To letitrock:
I checked on the internetsite of the paper but it is not there. If you are really interested in the review I could try to lay my hands on a copy of the newspaper tomorrow (I just read it at work so I don't have it) and copy it for you and send it to your home adress if you want. But I have to say it is all in Dutch and you might not understand it. But I could try to translate it for you... Anyway, I found the title very good: "Ma, you must listen to this!", because the journalist noticed that there were a lot of people putting their mobile phones in the air so that others could listen.
I'm in my final year of Journalism now so I should be a journalist in the near future. I sure hope I can interview Bon Jovi soon!
To vallie:
thanks for accepting apologies. You know, I try to have good friends and I'm known as a guy who wants the best for everyone, so I felt a bit bad yesterday cause I think I was a bit too rude at times. When I asked you about the bootlegs, I meant this: I think you are not into Bon Jovi for a very long time (not that I say that I'm better cause I've been a fan for 10 years, but it's probably just like that). I've seen the three previous concerts, I heard loads of bootlegs, I've seen lots of live performances on video, on television, so I kinda knew what I expected.
And I didn't get what I expected. I'm glad you sang, you screamed, you waved, you jumped... I did so too, I think all the fans were like that, going mad every minute. But where I was there almost happened nothing. I wasn't actually at the back cause I could just see the front rows from where I was... I was near the plate "uitgang" so that's not so far. It's my own choice to be there. At small venues I like to be in the front rows because it gives me an intimate feeling. I was once on the first row at a small venue from Catatonia, and there was no room between the stage and the crowd so I could even see the setlist lying there on the podium.
Now at a Bon Jovi concert, I always try to be not too far, but I don't really feel the need to be close either. When the concert started, I felt that I was about the only one singing, but I thought: like always, the others will join in after a while. They always do. But they didn't this time. I don't understand it!
I'll admit, when I was at my very first concert (Roxette in 94), I didn't dare to sing or do anything. I was just a little shy and after the concert I really regretted this. I thought: why didn't I sing and enjoy myself! So from that moment I said to myself: no matter what happens: I'll sing, I'll dance, I'll do whatever I feel like.
And from that moment it's been the same thing over and over again. I'm standing there singing, clapping, doing everything and everyone around me just stands there. Then they see I'm enjoying myself and after a while they can't help but do the same thing. But not on Sunday. There was this girl just a bit behind me, I noticed her: she didn't sing, she didn't even applaude, she was just standing there watching. Now I wonder, maybe in the crowd there were a lot of people who just know Bon Jovi a little bit and didn't know any better to do than to go to the concert? I don't know why it was and I still don't know. I only know that I tried my best to have a great time, but that a lot of people seemed to be, like Jon said "tired".
And if you have read all of this I wrote you must love the way I'm writing or just be interested, I guess (lol) Sorry that my replies are always so long!
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06-10-2003, 10:15 PM
