"i'm not a fucking machine you know"

what's that you say? you went to THE PRETENDERS show last night?

what's that you say? it completely rocked?

what's that you say? you want to be Chrissy Hynde when you grow up?

me too.

oh my god they so fucking rocked, i didn't stop dancing all night. i looooooove love CH now. she's who i want to be. if i could interview one person in the world or be stranded on a desert island with someone it would be CH, she completely rocked my world (no small feat mind you).

and the post head? they go into their THIRD ENCORE and they're playing "back on the chain gang" and in the third chorus chord progression, she's trying to remember the chord for the song, and finally just laughs it off and just keeps singing. the song ends a few minutes later and the band's just laughing. the lead guitarist (sorry i forgot names, i'll repost more later) comes up to chrissy and starts trying to show her the chord progression, and the audience is just watching.

the teaching is completely lost on her and basically everyone just knows its funny that she doesn't remember. and she's trying and trying and she, out of the side of her mouth toward the microphone, says "what? so i can't remember the chord," then one more attempt, and again to the mic "what? i'm not a fucking machine you know" and everyone just starts laughing.

it so completely fucking rocked!

i have never been to more concerts than i have in the past 3 years with the hubby.

so far:

-cyndi lauper
-gladys knight and a pip
-chaka khan
-mary lou lord
-kelly clarkson (front row center!)

and now,

THE PRETENDERS

i'm officially a pretender-phile.