Setting: Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom<\/p>\n
Act I: 54-40<\/strong><\/p>\n (A whole room full of drunken Canadians is jumping up and down in ecstasy, singing along with every word of every song. Within the crowd is a group of friends, most of whom know each other from their time at a local high school. Most members of the group are also enthusiastically dancing and singing, but two women standing near the back look somewhat less enthused).<\/p>\n Expat Brit #1: “Is it just me, or is this a terrible concert?”<\/p>\n Expat Brit #2 (The Blogger): “It’s not just you. The sound’s awful! I didn’t even know you could get<\/em> bad sound at the Commodore!”<\/p>\n EB#1: “I KNOW! Have you recognised any songs yet?”<\/p>\n The Blogger: “I knew that “I go blind” one, because a cover version of it was on the Friends<\/em> soundtrack”<\/p>\n EB#1: “Oh, is that where I know it from?!”<\/p>\n The Blogger: “Oh well, at least the real Canadians are having fun”<\/p>\n EB#1’s Canadian husband: “ISN’T THIS AWESOME??!!”<\/p>\n EPB#1 and The Blogger: “Oh, yeah.”<\/p>\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/fMZSSVt355I<\/p>\n Act II: Gomez<\/strong><\/p>\n (The venue is less full than in Act I, although many people are just as enthusiastic and almost as drunk. Within the crowd is a group of friends, most of whom know each other from their time at a local high school. Most members of the group are dancing a little bit, and singing along with a few of the songs. However, one woman dancing away at the front of the group is clearly much more enthused, and is singing her heart out to every song).<\/p>\n EPB#1’s Canadian husband: “I don’t know this one!”<\/p>\n The Blogger: “It’s from their first album! I remember dancing to this in the student union the year I graduated!”<\/p>\n EPB#1’s Canadian husband: “That’s nice. I’m going to the bar. Want anything?”<\/p>\n