ok, ok, I say this everytime, BUT, they are seriously the coolestttt. (and I love how they have a gross sense of humour cause I've grossed too many people out with my nasty humour)
Gina, Britt, and I got there just in time as phantom's stuff was being set up. It was perfect timing. we situated ourselves on the lawn, standing just as it inclines, so we can see and we stood on Darren's side of the stage, but we could still see all the rest of the guys. Gina saw Mike and I called him and we waved around to let him know where we were. They come out, girls scream, and they get their shizz started. I think they played Dropped first, which was excellent because they didn't play it last time. They also played Leave Yourself For Somebody Else, Big Brat, (at this point, Alex jumped into the crowd as always) Quarantine (eh, it's more of an intimate setting song, rather than a huge ampitheatre), Do The Panic, and California. (ugh, always) Mike kept talking to Alex and Darren, the lucky bastard, although Darren thought his name was Colin haaa. AND he also got Alex's pick. He weasled his way up to front and center, I would have died (and not just from the death heat that was taking place) Not to be totally fangirly during this part, but Darren was TOTALLY looking at us. haha (OH YEA hes kick ass and got us the tickets. freeeee ticketsss, its a dream) Alex caught his eye on us too, because I guess we were making crazy moves to the songs because we were one of the few who actually knew them. And,um, Darren SANG the second verse on Dropped. man, that was awesome and surprising. Also on Quarantine, he used a drum stick on his guitar. They said they were going to be out AFTER jack's mannequin. boo. so we left and went to the top to sit on the grass and met up with Mike and discussed junks.
So we waited and saw whatshisface jump all over his piano and throw his chair on it at the end, then the guys came out. There was a herd of girls surrounding Alex like they were cats and he had some fish. We spotted Sam near the entrance and I knew Darren had to be close. We finally found him and went up and thanked him about a million times for the tickets. I can't remember what we talked about other than the fact that he called Mike "Colin" ha. He had to go over for the 'meet and greet' so we just hung around devising a plan on seeing if they wanted to get some food with us since I saw they had an extra day off before they had they're next show. When the crowd thinned, Sam and Jeff walked our way so we stopped and since Gina and I didn't talk to them much before, they didn't remember us but when Sam shook my hand and I said my name he was all "ohh Skyler, from the guest list." He asked me if I knew Darren, which I said yes and he said how so I just said from shows, mainly from the Tucson one with The Bravery. Gina grew some balls and asked Sam if they wanted to chow with us, and he said that they were going to do an acoustic set after paracrap finished their set, and that they had a 6am flight the next morning to fly to Chicago for Lollapalooza. Boo, haha. He did mention that they were coming back in about a month (which happens to be Sept. 9, at Marquee and I can't bloody go because I fly out on the 10 at 545 for London shizz. dang ittttttttttttt) After that we waited near the line to meet Alex (yes, there was a line of girls JUST for him ha) Gina decided she wanted to get in it since he's her future lover (oh, I shouldn't use that word since Alex doesn't like it haha), future sex partner. better? I had to get out my vagina -cam (yea i stuffed my camera down my pants to get it through) Gina wanted Alex to do a face and she didn't want to ask haha. Since I'm not that "OMFG its Alex Greenwald" around him, I asked him. He looks like a raptor with Gina and his shirt, that low low v-neck scoop thing. I mean, I enjoy good chest hair, but on him, I enjoy it, but i don't know about it with that shirt. (my god that sentence had a lot of commas) He mentioned the acoustic at the hotel. We left, drove over and crept around. (well I was the creeper, you know how I do) I saw Darren (through a bush) talking to the Hotel security guy after we had asked him about the acoustic thing, which he didn't really know much about. We went across the street so we wouldn't be loitering on hotel props. We were so there way ahead of people that congregated themselves on a patch of grass playing with a puppy. (it was an adorable puppy though) They finally came out of no where and must have snuck somewhere around to the amp; and so that patch of grass is where it all happened. Half the people there were spending time by waiting for their band they love, by listening to some awesome Phantom and seeing the true, amazing music.
They started with Hey Now Girl, which Mike apparently requested when we were talking to them earlier? I don't remember that. (I now remember that. it was at the booth when we were with Alex) During Hey Now Girl during the part "her tongue is black haven't you heard..." Alex looked at me. wtf hah. My tongue isn't black. They played awesome, awesome songs. The only one I was rusty on was Happy Ending. They even played The Stalker! hahah so totally my song. Also Gina told me when I was kind of staring up into the sky singing along, that Darren looked back at me? Ha I don't know. It was actually awkward between him and I. Or maybe it was just me feeling that cause he's awesome. Alex mentioned that some beat during Rihanna's Umbrella is loop number 9 from garage band. haha. During Always On My Mind, Gina moved so she could see the front of Darren, and she likes to changes the lyrics when she sings that song to "HE's always on my mind," so i turned and mouthed that to her and Alex caught us. hahaa. Yea, we're real awesome fans. He also caught us when we grabbed the napes of our necks during 1st Things 1st. Some girl wanted to hear Do The Panic again, for a friend, so they did except they made it the best song ever. Instead of during the chorus "come on, come on" Darren sang "I fucked your mom!" Alex changed some parts of the verses here and there, but the part where its "bring your friends" that worked out so perfectly. hahahahaa I love them.
THEY PLAYED ANTHEM
by Britts (and the rest of us' request) :DDDDDD
I love that songgggggg
Let's see so far for acoustic they played, Hey Now Girl, Do The (fucking mom) Panic, Happy Ending, Lonely Day, The Guest, Leader, Always On My Mind, Anthem, 1st Things 1st, I Don't Mind (oh wow, Alex was talking about it and how he might get emotional since it's so fresh in his mind, during that song. He was so much of an artist right then and there, truly open and just raw. It was so sweet) Gina and I got LOTS and LOTS of eye contact cause we were one of the about six people there singing along. They had to end because of their early flight and I really had to get going too. I wandered around with Gina and them to kind of stake out who Darren was talking to and he kept moving and I said "bloody hell" out loud as I normally do and Alex turned and looked at me funny. hahaha. I walked over to wait to talk to Darren and then Gina, Britt, and Mike are talking to Alex. ugh. missed opportunities. still, it. was. rad.
RAD. WONDERFUL. STUNNING. MIND-BLOWING. SENSATIONAL.
