So...it's time for the extremely long review of everything we lived these past few days. It might take me a couple of posts...
We arrived at the venue at about 8 am, since we wanted to make sure we'd be in front row (you might think that is a bit extreme, but people here are used to queuing from VERY early). The weather was cloudy and it was announced that there might be some showers during the day. Well...they were wrong. It started raining at about 9 and IT NEVER STOPPED. There was a small roof in front of the venue so we didn't really get very wet, but the streets started to flood and for a while we thought we would end up knee high in water! Thankfully, that did not happen, the water never really reached us where we were.
Also, about the same time the rain started, we received some alarming news: there had been a fire in a ship at the port downtown and the ship was carrying some pesticide, so there was a cloud of toxic gas all over the city center. Thankfully we were not in the affected area, but it was a whole mess and people were even being evacuated!
At around 5 pm the band came in for soundcheck, and a friend of mine made this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAWx4fttueg&feature=youtu.beAfter soundcheck they left and we managed to take photos with Doug and Tommy, they were both really nice
Then we waited until the doors opened, which was around 7:30 pm and we went inside, heading straight to the rail, where we remained. Where we had to wait some more. And then some more.
The show was announced for 9:30 pm. Which came and went, and nothing happened. 10 pm, still nothing. People started chanting for Scott to come out. Then we learned that he wasn't even in the building yet (the band arrived at about 8:30, we could see them since they had to get to the stage through a staircase that was in plain sight). People were starting to get restless, and we were wondering if the show was going to be canceled at that point. It was extremely hot and humid inside the venue. Scott finally arrived at about 10:45, and when people saw him they forgot all their anger and started clapping and cheering. Scott waved and smiled from the staircase and went backstage. The show finally started at around 11 pm, and by the time the band hit the stage, all the waiting was forgotten.
Scott was in a great mood, during the Opening Jam he apologized for keeping us waiting, and later he said that it was his anniversary that day and that he was celebrating with his fiancee, "if you know what I mean..."
By the end of the first song he was already drenched in sweat, I think there wasn't a single dry patch on his shirt! The show was great, and the energy was amazing from all sides, Scott, the band and the audience.
At one point somebody threw the Argentinean soccer t-shirt at Scott, he took it, thanked for it and said that he wasn't a big soccer fan but that he appreciated it and watched it when he was out of the USA. He then started talking about american football and his beloved Notre Dame
. He put the t-shirt next to the drum set and kept singing. Then, before "Do it for the kids", he took it and put it on! It said "Weiland" in the back with the number 10 on it (in case some of you don't know, the number 10 in soccer is for the player who scores the goals, and here is the one that Maradona used to wear, and the one that Messi wears).
The biggest surprise of the night, at least for me, was that he played "Sometimes chicken soup", because he hadn't been playing that song on this tour! Here's my video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah5o-DO0Yhg&feature=share&list=UU4Vz1euIFxxhrxMAi88o_kAHere you can see Scott starting to unbutton his shirt, and at that time we thought he was going to take it off, but no such luck, hehehe
. You can also hear this drunk guy yelling, asking Scott to play "5 to 1". This guy was yelling during the whole concert, always asking Scott to play whatever song he wanted, first it was "no memory/sin", then it was "Pruno" (Scott heard him and laughed), then "Sex Type Thing"...it was the most annoying thing ever, because he was yelling when we wanted to hear Scott talking and he was so loud! So finally our friend Jez gave him a piece of her mind, right at the beginning of the song, and if you understand some Spanish you can hear it...and she wasn't the only one who tried to get him to shut up, he was annoying the hell out of everyone around him!
The ending of the show was the best, people were really into "Vasoline" and "Unglued", moshing, jumping, singing...so much energy! I think the guys in the band were really surprised to see that! Scott wasn't, since this was his 5th time here in Buenos Aires so he knew what to expect from the crowd, but Jeremy's eyes were wide open in surprise!
Here are couple of videos that Tommy uploaded of the crowd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ_7ltzSP0ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ndaTRXoXw&list=UUIZalII-ztD8IrMDnTsfwow&index=2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRZQNVvhMr4&list=UUIZalII-ztD8IrMDnTsfwow&index=3After the show ended, we noticed that the same band that brought the band in was still outside, and there was another black van which looked like might be for Scott, so we waited.
After a while, security guys came, made us all wait on one side of the van, and Scott came walking out of the venue with his fiancee, and he went towards the people and started to sign stuff...and he was wearing no shirt, only a jacket over his bare torso, which was pretty surprising!
And here is a video I made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkuO8vYtWSg&list=UU4Vz1euIFxxhrxMAi88o_kA&index=2Unfortunately, as you can see, we did not get anything signed then and there...but life would give us a second chance (more about that in another post!)
It was a really memorable night! I for one never thought I'd get a chance to see Scott play a solo show, I thought I might have to try and go to the USA if I ever wanted to see that...I still can't believe he came to play solo down here!
Agos, feel free to add whatever you want to this review, I'm probably forgetting tons of stuff too!
