Livin' On A Prayer

Today it has been hot, hot, hot.  Good job too because Ala and I were out in the open air rocking out to Bon Jovi.  It would have been terrible if we would have had the British Summer that we've been having so far... rain.

With it being Ala's first concert, her excitement had us stood in the queues waiting for the doors to open at 4pm.  As we didn't have seats I thought her reasoning was to get a good standing position in front of the stage.  It was only when we got to Aston Villa Football Club that I realised that she thought Bon Jovi was going to start his show straight after the doors had opened.  She was a little deflated when she found out that we had a 4 hour wait ahead of us.

The atmosphere at the concert was incredible.  People dancing and singing along with Bon Jovi.  I realised that I actually didn't know the titles of any of his songs, but as soon as the music started the lyrics just came to me.  Ala kept saying I hope he sings 'Always'.  It was only when he started singing that I knew what song she was referring to.

As with any concert there is always some drama to add to the entertainment.  This concert was no exception; we had a short and super drunk couple who thought it would be funny to throw their drinks in the air, giving nearby bystanders an alcohol shower and then trying to push their way to the front because they were too short to be able to see anything.  In the end they got heavy lifted out by 3 burly security men to open cheers from all that were there to witness.

His best song is still Livin' On A Prayer for me.  And I'm amazed that despite his age he can still rock it and was able to do a set that was 3 hours straight.  Kudos to the man.

Awesome show Bon Jovi.