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| My favourite shot. |
I have been to three other concerts/ shows in my life. By that I mean three different artists: Ingrid Michaelson, Taylor Swift and Rufus Wainwright. The demographic of those fans are somewhat similar; the age range somewhat differ but the vast majority are female. Lindsey's fanbase is quite diverse. There are those who like dubstep, her covers of game theme songs, her dancing and then there is me. I don't particularly like her covers of game theme songs, purely because I don't play the game and there isn't that connection with the piece. I wouldn't say that I am a dubstep fan either, but I enjoy her music. Her compositions are different and thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. I was second row behind the barricade which would have been impressive. Except for the fact that the crowd was 98% male. Tall males. I was either armpit height or shoulder height if I was lucky. The three people in front of me were a good 15-30cm taller than I was.
Her opening act would not leave the stage. He was some DJ, and his name escapes me. He wasn't 'famous' (didn't turn up anything on Google) and he was DJ-ing for a good 80 minutes. Finally Lindsey came on and she was just amazing.
It was super hard to take decent photos. All my photos turned out super grainy because it was a) very dark, b) the lights were going crazy and c) the smoke machine was adding additional grain to my already grainy pictures. Plus she was moving everywhere. But alas, here are my best photos.
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| Still don't quite understand how she managers to have so much control to bend down and then up again whilst playing. |
The best quality picture out of the 400 that I took. Yep.
Not my photo, but a picture of the set list
My favourite from her entire show was her medley of Phantom of the Opera. I adore her medley but to see her perform in person was just amazing. I cannot stress how much I love the medley. Side note, I love the music of Phantom of the Opera but dislike the story. Creepy guy watches girl grow up, seduces girl and girl falls in love with creepy guy who ultimately throws a tantrum. And people say that Edward Cullen is creepy. Of course, I also loved her performance of Transcendence and My Immortal. When she was palying Zelda and Skyrim, I completely blanked out because I just didn't connect with the pieces. Ah well.
Kudos to Lindsey. She was sweating so much (not only was her face completely sweaty but so were her arms) and I am surprised her make up didn't just slip off her face. At one stage, she played a very off note and her facial expression was very funny.
Going back to the crowd. It is quite something being in a crowd predominately male and having the crowd sing to 'Call me Maybe'. It is quite surreal.
This entry is very long and going everywhere. But there are perks to being female in certain circumstances. I feel that generally in crowds, it is more acceptable and tolerated to have women standing very close to other women or men. But for men to be standing very close to other women or even other men, I guess it is not as okay. I am not suggesting that I am pressing myself against other people or invade their personal space on a regular basis. But just an observation at the show. I was quite close to the people in front of me (and accidentally touched the under 18 year old's butt countless times. Whoops) but looking around, everyone was quite spaced out, relatively. (The only reason I was so close was because there was a slight elevation behind the barricade which would have made me 3cm taller).
She reminds me of a part of the poem, To This Day.
we grew up learning to cheer on the underdog
because we see ourselves in them
I will add my videos to the next post since this is getting overly long. I can't wait for her next show in Sydney.