just a ringing in our left ears

Here we are happy as clams basking in the sun on an Oregon beach...errr, I mean happy as clams can be watching the Foo Fighters play live in Salt Lake City!  It was glorious to be a clam last night.

Foo played for 2.5 hours (22 songs, if I counted right) and hit all the right notes.  It was melodic and raging, acoustic and ear-drum damaging.  (Literally!  Our left ears especially have a lovely, continuous ringing still.  Does it sound crazy to say it was worth it?  If you're a fan, you'll say, "Of course!")  The following highlights were particularly memorable: walking up the stairs into the venue right as they played the first notes to the opening song, "Bridge Burning"; listening to Dave describe his experience writing his most favorite song, "These Days," then hearing the band play it afterward; listening to an amazing Pink Floyd cover from The Wall; hoping for a few acoustic songs and getting more than we bargained for--Dave sang "Long Road To Ruin, Best of You, and Times Like These" from an elevated platform, which transitioned into and culminated with the entire band completing the finality of "Times Like These"; witnessing the on-screen, backstage banter between Dave and Taylor, who argued over how many songs to play during the encore (they ended the show with six!).  The best Foo Fighters concert I've seen to date (this is Aaron writing, not Tana) ended with "Everlong" and an invitation to come back, following the completion of the next album.  I hope our babysitters put this on their calendars, and we hope the opportunity presents itself.  All grandparents and Aunt Lacey would dive at the chance to have another overnight romp with our four tikes, right?