On the middle Saturday night of the Olympics, twenty years ago tonight, there was a free concert in The Domain. For some reason I ended up going with Neety, the brother type person's girlfriend at the time. I was a little too terrified as a youngster to take my *super expensive* digital camera with me, so the only photos from the night were Neety's.
The concert was pretty cool. There were a bunch of acts that I'd either never heard of or didn't know any of their work, then Paul Kelly and Neil Finn (Crowded House).
Aside from creepy guy rubbing his genitals into us in the mosh pit, but after I GLARED at him he went to find some other people to harrass.
This was Leonardo's Bride
and Mark Seymoure
Paul Kelly was a surprise. The only thing I knew by him was Dumb Things from the Young Einstein soundtrack, but even though I didn't know his work I really enjoyed him live.
And Neil Finn did a whole bunch of Crowded House songs, which was super awesome, even though he stopped singing I Fall at Your Feet just in time for everyone to sing "who knows where that might lead" and barely anyone sang it (I did!!!).
Neety wanted to hang around after to see if she could wangle a meeting with Neil Finn, or even get a copy of the playlist, and span some yarn about coming all the way from the Blue Mountains or some such silliness, but didn't get anything.
There is a photo she took of Neil Finn rehearsing earlier in the day though.
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