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I think I'm getting a black eye. Jas woke me yesterday by diving on my head, catching me just below with his elbow. Amazing what damage that little elbow can do.
But enough of that. I WENT TO SEE INTERPOL!!! *SQUEE*
They were so amazing. We queued up for an hour to get in. We could hear them doing the soundcheck and even that sounded amazing. The plan was to grab a spot at the front as soon as we got in and I would have done it, too, but while I was in the queue a recurring medical condition I've had all my life reared itself and I was in too much pain, so we grabbed a booth seat, which was directly facing the stage and about 12 metres from it (it was a tiny venue - I'm hopeless with figures but I'd say 2000-5000 people). Just as well, really, 'cos they didn't come on for about three hours. The support band - from Perth, called Snowman - weren't bad, kind of Dead Kennedy's meets B52s with some Hawaiian surfing guitar thrown in. But by the fourth song I was over it.
Eventually they came on and it was amazing. Better live than on their albums. One of my top three gigs of all time (the others are The Cure and Radiohead). They opened with Next Exit and I immediately felt better and got up and danced in the tiny space between the seat and the table. At first I was sitting on the back of the booth and had an amazing view, but the bastard security guard told me to get down. We weren't blocking anyone's view - how annoying! Anyway, here's the songs they played (in no particular order): Next Exit, Evil, Narc, Slow Hands, Not Even Jail, Public Pervert, Length of Love, A Time To Be So Small, Untitled, PDA, Say Hello To Angels, Hands Away, Obstacle 2, Stella Was a Diver..., Roland. I'm pretty sure that was it, it's a bit of a blur 'cos I was just singing and dancing and having a great time and all the songs rolled together. There was this really cute bit when Paul started playing Hands Away and some guy was clapping, and Paul stopped playing and said, "Don't do that. You're throwing me off." Then he laughed and said, "I appreciate it, but I've got to keep my own rhythm". It was great to see them in the flesh: Paul being all shy and intense, occasionally sitting down to play, smoking while he sang, Daniel playing his guitar like it was the most important thing in the world, mostly ignoring the audience but coming to the front of the stage occasionally to keep us happy, Carlos showing off, playing his guitar like it was a gun or something he wanted to have sex with, generally posing a lot. If I had any criticism, it was that they didn't seem to give anything of themselves, they were just playing the music and getting on with it. But they did such an amazing job, I forgave them that. And there were lots of times where Daniel and Paul played facing each other, at one point almost resting their heads on each others' shoulders, and Paul and Carlos did that a lot too. I could have listened for so much longer. As far as hotness goes, I think Daniel wins it for me. I love Carlos' dress sense but he's a bit posey for me. But what the hell, I'd be happy to meet any of them. I could talk about their music for hours. In fact, when I got home I dreamt I was with them and we talked about art and stuff for ages, mostly Andy Warrhol and Basquiat. *lol* After the gig, we tried to find the back stage door but no luck, so we went home.
No doubt next time they come back it will be at a bigger venue, so I'm glad I got in now. Just hope they don't leave it too long before they return. Fantastic!!!!
PS Yesterday I lost my voice through a cold, but today it's better after all that husky singing. Who'd have thought?