i was attending some sort of party or fund raising event and the entertainment for the evening was a 'battle of the bands' type face off between coldplay (meh) and luna (YES!). for the record, the luna lineup was dean wareham, sean eden, lee wall, and britta phillips. i watched the entire sets for both bands, which unfortunately i remember nothing about other than luna was amazing as always, and after they were complete, the judges decided that both were so good that they couldn't choose a winner and that each band had to choose a final song to play and the audience would get to decide. the bands were given an hour or so to choose a song and practice. somehow i managed to be sitting in with luna as they weighed their options. the obvious choice was '23 minutes in brussels,' but they also considered 'freakin' and peakin'' which i would have LOVED. i got to listen to them play a bit of each, and they decided to do '23 minutes in brussels' which i thought was for the best since i figured it would be more popular with the audience. somewhere in there, i was talking to sean and told him that i had been working up the courage for over 10 years to ask him for his autograph, but all i had was my invitation to the event. he took it and walked away and i wasn't sure what he was going to do. actually i never got it back before i woke up, so i will never know. in reality, i did get his autograph once back in 2000, and he was really nice and talked to me for a few minutes. dean too! i think i was maybe one of three luna fans at that show at penn state. but i digress! so back in dreamland, both bands took the stage. coldplay went first and played 'clocks' which i find ok, but in my dream i was outraged and thought it was unfair that they were playing a song that probably everyone in the audience had heard before. luna played next, and belted out the most amazing rendition of '23 minutes in brussels' and i relished every second of it. anyone who has had the fortune of seeing them play live understands how awesome that truly is, especially since they've been disbanded for almost 4 years! sadly, before the audience had a chance to vote, i woke up. but in my mind, there's no doubt that luna blew coldplay out of the water.
here is a photo of luna from their last REAL concert. this is the last time they ever played '23 minutes in brussels.' when playing live, they would really stretch the song out and it was gorgeous and different every time i heard it. in the last shows, britta would move into the middle of the stage, situated between dean and sean to get the full effect of their transcendent guitar interplay. can you tell i like luna much?
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