LittleEm
Joined: 08 Mar 2007
Posts: 35
Location: South Bucks, Just outside London, UK
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 13:44 |
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I didn't know where else to put this...
(please move if I've posted in an inappropriate place)
OK so i've done a review on the Scala Gig... but to explain just what it meant to me I had to introduce myself and explain a few things, however I didn't want to bore people with my life story so just put the gig part in that thread. Here's the stuff to go with it if you have time to read
Part 1 (me and my jamiro-history)
I got sucked in by TYTD and my first actual album being TWM, then I bought the first two (I don’t know which planet I was on by missing the first two). I didn’t really go to gigs for years… I don’t really know why. I guess I didn’t really have anyone to go with. So anyways… the last few years…… and gigs… firstly when the Dynamite tour was announced, I was a little gutted that no London gigs appeared. Very selfish of me, but hey ho (us London’ers are spoilt I know!  ) A friend said about going to Birmingham, only an hour away. I said yes. His mate… well he booked the tickets and didn’t get me one…. I was a little gutted to say the least.
Then surfing on the official Jamiroquai website… the announcement for Lovebox came up and I booked tickets. I went along with 3 friends and we enjoyed the day there. We took our places about 4pm near the main stage. I wasn’t right near the front, nor was I too far away but had tall people in front of me, so being only 5’2” so as you can imagine the view was not so good. A friend offered for me to go on his shoulders, but I always worry about the people behind me then. The sound was wicked, and it may just be me… but Deeper Underground stomped through Victoria Park that evening… surrounding houses foundations probably shook a little. I had a wicked day & night, but still that little part of me craved an intimate gig…. I knew I would have to wait.
So I joined Myspace last year… and signed up the Jamiroquai blogs… this helped with latest news a lot. I also kept checking the news on the official site and entered a competition to go to the audience recording of the Album chart show…. Here’s my myspace blog about what happened.
Date – 19 Nov 2006
Blog title – Gutted!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Current Mood – Crushed 
Category – Music
Ok, so I'm plodding around the net last night, and visit the Jamiroquai site (if you hadn't noticed, I'm a big fan) and there's a competition to win tickets to the audience of the Album Chart show
So i took a guess at the question, and clicked, entering yet another competition (i never win). Well on reading the competition properly, I noticed that the filming of this is tomorrow night (mon 20th nov).
I've just logged on the computer for the first time today, after decorating and check my email. I've only BLOODY won the tickets!!! and I can't flippin go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFS
Will i ever get to see Jamiroquai live in an intimat-ish gig???? I saw them at Lovebox weekender, well heard them not saw them. I'm only 5'2", i was stuck behind loads of tall people and couldn't really see, but i still danced my behind off enjoying the groove. ...... grrrrr....... can't believe i entered.. i won, and now i can' t flipping go.
There's no way on earth i can get out of my job for the evening. It's my first biggest event and i have to be there! What a dingbat I am!!!!!
I'm off to sulk, cry into my pillow and dream of one day being able to acutally see my favourite band at a small intimate gig!
(And I have given the tickets to a good friend – jamiroquai fan, so they’ve not gone to waste!)
Emms
So needless to say – I was gutted…(unimaginatively – I can’t think of another word)….. I decided entering competitions was the way to go… well the only way I was gonna see JMQ. I entered the gig in the sky and obviously the Intel competition.
Part 2 (a few weeks leading up to the gig)
A couple of weeks into February and I check my email….. I can’t believe my luck ….There from Claudine (my new best friend,  !!) well the title says “Multiply your Jamiroquai – You are a runner up!” But the email was blank?...........…. Which led me to me wondering what exactly had I won? If anything or was this a marketing email?! I replied saying that the email was blank, could they resend. And bless Claudine….. she did reply within 5 minutes explaining just what I had won (I think I held my breath when opening the second email… thankgod my computer didn’t crash… after all us humans… we need air).
Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t have said no to the Hugo Boss makeover, or the Race day, but I really was just so grateful to have my dream answered……. the dream of being able to see my favourite band at a small gig.
I wrote this paragraph under one of my blogs
‘Woohoo’
So I had some luck today, but I'm not going to jinx it, so I don't wanna write too much on here. But I just had to give a wooohoooooooooooo!!!! And bring on those High Times!! (not a drug reference I promise)”
But there was a small possible future hiccup. You see I work in marketing  and I set up business seminars for a financial corporation ( again), but we do an event the day after the Chancellors Budget which can be any Wednesday in March. So in our personal and work diaries we have to hold EVERY Wednesday day, night and Thursday morning in March, (this obviously included Wed 7th March) …. I was so happy and kinda worried at the same time that knowing my bloomin luck it would be the same friggin night. If that had happened then I don’t know if I would have bothered entering any more competitions to be honest.
But as February went on and there had been no government announcement of the date of the budget…... my colleague (in the job 4 years) said that as time was going on, there would be no way it would be Wed 7th March. I should have got happy at this statement, but my pessimism held me back. I don’t always have much luck. Then the announcement was made that Budget was going to be on the 21st March – YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t remember the exact day that they announced it, but I wanted to party hard!
Then my heart and faith got crushed on an entirely different matter
Part 3 – Questioning life and faith
On Mon 26th Feb, a dear close friend of the family passed away. A special person, a truly kind, gentle, genuine and caring man who lived for his family and close friends. He's one of those true angels which walked amongst us. Who would put himself out for anyone if he could help them. I still can't believe it. He was only 46. He was like my 3rd dad if you like…. I'm lucky to have a wonderful dad and a great stepdad too, but they are, for most of the year, far away. So he stepped up, as he always would for anyone, even a grown up like me. He helped at my house and was there for me, with his wife when ever I needed advice, help or just someone to talk to. Him and his wife have been like my surrogate parents (including buying me cake for my birthday)
He was taken suddenly and with no warning. We didn’t know he was unwell. I really didn’t take it in, along with a lot of people I am sure.
I had to throw myself into work, I was so busy and no-one does my job if I am off, so I didn’t really deal with it. The funeral was set to be Friday 9th March.
So now I come to part 4 and the gig… and just why it meant so much to me……
.. back to Scala thread .....
http://www.jamirotalk.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=97894#97894
Last edited by LittleEm on Sat Mar 24, 2007 14:27; edited 2 times in total |
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