AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 3/10/2005 01:49:00 PM ----- BODY: i know that some of you don't understand the whole duran duran "thing". that's fine. sometimes i don't understand it myself. be that as it may, i am and will always be a HUGE duran duran fan. so i continue to wonder why it is that last nite was my FIRST duran duran concert. i don't have an answer for that other than i was not allowed to go to concerts until after i graduated high school. (yes, i realize that still leaves about 16 years where i could have gone. i'm guessing that i either a) didn't know they were touring or b) they weren't playing anywhere near me.) regardless, i can now die a happy woman. i have been able to worship at the altar of john taylor. there were people there with a sign that read "the church of the bass god welcomes you" on one side and "play that fooonky bass john" with "play that funky music white boy" underneath. it appears that my friends and i, (and the 2 new friends i met in the bathroom) were not the only john devotees in attendance. i mean look at this face. how could you resist?? needless to say, the concert was AMAZING. (and steve, you can just shut it right now. i don't care that you don't like duran duran. just hush!) one of my best friends from jr. high went with me and at the start of the show, the band came out and stood drinking in the love from their fans. she and i looked at each other, each with tears in our eyes. (i know. TOTALLY sappy. don't care. don't care. don't care! it was an experience.) while neither of us ACTUALLY cried, we came close. we stood for 2+ hours listening to them belt out 22 songs, singing along with most of them. they played all of their staples, although there were 2 songs that i would have loved to hear that didn't get played. considering the "miles" that age has put on them, they all looked good, with the exception of andy. but andy never got any of the attention back in the day either, so i suppose it doesn't really matter. it was an amazing experience and i highly recommend it to anyone that was a "duranie". it is so worth the $$ you'll pay. at the end of the show, my friend and i both said, "i could NEVER go to another concert in my life and die a happy woman". they were THAT good. this is what the boys look like today. (well, within the last year anyway.) most have aged well. they had fun, the crowd was great and i just wish i would get my voice back! ****in other non duran duran related news, zoot heard the heartbeat today! i am sooooooo excited for her!! --------