OLD LADY .........

.......look at my life, I'm a lot like you were...............


Last week Toban, Kyle, and I went to a Neil Young concert at GM Place. Yes, very cool.



He is 62 yrs. young and has an amazing amount of energy. He gave a great performance and played long and hard. I have to say though I was a little disappointed that he did not play Harvest Moon. I love that song. It's my favorite Neil Young song and one of my all-time favorite songs in general. And hey, it is October ....... could there be a better time to play Harvest Moon than October????
I have provided the link for your listening pleasure. (video included)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZw_Hr4X3dE


Things I Learnt at the Neil Young Concert:


1. My new low rider jeans aren't that comfortable after 3 hours of sitting. If the guy behind had spilled his beer, the inside of my jeans would have been wet.


2. Lots of males like Neil Young. Not used to going to concerts where there is that much testosterone. I am more likely to be found at Feist, Jann Arden, or Sarah McLaughlin. Never had to worry about beer getting spilt on me before.


3. Tickets scalpers often work in pairs. One guy buying tickets off another amateur scalper and his partner selling them at a higher price.


4. How come the beer drinkers can sit for 3 hours plus without having to get up to go pee?


5. One of the opening acts was a band called Death Cab for Cutie. Really. Any 'coolness' I was feeling about going to the concert quickly dissipated by learning that yes that is the band's real name. (I have no idea what it means either).


6. I am sooo not cool however much I may have thought by going to a Neil Young concert in my new low rider jeans with the new top from Fairweathers with my two sons. There I was standing outside GM Place waiting for the traffic cop to wave us on feeling all 'with it' and 'happening baby' when the traffic cop struck up a conversation with me. A bit of banter and then he asked me if I could name any other musicians named Neil. The keeners behind me (who have probably never even heard of low-rider jeans let alone own a pair) shouted out 'Neil Sedaka' and 'Neil Diamond.' I eagerly and smugly shouted out Neil Gallagher, lead guitarist from Oasis....much more current and cool then Neil Diamond or Neil Sedaka could ever have hoped to have been. When the guy looked at me blankly and the crowd went strangely quiet I just assumed that really, I was so cool, in fact too cool, and this crowd was so lost in the 70's and beyond that they didn't even know who Oasis was. Until of course I realized Toban was repeatedly saying 'NOEL' Mom, it's NOEL not Neil.'
SIGH. The crowd was too polite to even tsk tsk but the traffic cop took several steps away from me after indicating I could cross even though a semi-trailer was hurtling towards us.