2 whole days of rock n' roll!
S and I bought tickets for the first day, and through some of her connections, got tickets in the second day (the disappointment of not getting the promised VIP passes lasted only a couple of hours).
RedRocks is incredible. I don't need to tell you this, if you've been, but if you've never experienced live music, while sitting in a geological wonder, you haven't lived.
There were an overwhelming 5 stages at this festival. In an over-the-top moment I recreated a spreadsheet to determine which bands were playing when...then S and I did our homework to rank the must-sees. It may or may not have been laminated with tape to protect it from the elements. Even with the preperation, it was really difficult to see it all without missing anything and then, inevitably regretting not catching some band.
Highlights:
Getting super crafty before the festival and making my own "Rock Princess" tank top, thanks to the local craft store and the ease of iron-ons. Now here's to hoping the mustard from my delic hot dog comes out.
Kings of Leon (my weeks of listening to their 3 albums totally payed off, as I recognized all the songs and did my best to sing the lyrics when possible) totally rocked.
Ghostland Observatory was the most fascinating to watch - the skinny jean wearing lead singer, with braided pigtails and curiously feminine moves. I was a total imposter fan and pretended to know the words to their rocking song.
Meeting the rock star of "No More Kings," after missing his show and then affirming to him that he did have a smiley face next to his name on our spreadsheet. Took picture with singer and hope to see it on his website some day.
Realizing during the Cake show, that having not kept up with them since the 90's was totally okay, as they played most of their songs from their "Fashion Nugget" album.
Meeting various people in the biz.
Struggling to understand the crowd's fascination with "The Flaming Lips" until the lead singer came out in a huge bubble and kind of crowd surfed and then sent huge balloons do
wn through the crowd from above.
wn through the crowd from above. Living on the edge and sneaking in contraband, to avoid paying steep prices for beverages.
Sitting back, taking in the sun, people watching, the rocks and the rock n' roll.
2 comments:
Sounds like a great time. Enjoyed reading your descriptions and seeing the photos. Glad Imissed the music but,would have loved the Red Rocks though. Maybe someday. It is on my list of 100 thing to do before...
AWESOME fun!!! Looks like it was a blast. It would be amazing to just get a taste of all of that music up here...but I know...never gonna happen!
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