Sunday, February 24, 2008

i've seen a million faces, and i've rocked them all

My friend Bridgett is an avid Bon Jovi fan. So in celebration of her birthday this week, a group of us went to the Barking Kudu to see "Slippery When Wet." That's right folks - a Bon Jovi cover band. It was one of the most bizarre, sad, and enjoyable things I've seen in a while. Here are some things we witnessed throughout the evening:


  • Band members who looked and sounded like Bon Jovi. It was a little eerie. And their skin-tight jeans were very disturbing. Especially in the crotchal region.
  • Skanky, thirty-something women grinding on each other. It was the saddest thing I have ever seen.
  • A skeezy little guy who stood next to us the whole time and pretended to be our friend. He kept looking at us as if to say, "This is awesome. I am so glad we came." Then would proceed to raise his beer and shake it at the band in a show of total dedication and ultimate bliss.
  • A woman in a stonewashed denim jacket with "Bon Jovi" embroidered on the back.
  • A lot of other stonewashed denim jackets.
  • Forty-something man in said jacket with a curly, balding mullet who also stared at us all night.
  • Girl from my high school - always weird in and of itself. Throw in a Bon Jovi cover band, and you've just stepped into the twilight zone.
  • Large amounts of ass grabbing, making out, and "The Sway" (guy behind girl, hands on her hips as if to say, "That's right - this is my skanky ho," swaying to cheesy 80's love song).


7 comments:

Elisa M said...

Ah, the gray ponytail crowd. I went to a KISS concert a few years ago, and it looked exactly the same way. minus the high school peeps

Anonymous said...

I liked the lead guitarist's snakeskin cowboy boots.
I will start a lecture this week with the back-to-the-crowd-upraised-fist.

Amy said...

i understand you disturbance about the tight crotch area. long story short: i was with some friends and we were repelling and the guide was showing us how to tighten our ropes around our sitting area: he had on red gym shorts and an anatomy textbook couldn't have shown better detail. even the guys were embarrassed.

Anonymous said...

who was the girl from high school?

Amanda said...

lauren holdefer.

Bridge said...

i wouldn't say i'm an avid fan. more like just a fan.

katie said...

amanda. we're all just living on a prayer. take my hand, we'll make it i swear.
katie