Woo hoo! Hmmm, what to say....
Billy Idol, Friday July 8th, San Jose Civic
We got there just a bit fashionably, so to speak. Sadly, they start concerts on time these days. With no opening act, Billy was already on stage, dancing with himself. Probably my favorite of his hits, and he was getting it out of the way early. May of been the first song, I don't know. Anyway, we walked out onto the floor, watched a second or two, the turned around and headed for the restrooms -- it's a ways to San Jose.
After the restrooms, we stopped by the bar and mortgaged our futures on some drinks. 7 bucks for beer or cocktails! I think I ended up paying more for drinks than I did for the tickets by nights end...
It was "festival" seating, though, with the turnout, it wasn't likely to turn into a Cincinnati Who-like tragedy any time soon. There was plenty of room on the floor and Sharlene and I ended up about 50 feet back from the stage, center stage, with a fairly good view. At least for me -- Sharlene claimed she could see fine, but I AM a foot taller.
Billy was in pretty fine form, and looks pretty good considering he's not all that young. I have no idea how his voice is holding up, because the sound was just awful. Couldn't pick out what he was singing except on the slower, quieter songs. Same with Steve Stevens' guitar work -- couldn't pick it out of the general noise the rest of the guys were making.
Still, I rather enjoyed myself. Sharlene, who's seen him before, was rather more dis-appointed. She says he was much better before...
Next week -- Percy!
