Well, I supose that I'm supposed to start from the beginning... I still don't know how to do it, I mean, in my head I have so many things to say but when I have to put them in words I kind of get stuck, I'm not sure that it only happens to me but I have to say that I might start to concern now.
Okay.
So, as a blog is for people to share their experiences in life here I am to share with you [if there are people who's going to read this] the happiest day of my entire life [at least the happiest I can remember of]. So guess what is it??? KEANE'S GIG IN SÃO PAULO, yeah I know that it's been past a week already [time flies] but I'm still living that perfect night, the most perfect night ever, let's see why.
First of all.
When I heard last year [november] that Keane was coming to Brazil to do three gigs I got crazy [more than I already am] I thought they would do two gigs in São Paulo again just as in 2007 but they wouldn't but hey, I am not complaining because they were also going to the State that I was born [I'm not from São Paulo, just live here since I was born basically] and this made me so so so happy, I didn't believe because it's rare a band like Keane go to some place where there is no 'habit' for concert like this, anyway, I was happy because Keane would come.
When the tickets started to be sold I was insanely working, I mean, it was in December and I basically do not exist in December coz I work at a catering so that month we had many many events to go, so what I did??? I obligated my younger sister to go to buy our tickets, this was my condition, 'either you go to buy them or I'll buy only mine' [I'm bad] but she did go of course, she wouldn't miss this for anything... now I feel pity for her because she didn't know how to go to the music hall [now she does], anyway we got our tickets on 20th December to a concert that would happen on 10th March...if I am addicted to Keane? that's up to you to think about it.
... the months passed by ...
january.... boring
february .... exhausting
march ... anxiety
Though I was very anxious I wasn't totally aware that I was going to see Keane, it was like surreal yet, guess that my brain was ticking over. I just realised what was going to happen when the day before arrived, that's when I started to eat my nails, to feel my heart beating faster, to feel a pain in my chest. I think I was afraid of no getting the front row again, this simple and small fact was driving me insane... and I had to work and go to college that day...Oh God, I couldn't pay attention to what the profesor was saying because the only thing I could think of was Keane, the feeling of knowing that they are with their feet on the same land as yours is incredible, you feel happiness, sadness, anxiety, pain...all kind of feeling, the worse is when you know where they are at that very moment but you can't do anything, you can't go out to see them, it's hurtfull, you have to be strong and hold on tight.
But as I was saying I had to work and study that day [a monday, by the way] when I got home it was fifteen past midnight and I was planning to reach Credicard Hall at 4am, so I had less than three hours to sleep, but did the excitment let me sleep? I had to fight against my eyelids to get them shut for at least two hours, I had to sleep, I NEEDED to sleep. When I had just started to be sleepy I heard my cell phone ringing, it was the clock I set to 3:30am, so I gave up and got up then I shook my sister but she already had her eyes opened [I wasn't the only one super excited] we both dressed up whatever we found in front of us, I took some money, my cell phone and some magazines to read while I wait for my friends to arrive.
Me and Gabe [my sis] decided to go to the big avenue we live near of to see if we got a cab, we walked and walked and walked and nothing, the avenue was totally empty, just a police car driving around the neighborhood, I was starting to freak out because everytime they passed over us seemed like they were going to stop us and ask us what were we doing at that late night walking in the streets but they didn't, guess they realised that we were normal people walking down the streets [I guess]. No cab passed by and as we were walking for a while we decided to stop in a bus stop because we could see that they were starting the work but unfortunatelly none of the little ones that passed by would work for us so we once again decided to walk a little but more, we were almost getting in our destiny but our legs were hurting already so we stopped again and as soon as we stoped we saw a bus coming, we celebrated of course and gave it the sign to stop, we were so relieved it was around 4:35am.
When we get at Credicard Hall it was still dark, we didn't know either gate we should start the queue since we were the first ones so we asked a cab man that seemed to work in that area and he said that the place we were was the place where the queue was formed, then we sit down and started to take a look at the magazines [all of them about Twilight hehe] after more or less twenty minutes another girl showed up asking us if we were there because of Keane's gig and we answered 'yes', so we introduced ourselves, she said that she was in the other gate and there had nobody there, so we started to talk and talk and talk...ah before that I called Lena [friend of mine] to tell her I was the first one, that's when she told me the most amazing news ever, it was like music to my ears.
"Mika, I have good news to you" then I said "Yeah? what's that?" so she answered "We are going to see Keane's soundcheck" at that moment my heart almost stopped beating, I started shaking fingers, then she said what I feared the most "But your sister can't go" I was shocked, afterall my sister is the graphic designer of the oficial site as I'm the web designer, I told Lena that but she apologised saying that she tried and she would keep on trying but that was quite impossible...my sister started to cry and talk nonsense things like "I don't want to go to the concert anymore, I want to go home...I want to go to school, I don't want to be here" and i was desperately trying to calm her down because something was telling me that she would go too, she would see them....and even if she didn't we were going to be at the front row, so no worries. But she was nervous which means that everything I was saying she wasn't really listening.
... after some time ...
Lena and Aline [another friend] arrived, we had already come in to the front part of credicard coz the gates were opened, and to pur surprise there were other girls there, around 3 or 4 people, they arrived at 6am and were in front of the other gate so as it was opened first they got there first as us... I didn't want to argue but the people thought It was wrong they be there because theorically I got there first, I was planted there since 5am but as I knew it would turn into trouble...said and done...later much more later after around 5 or 6pm some fans started to moo us because people whom weren't from our Fan Club were entering in the queue everywhere, I mean, they came and just got in front of us, so people thought we knew them and started to be mad at us... I wasn't aware of what was happening until few days ago, and I'm not really quite sure that i know everything. I just remember people yelling at us "Hey Fan Club, Fuck You" bad bad people, they don't know what they were talking about.
... 5pm, the most expected hour ...
We didn't have any nails anymore, specially my sister. Lena told us that the other girl wouldn't get there in time so she said to Lena to put another person in her place, guess whose this person was? Gabe my sis, she was so grateful. I just felt sad about the other girls [our friends] that were outside with their eyes full of tears, that scene broke my heart, Ceu [my mother in law, she claims to be Tom's mom lol] she would try to talk to the label again to see we they let at least the other girls come in too.
The Label representant called us to the press door, I wasn't still believing that was happening. She started to call out our names, Lena told her about Gabe, she said okay. When everybody got in we could hear Keane rehearsing Perfect Symmetry, we were sit in the chairs there when Ceu went up to the Label woman to tell her about the girls, they talked for about three minutes and she said YES, so Ceu went to the door with the woman to call out for the girls, when I saw them getting in and crying I couldn't hold myself, I started crying too and Keane was still playing Perfect Symmetry, that moment was perfect, we started to hug each others and cry together, that was beautiful.
After one minute Andy [Keane security] came up to us to talk to us, he was very cute and cool, we even took pictures with him, then he left and we were told how to behave in the soundcheck:
"You are gonna get there and please do not interrupt the band, you can take as many pictures as you want, then they are gonna sit down and you can give them your gifts and get autographs and all, but don't take any indivdual pictures with them, I'm gonna be with a camera here and when everyone is passing to them I'll take a picture, okay? then you let your emails in this paper and next week I'll send you the download links of the photos, okay?"
Everybody agreed, of course!
So she guided in to see Keane. Now I can't remember if they were singing or not...I was too emotional to pay attention to what was happening. I just remember that when we got there Tom started to say "hello" ... "hi" ... "how are you?" ... "tudo bem?" [everythings's alright?] at that time I was melting already...everybody started to say hi to them and then they said that they were going to sing Spiralling, everybody cheered so they started singing and so did us [I filmed this part] then they sang Everybody's changing...what a perfect moment!!!
Erica our friend she had this banner written "Play MY SHADOW" and then she shout at them to play it and Tom for some reason answered to me, as if I were the one asking for the song, he said:
Tom: Sorry, I'm saving my voice for tonight... my shadow requires so much of my voice
Me: Your voice will sound beautiful as well
He didn't hear right so he gave a step forward in my direction and bend a little to listen to me
Me: Your voice will sound beautiful as well
He didn't hear right so he gave a step forward in my direction and bend a little to listen to me
Tom: WHOT???
[at this time I was totally unsteady]
Me: your voice will sound beautiful as well
[he gave me that beautiful smile of him]
Tom: Thank you, but I can't, I wasn't feeling good these last few days so my throat might be swollen up if I force it too much
Me: Okay
[I think he didn't put faith in me so he said]
Tom: That's true
Tom: That's true
[still smiling]
... my sister ...
After a little break when there were no sound my sister yell at the top of her lungs:
"JESSE, MARRY ME"
He got his cheeks so red, he was so shy, poor boy....Tom was beside him and patted his shoulders three times as if saying 'sucessfull with the ladies, hun?' then Rich getting up from his chairs pointing his index finger to Jesse laughing a lot, that was a scene we don't see everyday haha
Then they finished the souncheck and went to the table to give us full attention. I wasn't the first one [thanks God] as a matter of fact I was the lasts ones. Anyway, Beth was there helping with the line, Teresa [a senior Keane fan] was in front of me, she was with her daughter, I don't know what she said to Beth but Beth didn't understand so she said:
"I'm sorry, I can't understand a word that you're saying"
I laughed a little bit, of course because the scene was comic but then I said:
"She's trying her best"
then Beth said:
"Yeah, I'm sure she is...you at least can say a whole sentence in english and I don't know a word in portuguese"
so I said:
"Don't worry, portuguese is hard even for brazilians" and she laughed
Now was my turn to talk to the guys.
First one, TIM
Tim: hi, how are you?
Me: im fine, thanks for asking [giving him my piece of paper for him to sign]
Me: sorry, im trembling, i shouldn't but i am...is that i've never been in front of a famous person before [looking like a fool] i know that famous is not the right word to say but...
Tim [laughing]: that's okay, i know the feeling [then I see my sister wrapping her arms around Tom and demanding me to take a picture, I excused Tim]
Me: Let me take this picture or she will kill me later [he laughed again]
Me [making my way to Tom]: I am not apple polishing you but you are the best pianist i have ever met...is like...Beethoven who???
Tim [still laughing]: Thanks [and kept laughing]
The second one, TOM
Me: Hello
Tom: hi, how are you?
Me: im fine [giving him the paper]
Me: Sorry, I didn't buy you any gift
Tom: That's okay, what matters is your presence here and support
Me [drools]: Thank you, you're very kind...but you know, i ran out of money so [he laughed, and this wasn't even funny]
Me: I have these letters from girls that are in the queue, they couldn't come in so they asked me to give you them
Tom: Wow, there are many stuffs here....what is it? [started to open one letter, seemed to be a drawning]
Me: I have no idea what's in them...but dont worry coz it's not a bomb [he laughed again so I gave him bye]
The third one, RICH
Me: hello richard
Rich: hello there
Me [with my index finger pointing to his face acusing]: You didn't give me your drumstick
Rich: the other girl asked first, sorry [looking like 'forgive me']
Me: but i know you have plenty over there [pointed to the backstage]
Rich: i'll throw them at the crowd
Me: Why dont you hand me one? i'll be at the front row
Rich: let's see
Me: Will you remember my face?
Rich: I don't know
Me: I'm unforgetable [everybody laughed, even their securities...this wasn't funny at all]
Rich: What's your name? [laughing]
Me: Mika....and it is not because of the singer
Rich: How do you spell it? the same way?
Me: yes
Me: can i take a picture of you?
Rich: but they're already taking them for you [pointed to whoever was taking the photos]
Me: Okay...thanks anyway.
bad bad richard
Then we came back to the queue and waited for the concert, which was the most wonderful concert ever, better than the one of 2007, much much much better and to me that gig was the best one, but Keane has changed so much not just the visual but musically too, their songs are just MAGNIFICENT, no words can describe it, they really are a bunch of genius, they are uncomparable, they are unique and I will always like them because of what they are and what they do and the way they treat us.
Keane, thank you very much for letting me know your songs and have a great time listening to them!!!
