Time - 8pm to 10:30pm
Venue - O2 Arena, London
Have you ever been one among 20,000 people singing 'Happy Birthday' all together? Especially when the Birthday 'Boy' is none other than Bryan Adams! No asking him how old he turned because he'll just sing 18 Till I Die!
He is singing Everything I do which was the first song of his I'd heard & loved way back in school....but it's no longer a fav...9/10 on Mush-o-meter! He goes on to Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman - I know you'll find it weird...but I love the guitar in the song...but I find the lyrics a little creepy :P So well....Please Forgive Me!
Ohh wow...now we're off to experience the Summer of 69 - An all time fav! If you have gone through several practice sessions & finally sung on stage with accompaniment ...even one song....I'm sure you've thought of how great it would be to form a band & perform many many more times :)! How awesome it would be to play your first real 6 string till your fingers bled! Each time I hear this song it has a new meaning....Time & Music ...such memory churners!
Then there was Back to You ...one of my Treadmill favourites!
Absolutely love this one! He starts the song like the way I want it...the way its gotto be....making his guitar sound as if he was smooching & saying...Hey Baby Talk To Me, C'mon Talk to Me Baby....ohh how the crowd loves it...& when he actually gets on his knees while doing what he should the crowd wildly responded - 'If Ya Wanna Be Bad Yeah Ya Gotto Be Good' ....& whoaa! he is Gooood! :D!
I tell you these guys are amazing! Bryan Adams steps aside & lets his best friend,lead guitarist Keith Scott display his skills in a 'showcase song'. Scott's fabulous....he drives the crowd wild with his guitar. Later Adams gets back to playing the guitar & harmonica & singing! The Best Of Me & I Ain't Losin the Fight..got my Heart on Fire. Just hoping he doesn't Stop The Thing We Started!
& if the atmosphere isn't already charged Let Make a Night To Remember just made it one that I'd r'ber all life long. What an incredibly sensuous song! He most definitely turned me Inside Out ..love this one & no I don't find this one creepy :)!
We're all up and dancing....The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You! We're rhythmically jumping & pointing our hands towards him & screaming back 'You' :D! The song goes on for longer with almost a jugalbandi sort of effect which ends up sounding like an echo of YOUs...some short YOUs, some long YUUUUUOs, some high YOUs, some low YOUs, some almost barking YOU & others yelling YOUs! YOOOHOOO!
phew!
The night's drawing to an end.. he asks us to turn our mobile on..I do....& so do thousands of others & wow ...Tonight We Have the Stars which lead us to Cloud No. 9! I feel like I'm floating.. isn't too hard to see we're in Heaven! I'm breathing in the darkness...in the twinkling light, between the chords & the pause, through the highs & the sighs, amongst so many people & yet all by myself...& each breath gives me a higher high.
11 concerts in 11 countries, 11 cities in 11 days to release the album 11....& One Unforgettable Night!
