Oct
23
2010

Bret Michaels @ AZ State Fair

(Add / View Comments) (0)Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 08:00:00 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music)
In addition to all the local bands, the sweet thing about living in the US is getting to see the band, or members thereof that I was into when I was a kid. And by that, I mean, in a single word: Poison.

It can definitely be said that if 11 year old me knew 33 year old me, he'd be really jealous. Y'know, it's over 20 years later, I might not listen to 80's glam nearly as much as I did back then, but the opportunity to see Poison, or in this case, Bret Michaels isn't lost of me. And tonight, a free show none the less. The concept of that would have been completely bizarre to 11 year old me.

While tickets to get up close were only $25, general admission seating was pretty great. We were both pretty happy with the low seats we got, not to far away, and even if they were, there was the screen anyway. Kinda impressive, when compared to when we saw The Cure in Melbourne and were way back, with no screen monitors - which we paid $100 per ticket for. Not that I'm complaining, but just putting into perspective how great these free seats were.

We had our fish under the seat, and wondered how he was going to fair. Watching Mythbusters, you know fish don't deal well with large vibrations. Was he going to make it through a Bret Michaels show?

Funnily enough, the venue pre show mix included Hey Jealousy right before the show started. Considering how the Gin Blossoms took my "favorite band" title following Poison, it was kinda cool. It's actually pretty impressive how many time's we've heard that before shows. Not just in Arizona (which isn't that shocking), but also in Melbourne. Anyways, always cool to hear the three minute pop song.

Great set, and the dude is looking pretty good for someone who almost died several times only a couple of months ago. But I guess that's testiment to someone who is all about rock n' roll, and for the right reason. He's absolutely making a killing doing it, there is no mistaking he's an awesome business man, but it's refreshing to see someone who clearly loves rock n' roll aside from making a buck.

While I would have been fine with a bunch of Bret Michaels Band songs, the set was very Poison centric, and that was completely fine with me. Since we haven't seen them since my birthday last year, it was pretty cool. Actually, the only non Poison song, other than covers, was Go That Far. But you know, a Poison centric set was welcomed by me.

Basically had a great time. It was actually really cool seeing Bret play a hometown show, and also to see the band in an arena setting, which was vastly different than we saw him last year in Osage Beach.

And the best news of the night. Unbelievable, inspite of the decible levels, and a drum solo...the gold fish survived! Yes, he made it through a Bret Michaels concert! He's a rock n' roll fish.
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