I came here to make you dance tonight

[wildestranger]

I saw Cobra Starship last night and they were fabulous. They were having so much fun and clearly just so happy to be there, and so happy that people knew the words. People were singing along from the first song (City Is At War) to Guilty Pleasure at the end, and everyone was clearly so into it. There were people with homemade Cobra t-shirts and all. A great show.

The thing is, though, that it was a fairly small venue and there were maybe a hundred people in the audience. This meant that we were able to get pretty close - I was with airinshaw, her sisters, and llassah, and we were standing on a sort of riser to the right of the stage, about two meters from the speakers and four meters from Alex Suarez. Which was great, in the sense that we could see them really well, but also meant that they could see us, which was, um, somewhat strange. I had eye contact with Alex a few times, and a bunch of times (six, seven?) with Gabe (probably because I was at the top of the riser, and closest to the stage), which was mildly unnerving and I sort of wanted to hide behind airinshaw. It's one thing for us to ogle them, see, and quite another for them to ogle back. Not that I was ogling VickyT's cleavage or anything. Cause that would be wrong. Even if it was magnificent and just, um, there.

Anyway, I was really impressed by Gabe Saporta's moves. *leers* And his hip-wriggling and all. He told a story about how he'd been shitfaced (his word *g*) at Give It A Name and crowdsurfed during Paramore's set, and how he'd ended up losing his glasses and his sidekick and everything, but some nice people had brough them back and given them to him at this show. Despite the numerous calls at their Myspace to publicise all the numbers and the pictures of his penis (again, his words). He also told us that after the show, they'd go to the bar underneath the club and continue drinking, which makes me think that at the UK tour, it really wouldn't be hard to meet these people. If you weren't, you know, embarrassed by the mere thought of eye contact with Gabe.

And yes, I was somehow compelled to make the fangs up sign. I blame the fact that Gabe Saporta has the filthiest grin known to man and that it's impossible to resist that. This, as airinshaw remarked, is how we know the cult-verse is true.

Comments

[chocolaticida.livejournal.com]

Hi, uh, I'm usually a lurker, but your commentary about the fangs up reminded me of a time in a MCR concert I made eye contact with Ray Toro and my mouth got stuck in 'Ray MOTHER******* TORO'. Is like a Pavlovian reaction, stuck in our subconscious! Cult-verse is totally happening *lol*


Oh, also, glad you had such a great time :) I really hope Cobra Starship comes to my country someday. Sounds like they're awesome<3

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Cobra is wonderful, but not as wonderful as My Chem. :)

[saturnalia.livejournal.com]

OH, I was stood right by you! I kind of thought the people on the riser looked fangirl-ish, but I didn't want to start pestering random people just in case. Haha, I wish I wasn't so shy about saying hello at these kinds of things. (Uh, I was wearing a blue hoodie and a really lame 'Thirtizzle' t-shirt, if that helps? I was also dancing and throwing up fangs like a loon. *g*)

They did hang out in the bar afterwards, by the way- or at least Gabe did. I just looked up from my drink at one point and he was STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME- I had to go hide behind people until I composed myself. *g* Ryland and Alex were both out by the bus, signing things and saying hello to fans. (I got to tell them both how much I liked the This Is Ivy League album, which they seemed really surprised and pleased to hear, so yay for that!)

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish you had pestered- I should have made a post beforehand about going and that people should come say hello. I was the small girl with short light brown hair and a green sleeveless top, at the front of the riser?

Did you actually speak to Gabe? Cause I think I'd just stare at him silently from a corner, but not get too close. In a freaky stalkerish way, you know. *g* And yay for talking to Ryland and Alex (who was rather disturbingly hot in person)! Did you stay for the All Time Low set?

[saturnalia.livejournal.com]

Hee, I think I remember seeing you! Next time I will definitely try and be brave enough to say hello. *g*

I did speak to him briefly, when I wandered out to by the bus a little later, but the conversation mostly went, "Hi Gabe! I had a fantastic time! Could you sign this?" "Thank you for coming! *signs*" So, y'know, not the most scintillating subject matter. I did stay for the ATL set- their stage banter was pretty hilarious, in a very gay sort of way, and the music was good fun. They have a cover of Umbrella that's kind of fantastic. *g*

All in all, a very good time was had- hence me deciding to go to a second show this Friday. :D

[prurient-badger.livejournal.com]

FOR SRS: Cultverse is entirely true! I am continually amazed and creeped out by this.

And yes indeed, the fangs up sign is a freaking epidemic. When I saw them last weekend it was just me and one other (awesome) dude next to me being huge nerds, but by the end of the set the entire crowd was... fanged? fanging?

And of course second on the hips. Phew. *fans self*

And finally! I am hugely saddened by the fact that I was at that Paramore set and I did not see Gabe crowd surf. I would totally have groped that. D:

[yan-tan-tether.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds AMAZING!

Roll on Sunday!

[celbalrai.livejournal.com]

Hey! Lurker here, just delurking to say that yes, they do actually hang around under the bar area! My friend and I were at their London gig, and Cobra was the second band to play, so we decided to get out of the mosh pit area and hang around by the merch stand/bar (as we'd heard that they hung around there sometimes - seriously, we're such stalkers, lol). So anyway, we did that, and then Alex popped up! And he was a sweetie. :) He was clearly watching All Time Low but some girls (not us) had already interrupted him, so we went over, asked for a quick picture and he just smiled and let us take one. Which was very nice.

So yeah, just confirming what Gabe said. No Gabe or Vicky-T tho, but Ryland did stride by the queue when we were outside. :)