Woohoo!

Last night my friend and I went to watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Initially Mr M and I were going to go but he said he wasn't that fussed on them so my friend came with me instead. I had been looking forward to last night for ages and my friend was also excited about us going concerting. And it was well worth the wait!

After waiting in the queue for merchandise then waiting again for food, we finally made it to our seats to watch the support act.
What we saw was the funniest thing I'd seen in ages, I nearly choked on my burger and was almost put off my food completely. The guy threw his shirt in to the mosh pit only to get it thrown back at him but undeterred he then took of his trousers and continued to perform in his pants and socks. This guy loved himself so much it was hilarious, my friend didn't think a lot of him though and wasn't very impressed. I actually thought he was quite good considering other support acts I have seen, at least the guy could sing. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to think that the only people worth watching are the group you came to see and boo at anything else, regardless of if they are good or not. Kaiser Chiefs is a casing point when they were supporting the Foo's. I adored the Kaisers, as a support act they were wasted and I would love to see them tour in their own right. They have excellent stage presence and boy can they rock! But still they got booed and for no reason whatsoever. I'd like to add that Mr M and I were cheering/screaming and clapping when they finished because they were really good. When they left the stage you could see they were pissed off with the crowd and it was such a shame.
Last night's support act was the same. Okay, so not everyone wants to be subjected to an almost nude, out of shape guy parading on a stage but he was funny for that reason. Due to the bad reaction of the crowd he retorted with vulgar language which I really didn't need or want to hear, but he reacted to the crowd and maybe he shouldn't have. Someone from the crowd threw a water bottle at him and caught him good, must admit to laughing my head of at that, it was a good shot.

Even so, I admire people who are willing to have a go. I wouldn't have the confidence to go on stage, I also don't have talent so I wouldn't even try. As I said, the guy could sing and to put you out of your misery it was Har Mar Superstar!

But onto RHCP.... I've liked them for quite some time now but this was the first time I had seen them live. I was blown away. The way that Flea and John played was just incredible and for the first time ever I actually thought that this group is better live than on studio album. On the albums you just don't get the guitars coming through enough but they make up for it live.
In one part Flea was playing a solo and the lights were dimmed with just a bit of light directed on him, with his bare torso on show and his fingers strumming all I could think at that breathtaking moment was "that would make such a nice black and white shot". This is normal isn't it?

Now don't be disillusioned, I don't fancy Flea it was purely an artistic moment. I regularly see things and think "wow, that would make such a nice picture" and it always happens when I don't have my camera with me. I don't think they would have allowed my camera into the the arena though as I use a DSLR and from the seat I would have had to have used my 70-300mm lens and my point and shoot just wouldn't have cut the mustard on it anyway. Of my lenses my 70-300 is my favourite as it helps when I can't get close and it has a fixed F5.6 aperture which proved fantastic at Taronga Zoo on Sunday afternoon. Which reminds me that I need to pull my finger out and get assignment 3 completed soon...