I went to the Andrew W.K. concert in SLC last night

[_Dr. Shades]

WOW--Folks, you're gonna *LOVE* this--Last night I had the most incredible concert experience of my life: Ever since hard rock went extinct in about 1992 with the advent of grunge and hip-hop, there's only man alive who still knows how to ROCK OUT and has been keeping the flame alive--Andrew W.K. He performed in Salt Lake City and I was in the front row. Check it out: The stage was about waist-high and the press of the crowd had my pelvis pinned up against it. Bending down so that others behind me could see better, my elbows were literally ON THE STAGE.

I've never seen so much stage-diving in my life. People were running up the stairs and climbing up on stage one after the other, but rather than gesture for security, Andrew was actually encouraging it by dancing with those folks, letting them sing into the microphone, putting his arm on their shoulders, etc. Then, without exception, they would dive back into the crowd. Many, many times these folks were diving literally OVER MY HEAD. Of course, the landings entailed me getting kicked in the head a few times, to the point that my glasses got bent, but the energy was such that I didn't care.

Check this out: I was lucky enough that he performed probably my favorite song of his, and during the song, he actually bent down and SHOOK MY HAND!! It's very, very rare that a concert-goer gets to SHAKE THE HAND of the headline act, wouldn't you say? I was grinning ear-to-ear, as you can probably imagine.

Here's the part you'll probably like best: During another song, he squatted down, grabbed the fingers of my right hand, and PUT THE MICROPHONE UP TO MY MOUTH so I could sing the words! Unfortunately, it was a song I'd never heard before in my life. With the star of the show, Andrew W.K.'s eyes--and the eyes of everyone else in the place--directly on me, I experienced the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Rather than freeze up, I sang the words that I *thought* were being sung up to that point. They alternated with what I thought were "We're all gettin' ready" with "We want some!" He would sing "We're all gettin' ready," then put the microphone up to my mouth, wherein I would scream "WE WANT SOME!" into it. The music and the crowd were loud enough that my gaffe seemed to go unnoticed, but he must've been able to read my lips, for after a couple of times of this he switched it up and sang "WE WANT SOME!" into the microphone and had me sing "We're all gettin' ready!" into it instead. I was probably wrong about this line, too, for after a couple more times he gave up and stood back up. OOPS OF A LIFETIME!

Nevertheless, considering all the thumbs-up, smiles, fist pumps, and envious looks directed my way by the crowd around me, I must've done O.K.

All-in-all, it was by far the best concert experience I've ever had, BAR NONE. $18.00 very, very well spent. It's too bad you all weren't there with me.

The first song he played: It's Time to Party

The second song he played: Dance Party

The song during which I got my hand shaken: Get Ready to Die

Another song played later: Party Hard

Still another song played a little later: I Get Wet

[_Analytics]

How unbelievably cool! Thanks for the report.

[_subgenius]

nothing off of Gundam Rock?

[_Dr. Shades]

nothing off of Gundam Rock?

If there was, I didn't recognize it.