it's no secret that i LOVE bruno mars (refer to here, here, annnd here ), so when i heard he was coming to seattle on his "hooligans in wondaland" tour i HAD to get tickets!
now, i have to explain, my love for bruno isn't that teeny bopper-wanna hang his posters all over my wall-maybe some day we'll meet, fall in love and get married kind of love. i genuinely admire his talent and his voice and the lyrics he writes. his voice is so crisp and clear, you can understand every word he sings. i'm able to relate to his songs, and they're all so chill(hellllo, one of his songs is called the LAZY song). i dunno how to explain it, but whenever one of his songs comes on my ipod i'm instantly in a good mood!
now, i'm not one to be excited for an event and just go to the event and go home, i love "making a day" of things when i can.
this day of bruno started w/ me getting off work early and meeting my co-bruno lover katie for lunch at what the pho???? at southcenter. i was supposed to try pho for the first time but the beef curry on the menu caught my eye and i just couldn't resist it...maybe next time i'll give in to the pho...
after a super delish lunch we still had a bunch of time left so we drove to seattle and got a drink at a bar w/in walking distance from wamu theater. it was at this bar that we heard a mom tell the bartender that her and her friend had left their 14 year old children in line for the show so they could get shots. classy. not only that, but while most sports bars were probably playing some local baseball or soccer game, our bar was showing...the national spelling bee championship. we had a blast cheering on Sukany Roy, Arvind Mahankali, and Dhivya Senthil Murugan as they took on words such as usufructuary, harridan, crevecoeur, and dactyliotheca. i thought that if they wanted a real spelling challenge, they could just spell each others names. maybe next year.
fiiiinally it was time for the show!!
we were lucky/sly/intimidating enough to sneak to the front of the line and got a pretty rad spot on the floor. unfortunately the show was general admission so we had about .2 centimeters of personal space which made it SUPER hot and being able to breathe anything, let alone fresh air was pretty much impossible. oh, the sacrifices we make for the music we love...
yea, we're still breathing(for now) and haven't died of heat stroke(yet)!
there were two opening acts...one was some dude w/ the initials m.h. i only remember this because that was pretty much the only memorable part about his time on stage...and he made sure we didn't forget...
the second act was some girl named janelle monae. she was entertaining for sure. i was ready for her to leave the stage about 3 songs before she actually did but, in general, she was good! i may try to listen to some more of her songs sometime...
janelle's opening stage set up was pretty rad.
the ONLY shot of janelle we got. oops.
next up was brunnooooooo!! it was an amazing show.you can tell he's genuinely having a good time and is loving what he's doing. he sounds EXACTLY like on his record, which is super rare. plleeeease believe me when i tell you dude can SANG. i was so fortunate to have such a great spot to get some awesome shots of the show!
one of my faav songs, grenade
dude(yes,dude)that says "omigodthisisgreat" from the lazy song:
i haven't been to a TONS of live shows before, but i've been to a lot, and this is the first time ever that i've left an even bigger fan than when i arrived! one thing i couldn't believe is he sang literally EVERY song from his album, plus others he only sings the hooks in (billionaire, nothin' on you), and then some! i hope he comes back soon, i know i'll be first in line to get a ticket...
i leave you with probably my favorite part of his show, the encore. he sings one of my favorite songs, talking to the moon. whoever filmed this was standing about where we were! i hope you enjoy as much as i did :)
somewhere in brooklyn/talking to the moon
