Well, they were playing at this small place in
Stockholm, called "electric garden".I had to wait for like an hour
to get in, then another hour to hear the crappy opening band called
the "souls" (they're swedish), and they played like 9 songs.
Then finally bush came. The tickets said the concert started 7pm,
bush came on 9:30... but I guess that was to be expected, and I'd
wait all my life for bush...
Gavin was playing two different guitars, one black and dark green
and one black and white, with a jimi hendrix sticker on it... he
was wearing a white shirt with brown stripes, and then he took
that off, had a blue t under, the took that off, had nothing under
that!!!!! mmm...He threw out 9 plectrums in to the audience, and I
didn't get even one!! Dave was wearing his "very ape UK" t...
some songs gav played solo, like only he was on stage, playing his
guitar...they did play like 3 or 4 encores, don't remember which ones...
played for about 1 1/2 h...Gavin was like, "this is the first time
we're playing this song live, and if you don't like it, well then f*&!
you" before they played Synapse. And it was so weird 'cause in the
States I'm sure Bush plays at real big places and this was just so
small, with like, tops 300 people.It was like so great feeling the
energy... and gav did say that he hoped to see us all on their next
show, so I guess that means they are coming back (oh, yes!!!)to this
boring country within tops 100 years or so...
here are some songs they played:personal holloway greedy fly everything zen little things synapse cold contagious mouth insect kin history straight no chaser and more, that I can't remember for the moment but they did not play mhead... *sob*
I don't really believe there are any other real bush
fans in sweden than me, ok some knew some lyrics, but it seemed like most
of them were there more just to get drunk and jump on ME and yell and stuff
and they kept calling out names off different songs and gav would say
like a million times "yes, that is a song we're gonna play, but not right
now..." cause you know they all had these notes taped to the floor saying
in what order they were gonna play all songs and stuff.
And even if a lot of people weren't there for the music it seemed, they
were not still!!! My blue arms and legs are proof of that!!!! And the
guards had to pull out fainting people all the time, including me, it
was like real impossible to breath a while, from being all squeezed by
all the drunk jerks...and gav did NOT stage dive, even though when I was
in the back I thought he was, just to find out it was some guy that had
passed out...hmmm, what else is there to say... the band was drinking
swedish pripps bl=E5 (beer) and it was the greatest gig ever and I'll never
forget it and gav looks so great singing, especially when he sings
"get this disease cut out of my throat" and he kinda points to his throat...
they were so great, my ears just couldn't get enough...
Susanna