Post by Jason1978 on Aug 23, 2006 15:19:11 GMT -5
condylsmom said:
So I went to the concert last night. I took my sons and husband. I had bought seats in section 113 and they were pretty good seats, but I also won floor seats, so me and my oldest son pretty much stayed on the floor. It was a great concert, they played good and Anthony sounded good. My friends also went. We were a little disappointed with Anthony, he didn't talk to the crowd much. Flea did, he told us thank you for coming to their concert. In fact when they were done Anthony just walked off and mumbled something (maybe thank you Arizona, I'm not sure), then Flea, John, & Chad did a solo and Chad got done and stood up and waved bye to everyone, then when Flea & John were done they waved goodbye and left.The most exciting part of the night was my girlfriends sat behind a guy who had a backstage pass and they bought it for $20 from him and they gave it to me (since I'm the bigger fan) and I got to go backstage. Wow what a trip. I'm just shaking I'm so excited, so security won't let me take my son with me so he stays behind with my girlfriends. So I end up in this corridor with about 10 to 15 other people and security and one of the security guards tells me they are taking showers and they will be out soon. There was an after-hour party in the room next to where I was standing and thats where everyone was waiting for them at. The pass I had would've gotten me in there. Anyways after about 15 minutes of waiting here comes Flea and Chad and I snapped a picture of them and Flea walked off right away, but Chad knew the people standing next to me and started talking to them and I said "Chad will you sign my sons shirt?" And he said "Yea hold on a second" and he started talking to the people next to me and about a minute later he says to me "ok, whos it for?" and I said "my son" and I hand him the pen and he signs my sons RHCP shirt and I said "thank you". He was very nice. So anyways I'm standing there another 10 minutes and the security lady says to me "here comes the singer" and out walks Anthony. I'm standing right next to him, I could reach out and touch him. His hairs totally wet and I think he walked out with his sister, anyways I snapped a picture and said "Anthony will you sign this for my son" and he puts his hands up in the air and goes "sorry, I'm with my family tonight" and I thought you jerk it will take you 2 seconds. I was really disappointed about my once in a lifetime experience with Anthony. Anyways, and Chad is still standing there next to me talking away to some guys and some other guy next to me goes Anthony do you know blah blah blah (can't remember which name he said) and Anthony goes "yea" and walks up, I mean I could give him a hug and kiss at this point, but I'm sad at this point and anyways the guy goes "thats my dad" and they shook hands and said something else and he walks back to the girl that I think was his sister and they say something and leave, but she kind of looked at me sympathetically. Also, when I was standing there waiting I saw his nurse (is it Sat Huri) she does resemble Flea and shes holding Flea's baby, who is wide awake and so cute with big blue eyes and I saw Flea's girlfriend, never saw Heather though. Don't know if she was there or not. So I leave at that point, I'm so disappointed. So when I find my friends there disappointed and mad with Anthony's response too and they don't want to bother switching out with the backstage pass to go see them, they just want to leave. When I found my husband and was telling him about it he said "well he probably figured, where does it stop, I'll have to sign for everyone here". I do see that point, but it would've taken 2 seconds and Chad did it. Also, maybe I made him mad by snapping a picture and asking him for an autograph instead of saying "Hi Anthony, great concert", I just was tired and nervous and didn't think about that. Oh well what can you do. It was still exciting and I got some close up pics. I will get them developed and try to post them (I've never posted pics before, I'm not sure how to).
Anyways, great concert.
I totally feel your disapointment. In 2003 when the Peppers played here two girls gave us their backstage passes and we were taken to a holding area basically with no chance at meeting the band unless them came out (Chad did before we got back there). There were only four of us left about 30 minutes later and Louie takes the two girls in the room back to meet Anthony. Pretty big slap in the face (and the two girls came out excited and mentioned his name wrong too afterwards). We were told by Louie that the band earlier they were too busy to see anyone and by now only Anthony was left. Of course since we didn't have a vagina we weren't allowed to meet Anthony ;D
Minutes later Anthony popped his head in the room which by now we were the only two left and was within a few feet of me. He looked around, I yelled his name, he didn't even look at me and shut the door never to be seen again. Seconds later we were asked to leave. Sucks when you get that close and you feel totally fucked over. I mean we waited for a while and Anthony could've at least said hello.
At least you got to meet Chad. I've had been lucky enough over the years to meet many bands/famous people but I would trade all those expierences/memories in to meet at least one member from my favorite band.