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This is Jules' personal story &
review of April 19th
It was raining pretty
hard. I got a cab right away. That's what happens when you don't
worry. The rain was pounding the cab. The sky was eggplant. It was
all too exciting. perfect Siouxsie weather. The cab
driver...Brendon...3+ years clean and sober in AA. He turned off the
meter...didn't wanna charge me for rain time and gridlock. Two for
two...everything was a flow. Mini meeting held in a cab on the way
to Siouxsie...what could be better.
Roseland. Bye Brendon. Cyril
and his sister who I was about to meet (very sweet) Mylene were
waiting for me. I run inside and grab my tix and hang with them. We were
sent to wait online. Kenneth ( my brother) is there. I introduce him and
Cyril. Mylene leaves for a movie. Cyril and I run across the street for
some gum and a diet coke for Kenneth.We come back and take a few pictures
and head in. We head right for the merchandise and each buy t-shirts, the
new single etc.
We are in the equivalent to row 2 or 3. Wow. Oh
boy. Three for three...i didn't worry where we'd be once we were inside of
Roseland. We are that close upfront and to the side. Jules makes friends
with Bruce the sound guy. Nice guy, Howard's age and a fellow Oneontaite.
hee. He gives me the Siouxsie setlist 1/2 thru the show...cool, and this
goth bracelet...and I am just feeling good in my skin, having a
blast.
Suicide (opening band)...awful. People are paying them to
get off the stage. I'm serious! I keep looking behind me at Cyril anwe
roll our eyes...now we are excited for Siouxsie.OMG...can it be...I am soo
far up and to the side as well...that I see...Steven Severin (the
bassist)...my heart starts pounding...it finally sinks in that i am here
about to hear, see, my legendary musical icon for 21 years....Budgie
(Siouxsie's husband and drummer....he kicks the skins!)...and...oh
man...Oh God thank you...SIOUXSIE!!!I almost cried. I screamed. I'm in
heaven. oh wow. "Cyril" I yell. He was just besides himself too...a
veteran fan for 15 years. They open with Pure...and roll right into Jigsaw Feeling. wow...I can't believe they
played that. Roseland is packed...they place is gothed out...old fans like
me and new fans too. Siouxsie says "Thanks for the atmospherics. Hold on
tight...it's gonna be a bumpy ride" "WOOO!".
Cascade follows her cool comments. I was in
heaven. I LOVE Cascade...must be in my top 20 Siouxsie faves. Sooo I am
singing, and lap dancing this security gate. Cascade turns into...wow...is
she trying to make me pee my pants...MITTAGEISEN!!!(Metal Postcard VB)...which then turns into
Tenant, Happy House, Christine
and Lullaby. oh man...I think
I have died and gone to heaven. Am I really here?? Yes...I am.
Siouxsie says "turn off the AC...I like to get all hot and
sweaty!" oh yah! Meanwhile...soo great seeing Steven Severin and Budgie
has always been the best drummer...EVER!!!
Lands End. Great tune. Then an ok
Kiss Them for Me (one of their
US hits)...but not sung great. Siouxsie makes up for it with Cities In the Dust. Could I have sang any
louder or danced and sweated it up any harder. I pull my hair back...I am
just getting started.
I Could Be
Again then Icon (never my faves...but I have never been
soo in the moment and happier. Then...the unthinkable happens...she plays
NIGHTSHIFT! I climbed up on
the security gate...(as Siouxsie said "anything goes here tonight") and
just swayed. Wish I had had a lighter. Then she sings Eve White/Eve Black. Just incredible!!, and
then that turns into Voodoo
Dolly. Man is she making love to us old Siouxsie diehard
fans. SWOOOON!
That's it. Nah...just joking...back they come
onstage for encore #1. And when they came back on stage...we just were
thunderous with our gratitude. Encore #1 was a dream come
true...SPELLBOUND!!!
and............MONITOR!!!!I
died and went to heaven.
I couldn't breathe when she went offstage.
I just was blissed out of my mind and almost in disbelief from my
experience.
Back onstage...we are all nuts...2 hrs of awesome
tunes...wait there's more....Encore #2. ARABIAN KNIGHTS (I lost my mind on "everyone
screams...) and then Drop Dead
Celebration (which she dedicates to her brother who was
there) and then a George Harrision tune called
Blue Jay way.
wow. Cyril
and I just look at each other...our jaws are on the floor. He and I and
Kenneth go outside and meet up with Mylene. We tell her all about the
show. Kenneth and I hang around the corner with about 10 other people to
see if Siouxsie would take pics and sign autographs. She comes out at
12:40am...and waves hi and hops into a limo. She must have been pooped.
What a show she gave us.
What a
night.
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