just before the weekend started, mine began with a delayed birthday gift from a friend. she presented my with tickets to the motley crue/KISS tour. 200s. at the ampitheatre.
dream. come. true.
as i said to my friend, "no bum touching, but we still got our money's worth". it was literally one of the best, most entertaining, and loudest nights of my life. scantily clad women (and not JUST in the crowd), fire, water guns, men in leather and face paint. PLUS. vince broke his foot in two places and had it x-rayed in the great city of toronto before the show - so he performed on an AIR CAST. those of you who know me (and my all too familiar air cast - which i have moved everywhere along with me), know that this was my fave part of the show.
KISS and motley crue - two wrongs make a right. i promise you that. (photo)
motley crue played a perfect set - perfect. good mix of old and new, including one of the most amazing drum solos i've ever seen (and not just because tommy solo-ed in a spinning wheel of awesome) - if you have never ever seen tommy lee solo, PLEASE google that right now. i'll wait.
and, when it was done, and we thought we had seen all we could see (my friend even said, 'i'm not sure how KISS can top that'), KISS came on, and performed another unbelievable set. and blew it out of the water. they were as creepy as ever (gene did not go without blood - of course), and total rock stars. their solos were perfect, and they reaffirmed for me that they are the essence of the beginnings of rock. please, also. google 'gene simmons bass solo'. it will change your life (and not simply because of the blood that usually escapes his mouth during these solos. or his tongue. though both are also life changing). also, the things that paul stanley does as a frontman? dreamy. case in point... his intro to lick it up. always gets me.
life checklist - you were dominated last night.
so then, i'll leave you with this - two of my favourite songs from both KISS, and motley crue. love gun, and wild side, respectively.
i could have chosen hundreds from the catalogue that these bands both have. this was hard. but i just like them. and they were the first ones of my faourites that came to mind. and they were played last night... so it all adds up.
