things i never thought i'd see...?

anybody else watching live8? here i was, innocently trying to conquer medieval japan on my computer...tv in the background with live8 on (hey there's no basketball)...and then motley crue took the stage. apparently i still love them. but more on that later. they start out with 'kickstart my heart'. pretty rocking. mick mars is doing all the heavy rock guitar intro stuff - mega feedback wail resolves into opening chord let it reverberate shake the guitar for new feedback wail and then the band comes out...vince neil is looking ok - a little rounder but not too much and give him a break anyway, quitting heroine will do that to ya...he does his best jesus christ pose with a big too simple to be faked grin - really really happy to be on stage on the nicest day in 10 years - he says 'how's it going canada?' and holds the mic out to hear the audience....this is just rock and roll. tommy lee totally rocks in with huge drum fills and they're off and running. yeah i apparently still love motley crue. and then it gets strange... between songs vince neil says 'so today is not just about the music...it's about 8 guys in a room at the g8...we're gonna send them a message...let's hear you send them a message...' or something along those lines.... i didn't know vince neil knew what the g8 was. so wierd...
and then they went back to being cock-rockers. they're pretty good at it. they've been doing it for over 20 years. and they didn't say anything else political anymore so no more wierdness to mess with me....just good clean (and they are too since nikki sixx actually died and was rescusitated -spelling?- in the late eighties or early nineties after a heroine overdose) rock and roll. there were some odd/funny moments too. for example, even though it was only 5 or 530pm, vince neil couldn't help but saying 'tonight' - as in 'how y'all doing tonight?' and 'let's get those hands in the air tonight' and 'make some noise tonight'...he did that about 9 times...
sarah says maybe it's cuz they've been up since 4am if they flew in or something. i think it's cuz they're rock stars. the other funny thing is that vince neil keeps holding his mic out to hear the crowd sing the next line or whatever only the crowd doesn't seem to know the words... buncha punk kids...i knew all the words. i actually feel like i have to sing along when he does that. watching it again (thanx to my tivo, and sarah just got home so i'm making her watch it...except she's just admitted that she doesn't know any crue...the shame...) ...watching it again i'm still impressed. he's lost a little bit of voice but he can still wail. it's so funny. they are more fun to watch and seem to be having more fun than most of any bands that have been formed since 1993. ya know why? no irony. they are really unselfconscious and just going for it even though they've been doing this for a couple decades. rocking out...pulling big moves...drum stick twirls...leaning on the guitar or bass players back...having total rock hair... and they're all smiling - at least when they're not making rock guitar faces or metal grimaces. it's kinda giving me goosebumps. maybe i should grow out my hair again so i can rawk... this totally made me think of you mere.

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oh my god. dmc, as in formerly run dmc - until run got shot not that long ago, just came out on stage and they're getting some help from the actor who plays warrick on csi (las vegas)... and for their second song they're rapping over 'all along the watchtower' holy shit i think that's robbie robertson playing the guitar for them...i'm ....i don't know what to say....robbie robertson sounds kinda awesome...