The band appeared, the crowd went wild, and as the first few notes resounded through the stadium, I found myself wondering why I ever started to stop liking them, and feeling enormous relief and gratitude that I chose to go to the show. I had been feeling disillusioned with the Boyz, there's been no new material in ages, and their last hiatus lasted 20 months, and naturally they have been beset with health issues, as they are all in their late fifties and early sixties at this point. But they did so well last night, and the audio quality was I think the best I've ever heard at any show, and even though Joe never beat his guitar with his shirt, and even though they ended prematurely (10:50PM), it was probably among the best money I have ever spent for anything, and having been unemployed for the last four and a half months, the things I choose to spend my money on are few and far between these days!!
Something about the lighting when they first appeared last night, made me so incredibly grateful for my sense of vision and the more I thought about it, the more I realized an Aerosmith concert is the greatest opportunity to appreciate my physical body and all of its accompanying senses. I don't have the greatest sense of smell, but it was hard to miss the marijuana permeating the crowd, I even smelled a seed! My ears were working perfectly and my voice, although a little rough this morning, came through for me last night, especially when cheering for (Thank God he's recovered) Tom Hamilton, the one I met most recently. Brad was not there last night, and they did not play You See Me Crying, but I have all of Big Ten Inch Record on video, and that I believe is the first time I've ever seen them do that one live. I will post my pics and vid on Facebook pretty soon.
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