Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 4/10/14

Holy crap.... Yep... that's my first thought about this concert! I still can't even believe that I was there! What an amazing class this year too! Inductees included:

• Cat Stevens
• Kiss
• Linda Rondstadt
• Peter Gabriel
• Nirvana
• The E Street Band
• Hall and Oates

Wow.... I am still getting chills thinking about Cat Stevens performing Peace Train. It was a surreal experience! Plus... I SAW PETER GABRIEL!!! What??! So cool. He did In Your Eyes with Youssou N'Dour and the crowd was singing along like crazy. Kiss did not perform due to diva issues but they had a great speech and they were all very supportive and cordial which was nice to see! Linda Rondstadt did not come to the ceremony so in tribute to her Bonnie Raitt, Cheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris and FREAKING Stevie Nicks did some of her songs. The E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen was great but their thank you speeches went on for probably over an hour... it had me yawning and pondering if I could get away with taking a short nap. Their performance was excellent though! Seeing Joan Jett with Nirvana was so cool! There were so many artists that I have never seen live before and it was really cool and so interesting with all the different genres! So many awesome celebs and surprise guests!

• Chris Martin from Coldplay
• Questlove from the Roots
• Glenn Frey from the Eagles
• Art Garfunkle
• Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine
• Michael Stipe from REM
• Bruce Springsteen
• Courtney Love (who seems intoxicated as usual)
• Joan Jett
• Lorde
• St Vincent
• Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth

I'm pretty sure that I saw Taylor Swift there in the audience... just saying... It was an all around awesome concert minus the people in our row that had to pee and get beer 300 times. Also those same up and downers were a bunch of chatty Cathy's. I actually had to tap the guy on the shoulder and tell him that I couldn't hear the concert because he was too damn loud. I hate to do that kind of thing but I paid a lot of money and came a long way across miles of scary subway to get there. The subway is a scary scary place full of scary people and confusing letters and numbers and colors.... hate it!
In synopsis, the concert was amazing and I will be going again as soon as Styx gets inducted! Hopefully next year! :-) I'll leave you with some pictures that I didn't take... I wasn't that close...lol

The Moody Blues 3/10/14

Kick off to the concert season of 2014! What a great band to kick off with! There were lots of parents there dragging their kids along. I may have been the only kid there dragging their parent along! haha We went to the Strathmore and something happened that has never happened before..... I forgot my tickets. I was freaking sick when I realized it. Thankfully the Strathmore just needed my id and they printed out a new copy... THANK YOU STRATHMORE!!!! So a much needed glass of wine later, we found our way to the roof... just kidding.

We were in a box seat but it was as high up as you could go. I had to resist the urge to drop gummy bears on people because it would've been so darn easy. That being said, my height was an advantage to people watch. There were a few sleepers but for the most part, people were out of their seats and dancing. We had a blast! Here's the set list from last night...

1. Gemini Dream
2. The Voice
3. Steppin' in a Slide Zone
4. You and Me
5. Nervous
6. Say It With Love
7. Peak Hour
8. I Know You're Out There Somewhere
9. The Story in Your Eyes 
10. Your Wildest Dream
11. Isn't Life Strange
12. Tuesday Afternoon
13. Higher and Higher
14. Driftwood
15. I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
16. Late Lament
17. Nights in White Satin
18. Question     
19. Encore:   Ride My See-Saw

 

We literally had a bird's eye view but we had a blast. The band sounded great and they are celebrating 50 years as a band. I can't even imagine all of the cool things that they've seen over the years! So Bravo Moody Blues for still having lots of energy and having the voices to back it up! Hearing Nights in White Satin live was probably the highlight of the night for me. So awesome! So this is the first of many posts this summer! I can't wait to see what this summer has in store for me!