And I love YOU...

So we thought Xavier Rudd concert was good... wehehhehell! John Butler Trio - this was one of the best concerts I've ever been to! It was totally and completely amasing and fun! They just have great stage presence and of course the music is so overwhelming and moving.

Again, in the start the deutsches were stationary, but by the end they couldn't hold on anymore and were also _slightly_ jumpy *giggle* Amusingly in the beginning you could see where the aussies were in the crowd, as the majority of the mosh pit was totally static yet there was a part of it (may be 20 people or so) that were just jumping up and down and going totally nuts. And of course when John mentioned that he's from Fremantle in WA all those people started yelling and screaming.

Of course you gotta feel for the locals as the songs make much more sense if you can actually understand them... doh! So they made sure that during the 'Sunrise Over Sea' the audience got involved into singing "And I love you, and you love me...". John is totally amasing with the guitar and Michael Barker is a GOD on the drums. It makes our attempt at playing the Bangkok acquired finger drum very very VERY embarassing *runs away and hides*

They also played a couple of covers, one of which was Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up", which the crowd loved and which Jack and I continued to sing while walking home from the concert on the wide streets of this amazing city.

On a sidetrack, while trying to work out the correct way to spell 'mosh pit' I came accross the following and thought it was beautiful:

"Slamdancing is an art. A mosh pit is a collection of artists who practice the art of slamdancing. There are mediocre artists and there are artists who transcend boundaries of artistic standards. In the pit there are just as many Paula Abduls and Madonnas as there are Fred Astaires and James Browns. In order to exceed mediocrity in the mosh pit, you must understand the basics of slamdancing. None of this, however, is obvious to the untrained eye. To look upon the mosh pit for the first time is an affront to the senses for the mosh pit is unlike anything else in nature. Without any regard for the music, a large crowd shifts and swirls in front of a stage. Bodies move to and fro amidst random acts of self-sacrifice and enigmatic grace. "