Before the concert, we ate with Dave, Ginger, and Dennis at Cafe Trio. Our food was incredibly good. Everyone got something that everyone else liked. I had a hard time deciding whose food was the best.
When we arrived at the venue, the line had already gone around the corner and was quite far down the block. We got in line as soon as possible and found ourselves behind a group of 20-something girls and a possibly 40-something mom looking lady who looked like an older Kristin Chenoweth. One of the girls in front of us had really nice looking hair, but upon further inspection, her weave was showing. Which led us to take the only good photo we took that evening.
If you look closely, you can see the weave sewn onto her hair. Not pretty.
The hardest part of concerts for Elston is the waiting. There is a lot of waiting. You wait in line to get in the building. Once in the building you wait for the opening act. After the opening act you wait for the headliner. It's a very tedious process, and one which Elston doesn't tolerate well. I find it easy to distract myself by people watching and daydreaming about what I would do if I had superpowers, but Elston can't be satisfied by that. It especially didn't help that the opening act, Matthew Perryman Jones was not exactly a big crowd pleaser. Austin and I agreed that we would like to listen to his songs sometimes, but not for an extended period of time while standing in a crowd sweating profusely from forehead, armpits, and crotch. All of this prompted several angry facebook status updates from Elston and a concerned look on my face as I wondered about Elston's emotional well-being.
Once the show started though, all boredom vanished. Ingrid is most definitely a crowd pleaser. She knows how to keep the crowd engaged and involved. She flattered us by saying we were the best crowd she'd ever had and she was impressed that we could sing along, etc. She encouraged us to clap in certain parts, sing in certain parts, shout in certain parts, and do spirit fingers in certain parts. She told cute little stories to make the songs relatable. While I loved both concerts I've been to previously (Lily Allen and Regina Spektor) I think Ingrid put on the most entertaining one.
I found a video on YouTube that someone took of one of her encore songs at the concert. I tried taking pictures and the lighting was bad, so I didn't even try to take video, so this will have to do:
And here are a few of my favorite Ingrid songs, purely for your enjoyment:
"Be OK"
"You And I"
"Die Alone"
1 adoring responses:
She makes good music. ...I am a little sad that you've been to so few live performances. But, then again music's kinda a big deal in Michigan. And, yet, I think I'm jealous you've seen Ingrid.
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