Pontiac, Michagin
Review by: Peggy
OK, Here is my review from the Seventh House Show in Pontiac. Gramma came over to watch the kids at about 4:00. I drove about 15 minutes into downtown Pontiac and parked right in front of this teeny, tiny concert hall. It is attached to this neat coffee bar where the EDGE was broadcasting live. I went in and sat at the bar and tried to order a coffee drink but I didn't know what to pick so the bartender said he'd make me something special.
This young guy sitting next to me was kind of listening to our conversation so I thought I would be a typical nice goo fan and introduced myself and asked if he was here for the concert. He shook my hand and said..."Are you the Peggy from the goo list?" It was Frank from Chicago whose ticket I ended up getting from Bill because Frank got one from the EDGE on his own. Small world!! We chatted for awhile and then Bill Reiser showed up. We were all kind of surprised that there weren't more people there yet and there was no line. Before you know it...Tina showed up and was wishing me happy birthday and introducing her boyfriend, Pauly. OK, now we only needed Brandon and Sara. Still there were hardly any people around! We saw Mike walk by so we knew the Goos were around. I went to the bathroom and could hear them doing the sound check and Johnny was singing Black Balloon. I was getting so excited for later!
Those guys convinced me to go talk to the bouncer and see if we could start the line inside the hall where it was warmer. He was really nice but no luck. Frank and Bill came over and were talking with him too when this head bouncer shows up and says...I want these people outta right now....ok, ok. Well, we had heard that the boys might come down for an interview and sure enough, as soon as we went back into the coffee bar, the band walked by right where we had been standing! They came into the bar and did their interview. I got a couple of profile shots. Man did they look good.
Right at the end of the interview the DJ's were trying to rowdy up the crowd. We were whooping it up and Robby leaned over and put his microphone right up to my face. It was so cool. Once the interview was over we decided we better get into line. It was probably about 6:15 or so. The only ones in front of us were about four of these sweet high school girls. They were really down to earth and excited as the rest of us.
There was an older man standing behind us with his son who was probably 11 or twelve. I started talking to them about how everybody got their tickets when the young guy behind him in line says.."hey, are you from the goolist....I'm Brandon!!" Woo hoo! One down one more to go! I never had so much fun standing in the freezing cold as I did that night! What a grest group of people. Someone saw Mike walk by so I decided to catch up to him and get him to autograph my cd sleeves. He was really nice. He said he would sign the cd's that he played on. Duh! I was kind of flabbergasted or I wouldn't have shoved them all under his nose. He said "hey Johnny is right there if you want him to sign your stuff." They were in a small group and I never would have noticed he was there. Tina came up at this point and told the group it was my birthday. Somebody sang acouple of bars of happy birthday to you. and then I was face to face with Johhny. Akkkkkk. He told me Happy Birthday and then signed all my stuff. I was so happy when I got back in line and then I realized what an idiot I was. Practically had the guy all to myself and I forgot to ask for a fricking PICTURE! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Right before they let us into the venue, these two very young girls in high heels and
sparkly tops
The Goo's came on not too long after. Tina got the set list so she can tell you the
song order. Johnny was directly in front of us. I know I said this on the list before,but
it is worth repeating. He could have been playing guitar at the foot of your bed he was so
CLOSE!! Nathan was to my left and Robby and Dave were on my right. I made a bunch of
posters for the show so when they came out I held up "HOLD ME UP I'm seeing the GOO
GOO's LIVE!! When the song was ending I held up "I love Mike!" Johnny looked at
it and said "Hey Mike, somebody loves you and then he moved out of the way so Mike
could see the sign. When they broke into SLIDE I held up "SLIDE into my kitchen and
I'll cook you dinner!!" Johnny laughed at that one while he was in mid song and then
Robby saw it and laughed too. The band was incredible.They are so intimate with their
audience. They would catch your eyes and smile at you all the time!! I've never seen that
before. They were jamming on some great tune...I think it was There You Are...I'm still so
geeked I can't think straight. Bill told me to hold up my "Goos are Better than
PROZAC" sign. Which of course I did! when the song was over Johnny said. "I
gotta show you guys these posters this girl has made. He took my posters and he and Robby
were holding them up. Robby wanted to know how I had all this inside information.
After the last song, Two Days in February, Robbie dove into the crowd and surfed his
way out of the venue! Johhny smashed his guitar, but it was so funny cause he couldn't get
it to break. He went on and on and finally threw it into the drums and walked off! We
found Frank, who had been shooting the breeze with Mike