Bryan Adams rocks our world
Sunday night was monumental for team MNB. As you all know we have a long running affinity toward both Bryan as a person and to his fantastic music (as you’ll notice on the side nav have have 15 posts dedicated to him). On Sunday we had the privilege of seeing him live at the new Verizon amphitheatre.
Several months ago I purchased 6 tickets (for the whopping price of $9.85 each) and the plan was for Jeff, and I to go with our respective wives and to use it as a chance to find a date for Jonathan. I even planned to get submissions on the blog from eligible bachelorettes (and what quality girl wouldn’t want a free date to Bryan Adams). Unfortunately Jonathan’s health problems foiled that plan but through our text messages, phone calls, and e-mails we tried to make him feel right at home.
Our goal for the evening (in addition to making out to “Let’s make a night to remember”) was to get a chance to talk to Bryan Adams, invite him to MNB, and give him an MNB t-shirt. Unfortunately we failed on all fronts. I did manage to make it to the mosh pit up front (and by “mosh pit” I mean swooning 40 year olds and their obedient husbands who stood by with their drinks in hand). I actually almost touched his foot (as evidenced by the crotch pic below.
The concert ended (or the good part at least…Foreigner was the 2nd band…totally nowhere near as cool as BA) and despite the security guards saying their was no way to see Bryan, Jeff and I would not give up. We proceeded around to the back entrance where the tour buses are located and the video below best recounts the interaction between the security guard and ourselves.
Note from Jonathan: Amazing. As you’ll notice, Joel chickens out towards the end. I think if I was there I would have been able to sneak past that guard while Jeff was keeping her occupied.
July 20th – Mark your calendars!
I was just got a very exciting e-mail from Ticketmaster (the criminals who charge a $12 surcharge on a $20 ticket but that’s separate issue). Yes folks, I was just informed Bryan Adams is coming to Atlanta (well Alpharetta…but some people consider that Atlanta).
July 20th is the date. Tickets go on sale tomorrow and based on how incredibly cool he is I’m thinking it’s gonna sell out fast.
It’s interesting to note that July 20th is a Sunday and his next performance is Tuesday night in Jacksonville. He just happens to have that Monday evening 7/21 free. Coincidence? Probably. But we’ll take it as a chance to lobby hard for a visit to MNB…maybe even a performance.
The music in heaven
If you’re curious about what the music will be like in heaven, most biblical scholars maintain that the majority of the music will be duets between Pavarotti and Bryan Adams. Much like this one:
Wow. THAT. JUST. HAPPENED. Many thanks to Neil for spending hours digging up this interweb gem.
Come by Jeff’s tonight ? we’re brewing our Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale.
No more tickle fights
Many of you know Travis and his juvenile antics. Peddling us as rednecks and Civil War impersonators. He’s pawned himself off as some sort of investigatory journalist, to which I have one reply (via Zoolander):
Do you understand that the world does not revolve around you and your do whatever it takes, ruin as many people’s lives, so long as you can make a name for yourself as an investigatory journalist, no matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied along the way, just so long so you can make a name for yourself as an investigatory journalist, no matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied and dying along the way?
Travis has now asserted that our own patron saint, Bryan Adams, is the leader of Hezbollah. Unfortunately (for Travis) this claim is largely unsubstantiated and, like most of Travis’ life, ridiculous.
Starting next week Travis will no longer be able to hide behind his investigatory My Little Pony pencil. In other words, the tickle fights are over. It’s big boy time, and we’re putting our money beer where our mouth is. Look for a multi-state, multi-national (if you include Canada) beer brawl. We’ve already sent our Swashchuckler IPA to Brad (Unrepentant Individual), Ted (Ted Brews) and Alan (A Good Beer Blog) for taste testing against Travis’ meager piss water. Stay tuned. The s*** just got real.
Why you should come tonight
Because Bryan Adams (in the form of our own Jeff Heck) will be serenading us with his Canadian lullabies. Jeff doesn’t know any of this yet, actually. We should have a pretty light night in terms of work since we will only be bottling, which should leave Jeff time to get sufficiently buzzed and bust out his guitar. He surprised us last week by wailing out Bryan Adams tunes. And even though he isn’t eager to admit his love for Bryan, he knows ALL OF THE WORDS. Interesting…
Bryan Adams Goes Creepo
Our good friend Liz has sent us her modified version of Bryan’s (yeah, we’re on a first name basis) classic song “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d pass along the moderately creepier “Have You Ever Really Stalked a Woman”. Thanks for weirding us all out, Liz. And please keep the binoculars at home.
(As you read these words, watch the real version here)
To really stalk a woman
To truly track her – you gotta know it deep inside
Hear every call – see every bath
N’ give her signs – that you are nearby
Then when you find yourself lyin’ breathless on her roof
You know you’ve really stalked a woman
When you stalk a woman you tell her
that she’s really hunted
When you stalk a woman you tell her that she’s the one
she needs somebody to tell her
that you’re gonna watch forever
So tell me have you ever really
- really really ever stalked a woman?
To really stalk a woman
Leave her traces -
so she knows that she needs to be scared
You’ve gotta breathe her – really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood
N’ when you can see her whole life right there in her trash
You know you’ve really stalked a woman
When you stalk a woman
you tell her that she’s really hunted
When you stalk a woman you tell her that she’s the one
she needs somebody to tell her
that you’re gonna watch forever
So tell me have you ever really -
really really ever stalked a woman?
You got to give her some fright – call her all night
A little craziness – goin to jail, all right
She will be scared of you, callin the cops on you
OOoh ya really gotta stalk your woman…
Then when you find yourself lyin’ breathless on her roof
You know you’ve really stalked a woman
When you stalk a woman you tell her
that she’s really hunted
When you stalk a woman you tell her that she’s the one
she needs somebody to tell her
that you’re gonna watch forever
So tell me have you ever really
- really really ever stalked a woman?
Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever stalked a woman? You got to tell me
Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever stalked a woman?
