Drama At The Journey Concert

Wednesday night I regressed back to 1981 with Tata and Banana. It's okay to regress back to 1981 with them because 1. We were all friends in 1981 and 2. We went to see Journey in concert.

That's right. I paid to see Journey in concert. And Loverboy. And Pat Benatar. They were all touring together and seeing them live was something I simply had to do before I died. Or they died. My point is: I am forever changed as a human being.

Not because of the music, but because of the drama-esque moments that surrounded the show.

Drama #1: This past weekend, T and I were formulating a plan for the evening's festivities. Since we are both ruled by our stomachs, our plan boiled down to a time to meet and a place to eat before the show. I texted our tentative plan to Banana, who responded with a message of 'I'll do my best to be at your house by 4. Who are we seeing again?'

Wait … what?! Did she just ask me who we were seeing? I think she did. How could she possibly forget Loverboy, Pat Benatar, and Journey? It's an early 80s trifecta of music for crying out loud!

Immediately I texted Tata. She had to know about this situation. Her response?

'If any of our seats have an obstructed view, Banana's sitting in that spot!!'

Amen, sista.

Drama #2: I was sick. Very sick. As in praying that I didn't hurl all over the car, the restaurant, or Journey. I missed Loverboy's opening number (I was hanging around the bathroom in case of the aforementioned hurling), but I made it in time to kinda sing along with 'Turn Me Loose' and 'Workin' For the Weekend'. I totally hit my stride in time for 'Loving' Every Minute of It'.

What can I say? I'm a trooper.

Then I took a turn for the worse, but recovered in time to see Pat Benatar. Let me just say this: Pat. Is. Amazing. At fifty-nine years old, she sounds and looks just as good as she did thirty plus years ago. Personally, I totally dug the little shoulder action she did on stage during 'Love Is A Battlefield' a la her video for that song.

A video which taught an entire generation of white people to dance, I might add.

Her mash up of 'Heartbreaker' and Johnny's Cash's 'Ring of Fire' was totally inspired and I wish she would record it. I'd download that bad boy from iTunes faster than poop through a goose.

And she rocked full length black leather dragon coat like nobody's business. I think I need a full length black leather dragon coat. I'd look like so amazing strolling the clearance aisle at Target wearing something that visually perfect.

Drama #3: It pains me to say this but … Journey. The band itself was great, but I held out against hope that Steve Perry would come to his senses and rejoin the band as lead singer on stage during the Indianapolis concert.

It didn't happen.

The new lead singer (I don't know his name and am too lazy to google it) is a great singer. He's of an Asian descent and sounds exactly like Steve Perry, so we just called him Asian Steve Perry all night. Asian Steve Perry had amazing amounts of energy and did a great job, but it wasn't Regular Steve Perry. I missed Regular Steve Perry. T summed up the experience perfectly when she said she felt like we were in the middle of an episode of American Idol.

I admit I did look around for Randy Jackson. (He wasn't there.)

Overall, the evening was fun and I learned that the restrooms at The Fieldhouse are quite lovely, Pat Benatar is my new fashion hero, and if you close your eyes you can tolerate Asian Steve Perry on stage.

And I learned that I am shorter than my friends. Sigh. Such drama at the Journey concert. Pin It Now!