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Friday, April 19, 2013

The big news of the day is that Lisa's Catholic devotions and Christ-like self-sacrifice over the past couple of years have finally paid off, and as of this afternoon, Amelie's been offered a place at our first choice primary school for September. It's enough to restore my faith in religion. Although I'm not promising to attend church.

I'm currently so full of celebratory pizza, there's every chance I could throw up over my laptop, but despite being giddy with educational success and on cloud nine in seventh heaven, I'm damned if I'm going to go another day without mentioning Matchbox Twenty. So here they are...


They've not changed a lot since we saw them five years ago. Although we were on the other side of the stage back then. Sadly, Jeff Russo of Tonic was replaced this time around by Matt Beck's beer soaked figure on the backing instruments. Matt played with the band when I first saw them in 2003 (I'd link to the blog post, but oddly, I didn't write about it. I know, I can't believe it either. Although I did mention the event here. Which also explains my lack of blogging at the time), but if memory serves me right, his wife was busy having a baby in 2008 (I know the feeling) so he failed to make the trip.

Anyhoo, Matchbox Twenty were excellent on Tuesday night. Although as my favourite band of the last ten years, I would say that. Kyle Cook has a much better hairstyle these days...


... and I successfully managed to cut Paul Doucette out of most of the photos on account of him being a mentalist who looks like he's having an epileptic fit during every chorus, and would probably be locked up if he wasn't a rock star. So here are the other three instead...


And here's a nice shot of the audience...


It makes me appreciate the zoom on my camera. I'd like to have been as close to the stage as the bloke who shot this video...


... but that would have involved buying standing-only tickets, and Lisa and I are far too old for that kind of nonsense. If we can't take the weight off our aching feet and put a tartan blanket over our knees, then frankly we ain't going.

Anyhoo, the song above is 'Push', and if you were unlucky enough to know me between 2003, when I first came across Matchbox Twenty, and 2010, when I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my fingers, you'll have heard me play that on the guitar. It was number one in my personal repertoire for about seven years, alongside 'Hang', which they surprised me by playing as an encore, and which almost brought me to tears in a kind of self-pitying why-can't-I-still-play-the-guitar kind of a way. Not that it's sad for everyone.

I'll post that performance purely for wallowing purposes...


... and because I was singing along at the top of my voice, so I like to think you can hear me in the background.

Ultimately though, despite my own musical status as a degeneration ex, Tuesday evening at the Hammersmith Apollo was an excellent night out, and what's more, Lisa managed to get a photo of me standing outside after only three attempts...


If I look tense, it's because I'd just realised I was standing on a ticket tout's patch, and I thought I was about to get knifed.

5 comments:

Phil's Mum said...

I thought you'd picked up a strange woman.

Lisa said...

No, that was nine years ago now.

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