I Am Finished With You-oooooo

Does anyone else think that Avril Lavigne’s ‘Girlfriend’ was written with the intention of being the ‘Mickey’ of the naughties? It is sooo similar! She may as well have done the cheer leader clip to go with it – if you are going to rip off someone else’s idea, you may as well go the whole hog.

Silverchair at the Metro last week totally blew my mind. It was magic. The band, Daniel in particular, looked more comfortable than any of the previous times that I have seen them (which would sit at around 6 or so times, the first being for $12 on a Sunday afternoon at the Palace when I was around 13) – and seem to look more like they are enjoying it than ever before. Perhaps the seven-odd year hiatus was just what this band needed.

Although, with regards to the whole Paul Mac "thing", I wish they would either make him an official part of the band, or not. He is practically a permanent fixture anyway; why not just make it official??? Clearly he is Daniel’s source of inspiration, his muse – for want of a better term. I wonder how Ben and Chris feel – basically they are now a percussion section that is told what to do by Daniel and non-band member Paul Mac, surely if he was at least part of the band that would be easier to take. However, the band is still together, so they must be OK with it.

The 30 Seconds to Mars gig was in a league of its own. I can honestly say that I was speechless throughout. I have never seen a more perfectly executed, well though-out and completely emotionless performance in my life. Merely another role for Jared Leto to play, or so it would seem to the non-emo, over 14 year old members of the audience – of which there were only a handful of. To the majority though, it was approximately 1 hour (yes, the equivalent of $1.00 a minute) of heaven. Festival Hall resembled what I imagine a cult ritual may be like – with Mr. Leto at the helm, his disciples feeling thoroughly unworthy of his greatness. There was no attempts to pretend that the rest of the band was anything but added props (along with the Chinese screens, characters and tassels that decorated the stage). There was only one person on that stage that mattered - one person who was in the spot light (literally). Not what you would expect when seeing a band, I wouldn't have though. I guess I missed something – or maybe I am just getting old :o)

Pop Princess x