Recently..
Posted by fadetogrey at 02:12 PM on November 21, 2003.
I have been posting at my other journal.. Don't have the time or energy to repost them here.
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November 21st, 2003
October 19th, 2003
*giggles*
Posted by fadetogrey at 12:24 PM on October 19, 2003.
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October 17th, 2003
..and the freaks come out to play
Posted by fadetogrey at 03:10 PM on October 17, 2003 as a favorite post.
I'm in Computer Programming at school, first lesson on a Thursday.. a very long one at that - 1 hour 5 minutes, I believe. But I've done all my work, so out comes my discman and blog.
Don't worry everyone - I haven't lost my mind. I do plan on writing my version of the Placebo concert soon. I would now, but I don't have the setlist on me.. Wait.. Chrissy has it. *runs off to get it*
Well, let's start at the beginning. The concert was at 8pm on Friday 25th July at the Enmore Theatre, for those of you who didn't know, so Chrissy & I drove up to Sydney in the morning, and spent the afternoon bumming around in the hotel. As we were driving up, we heard Mel & Charlie on Triple J saying that they would be interviewing Placebo at 3 o'clock that afternoon, so we listened to that from the radio alarm clock in our bedroom. Mel: So what do you boys do in your spare time? Brian: Oh you know, meditation, yoga.. channeling the white light of the universe.. *giggles* hehe.. yeah.
God, I love him. *beams*
So that ended up being at 4.30, so we slept for a bit and did nothing of particular interest until after dinner. I had borrowed Leanne's short pink skirt (which I had, by the way, hemmed & tacked for her *lol*), so after dinner we got ready and headed off to the Enmore. [I ended up wearing my baggy jeans with the pink skirt over the top, my black belt with the metal holes in it, my fishnet tanktop, and Chrissy's dog collar, along with a hell of a lot of neon fuck bands. I was like "hmm.. I wonder if they glow in the dark.." Turns out they did lol].
So off we head to the Enmore. Wow. Freaks galore. It was fantastic. I don't know if I could count myself as one of the freaks, but it was just so much fun hanging around with them all. All the goths, punks, rockers - just freaks in general, really. You should have seen some of the looks we got from random people walking down the street. It was great. We got to the Enmore at about 6.30, I believe, but the doors didn't open until 7.30. ^^;;;
We had decided that we'd skip the merchandise and go buy some after the concert instead, so that we could get a better place down the front. And my God, we were RIGHT down the front, right up against the barrier. Slightly to the right of the stage, but about a metre (maybe half a metre) from Stef, and about 5 metres from Brian. We couldn't really see Steve because there was a cymbal in his face all night *giggles* but that was okay. We had Brian & Stef to think about. ^__^
Okay, set list:
1. Bulletproof Cupid - so much better than on the CD. very energetic, a great way to start the concert. Like, they come on and just suddenly burst into the guitar riff - it was amazing.
2. Allergic - they've been playing this at most of their SWG performances, so I kind of expected it. But it was good nonetheless.
3. very You Every Me - enter sing-a-long song number 1. Everyone was singing, and Brian was just bouncing all over the stage. ^_^
4. Protect Me From What I Want - *giggles* whee! insane harmonica playing!! This song was absolutely amazing - at the beginning, Brian came and stood singing right in front of us. He was so close! And he did some *ahem* interesting hand movements along the mike :D
5. Plasticine - this song absolutely went off live! It was great - so full of energy, really got everyone dancing. ^_^
6. Sleeping With Ghosts / Soulmates - I'd never heard the Soulmates version of SWG before, and I was like "ooh, this is different". Much rockier than the original SWG track, very good. Bri changed some of the lyrics to "fuck the government, fuck their killings, fuck their lies" and everyone was like "yeah!!" and screamed madly. lol
7. The Bitter End - "Stop me if you've heard this one before" *giggles* I love Brian. ^__^ This totally went off as well - the beginning riff really got everyone into the swing of things.
8. Black-Eyed - I love this song, and it was just fantastic live. Sing-a-long song number 2.
9. I’ll Be Yours - "this is a song about fear, frustration, desire, and death.." so true. a very moving song live.
10. Special Needs - "remember me.." mmm, beautiful song. love it.
11. English Summer Rain - my second favourite Placebo song. It was great to hear it live, especially with Brian's funky dancing. *giggles*
12. Without You I’m Nothing - *sighs* I love this song. When Bri began playing the intro to it, I was just like "Oh. My. God. *eyes go teary*" It was brilliant, as always.
13. This Picture - I absolutely adore the "I hold an image of the ashtray girl, cigarette burns on my chest.." introduction to this song. I love the way Brian changes the pauses when singing it live in the above intro & also at the end, where he sings "can't stop growing old..". mmm, beautiful.
14. Special K - This song just plain rocks!! I love it - I went through a stage where this was my "saviour song", if you will. So yeah.. It was nice to hear it live and be there in person.
FIRST ENCORE
15. Taste In Men - Oh. My. Fucking. God. *dies* Brian and Stef were so hot in this song!! I.. Well, I think Chrissy said it pretty well in her LJ, so you can check out her response to it there. But basically, Brian & Stef & Steve all came on for the first encore - Steve went and sat down at his drums & had a bit of a smoke, and Bri & Stef came on without their instruments, and started dancing, touching, grinding.. you know, the whole deal. ^__^ Brian looked as though he was about to take Stef's shirt off (it was already halfway up Stef's chest from Brian mauling him *lol*), and Chrissy yelled "TAKE IT OFF!" and then they went off to get their instruments. *laughs* Ah well, what can you do? lol. Mmm... it was so good.
16. Slave To The Wage - "Sick and tired of Tony's farm, he's George Bush's bitch with broken arms.." Hehe, I love this song, it's just so energetic. Hell, I just love Brian!! ^____^
17. Pure Morning - What can I say? Probably the most famous Placebo song, and probably one of the best too. You've got to love it. :D
SECOND ENCORE
18. Centrefolds - Hmm.. I'm really not all that keen on this song, especially not on the record, but it was actually really good live. Really moving. Stef played keyboard for it, and there were quite a few seemingly-seductive looks shared over the keyboard (lmao) between Bri & Stef.
19. Teenage Angst - I'm glad thye played this. It's such a fantastic song, and as much as I like the piano version, it gets on my nerves sometimes, simply because they play it so much (the piano version, that is). The version they played on the night was semi-acoustic, if you will. No piano/keyboard, but it was slightly slower than on the album. Brian was jumping all over the place (Stef played guitar for this song, Brian just sang with a cordless mike) and was standing on top of all the amps and everything. Being the short guy he is, he couldn't reach the really huge amp slightly to the right of us, so he stood on the little baby amp, then jumped onto the boxes of water bottles next to the big amp, and quite literally clambered on top of the big amp. *laughs* It was so funny!! We were all moving out arms as though we were worshipping him, and he looked at me and smiled. *squeals* God, I'm such a fangirl. ^____^
20. Where Is My Mind - Ooh, Stef's dancing & hand movements in this song! So fantastic. A great way to end the concert, I loved every minute of it too.
So, in conclusion, I had a fucking fantastic time. Thank you so much, Chrissy, for coming with me - if it weren't for you, I would never have gon. So thank you.
..I think I'll write about the signing tomorrow, or something. *shrugs* I have to scan in my photos too, so I'll do it all at once, maybe when I don't have so much work. Hope you all enjoyed that.
Don't worry everyone - I haven't lost my mind. I do plan on writing my version of the Placebo concert soon. I would now, but I don't have the setlist on me.. Wait.. Chrissy has it. *runs off to get it*
Well, let's start at the beginning. The concert was at 8pm on Friday 25th July at the Enmore Theatre, for those of you who didn't know, so Chrissy & I drove up to Sydney in the morning, and spent the afternoon bumming around in the hotel. As we were driving up, we heard Mel & Charlie on Triple J saying that they would be interviewing Placebo at 3 o'clock that afternoon, so we listened to that from the radio alarm clock in our bedroom. Mel: So what do you boys do in your spare time? Brian: Oh you know, meditation, yoga.. channeling the white light of the universe.. *giggles* hehe.. yeah.
God, I love him. *beams*So that ended up being at 4.30, so we slept for a bit and did nothing of particular interest until after dinner. I had borrowed Leanne's short pink skirt (which I had, by the way, hemmed & tacked for her *lol*), so after dinner we got ready and headed off to the Enmore. [I ended up wearing my baggy jeans with the pink skirt over the top, my black belt with the metal holes in it, my fishnet tanktop, and Chrissy's dog collar, along with a hell of a lot of neon fuck bands. I was like "hmm.. I wonder if they glow in the dark.." Turns out they did
lol].So off we head to the Enmore. Wow. Freaks galore. It was fantastic. I don't know if I could count myself as one of the freaks, but it was just so much fun hanging around with them all. All the goths, punks, rockers - just freaks in general, really. You should have seen some of the looks we got from random people walking down the street. It was great.
We got to the Enmore at about 6.30, I believe, but the doors didn't open until 7.30. ^^;;;We had decided that we'd skip the merchandise and go buy some after the concert instead, so that we could get a better place down the front. And my God, we were RIGHT down the front, right up against the barrier. Slightly to the right of the stage, but about a metre (maybe half a metre) from Stef, and about 5 metres from Brian. We couldn't really see Steve because there was a cymbal in his face all night *giggles* but that was okay. We had Brian & Stef to think about. ^__^
Okay, set list:
1. Bulletproof Cupid - so much better than on the CD. very energetic, a great way to start the concert. Like, they come on and just suddenly burst into the guitar riff - it was amazing.
2. Allergic - they've been playing this at most of their SWG performances, so I kind of expected it. But it was good nonetheless.
3. very You Every Me - enter sing-a-long song number 1. Everyone was singing, and Brian was just bouncing all over the stage. ^_^
4. Protect Me From What I Want - *giggles* whee! insane harmonica playing!! This song was absolutely amazing - at the beginning, Brian came and stood singing right in front of us. He was so close! And he did some *ahem* interesting hand movements along the mike :D
5. Plasticine - this song absolutely went off live! It was great - so full of energy, really got everyone dancing. ^_^
6. Sleeping With Ghosts / Soulmates - I'd never heard the Soulmates version of SWG before, and I was like "ooh, this is different". Much rockier than the original SWG track, very good. Bri changed some of the lyrics to "fuck the government, fuck their killings, fuck their lies" and everyone was like "yeah!!" and screamed madly. lol
7. The Bitter End - "Stop me if you've heard this one before" *giggles* I love Brian. ^__^ This totally went off as well - the beginning riff really got everyone into the swing of things.
8. Black-Eyed - I love this song, and it was just fantastic live. Sing-a-long song number 2.
9. I’ll Be Yours - "this is a song about fear, frustration, desire, and death.." so true. a very moving song live.
10. Special Needs - "remember me.." mmm, beautiful song. love it.
11. English Summer Rain - my second favourite Placebo song. It was great to hear it live, especially with Brian's funky dancing. *giggles*
12. Without You I’m Nothing - *sighs* I love this song. When Bri began playing the intro to it, I was just like "Oh. My. God. *eyes go teary*" It was brilliant, as always.
13. This Picture - I absolutely adore the "I hold an image of the ashtray girl, cigarette burns on my chest.." introduction to this song. I love the way Brian changes the pauses when singing it live in the above intro & also at the end, where he sings "can't stop growing old..". mmm, beautiful.
14. Special K - This song just plain rocks!! I love it - I went through a stage where this was my "saviour song", if you will. So yeah.. It was nice to hear it live and be there in person.
FIRST ENCORE
15. Taste In Men - Oh. My. Fucking. God. *dies* Brian and Stef were so hot in this song!! I.. Well, I think Chrissy said it pretty well in her LJ, so you can check out her response to it there. But basically, Brian & Stef & Steve all came on for the first encore - Steve went and sat down at his drums & had a bit of a smoke, and Bri & Stef came on without their instruments, and started dancing, touching, grinding.. you know, the whole deal. ^__^ Brian looked as though he was about to take Stef's shirt off (it was already halfway up Stef's chest from Brian mauling him *lol*), and Chrissy yelled "TAKE IT OFF!" and then they went off to get their instruments. *laughs* Ah well, what can you do? lol. Mmm... it was so good.
16. Slave To The Wage - "Sick and tired of Tony's farm, he's George Bush's bitch with broken arms.." Hehe, I love this song, it's just so energetic. Hell, I just love Brian!! ^____^
17. Pure Morning - What can I say? Probably the most famous Placebo song, and probably one of the best too. You've got to love it. :D
SECOND ENCORE
18. Centrefolds - Hmm.. I'm really not all that keen on this song, especially not on the record, but it was actually really good live. Really moving. Stef played keyboard for it, and there were quite a few seemingly-seductive looks shared over the keyboard (lmao) between Bri & Stef.
19. Teenage Angst - I'm glad thye played this. It's such a fantastic song, and as much as I like the piano version, it gets on my nerves sometimes, simply because they play it so much (the piano version, that is). The version they played on the night was semi-acoustic, if you will. No piano/keyboard, but it was slightly slower than on the album. Brian was jumping all over the place (Stef played guitar for this song, Brian just sang with a cordless mike) and was standing on top of all the amps and everything. Being the short guy he is, he couldn't reach the really huge amp slightly to the right of us, so he stood on the little baby amp, then jumped onto the boxes of water bottles next to the big amp, and quite literally clambered on top of the big amp. *laughs* It was so funny!! We were all moving out arms as though we were worshipping him, and he looked at me and smiled. *squeals* God, I'm such a fangirl. ^____^
20. Where Is My Mind - Ooh, Stef's dancing & hand movements in this song! So fantastic. A great way to end the concert, I loved every minute of it too.
So, in conclusion, I had a fucking fantastic time. Thank you so much, Chrissy, for coming with me - if it weren't for you, I would never have gon. So thank you.
..I think I'll write about the signing tomorrow, or something. *shrugs* I have to scan in my photos too, so I'll do it all at once, maybe when I don't have so much work. Hope you all enjoyed that.
October 16th, 2003
Posted by fadetogrey at 05:25 PM on October 16, 2003.
lmao, the five words my hotbar comes up with to describe our journal? vampire, underwear, logo, leather, and health. *sweatdrops* see what happens to this place when i let it go? ^_^;;
October 7th, 2003
I want..
Posted by fadetogrey at 05:53 PM on October 7, 2003.
So what if I've turned down 6 invitations to go out in the past week? I don't care. So why should anyone else? I didn't ask them to.
And it's not like I don't have a reason for not going. I've said the same to anyone who's asked - I have too much work to do. Why the FUCK can't anyone understand that? I mean, the other night (the night of the movie marathon) Sally came online and said something to the effect of "poo to you for not coming tonight". I was just like "Eh?", and she repeated what she said. So I told her I have too much work to do, which is true. I mean, it's the fucking HOLIDAYS, for christ's sake, and I'm still doing homework at 8.30 at night. *shakes head sarcastically* No, no work at all.
It's like you all think I don't want to go to anything. I do. Yes, it's my fault that I leave everything to the last moment, but perhaps you'd like to think about inviting me earlier than a few hours before hand? Then perhaps I could do more work in the day (if that's even possible) and perhaps then, and only then, I could go. As it is right now, I can't.
My guy has a tan transcontinental
but it keeps me enchained
watch an old black and white movie
fred and ginger are too sentimental, crying in shame
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
so don't you dare leave me
it's like coming home
to a skin that has died
human voices like a drum
and they're looking right through me
scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
my guy has a tattoo ornamental
when he's frozen in space
cut your eye far to me
a covered carcass is too elemental, caught underneath a subway
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
so don't you dare leave me
it's like coming home
it's a skin that has died
human voices like a drum
and they're looking right through me
scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
trans-likened, twisting my ankle
doing the grave dance
narcotic? yes please, I'll have a sample
riding on my very last chance
then the clouds will open for me
gonna meet my jesus christ
I see history playing before me
for pleasure and passion you play the price
sadness the name of the spike that took me
I'll make that's all
like some raging, hard, horny mephistopheles
who came for my soul
What do I want? I want someone who'll care for me as much as I care for them, care about them. Someone who needs me. Someone who understands that I need to be loved, and that I need them to show me that.
I want someone will play with my hair and who doesn't mind if I play with their's. I want someone who understands me, wants me, needs me, cares about me, adores me, completes me, knows me, respects me, loves me.
And it's not like I don't have a reason for not going. I've said the same to anyone who's asked - I have too much work to do. Why the FUCK can't anyone understand that? I mean, the other night (the night of the movie marathon) Sally came online and said something to the effect of "poo to you for not coming tonight". I was just like "Eh?", and she repeated what she said. So I told her I have too much work to do, which is true. I mean, it's the fucking HOLIDAYS, for christ's sake, and I'm still doing homework at 8.30 at night. *shakes head sarcastically* No, no work at all.
It's like you all think I don't want to go to anything. I do. Yes, it's my fault that I leave everything to the last moment, but perhaps you'd like to think about inviting me earlier than a few hours before hand? Then perhaps I could do more work in the day (if that's even possible) and perhaps then, and only then, I could go. As it is right now, I can't.
My guy has a tan transcontinental
but it keeps me enchained
watch an old black and white movie
fred and ginger are too sentimental, crying in shame
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
so don't you dare leave me
it's like coming home
to a skin that has died
human voices like a drum
and they're looking right through me
scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
my guy has a tattoo ornamental
when he's frozen in space
cut your eye far to me
a covered carcass is too elemental, caught underneath a subway
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
so don't you dare leave me
it's like coming home
it's a skin that has died
human voices like a drum
and they're looking right through me
scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
one more time for me, one more time for me
trans-likened, twisting my ankle
doing the grave dance
narcotic? yes please, I'll have a sample
riding on my very last chance
then the clouds will open for me
gonna meet my jesus christ
I see history playing before me
for pleasure and passion you play the price
sadness the name of the spike that took me
I'll make that's all
like some raging, hard, horny mephistopheles
who came for my soul
What do I want? I want someone who'll care for me as much as I care for them, care about them. Someone who needs me. Someone who understands that I need to be loved, and that I need them to show me that.
I want someone will play with my hair and who doesn't mind if I play with their's. I want someone who understands me, wants me, needs me, cares about me, adores me, completes me, knows me, respects me, loves me.