A Review of Our U2 Experience in Montreal
#254

A Review of Our U2 Experience in Montreal

Sue joins me again to talk about our experience watching December, Acrobat, and a little Irish band called U2 live in Montreal.
Speaker 1:

Hello. Welcome to Daily ish, episode number 254 from Montreal, from our Experience and Innocence tour of Montreal. I am joined again by Sue. Welcome back to the podcast.

Speaker 2:

Thanks. Hi.

Speaker 1:

As we record this in our, last full day in Montreal. But we've sort of we've now experienced the we got the December show with Acrobat, the two bands playing on Monday night, and then also U2's concert last night. So I guess quickly, what's how did, the December Acrobat U2 hardcore U2 fan experience resonate with you after you experienced it?

Speaker 2:

It was good. Yeah. I thought December was really good. I like their I like her, like, kinda throaty

Speaker 1:

Bluesy.

Speaker 2:

Bluesy kind of voice.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Like a a bit she's got a really good whale.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. And I can see how, like, just singing they didn't do a lot of YouTube songs. They did mostly their own stuff, but just with, like, little interludes of maybe YouTube in their song. But I can see how them doing covers of U2 stuff is really good and, like, different, but still gets the flavour of U2, you know?

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

So, anyways, I like them. Also, they seemed really nice when

Speaker 1:

we met Yeah, good Scottish folks. She said backstage too that I've heard them say something similar to this before, but releasing a YouTube cover was like the last thing they wanted to do and they were nervous about doing it because you're kind of just don't do that if you're a YouTube fan. It's kind of the feeling sometimes. And then they picked a sort of homecoming, which I think was the last song they did in their set. And that was that one also on top of that is kind of like sacred ground of a U2 song that nobody really covers that well.

Speaker 1:

But then I felt like anyways, when I heard it, they nailed it and put their own spin on it, but while still retaining the flavor of the original. So, yeah, they're they have three CDs out, I think. And so one is all YouTube covers, I believe. And then the other sort of are more original. But yeah, all worth checking out, especially if you like a bit of that Celtic flair to your music, but with some U2 infused influences.

Speaker 1:

So and then Acrobats was the strict, like, hard like, cover band of U2. They'd basically try almost note for note to play the songs Yeah. U2 does the way at various points in their career. It picks sort of different eras to play each version of a song, but any thoughts on

Speaker 2:

their performance? They were good. Like, they're yeah. They do a great job of covering. Like, it was enjoyable.

Speaker 2:

It was fun. You know, it's like a just listening to the music that you love and but in a band kind of context. And And you don't get that kind of like, it would be pretty rare to see a U2 show playing their music in that kind of a context, like a small room.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, like a 100 and some people or whatever it was.

Speaker 2:

So yeah, they give that experience, which I actually found that there is more emotion I felt in that room of a 100 people with some of the songs like that were just and maybe it was the songs that resonated with me, but just that, you know, that moment of like feeling this song. We all have different experiences with it. We're all maybe, you know, different thoughts are running through our heads right now, but you're with 100 other people that are singing the exact same song and whatever, having that same moment with it. And Yeah. I found I had more of those more of that kind of wave of feeling in that concert, like, with Acrobat than I did with even in the big room.

Speaker 1:

With YouTube?

Speaker 2:

With YouTube. Like, you're like, at the Bell Centre, obviously, with YouTube. And I don't know I don't know why. There's gonna get a reason, but I don't really know what the reason is.

Speaker 1:

Well, yeah, Acrobat does a great job of, like and I was thinking when the show was when we're at the show, like, the songs it does a great job of showing how the songs transcend even you too as a band performing them like the Yeah. Whether it's the lyric or the music and the combination of those two and the performance. But like the the songs, I was just amazed that they covered the full gamut of their career in in the in the concerts that they did and just how well the songs, I guess, held up over time, but also that doesn't need to be Bono necessarily singing. It obviously needs to be, you want to be a good singer and good guitar player, etcetera. But that the songs are just really great songs and this likes and especially in a venue like that, how much they like some of the songs really rock.

Speaker 1:

Okay. So moving on to you two then at the Bell Centre. We we saw night one. And any thoughts on just, I guess, the experience of going there before we talk about maybe specific song, but just the overall feeling of it?

Speaker 2:

Yeah. It was good. I I it was a really great concert. Everything was a good experience. Standing in line waiting to get in was fine, like, you know, and

Speaker 1:

We had good weather. It wasn't

Speaker 2:

too hot. Weren't standing in the rain and getting you know, we were kind of found a spot fairly easily and was we're fairly close to the stage, like, least the kind of walkway area that we wanted we had decided we wanted to be and

Speaker 1:

Yeah. So for you two fans who have been there or going there, we were at close to the East Stage sort of where the East Stage meets the catwalk with the or this walkway, I guess, back to the main stage for the band where the screen basically the edge of the screen furthest from the main stage right where the East Stage is. Yeah, we had nice folks around us as we entered the line. And even when we ended up sitting down where we were and just started chatting with a couple beside us and they were really nice, friendly Montreal folks.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, they were really nice and that made I think that made our because you're sitting there for whatever, two hours. Yeah. Maybe more than that even. What time did we get in there? Oh, 06:30 till 08:30.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. So, like two hours, you're sitting beside these whatever, just kind of on Yeah. Cement so, it would help that that couple was really nice. We chatted with them and got to talk about Montreal and yeah, their stuff with it.

Speaker 1:

We saw their stuff, their experience with it. Yeah. We saw a friend Vid, who I know through YouTube stuff and also work. She's I think Toronto based. And so she was there doing it's called Mixlr where you're just sending audio, live streaming audio of the concert out to the show.

Speaker 1:

So she was doing that. And there was, yeah, all around us, just nice folks. And so as whereas other shows we've been to, they you know, you've had nice folks there, but then there's also some, like, drunk, obnoxious, selfish, whatever Yeah. People who just kind of barge their way through

Speaker 2:

and all that kind stuff. Get their whatever. Decide that they are gonna get try and get in front of you and decide that they're gonna elbow you and really don't care about the fact that you are also there to enjoy the concert.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's enough, I don't know what they'd be called GA, probably shouldn't be calling them GA Nazis, but like general admission folks who like respect the the line and respect where your space is and

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Or all that kind of stuff. So the experience of watching the concerts, I guess, though we had, there's lots of like, and this just happens when you're, what, five four or five five, I think, right, in height. Five three. If you're five three, I'm six one almost. And so obviously, have a bit better advantage than you do.

Speaker 1:

You were staying in front of me more or less, depending on where the band was. And so, but lots of like the people around us weren't overly tall, but

Speaker 2:

everyone was taller than like, think there there

Speaker 1:

was a side of me was

Speaker 2:

Same height or maybe

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Same same height, maybe a little bit shorter, but not much like

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Yeah. But once they lift their cameras up and start recording everything. Yeah. That's when it becomes a problem.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Because you can't find that. You probably can't find that line of sight between heads and shoulders and then you add more like phones and arms into the mix.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. And exactly. That's like and I have it's probably a little bit of like my age maybe, or generation or like so I haven't been to a lot of concerts in the last ten years, like since we started having kids, right? That just kind of puts a hamper on your concert going. So I haven't experienced a lot of concerts where everyone has a phone the whole time, constantly taking pictures, recording a video, all that kind stuff.

Speaker 2:

And I had a conversation with the girl beside me about it too. Like, she also didn't enjoy that. So I kind of like enjoyed having that camaraderie beside me of both of us. I feel like we don't Sometimes people don't understand what they're missing in just being present in the moment and enjoying this rather than always thinking about how can I share this? How can I enjoy it later?

Speaker 2:

Like, have this like, yes, you want to capture the moment so that you can go back and remember it. But if you spend the entire time capturing the moment, then you go back and remember how you took pictures of it, rather than actually how you really sat there and enjoyed it. Yeah. And so that was just like seeing, there were so many phones in front of my face all the time that like half the time I was like watching the concert through their screen. And then I realized, well, why am I doing that?

Speaker 2:

Like, let's actually look at the real Bono rather than, you know, I can look at a screen version of him anytime I want. So, yeah.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Like, I noticed that one girl and like other people too, there's a big tall, bald, muscly bald guy who was, doing this too where it's just like just sticking their arm in the air and not like they're not looking through their phone. So they are kind of like experiencing it, but they're just like randomly like filming Yeah. And then also looking at the show. Yeah.

Speaker 1:

And so, like, the filming part is just of their recording that they're doing is purely, like, selfish reasons blocking like recording it and then blocking people's view

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

At the same time. And so Yeah.

Speaker 2:

It's kind of like like, you know, if I was to get on your shoulders. Yeah. I think, like, yes, that makes my concert experience better because I can see it all. But also that makes us like, whatever, eight foot tall person standing in front of all those people, which is not, you know, something that would be a bit disappointing if that's suddenly happened right in front of you. And so I think just being aware that when you put your arm way up with your phone, that's like another head.

Speaker 2:

And so it's like you have two heads that are blocking. And for me being a short person that's constantly navigating my way around, like heads and arms and whatever, it's like, well, then there's never a space. Know, our shoulders usually give, you know, give that space where I can put my head in between and then I can see. But if you have a hand with a phone and then you have another head and whatever, it's just yeah. Makes it hard to see.

Speaker 1:

And to be clear, like, it's I'm all for people recording a video of a of a song or three to five songs or whatever. Like, I recorded three songs for at YouTube that I was kind of thinking there might be either something specific to Canada in or was like Iris was a song that's just really important or meaningful to me as well and and Acrobat and stuff. And so like you're I picked those three very specifically intentionally, but then didn't record little snippets of songs here and there, but didn't have my hand up the whole time. And I think that's where it feels a little bit over the top, especially when you're like, chances are there's gonna be a concert documentary of this tour at some point, which will have infinitely better video quality for the show and audio quality. And it might not be the exact show you saw, but it'll remind you of that experience of seeing that happen because the band does a fairly scripted tour basically, fairly scripted show.

Speaker 1:

So, but I digress. That's another discussion probably. Any particular songs that sort of jumped out at you that were like as a more casual YouTube fan, I guess that you were like, when you hear them live, kind of spoke to you in a different way or a deeper way?

Speaker 2:

Yeah. Like when we were falling asleep last night, I was trying to tell you the the few that were really hitting home to me so that I wouldn't forget. But I think, for sure, one is a powerful song to me. It's like the first U2 song that I fell in love with that totally convinced me that this music is more than just music, you know, like, yeah, has some depth to it. So that and also there's more, like, just the lead up to it with the whole women of the world take over.

Speaker 2:

Definitely a message that I can strongly get behind. And I love how they're using it to create awareness and poverty is sexist is such a great tagline. I love that. Yeah. I don't know whatever marketing firm came up with it.

Speaker 2:

I'm sure it was some amazing marketing firm, but it is really, it's a really good one. Says so much just in three words. So the lead up to one, yeah, it was very powerful. And then the song itself, and even just for me personally, where I'm at in life and with my own life experience, I would say, like that, you know, the discussion of one and love and hurt and togetherness and all of that has a lot more depth in my life right now. And so I think just, yeah, it was just a moment for me just listening to it and definitely had tears running down my face while I was listening to it.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Kinda resonates differently than when in the nineties when you first heard it maybe. Yeah. It's like this looking at the future of what love is or what life will be like or whatever. And so now you're kinda reflecting back on both, like, I'm sure, immediate, but also, you know, yeah, twenty some years of Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Of life since that song came out, basically. So the other one that was interesting that you mentioned when as you were falling asleep was, staring at the sun, which I was kind of surprised. I guess that one would be kinda like one that would jump out at you. Like, you sort of made reference to it being an emotional song for some reason.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. I think well, I think all the stuff because that was after Acrobat. Right? He did had done the whole McPheeSto stuff before that. And and I I just I really like how U2 is so good at just like naming the temptation that they've been under, you know, like a lot of bands don't, they don't really, they're not really forthright with how hard it is to be rich, to be desired, to be, you know, all of that.

Speaker 1:

Famous.

Speaker 2:

Famous. To be living in that, and the struggle that comes with it. And I feel like you two are so good at naming that. And so I guess coming off that message, and just like really appreciating that message that they had just done, and then also, you know, just the description for that song for some reason was like, you know, how he said it just kind of wrote itself and they didn't really know what it was about. And then it's slowly, you know, they whatever, that willful blindness of choosing to be kind of asleep to the world and to what's going on around you.

Speaker 2:

And, yeah, it was a message that kind of resonated with me. And so then it kind of like hearing the song for the first time, because I hadn't heard it in a really long time. Plus, it was the first concert I went to. So, it had that kind of strong emotion. I knew the song, like I could sing along with it, but it was just like I hadn't really listened to it in a really long time.

Speaker 2:

And yeah. So I don't know. It was a really good moment. I liked it. I

Speaker 1:

It's an interesting comment on like that song is an interesting comment on how on just the reoccurring themes of YouTube's music that happened within the world, like, a political level even of just it was relevant in the nineties, late nineties when, mid nineties or whatever when pop came out, and people were willfully ignorant of the politics at the time in one way. And now because a lot of the imagery out of that is the KKK marching in The States, and that's what you're seeing on screen while they're singing this song. And so it's like very like you said, very obvious what they're talking. It's not they're not being subtle at all. You see the Nazi symbol up on the screen like they're Yeah.

Speaker 1:

You know, and and the tiki marches and all that stuff that they're doing in in The States. And so it's even in Canada, they're doing that. They're displaying that same. We're kind of wondering that at you too, like, they change any of the visuals and stuff just because Canada's not The US and they made it all very much like this is what's happening South Of The border. Canada is a light and it has maybe taken over that light that The US had in terms of the world or whatever.

Speaker 1:

And, you know, that's a whole another debate. But Yeah. But, yeah, you're kinda like it's just that the nature of the cyclical nature almost of both the world and then U2 songs that kinda keep finding their way back to relevancy, which just, again, I think speaks to the power of the song, like, it was Acrobat, the band performing it, or December, or whatever, but how these songs can just, like, resonate throughout the world is pretty incredible.

Speaker 2:

Mhmm. Which also which I feel like probably for you too is a sad a sad thing as well because, you know, back in the eighties, when they were first writing about, you know, like about the rights of humans, they probably had a vision for 2018 to be a way better world. And and now it's like right. They kind of referenced it. These Why songs still still so relevant?

Speaker 2:

Why? Why? Why?

Speaker 1:

They kind of ref did something along those lines with Sunday Bloody Sunday where they stopped playing it for a while just because they were like, nothing's we're seeing this song and nothing's changing and it's kinda probably depressing and frustrating. And, you know, now it just feels like it's turning into a pop song about nothing or whatever. And so they but then they eventually brought it back. But so they've come to some peace about that, I guess. But.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, there's I found songs that I was sort of hoping to like the experience of of listening to it with obvious acrobat in a small stadium or small venue versus hearing you to perform a song like Love is Bigger Than I Think It's Way, which is basically sort of the second last song and and like wanting this expecting almost like to have an emotional response to it and then not really happening. And, you know, maybe because by that point, the band is at the other end of the stadium from us and we're

Speaker 2:

Yeah. There's a disconnect that come that, you know, depending where the band was in relation to where you are, I think there was, you either felt really connected or or somewhat disconnected.

Speaker 1:

Because you're kind of like, I'm sure, you know, up in the seats, like I know when we saw Pop Martin or whatever, like way up in the top of the stadium, like you're kind of observing something that's happening. Whereas when the band is on the East Stage, you're like a part of a thing that's happening. Yeah. It's much more of that sort of vibe. And so I think, yeah, Love is Bigger than anything else.

Speaker 1:

It's like a powerful song that speaks to both of us, I think, right? In just ever since it came out and and feels like it should be a big anthemic kind of song at a stadium concert at arena concert like that. But it does feel like maybe not quite enough people know it or or whatever the reasoning might be. But it's just interesting how those kinds of things you should have those expectations of of what's gonna happen with a song even, and it doesn't always sort of live up maybe because you have too high of expectations or I had too high of expectations for it. But, any other standouts for you from the show that you remember?

Speaker 2:

Like, I mean, I love the way it ended. Right. I definitely I I loved the little house and the, you know, like representing his childhood home, right? Yeah. And then him pulling, he pulled, you know, the light bulb, this big light bulb out of it and just kind of swings it around the stage.

Speaker 2:

And like, as in, like, it's hanging from the ceiling and he just pushes it and it's swinging and swaying there. And, you know, just the whole story that they were telling throughout the whole concert was to, like, recapture your innocence and you don't have to don't run away from it so quickly. And also, there's something to be had about just, you know, love, right? Like that's what you start with and that's what you end with. That's what we're all trying to seek now.

Speaker 2:

And, yeah, I don't know. Does that make sense? Those are all kind of very vague.

Speaker 1:

Well, sounds cliche maybe, but like, not like love in whatever physical sense or love in the superficial sense for sure. But that idea of like whether it's for world peace or for the poverty of sexist or campaign or, combating evil,

Speaker 2:

that

Speaker 1:

love is bigger than anything and will win in the end. This kind of Yeah. That idea. Like

Speaker 2:

And so much more powerful. It's very it's so easy to hate and so

Speaker 1:

And hard to

Speaker 2:

and I think the older you get, the more truthful that becomes. I think that's what he's right. Like, that's the ending of it is calling people back to that innocent love and just saying, you know, it's not easy, but this simple concept is, you know, this simple innocent concept of our youth is something that we need to recapture.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Yeah. Or they got a lot of slack or or, yeah, for, like, say pride in the name of love and like people, like, it's almost just like cliche and you're just shouting love in a concert full of 30,000 people. Of course, they're gonna respond.

Speaker 2:

Mhmm.

Speaker 1:

But like that he's they've kinda stuck to that idea throughout their career.

Speaker 2:

Right.

Speaker 1:

Is admirable, I think, and proves that it's not just like a little thing they do. And, and then also, I think the experience he had, the near death experience of of whatever it was, heart attack or whatever he had before the Joshua Tree tour happened. And they kinda reworked this album, the Songs of Experience album, and then reworked the the tour that happens as well to, like, wanting what kind of legacy does he wanna leave people with. And as a band, what do do they wanna leave people with? Because they're if they could like, rock bands could go, like, sort of the stones route of, like, the greatest hits tour because we wanna leave everybody with our legacy of all these great songs we wrote and rock out with them.

Speaker 1:

Mhmm. Or do we leave them with a story and a message that resonates hopefully long beyond even when the songs maybe stop that they're left with? And so I think it's admirable even in spite of maybe people trying, like, sort of being a bit frustrated. There's no big huge song anthemic streets have no name kind of ending to the concerts that they leave you with this thing that feels almost like a bit of a church service or something where it in I mean, if it was in church circles, you kinda like they might put up on the screen, you'd like, please no talking until everybody's outside of the arena or whatever.

Speaker 2:

And did that. Good

Speaker 1:

Friday service or something like, please reflect on this. Unfortunately, they have like the PA music kicks in like within thirty seconds almost of him walking off stage and lights come up in the stadium and arena. But

Speaker 2:

And I think and that that's a purposeful thing. Right? Like, just to signify it's it's really over. Don't sit here waiting for us. Like Yeah.

Speaker 2:

We are gone. Yeah. And that's the end.

Speaker 1:

Elvis has left the building.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. Yeah. And I think, like, yeah, I just noticed, I don't know when the light bulb turned off, but I noticed that it just stayed Like that was cause I was kind of like, are they gonna, you know, ends don't let it go out, right? And I'm like, are they gonna turn it out? Or what are they gonna do?

Speaker 2:

How are they gonna do this symbolism here? But yeah, it just stays in and then I don't know when it like it, you know

Speaker 1:

I didn't notice we were

Speaker 2:

went back up into the ceiling. Yeah. I don't notice when it went out. But just the whole symbolism there, I think, and quiet ending of reflection. Just yeah.

Speaker 2:

I think that that is If a band can end that way, rather than wanting all of the praise and glory at the end, look how great we are, Come on, keep cheering us on. Know, like, because I'm sure that's pretty addictive to want to and get back on feel that, you know? Yeah. And the fact that they chose not to end with that, but more with here, we want to leave you with this reflective message. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

That's huge. Like, that's and I I highly respect that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. And the thing that I've often the cynical side of me, I've gotten a bit of flack for it sometimes on the YouTube podcast is like wondering how much of what they do is intentional versus sort of happy accidents and like Mhmm. But they whether it's the four guys in the band or their creative team around them that helps with the staging and design and stuff of the theatrics of it all. Mhmm. There's very little that's left to random chance.

Speaker 1:

And so you have to know, like watching that show, every bit of it is intentionally done. Like Yeah. There's moments where Bono has some freedom to say a little more, obviously, or Edge might go off a little bit off script with the solo he does, but it's more it's more like a scripted show that you're watching than just whatever they decided to do next and sort of where they decided to go, like to the point where they have blocking for like where Bono should stand. So it looks like he's spitting on the edge on the screen and stuff. Right.

Speaker 1:

Just all of those moments. And even I noticed Edge like walking down the barricade, the catwalk thing, and he starts turning around to come back And the camera that's tracking with him had already turned back with him like it knew. At that moment, he's turning around. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 1:

And that's not even anything that's happening. There's no he's not on the screen with that camera. I don't know where that camera is going, like maybe just around the arena and for their own video catalog or whatever. But like Yeah. Just that level of detail that they're it's practiced and spotted and, you know Yeah.

Speaker 2:

He knows where to walk, walk this to this point, turn around, walk back.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. Which, you know, they and that's where I think a career of their how long they've had. You can say that's like, well, where's the rock and roll on that? And maybe, but, like, they have had plenty of tours with lots of spontaneity and lots of Mhmm. The other extreme.

Speaker 1:

And so now they're just trying to put on specific kind of show, I think. And so but yeah. Any closing thoughts on you two's experience in Montreal?

Speaker 2:

No. It was really great. I left feeling very satisfied with the concert. So I yeah. I would say

Speaker 1:

As a casual fan, like, is your one show that you're seeing Mhmm. That was, do you regret not like, question we often get on the podcast is, like, do you regret or where should you stand? And do you regret not seeing more of the screen, let's say? Because it was like sort of your one shot to see what was on the screen and anything involved there. Or do you wish you're closer to the main stage?

Speaker 1:

Or

Speaker 2:

It's hard to say because my experience was quite good right there. I liked how close we were to the band when they were on the stage in front of us. Yeah. The east stage. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. And I could at least and where we stood. I'm glad we didn't go right by the east stage because then we couldn't have seen the screen at all, I and that would have bugged me that I couldn't see what was happening on the screen. So at least it was an option. It was very big and right in front of us, so I couldn't see it well, and I would like to go back and, maybe watch whatever videos, so I can maybe connect the dots of like what was happening on the screen at the same time.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. But that's something you can do online, and I don't feel like you're necessarily missing out on any.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. In the moment thing.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. Like what what was happening on the screen isn't as important to me as being, you know, right up close and seeing Bono sing right in front of you is really pretty cool.

Speaker 1:

Yeah. There's the, the one element of when during Acrobat they sing and he sort of goes into this McPhisto character beforehand, which is all done via with like a Instagram or Snapchat kind of overlay that's you only are aware of what he's doing on the screen. Otherwise, it looks like he's just talking to a mirror, which also has its own effect.

Speaker 2:

Like Mhmm.

Speaker 1:

That's where I think I was kinda it that moment or that, like, bit stands on its own. I'm just watching it on the e stage without even being aware of the screen. Like, you're you can get that he's in character. He's a bit dressed up. He's got some makeup on.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

And I think that alone even works even if you're not aware that there's actually, like, sort of this grotesque looking devil guy who's actually talking kind of thing.

Speaker 2:

And so

Speaker 1:

sort of like one part one part screw tape letters and yeah. McPherson devil character guy. So Mhmm. But, anyways, we could talk. I could talk forever, which I'll probably do on the YouTube podcast.

Speaker 1:

We can do later when I'm back. But, alright. I think we'll cut it off there. I'm going to tonight's show and you're not, so I'll get to experience it, I guess, solo or whatever ends up happening.

Speaker 2:

If I

Speaker 1:

run into some people or just stand like a weirdo by myself. And, you can follow along. I'm on Twitter at I Chris, Instagram, where I'll post a few things at I Chris v two because my first account got deleted. And, thanks for being on the show with me again.

Speaker 2:

Thanks. Yeah. Glad to be here.

Speaker 1:

And thanks to you for listening. Hope you have a great day wherever you are in the world, and I'll talk to you again next time. Bye.

Speaker 2:

I like being sick here.

Speaker 1:

I was gonna see if you're gonna keep going.

Speaker 2:

I I kinda I can hear it in my head, but I can't sing

Speaker 1:

it up