Who: American Idols Live! Season 7
When: July 27, 2008
Where: Blue Cross Blue Shield Arena/ Rochester, NY
With: Becky
Of Note: Sometimes we hang out with "rock stars", no big.
So, we've established I'm a bit of a dork about American Idol. Based on my successful experience at the previous summer's show and Becky's raging crush on winner David Cook, we were on our way.
We got out to Rochester early and decided to grab something to eat. Having just been there for my company's sales meeting, I suggested we just eat at the restaurant of the hotel (Dinosaur would obviously be way too packed) near the arena. While we were eating, an older gentleman approached the table (which I thought was odd) until he greeted Becky. As it turns out he was one of her bosses, part-owner in the advertising agency she worked for at the time. He explained that he was also in town for the concert because, being Australian, he had connections to Michael Johns, the eighth place finisher from down under. He said he would see what he could do about getting us some backstage passes. Okay then.
We went to the concert and I told Becky it was going to be awesome, because I thought it would be like the previous year - all group numbers and lots of interacting and very exciting not knowing what was coming next. I was disappointed by the actual show - essentially, each of the acts came out to a picture of themselves with their finisher number on the screen, performed 2-3 songs (or more for the two Davids), and left. There was, I think, one group number before the set break and one to close the show. It was fairly boring and uneventful.
I was not blown away by anything until Carly Smithson's take on Heart. Brooke & Jason were perfectly serviceable and the Davids were good. It was not a bad concert, per se, it just was not nearly as exciting or endearing as the previous year's. What came next was pretty exciting though.
So, it ended up that Becky's boss was able to procure us backstage passes, from his mate Michael. So, at the end of the show, everyone with backstage passes sat in one area of the arena and then we were led to a room where all the Idols were! We got to meet them and take pictures and have them sign our lame printed out on the computer tickets.
Some notes: I was much cooler around them than Becky; she got really tongue tied. David Archuleta was the most adorable little thing that I have ever encountered, so genuinely sweet. Brooke White was a doll, so authentically nice. Carly Smithson was pretty unpleasant, and super obsessed with what her hair looked like, which was a big disappointment as I had really liked her on the show. Michael Johns was hotter in person and also very friendly. Jason Castro seemed kind of stoned. David Cook was really, really nice and said that, "any friend of Michael's was a friend of his," so we totally had an in.
So, although the concert was kind of disappointing, the experience was awesome. We got to be in the presence of Idols!
When: July 27, 2008
Where: Blue Cross Blue Shield Arena/ Rochester, NY
With: Becky
Of Note: Sometimes we hang out with "rock stars", no big.
So, we've established I'm a bit of a dork about American Idol. Based on my successful experience at the previous summer's show and Becky's raging crush on winner David Cook, we were on our way.
We got out to Rochester early and decided to grab something to eat. Having just been there for my company's sales meeting, I suggested we just eat at the restaurant of the hotel (Dinosaur would obviously be way too packed) near the arena. While we were eating, an older gentleman approached the table (which I thought was odd) until he greeted Becky. As it turns out he was one of her bosses, part-owner in the advertising agency she worked for at the time. He explained that he was also in town for the concert because, being Australian, he had connections to Michael Johns, the eighth place finisher from down under. He said he would see what he could do about getting us some backstage passes. Okay then.
We went to the concert and I told Becky it was going to be awesome, because I thought it would be like the previous year - all group numbers and lots of interacting and very exciting not knowing what was coming next. I was disappointed by the actual show - essentially, each of the acts came out to a picture of themselves with their finisher number on the screen, performed 2-3 songs (or more for the two Davids), and left. There was, I think, one group number before the set break and one to close the show. It was fairly boring and uneventful.
I was not blown away by anything until Carly Smithson's take on Heart. Brooke & Jason were perfectly serviceable and the Davids were good. It was not a bad concert, per se, it just was not nearly as exciting or endearing as the previous year's. What came next was pretty exciting though.
So, it ended up that Becky's boss was able to procure us backstage passes, from his mate Michael. So, at the end of the show, everyone with backstage passes sat in one area of the arena and then we were led to a room where all the Idols were! We got to meet them and take pictures and have them sign our lame printed out on the computer tickets.
Some notes: I was much cooler around them than Becky; she got really tongue tied. David Archuleta was the most adorable little thing that I have ever encountered, so genuinely sweet. Brooke White was a doll, so authentically nice. Carly Smithson was pretty unpleasant, and super obsessed with what her hair looked like, which was a big disappointment as I had really liked her on the show. Michael Johns was hotter in person and also very friendly. Jason Castro seemed kind of stoned. David Cook was really, really nice and said that, "any friend of Michael's was a friend of his," so we totally had an in.
So, although the concert was kind of disappointing, the experience was awesome. We got to be in the presence of Idols!
(Photo credit: Becky's facebook)
Comments
Post a Comment