert here earlier this year. I hope that it came out okay in both instances.

   During the very first song I did not see Jon on the stage and was wondering why he would be singing this backstage. My idiot brain didn’t even think to look around the Garden for him. When I looked down at the floor level in front of me I saw him walking past heading for the stage. I am pretty sure that he had been all the way at the other end of this place during this performance. I’ll never forgive myself for this incident of sheer stupidity.

   At one point during the show a girl in front of me called him fucking hot which I was laughing about on the inside. There was a girl on stage who did some inappropriate touching of him – her hands went down the front of his legs.

   Jon was straight across from my section with the crowd around him during “Blaze of Glory”.  I guess he was standing on a platform type thingy. Jon and Richie sang “I’ll Be There for You” together. “Wanted Dead or Alive” was the last song.

    The screens weren’t working sometimes and the top of them were a little blocked from my viewpoint. I used the binoculars a lot. Was it too much?  This and not enough is always an issue for me at concerts. Mike would have said that I was overusing them, that’s for sure.  I pressed them up too close up against my glasses. I think that my headache was from this. Perhaps I shouldn’t have done so, but if I hadn’t maybe I wouldn’t have held them as steady. What a ridiculous thing to be reflecting upon.

    I was wishing that I could see them again at CAA as a birthday treat but I’m never lucky at getting a ticket for their concerts at that venue because they sell out quickly.

Figure Skating Show 1991

My mother, brother, and I went to this show at Madison Square Garden. I wish that I had been keeping a journal back then so I would have the details about it now. I did write on the back of one photo that Underhill and Martini did their routine to "Unchained Melody". I forgot to write the names of the skaters on some of them and don't recall who they are. I do know that I had a very good time at this event.

 

Brian Boitano and Katarina Witt-

                             
                                               Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini-

                                                 
                                                                   Others-

                                              
                                                                  Finale-

Duran Duran - NYC October 25, 2011

My brother and I really enjoyed this concert 2 weeks ago. The seats were better than I expected - 5th row in the bottom section towards the left in a section towards the left but not close to the stage. Those seats would've cost 30.00 more. I might have been willing to pay that if my brother hadn't wanted to come with me. I suppose we could've gotten tickets in seperate sections. Nah- I would've been cutting into my computer savings fund to do so. I guess that I got a little spoiled after the last 3 concerts of general admission and being pretty close to the stage.

My brother was happy when they did The Reflex, Notorious and Wild Boys, the latter being not a song of theirs that I really care for. I was pleased that the did Planet Earth, Is There Something I Should Know and Careless Memories. Mark seemed a little disappointed that they didn't do Girls on Film, nor did they perform Save a Prayer. I wasn't that upset about this but felt bad for the people who had either never seen them in concert before or haven't in a long time so if they liked these songs I'm sure they would've been disappointed just as I would've been if they hadn't done the 3 that I mentioned.

They did 7 songs from the new album. I like Leave a Light On and Before the Rain. Mark said that they should've only done 5. I didn't even have the new album yet. I ordered this a couple days after the concert. I usually buy the souvenir tour books at Duran Duran and Bon Jovi concerts but did not do so this year for either group. It was 35.00. I need that money for more important things now. Rio, my former #1 favourite song was last and right after the show I was already wishing that I could see them again.

Yes, I did look into getting tickets for Atlantic City but there were none available when I checked a few times. No way would I drive down there. I looked into options and taking a bus from NYC seemed the best bet. The Borgata just happens to be the place furthest from the station so I would've had to take a cab. It's probably for the best that this didn't work out because that Saturday was the day of the storm and power outage in New Jersey. I feel kind of embarrased for hoping that they will return to this area sometime next year so I can see them for one final time. This was the 8th time in 6 and a half years. The first was also at Madison Square Garden in 2005.

Someone spilled their beer on my jacket and my arm which was kind of upsetting. I've always been afraid that this would happen. I dislike the smell of beer. I tried to let this go but it was in the back of my mind a little during the first few songs. She did give me tissues to wipe it up and 5.00 toward the dry cleaning. I can sort of laugh about this a bit but it would've been nice if I didn't let it affect my enjoyment during those songs and also I was too embarrassed in the beginning to really get into the music because I was afraid that my brother would tease me alot about that. He is always teasing me which is annoying. He actually thinks that I have a crush on Simon LeBon. I'd rather him think that then know who it really is that I like in that group. I was using my binoculars alot, esp. on John Taylor. It was like being in the front row then. I wouldn't let myself use them as much at first though, also because of the shame issue.

I am so glad that I somehow found out about a presale for this event for WPLJ listeners. I forget how. This is why I was able to get such good seats. I haven't really listened to that station in a long time but I used to often. The 2 morning djs were on stage before the show. A group called Neon Trees was the opening act and they were on for about 30 minutes. I don't know anything about them. The one song did sound familiar.