WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY, JUDE??
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL I'M SAYING.......I HAVE NO VOICE!!!!!
Yep, a good time was indeedydoody had by all! Okay, first off, let me answer all your comments you left on my blog last night ~ some of which were begging .... no, demanding (lol) "details"!
Vickytoria darling, I'm so sorry I missed you yesterday, I was off work at 3:00 and didn't see you anywhere to say HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY! So I'm saying it now, and yes please do visit me here at least so we can keep connected. I'm really going to miss you!!
To all you Leppy fans awaiting news of the Edmonton show ~~~~~~
HOLY CRAP, IT ROCKED SO GOOD!!!!
Last night was by far the BEST Leppy concert I've had the absolute pleasure of being a part of.....I don't know what their secret is, but these 5 guys look better than they have in years ~ rumour about their having a personal trainer to get keep them in great shape ~ anybody know anything about this?? Well let me tell you, Joe hasn't looked this good in years, he is slim and gorgeous and ladies he seriously is sexy stuff!
Phil....well Phil is always in great shape as we all know, and last night he set the ladies to screeching more than once with his guitar solos a la Phil. Viv was looking really good in his new haircut, it really suits him, although my favourite Viv look is still his really long hair. But then, just like my friend (and boss) Renata said as she gyrated to the tunes beside me last night..."I've always been a sucker for men in long hair!" Viv and Phil did major justice to the band's music last night, they had fists pumping and fans screaming for more, more, MORE!
Rick Allen was his usual smiling and wonderful self, and not because this is my favourite band, honestly this man is in my opinion the best drummer in the world. He has major talent and although it's old news, after losing an appendage in 1984 and becoming a one-armed ThunderGod, his craft has gotten even better. This man ROCKS!!
Okay ladies.....SAV. OMFG!! I have been seeing all the pictures so many of you have posted of Sav wearing his "whites" over the past while, but I have to tell you that when I rested my eyes on him in his whites IN PERSON, I about fell right out of the nosebleed seats and onto the floor!! Wow, that man is GORGEOUS enough to eat!! He was struttin' his white-clad beautiful self to all sides of the stage, stopping to pose for camera shots and making some fortunate fans extremely happy to have the opportunity for such great memories recorded for posterity! Crap he's beautiful!! Oh and at one point near the end of their show, when they were "saying goodbye" but before we roared them back out for the encores, someone threw their brand new Leppy ROA t-shirt at Sav. It was so cute, he opened it up, laid it against his body and then gestured with shrugs that "but I AM in the band, thank you but one of YOU should have this", and he threw it to a fan that didn't have one. It was so cute the way he did it, LOL!
The entire band were animated and moving around the stage continuously, never letting up for even a moment. How long have they been on this tour now? HAH!! You'd have thought it was their first gig, they were so ALIVE! Joe's voice was in surprisingly great shape for being this far into the tour, which was a thrill for us! By this time it's often scratchy and shredded, NOT that it takes away from the greatness of the man!
The Edmonton crowd..........we did not disappoint the Lepps!! They brought the house down and we never ever let up! There were times the band just shook their heads and gave us a clap, because the roar from us fans just didn't stop. They gave it to us good, so we gave it right back to them really good. The energy and excitement in that huge venue last night was keenly high voltage, and I was almost in tears more than once just from the emotion of it all.
THIS BAND ROCKED OUR SOCKS OFF!! Please don't even ask me what the line-up was, I cannot tell you, other than I sang every word and damn near put my knee out from dancing. The song "Rock On"??? I looked so forward to that, and I was not disappointed ~~ it was the highlight for me, I think. That and a couple of their own "air punching" songs that I love to rock to ....oh man I can't believe I managed to even get to sleep this morning.
Okay to change bands for just a moment ~ if anybody out there wants a very, very pleasant suprise if you don't know Tea Party, and if you liked Jim Morrison's sound from The Doors....... you will LOVE Tea Party! This band opened for our Lepps last night, and really they could be the headliner themselves. I knew I liked their songs but had no idea what kind of live on stage band they were going to be. Holy crap they are GREAT!! Myself and the ladies I went with were looking at each other during their show saying, "I think I'm going out to buy their latest CD!!" After the shows were over and thousands were filing out of the venue, there were people at the doors handing out little cards for getting Tea Party's latest CD at a discounted price. I can't find mine now though, dammit!! No matter, I'm still going to purchase it, I love these guys! Holy crap their lead singer is S-E-X-Y!!! And honest to God he really sounds a lot like Jim Morrison, only better, if that makes sense! This band has been around for 15 years now and their popularity was very evident with the fans they had there last night. PLEASE check out their sound on their website, HERE.
There was a really sad downside to last night for me though......and that was the fact that I never got to meet my online buddies Patty and Rhonda. They were going to come up to our seats before the show and although I waited there for them, they never got there. I haven't heard anything yet from them, but I kept worrying that something may have happened and they didn't make it to the venue. (I hope all is well with you guys and that you're okay!!!) Needless to say I was terribly disappointed that I didn't see them, and worried. They're on a Canadian Lepp Trek, hitting Edmonton last night, Calgary tonight, and then on to Kelowna and Vancouver in B.C. If you're reading this ladies, please contact me and let me know you're okay!!
I stood in a huge line up (one of many) and got myself a coveted Leppy tshirt, I chose the Rock Of Ages with the Union Jack circle like the front of the ROA CD on the front, and the Tour Destinations on the back, including our Edmonton's date! WooHoo! AND... I treated myself and bought a Def Leppard black ball cap too!
We got home around midnight I think. I went with my sister Pammie, who is my standing Leppy date when they come to town (she was very ill and almost didn't come!!) and sister Brenda, a first time Lepp concert for her although she likes the band, and she wasn't disappointed ~ and my friend who also happens to be my boss, Renata. Renata has been to Leppy concerts waaaay back in the early 80's up to early 90's, but hasn't been for a long time. Her and I danced and screeched our lungs out all night and used my little binoculars to ogle both Sav and Tea Party's lead singer and guitarist, Jeff Martin. (YUMMY!!)
I have no idea if I've left anything out, I'm still so wired and doing the "LeppFloat" (I'm still floating around up there somewhere on Cloud Lepp) and no, I have NO VOICE, and my hearing is.....well not as bad as last night, my ears are still ringing pretty good. WHAT A SHOW! WHAT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER!
I LOVE DEF LEPPARD WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!!!
Oh, and one other little tidbit here, and this is for my friend Karen (KCfla)..... Karen sweetie, you asked me to give Joe a kiss for you darlin'....and unfortunately I was nowhere near the band, however ~~ at the very end, after they'd already come back out for their encores and they were each going to all sides of the stage waving goodbye to us, when Joe came to our side and looked right up in the nosebleeds where we were and blew us a kiss, I blew him one right back, straight from my heart, and yelled, "This is from Karen for you, Joe!!" So I did the best I could sweetie, and I really meant it! Wish you could have been there with me.
I wish you all could have been there with me, you'd have (obviously) loved our band, but you would also have fallen in love I think with Tea Party. What a great double header for us ~ the place rocked in a HUGE WAY.
What a memorable night...... now I just need to know what happened to Patty and Rhonda, and know that they're okay....
**UPDATE** Okay I told ya if I thought of anything else I'd blog it, LOL Firstly I forgot to say Joe at one point talked about this being the bands' 25th. year (hmmm it's longer than that, he must mean with most of the line-up they have today), and then he said these words, which he's talked about before in concert up here; "Canada is our biggest market, and in fact always has been!" This of course made us yellers and screamers in the crowd get even LOUDER, LOL Secondly and most importantly, Patty and Rhonda made it to this show and are allright, thank God! Somehow the section, row and seat numbers got confused somewhere and they ended up looking for us in another section. I could just cry for missing them!! But I'm glad they're okay and were there to rock with us! :)
I'm stuck for more words peeps, and if I've left anything out and think of it later I'll post it. For now, I'm having my morning coffee with Caramel Vanilla creamer and just re-live last night in my head. I've still got the hugest smile on my face.....
Until later, PEACE to you all, take care of each other, and ROCK ON!!
Love Jude
Yep, a good time was indeedydoody had by all! Okay, first off, let me answer all your comments you left on my blog last night ~ some of which were begging .... no, demanding (lol) "details"!
Vickytoria darling, I'm so sorry I missed you yesterday, I was off work at 3:00 and didn't see you anywhere to say HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY! So I'm saying it now, and yes please do visit me here at least so we can keep connected. I'm really going to miss you!!
To all you Leppy fans awaiting news of the Edmonton show ~~~~~~
HOLY CRAP, IT ROCKED SO GOOD!!!!
Last night was by far the BEST Leppy concert I've had the absolute pleasure of being a part of.....I don't know what their secret is, but these 5 guys look better than they have in years ~ rumour about their having a personal trainer to get keep them in great shape ~ anybody know anything about this?? Well let me tell you, Joe hasn't looked this good in years, he is slim and gorgeous and ladies he seriously is sexy stuff!
Phil....well Phil is always in great shape as we all know, and last night he set the ladies to screeching more than once with his guitar solos a la Phil. Viv was looking really good in his new haircut, it really suits him, although my favourite Viv look is still his really long hair. But then, just like my friend (and boss) Renata said as she gyrated to the tunes beside me last night..."I've always been a sucker for men in long hair!" Viv and Phil did major justice to the band's music last night, they had fists pumping and fans screaming for more, more, MORE!
Rick Allen was his usual smiling and wonderful self, and not because this is my favourite band, honestly this man is in my opinion the best drummer in the world. He has major talent and although it's old news, after losing an appendage in 1984 and becoming a one-armed ThunderGod, his craft has gotten even better. This man ROCKS!!
Okay ladies.....SAV. OMFG!! I have been seeing all the pictures so many of you have posted of Sav wearing his "whites" over the past while, but I have to tell you that when I rested my eyes on him in his whites IN PERSON, I about fell right out of the nosebleed seats and onto the floor!! Wow, that man is GORGEOUS enough to eat!! He was struttin' his white-clad beautiful self to all sides of the stage, stopping to pose for camera shots and making some fortunate fans extremely happy to have the opportunity for such great memories recorded for posterity! Crap he's beautiful!! Oh and at one point near the end of their show, when they were "saying goodbye" but before we roared them back out for the encores, someone threw their brand new Leppy ROA t-shirt at Sav. It was so cute, he opened it up, laid it against his body and then gestured with shrugs that "but I AM in the band, thank you but one of YOU should have this", and he threw it to a fan that didn't have one. It was so cute the way he did it, LOL!
The entire band were animated and moving around the stage continuously, never letting up for even a moment. How long have they been on this tour now? HAH!! You'd have thought it was their first gig, they were so ALIVE! Joe's voice was in surprisingly great shape for being this far into the tour, which was a thrill for us! By this time it's often scratchy and shredded, NOT that it takes away from the greatness of the man!
The Edmonton crowd..........we did not disappoint the Lepps!! They brought the house down and we never ever let up! There were times the band just shook their heads and gave us a clap, because the roar from us fans just didn't stop. They gave it to us good, so we gave it right back to them really good. The energy and excitement in that huge venue last night was keenly high voltage, and I was almost in tears more than once just from the emotion of it all.
THIS BAND ROCKED OUR SOCKS OFF!! Please don't even ask me what the line-up was, I cannot tell you, other than I sang every word and damn near put my knee out from dancing. The song "Rock On"??? I looked so forward to that, and I was not disappointed ~~ it was the highlight for me, I think. That and a couple of their own "air punching" songs that I love to rock to ....oh man I can't believe I managed to even get to sleep this morning.
Okay to change bands for just a moment ~ if anybody out there wants a very, very pleasant suprise if you don't know Tea Party, and if you liked Jim Morrison's sound from The Doors....... you will LOVE Tea Party! This band opened for our Lepps last night, and really they could be the headliner themselves. I knew I liked their songs but had no idea what kind of live on stage band they were going to be. Holy crap they are GREAT!! Myself and the ladies I went with were looking at each other during their show saying, "I think I'm going out to buy their latest CD!!" After the shows were over and thousands were filing out of the venue, there were people at the doors handing out little cards for getting Tea Party's latest CD at a discounted price. I can't find mine now though, dammit!! No matter, I'm still going to purchase it, I love these guys! Holy crap their lead singer is S-E-X-Y!!! And honest to God he really sounds a lot like Jim Morrison, only better, if that makes sense! This band has been around for 15 years now and their popularity was very evident with the fans they had there last night. PLEASE check out their sound on their website, HERE.
There was a really sad downside to last night for me though......and that was the fact that I never got to meet my online buddies Patty and Rhonda. They were going to come up to our seats before the show and although I waited there for them, they never got there. I haven't heard anything yet from them, but I kept worrying that something may have happened and they didn't make it to the venue. (I hope all is well with you guys and that you're okay!!!) Needless to say I was terribly disappointed that I didn't see them, and worried. They're on a Canadian Lepp Trek, hitting Edmonton last night, Calgary tonight, and then on to Kelowna and Vancouver in B.C. If you're reading this ladies, please contact me and let me know you're okay!!
I stood in a huge line up (one of many) and got myself a coveted Leppy tshirt, I chose the Rock Of Ages with the Union Jack circle like the front of the ROA CD on the front, and the Tour Destinations on the back, including our Edmonton's date! WooHoo! AND... I treated myself and bought a Def Leppard black ball cap too!
We got home around midnight I think. I went with my sister Pammie, who is my standing Leppy date when they come to town (she was very ill and almost didn't come!!) and sister Brenda, a first time Lepp concert for her although she likes the band, and she wasn't disappointed ~ and my friend who also happens to be my boss, Renata. Renata has been to Leppy concerts waaaay back in the early 80's up to early 90's, but hasn't been for a long time. Her and I danced and screeched our lungs out all night and used my little binoculars to ogle both Sav and Tea Party's lead singer and guitarist, Jeff Martin. (YUMMY!!)
I have no idea if I've left anything out, I'm still so wired and doing the "LeppFloat" (I'm still floating around up there somewhere on Cloud Lepp) and no, I have NO VOICE, and my hearing is.....well not as bad as last night, my ears are still ringing pretty good. WHAT A SHOW! WHAT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER!
I LOVE DEF LEPPARD WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!!!
Oh, and one other little tidbit here, and this is for my friend Karen (KCfla)..... Karen sweetie, you asked me to give Joe a kiss for you darlin'....and unfortunately I was nowhere near the band, however ~~ at the very end, after they'd already come back out for their encores and they were each going to all sides of the stage waving goodbye to us, when Joe came to our side and looked right up in the nosebleeds where we were and blew us a kiss, I blew him one right back, straight from my heart, and yelled, "This is from Karen for you, Joe!!" So I did the best I could sweetie, and I really meant it! Wish you could have been there with me.
I wish you all could have been there with me, you'd have (obviously) loved our band, but you would also have fallen in love I think with Tea Party. What a great double header for us ~ the place rocked in a HUGE WAY.
What a memorable night...... now I just need to know what happened to Patty and Rhonda, and know that they're okay....
**UPDATE** Okay I told ya if I thought of anything else I'd blog it, LOL Firstly I forgot to say Joe at one point talked about this being the bands' 25th. year (hmmm it's longer than that, he must mean with most of the line-up they have today), and then he said these words, which he's talked about before in concert up here; "Canada is our biggest market, and in fact always has been!" This of course made us yellers and screamers in the crowd get even LOUDER, LOL Secondly and most importantly, Patty and Rhonda made it to this show and are allright, thank God! Somehow the section, row and seat numbers got confused somewhere and they ended up looking for us in another section. I could just cry for missing them!! But I'm glad they're okay and were there to rock with us! :)
I'm stuck for more words peeps, and if I've left anything out and think of it later I'll post it. For now, I'm having my morning coffee with Caramel Vanilla creamer and just re-live last night in my head. I've still got the hugest smile on my face.....
Until later, PEACE to you all, take care of each other, and ROCK ON!!
Love Jude
posted by Jude at Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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