The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part eleven — Page 62

It's a perfect fall day, but yikes, it's later than I thought. I slept really late today, due to never really catching up from my late night last Sunday.

Updated On: 10/14/06 at 03:17 PM

I'm a little jealous too. I would love to get the chance to see him perform live at some point in my life.

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Apparently Adam was already on his way back to CA.

And Larry said they'd be back in NYC in April (I think that's what Em said).

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Updated On: 10/14/06 at 11:13 PM

Weighing in my two cents, as I was there as well.

I for one didn't like this venue as well as the Metropolitan Room. I really enjoyed the intimate enviroment the Metropolitan Room provided and personally thought the sound translated better there. Tonight I was sitting about three rows from the back of the theater, and at times the sound didn't sound good to me at all; I actually winced a few times. Now this could have been partly due to Adam and his seemingly inability to hold a microphone properly, but I just thought his voice sounded sweeter and warmer last Sunday and am attributing that, in large part, to the venue.

I also thought the audience was slightly more responsive last Sunday than tonight; again though this is coming from somebody who was sitting in the back where I'm sure the audience was a lot more subdued than up in front. Also from my vantage point, the theater was probualy 85% sold out, so not too shabby.

Intersting tidbit, my friend and I bought tickets tonight at the venue, and got the tickets for $20 a piece; apparently they were offering student prices if you bought the tickets in person, so that was a nice bonus.

To note, as Chole mentioned, there were a lot of Adam's family and friends in the auidence; his parents (or at least mom and step-father?) sat in row K, right near me on the aisle. A slightly obnoxious fangirly lady made sure to let everyone in the general vicinity know this lil tidbit. Before the show a lot of people were stopping by to say hello to them and they were waving to a good number of people across the theater.

I enjoyed the new song as well, although I'm starting to notice he tends to use a lot of analogies towards nature, and this song was no different. Loved that he sang it with no guitar.

Did anyone else who was there notice that when Adam threw down his shaker during 'What I Did For Love' that it broke open a bit? Ha. I didn't imagine that did I?

Overall, a splendid show though and I am glad I decided to spend the money to see him again, as it was a totally last minute, i.e. 4:00 PM, decision.

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You guys, Wickedrentq and I found Adam after the show!! So random. We walked back and forth trying to see if Adam would materialize, and we notice a small group of 12 or so girls running dow nthe stairs. S0 of course we followed!! Some girl was like (I know these 10 people, I don't know anyone else" there were maybe 30 people down there all together? So these 12 girls go through a door and the rest of us have a door slammed in our face. Bizzare. We wait a few more minutes, and the group of girls exits. Then a security guy says they will take two groups of ten of us back to see Adam@! Of course everyone ended up shoving and pushing but Amanda and I made it in! Adam was so sweet and grateful and wonderful. He was so friendly with everyone, giving lots of hugs and such. Unfortunately, he did have to go and there was a lot of pressure to get a pic and RUN but my camera was being an ass so my picture didn't come out =*( Bummer, but at least I saw/hugged him! eek!! He looked fabulous. I really cannot wait for his next show!! It was a dream.

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Updated On: 10/14/06 at 11:48 PM

So... the show was amazing and all that good stuff. Everything begging to be said has already been said, I think. I also enjoyed the Metropolitan Room as a venue more than the Queens Theatre - I don't know if the Metropolitan Room had a better sound system or if, as matjomae said, it had something to do with the way Adam holds the microphone or something along those lines.

He changed "See Me Shining" a bit - he changed the verses around a bit and added a new line somewhere in there. I also liked the new song (and am still kind of grinning that Larry thanked me for my inspiration in playing it, heh). The only real lyrics I remember from it were "the world cannot wait for a love this sublime" and possibly something about running to the plains? Yeah, I don't know, but it was a great song.

Trying to find Adam after the show turned into a bit of a disappointment. The employees and his security guard kept saying that "he's gone, he's on the 7 train," but knowing that they often lie about that sort of thing, skittles, Emcee, and I decided to wait. Later, Larry came out from backstage, and suddenly his wife appeared. I told Larry's wife that I love her pictures (the ones on Larry's website) and her videos. She thanked me and was so incredibly sweet! I then spoke to Larry, thanking him for playing a new song, and as he was opening the door to take us backstage, we found out that Adam had just driven away. I don't know if Larry reads this, but if he is... I want to say thanks to him and his wife for being some of the most helpful, sweetest people I've met.

As skittles, Emcee, and I were discussing on the way back, we wish that the people at the theatre/Adam's security guard would have just been honest with us. To be fair, one of them said that he wasn't going to sign anything... but then why let a select number of people backstage after telling us to wait upstairs? And why tell everyone that he's already left on the 7 train? I understand that he has to catch a flight early tomorrow morning and he's tired from the tour, but if someone would have just said, "look, he's leaving through a different door because he's tired," I would have been a lot happier.

Updated On: 10/14/06 at 11:54 PM

Yes, I like how most of the songs were done slightly differently each night. By the way, I meant to ask before, how did Adam change a line of (I think) "Maybe This Time?" It was when he walked over to the right side of the stage and he sort of said to the people over there.

Okay, thanks. They must have been *really* late then.

ETA: About finding Adam after the show, he seems to take a sort of Darwinian approach when he's not going to come out and see a huge crowd. Those that have the luck and persistence to be in the right place at the right time get to see him. The same thing happened at some of the shows last April - some people happened to wait outside at the right door.

Updated On: 10/15/06 at 12:04 AM

I think so, Chloe.

I'm trying to think of other moderately funny moments.

After Adam's Book of Endings speech, I said "but we love you, Adam!" and he looked directly at me (I was front row, dead center... and there was almost no space between our seats and the stage) and said something like, "thanks, doll."

Later, when he was introducing See Me Shining, he said something like, "it also really helps [one write a song] if you're almost thrown out of the house and you want to say you're sorry," to which there was this resounding chorus of "awww"s. He then said something like, "okay, just stop." Not so funny on here, but I cracked up then.

I think his exact words were "Thank you, babe," which is even better, in my opinion.

Thanks, Ashley and Ariella. Wish you could have been here too.

I loved "Maybe This Time" even more tonight. I felt his concentration in it was so intense. I think it would be interesting if he did the whole thing very quietly but with that same intensity. It could be even more powerful. As it is, he always blows me away with that song.

Maybe This Time is one of my favorite, favorite songs ever from one of my most beloved shows, so it's always thrilling to hear him sing it.

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