Last night it snowed. A lot. This is an incredibly exciting thing for me usually, except that I had Ben Folds tickets that I was not willing to relinquish to my southern fear of “inclement weather.” So, with my trusty Bostonian friend, Katy, I dared to drive in snow. It was a bold move, but I had to see Ben. She showed me all the cool tricks that people know when they actually have to deal with cold weather and not shut down their lives. When we got there, we parked and pulled up the windshield wipers, so the snow didn’t stick them down (so clever!) and headed in. It was totally worth it.
Ben Folds…Ah, where to begin. It was my first time to see him live. I have to admit, I was more than a little shocked by the audience that gathered for this concert. It was the strangest assortment of surprisingly older people. That, and these people were the sketchy people that linger in corners and don’t seem like they go out often – I saw a lot of that. Give me 10 to 15 years and I’ll be among them, I’m sure. It wasn’t that part of the crowd that wierded me out, though. It was the amount of normal people there. I was a bit surprised by that. I mean, if you know anything about Ben Folds, aside from him being the love of my life, I just don’t expect exceptionally normal people to go to his shows.
Needless to say, he was amazing. Everything I had hoped for. He actually liked us! And assured us of his loyalty to us in the song “Brick,” where there is a line that say “Mom and Dad went down to Charlotte.” He said he never changed it depending on the city he was in. I feel much better now.
PS - Just noticed Carissa wrote about Ben Folds too. I didn't see you there!
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Katy, You are so brave to drive in the snow. You can read how I feel about it on me snow essay. I am going to perfectly honest and say that I am one of the older people who would not be be at a Ben Folds concert. I have never even heard of him. Thanks for broadening my knowledge and also helping me to steer clear of lingering in corners when I go to performances. I'll try to google Ben Folds - who knows I might like his music? I love your ending.
ReplyDeleteLauren W. and I were in Mezz center-right, third row back (making me a happy person). I agree, it was an amazing concert--not many people have the ability to play piano like badass, but Ben Folds certainly does!
ReplyDeleteTOTALLY worth braving the snow to see! Funny story--Lauren doesn't have an ice scraper, so we dug the snow off her car after the concert with our Queens ID cards.
I couldn't find my ice scraper either. We employed the same technique to find our windshield.
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