Since I last posted: I've moshed, poked my finger through hole in a young man's ear, drunk too much on a school night, attempted a 5km run, slid down a snow slope backwards and forwards, fallen on my arse, looked like a complete fool (shhhh to those of you who say that's nothing new!), leapt off a 5m tower, done a cracking impression of Robin Hood and faced a few of my fears.
Not bad eh? By my usual sedentary standards it's been a busy couple of months!
Teutonic Gods of Rock.... RAMMSTEIN
I owe my gig buddy a huge thank you for pushing me out of my comfort zone & persuading me to go see this band. Perry had been talking about them for about a year, singing their praises "best live band ever", sending me youtube video links etc... Finally a week before the gig I caved...
I downloaded the greatest hits album and was hooked. Having a degree in German made it all the more entertaining, some of those song lyrics are just plain weird, wonderful but weird!!!
If I'm perfectly honest I was a bit nervous about this gig, I'd done Iron Maiden last year, but even so wasn't sure what to expect at such a hardcore metal (or should that be Teutonic Industrial Metal?) gig.
Would I feel totally out of place? What would the atmosphere be like?
Basically, me doing my usually panic about shit that I really don't need to panic about.
Unfortunately, on the way to the gig I lost my phone so I've had to "pinch" these pics off the internet, to give you an idea of the sheer brilliance that is Rammstein live.
Seriously, yes, he wore for Engel, wings that had flames coming out of them!!!
The showmanship was unbelievable, if you've never seen this band, you must, must, must go! They're really not to be missed.
The fans are an eclectic mix, very chilled out. At one point I was stood behind a young man, who had one of those earrings in that expand the hole in the ear... in fact I could actually watch the band through it. Now, confession time, I'd had a drink (or two) by this point, so it seemed like a good idea to ask this young man about it & confess that I was tempted to poke my finger through his earlobe....
He let me.... :-)
Ok so I thought he was cute... but aren't you impressed at my expanding repertoire of chat up lines? I'm preparing myself for the challenge of number 14! ;-)
Finally, I have my first item for next year's Do Before 50 List...
Who wouldn't want to crowd surf in a dinghy?
Here endeth Part One... Read about my wheezing run and bruised arse in Part Two...
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