03.20.08
Ally Counts the Days
It is now…
**counts on fingers**
…57 days until the girl-child and I go to see Radiohead in Charlotte. SQUEE!! We’re on the damn lawn (thanks scalpers! you all suck diseased donkey balls!), but still. Major, major squee. This will be my third time seeing them, my daughter’s second.
New songs I am looking forward to hearing:
Older songs I really really hope they’ll play:
- Street Spirit
- I Am A Wicked Child (never heard this live, and DAMN I want to O_O)
- Airbag (please, guys! please please please!)
- Talk Show Host (again, PLEASE!!)
- Idioteque. This is a no brainer as they always play it
- Fog
- Like Spinning Plates
- How To Disappear Completely
- Creep. I will not apologize! I love the singalong aspect, I love hearing thousands and thousands of people all singing the same thing at the same time, and I REALLY love the inevitable person declaring “you are special, Thom!” at the critical spot
I am so stoked about going to this show! I love the atmosphere at a Radiohead show, the way you feel so connected to everyone around you. Plus it’s great mother-daughter bonding 
lisabea said,
March 21, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Hm. I was this excited about seeing the Counting Crows. Which makes me either in my 40’s or a pothead. But not both. We took the entire family and saw them with Collective Soul (who were wonderful) Live (who were not so much) and the Crows (who were unbelievable). Good times. My husband hates them. Wine coolers helped him get through the evening.
Have fun Ally. My big girl REALLY wants to see them, too.
Ally Blue said,
March 22, 2008 at 10:35 am
That’s so cool. I wish more people did live shows as a family thing. To me, it’s one of the best things you can do. Call me sappy, but I love the sense of connection I get at a show. I dunno, maybe it isn’t that way at ALL shows, but that’s how I feel at a Radiohead show. I’d imagine Counting Crows would be the same way, yeah?
The girl-child and I went to Bonnaroo ‘06 together, along with some friends of mine. We went for Radiohead, of course. No one else on this planet could make me sleep in a tent for 4 days and wash my hair in a garden hose *g* But the whole festival was such a great experience for us as mother and daughter. It’s so neat that you and your family do that too. Even though your DH didn’t like them, he still went, which is awesome
Is your big girl going to catch Radiohead this tour?