| GBS at the Trocadero in Philly 2004 |
| They opened with Beat the Drum. I thought I�d miss Donkey Riding as the opener but Beat the Drum was perfect, absolutely perfect. Got the crowd all hyped up. |
| Donkey Riding came next and Alan immediately let the audience take over the singing. We did such a good job! And got complimented. When I�m Up also allowed us a chance to sing. Murray seemed particularly pleased that we were all joining in. Karen�s first reaction to Bob�s shirt was � �Bob raided S�an�s closet!� He was wearing a long-sleeved blue and white flowered shirt, the same one he wore at the Molson Amphitheater last summer. Alan�s shirt was tie-dyed stripes with Essenza written vertically along a square design. S�an wore a two-toned T-shirt, Kris�s shirt could get a drunk really confused � it said PANTS across the front. Murray looked dapper in a goldish striped shirt. It was one of only a few times I had ever seen Bob in jeans. He�s usually all in black when I see him. |
| When I Am King was introduced to be sung in a place where it was �just the perfect spot.� I thought so - any spot with the GBS b�ys is just the perfect spot. After When I Am King, Alan spoke about lots of things going on. He told us it was GBS�s 11th birthday on March 11th and since they don�t have any commitments tomorrow, Philly is their first chance to really celebrate. Alan�s standard speech on the nights before a day off took them to �tomorrow with no professional engagements, which of course means we can party later tonight. If anyone knows a good place to read some late night books, please tell us. Some interesting magazines perhaps. We love reading magazines.� |
| Lukey was one of the better ones I�ve seen recently and Alan complimented us yet again on our singing, �Nice going, Philadelphia!� There was an exchange between Alan and Sean that had Sean lamenting, �I wish we were better looking.� And then he went into this involved explanation of the chat he was having with the Pushstars backstage. �Chris was telling me about something couples do now. They don�t make-out. They go sandblasting.� Alan looked at Sean, puzzled, �Is that a euphemism for something else?� |
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| Alan - �Now I may be from a small outport, but I�m not stupid. So I told him no thanks I gotta go.The guy looked at me weird as I left in a hurry. I still don�t know what he wanted to have me do. Anyone know what it means to go back behind the club and have chicken?" Sean says �Ask the Pushstars.� �Maybe he just meant to go have some chicken.� states Alan. Murray then shakes his head, smiling, and says �Not behind the club!� Somewhere in this exchange we got the current hockey score �Montreal 4-3� chortles Alan. |
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| To which Sean replied, �It�s good clean fun, Alan. All the cool kids are doin� it!� Alan still is puzzled over the term sandblasting and wondering what exactly you do when you go sandblasting. Then he starts telling us about a time he was in Toronto and some musician who had seen them play was talking to him in a club. The guy chatted with Alan for a while and then asked Alan if he wanted to go out back behind the club for some chicken. |
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