Portland Concert! :)

[AliP]

Just got back from the concert. My hotel is right across the street from the Rose Garden so I didn't have to go far at all! Well first let me just say I have watched and listened to hundreds of bootleg concerts, and believe me being right there and hearing and seeing it for yourself doesn't even compare. The sound was just amazing.

My seats were sixth row floor on Stevie's side. The crowd was actually really good. On the floor pretty much everyone stood the entire concert except for some of the slower songs. I only had one rude man tell me to sit down but I didn't. My mom and I switched seats so I was on the aisle and could stand the entire time without hearing the complaints. I didn't see any beer so I guess they don't serve it at the Rose Garden? So at least there weren't any dumb asses stumbling about.

Stevie was in top form. She was dancing and smiling and twirling her little legs off. Her voice was so powerful. The black dress she wears at first is actually quite pretty though it may look plain from far away. The embroidered flowers ( I think) are beautiful. Of course, the little Say You Will dance is the cutest ever. I was the only one I saw that did it along with Stevie. I don't think she noticed me though. She didn't have much interaction with the crowd. I think I saw her smile or wink at one person during the whole show. I held up a sign, but I don't know if she even read it. Beautiful Child was absolutely amazing. Though Stevie's voice has changed, it sounded just as beautiful as ever.

Lindsey, OMG, LOL. He was great. I didn't realized that during Tusk he actually, puts down his guitar and runs around like a mad man. I was laughing so hard. When he started doing the little ring around the rosie with Stevie, I think he may have been going to fast for her poor little hip. I'm not a big fan of "I'm so Afraid" or "Come" but seeing them live was amazing. I also got a kick out of Lindsey's "crab" imitation. He looks like a crab when he does that clawing type thing when he's playing, but it doesn't even look like he's playing. I wanted to play his guitar, but some people who I don't think were that big of fans did and Lindsey had to tell them like five times to play.

I took a little idea from Patti and blackcat and made a little sign for John that said "John Rulz" lol. Anyway I kept holding it up at the end so when they all did their little bow, of course John didn't see it, but Lindsey did and pointed and smiled then got John to look and he pointed and did a little backwards jig. lol. Tomorrow I have second row seats on Lindsey's side, so I'm going to see if I can get a little recognition for the brunettes!

A few more comments. There were two couples one row and two rows in front of me. They started making out and latching on to each other during every slow song. Gag!! Please, if any of you have done this, please please cease and desist for the sake of the poor souls behind you!!

My mom went with me and she enjoyed it very much. She doesn't know a whole lot about the band songs etc although she is constantly being taught daily Fleetwood Mac lessons by yours truly. Anyway I asked her what song she liked that best and she said "Mudslide." LOL. I said, you mean "Landslide" and she was like "oh whoops yah." Silly woman. My mom also thought Mick was going to have a heart attack when he did his little drum solo "he was sweating so much." There was also one other annoying person there who I noticed. She wasn't dressed appropriately for a concert, looked like she just got back from working out. She just sat slouched in her seat the whole time playing games on her cell phone!! And she had good seats. It was a disgrace and a half. While we were waiting for the elevator in the hotel, this lady came out who was dressed like Stevie. She started talking to this other lady and she was like "are Stevie and Lindsey married?" The other lady was like "yes they used to be." Then she went on and on about it how they used to be married and how she thinks they are still together. ?? I should have corrected her but I didn't want to be rude.

Anyway, I had a wonderful time, and the experience was one I will never forget!!