holy shit! did you hear that? that was a HOLY SHIT! while i missed most of paul westerberg’s set (caught only I Will Dare), i got to see bob mould and grant hart on stage singing “Never Talking to You Again.” i nearly crapped my pants in total glee.
it was an amazing show. i mean to see so many of your favorites all at once was, well words fail me. i didn’t catch on to the utter coolness of most of these musicians until it was much too late. most of them had broken up or were in the process of breaking up by the time i came along.
to see grant hart and bob mould on stage together was just fucking incredible. i’m still buzzing.
plus, i got to talk to sweet, sweet rob. and i got to see my friend Scott who i haven’t seen in ages. and i ran into the minion who was very drunk. and of course, there was FFJ’s husband there. he, like me, has decided that we’re much to old for this standing for five hours nonsense.
and i got to hear billy dankert sing “time heals.” i just wanted to cry it was so wonderful. oh and the gear daddies also did “stupid boy” and “color of her eyes.”
bob mould did “if i can’t change your mind,” “ego overdrive,” and some other songs i can’t remember. because i dont know the names of all the songs.
oh oh oh AND paul westerberg joined golden smog on stage to do “dead flowers” a rolling stones cover.
i am blabbering aimlessly, i can tell. and sweet rob and i had sorta conviced ourselves that there would be some sort of repalcements reunion of sorts, especially after seeing grant and bob together. also because rob said he had seen tommy stinson at gluecks right before the show.
i was more than a little disappointed when there was no tommy, paul love fest. but you know, grant and bob was probably more than enough.
it was so amazing. SO AMAZING.
I remember Paul did Achin TO Be and Kentucky Rain, plus he did yell out Tommy during one of his songs. I thought they’d do something together, although I never saw Tommy.
i didn’t see him either. but i did tell grant hart i was glad they did never talking to you again, and dave pirner bumped into sister #2.
it was such a great show, don’t you agree?
Oh yeah, got there right before Paul came on. I think the reason they were there added some life to the guys tonight. I was really impressed by Bob Mould, much better than when I saw him at the Taste of MN two years ago. Only complaint was the large number jerks upstairs by me, lots of very drunk people pissing me off.
How did you manage to miss Paul???
I would kill to see that version of “Dead Flowers”. One of my all-time favorite songs.
i had class until 7 and well, it took about 10 minutes to get there. such is life, i did get to hear I Will Dare adn see the stones cover with golden smog.