See Bryan Adams in concert (again)… check!
I know it’s been a month since I posted the last measly post. And I’m kind of cheating because I crossed this particular point of my life list a while back, but I noticed that I hadn’t written anything about it and it would be the perfect opportunity to provide another post for this awesome blog of mine. Without further ado…
In 1991 (I was 8 years old) a little film called Robin Hood : Prince of Theives came out. I’m pretty sure I wanted to see the movie because Christian Slater was in it (I mean, he WAS the hotness back then). At the very end, a band was shown playing a song during the credits and I was immediately hooked. Of course we all know what song it was.
Besides Raffi and the Beatles, Bryan is the first musician I remember listening to constantly… of my own will. Go ahead and make fun of me for loving him – get it out of your system – because I have more embarrassing stuff to write. Here’s some notes about me and Bryan throughout the years :
- After getting his new cassette (Waking up the Neighbors) and listening to it every night while I was going to sleep, I wrote to Bryan’s fan club asking if he would send me a signed photo. My parents helped me send it and I waited patiently. A couple weeks later, there it was sitting in the mailbox. An amazing portrait of Bryan… signed just for me. I wish I could say I still have it, but I have no idea where it’s at.
- Me and my best friends (Katie + Jessie) had my mom hold a video camera while we sang “Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven” into the bedposts of my bed. When the song “All for One” from the movie “The Three Musketeers” came out, we each took a part (I was Bryan – of course – Jessie was Sting, and Katie was Rod Stewart) and recorded it on a cassette. We sounded so good.
- Then his best-of album, “So Far, So Good” came out. Every single song on there was (and still is) awesome! My dad used to say, “I can sing just like Bryan Adams,” while putting on his best raspy voice and belting out the lyrics to “Summer of ‘69.” “DAD,” I would whine, “quit making fun of him!”
- I have to admit I lost track of his whereabouts during high school. Not that I was embarrassed that I liked his music – never have I not admitted to liking him! I was just finding out about new music and bands, interested in what my friends were listening to and what was popular on the radio.
- In college, I walked into a store and found that I had missed out on a few album releases. So I bought his “MTV Unplugged” CD, heard some new songs and became hooked again because he is even more amazing live. Who cares if he has a raspy voice, this guy can sing! Plus, I learned he was a photographer as well – a really great photographer.
- My amazing husband let me pick a Bryan Adams song as the first dance at our wedding (I’ll Always Be Right There).
Through all these years of being a fan, or at least until I was old enough to go to concerts, I would check to see if Bryan would be coming to Atlanta… or maybe somewhere in Georgia… or the Southeast, at least? He never came even remotely close.
Until last year.
I just happened to be checking his site and it said he would finally be here! My parents, Chris, and I went and I was smiling from ear to ear! I knew every word to every song and sang them at the top of my lungs. Chris held me on his shoulders and I waved my hands back and forth when he was searching for someone to sing onstage with him – yep, I was one of those girls… only for Bryan. We won’t talk about him picking another girl instead of me. He sang all the songs I had been waiting 17 years to hear live.
Six months later he came back for an acoustic show! My waiting paid off – Bryan Adams live, twice in one year. Plus, the best of both worlds – rockin’ out with the whole band at one and killin’ it with just the guitar and harmonica in another. Now, if only I could meet him and cross another point off my list…
Here’s Chris at the concert thinking how awesome I am for liking Bryan Adams so much :
What band/musician have you followed through the years?
allie
