Well.
A little late for recap; but I've needed this time to 'take it all in'.
By now we've seen the Kimmel tapes - and NCOE & Trespassing are OVER THE TOP!!!!!
We should be getting all five songs, though!!! They were ALL spectacular!!!!
I tried playing them for DH - and even tho the recordings from the fans are great - sound and photography from the dude who traversed the stage for every song is what we need! And it's what Adam deserves, after gifting us a performance of such excitement, joy, sex on fire, and unabashed vocal artistry!
Flew down to LA Thursday morning. Tiny plane. I used to be afraid of flying; until Adam inspired me to leave it to the Universe. By the time we landed in LAX the woman seated next to me couldn't wait to watch Kimmel!! She even said (in a very Meg Ryan way) that she wants to sense the happiness I couldn't help but reveal as I anticipated the night ahead!
The stage for the show was set up in a parking lot just off of Hollywood Boulevard, surrounded by temporary chain-link fence. My friend and I arrived and met a short, camped-out line. Someone had taken charge, and wrote numbers 75 & 76 on the back of our hands. It wasn't long before I the line stretched along the block. Started seeing familiar faces! I swear, it was a reunion! "I saw you at Fantasy Springs!"; "We met in San Diego!"; "Your husband went to sleep in the lobby!" - - I realized this was our first gathering since Nokia; December 16, 2010.
Yep. 16 months have passed; and we greeted one another like dear, cherished, long-remembered, crazy-uninhibited friends. We understood why we climbed over one another for a glimpse through the fence - like children begging for forbidden fruit -when Adam showed up for the sound check.
Admittance was clever. Staff would scan tickets, apply bracelets, and then move us to a new line. Exactly at 6:45PM, they began to let us in.
We had to pass thru body scanners; and I didn't mind that a bit! Anything to keep Adam safe; and ensure only professional videography! (Again I say - where are their videos of BE, Naked, & Cuckoo??)
They did this really weird thing. Put up a 'Trespassing' (yellow/black tape) line, keeping everyone about 25 feet from the stage. Once we were all in, they removed the tape and allowed us to walk forward, baby steps, towards the stage. In doing so, many of us found ourselves more squished and further back, row-wise, than before. A gym-class hero took the mike and said "If I see anyone walking fast or pushing I will personally come and throw you out!" before we moved forward; but when someone called to him and said "They are squishing us!" he replied "This is a concert and it's standing room only - get used to it!"
In the end, of course, it was more than worth it! Each of us found our unique way to experience Adam. I shimmied and shook and probably got too familiar with those around me with my gyrating toosh and boobs - but I had to dance!
Adam's live versions of the five songs we heard took me to a new place - a new depth, a new context of raw, sexual sophistication. In FYE, and GNT, Adam strutted for us; this time, he's walking the walk and he's doing it HIS way. I felt a realization that he knew, from this crowd, at this performance, that we really DO give a fuck - - and you could see it from his smiles and the uninhibited explosion of freedom of expression on that stage.
I'm still stunned by the experience. I watch the videos over and over! What should I do? I want to congratulate US for knowing. Believing. Allowing. Paying attention. Staying. Holding on. Supporting. I've never questioned. Never wavered. I know Adam will change the world.
This forum of understanding souls has helped ease my passion.
For me the past two days became a reunion as well as a concert and celebration! A poet once said "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air."
Adam will never 'blush unseen' - and neither will we.
