Damn, that was one fine concert last night. Sarah McLachlan was great and her opening act Butterfly Boucher was great (and signed copies of her CD too).
The only damper on the night was that for some reason I was stuck on the aisle at the end of the most restless row in Rexall Place. These people could not for anything keep their asses in their seats. I don't know if there is an acceptable amount of times to stand up and let people pass, but when you start getting past ten enough is enough. At one point this one couple got up at one time then came back to their seats seperately. Oh come on now!
This ruined a good part of Butterfly Boucher's set for me, and I was concerned that people would try to get past me during Sarah McLachlan singing "Building a Mystery", my favourite song of hers. They didn't, but it was at the point where I was waiting for it to happen and anticipating it, so I still didn't get full enjoyment from the ditty.
Oh, and I've got a nice little grease spot on my new $30 tour t-shirt from the onion rings I was eating that spilled out on the shirt as I got up to let people pass, but at least that was in the beginning when they were just going to their seats. The spot isn't too terribly visible and I'm hoping it'll come out somewhat in the wash.
I've also come to the conclusion that opening acts are like substitute teachers. No matter how good they are, they just don't get the respect they deserve. I could here the murmer of voices all around as I was listening to Butterfly perform. Not only is that rude, they were missing out on some damned fine music (check out her debut CD, "Flutterby", if you get a chance). The applause was somewhat tepid, but that was more in comparison to the applause Sarah got. That's actually to be expected, even though I thought she deserved better (not better than Sarah, because that's a lot of years of love built up with her fans, just better than she got).
So despite the low points, none of which were on stage, I had a great time. Maybe I shouldn't wait so long before going to an actual music concert again.
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by Tabby at 9/08/2004 04:10:00 p.m.
