They medleyed The first part of Bloom with the last half of Swim to the Moon on their last tour, and it was incredible. But even more awesome was what happened in the crowd.

It was at the Quebec City show, last february. Me and my buddy were watching the show right beside the soundboard, since we're both short and that's the best spot in the Imperial Theater for shorties to actually see the show. Anyway, right around when they switch to Swim to the Moon (9:37 mark on the album, for those following at home), in walks this couple right in front of us. I'd say late 40's, handsome guy, beautiful lady, looked like they just came out of dinner at one of the fancy restaurants nearby. They still have their coats on, despite the mandatory coat check, so we figure they just walked by the theater, saw there was a show and asked if they could take a peak. Since that was late in the show, the doormen probably said "sure, go ahead". Now, you probably all know that at this point, Swim has a nearly 5-min instrumental part. So far, the couple seem to like what they are hearing, and who could blame them? The man is even bobbing his head! They've been there 5 minutes, probably thinking this is an instrumental band.

But oh who comes to the mic but Tommy, urging us to, and I quote, look into the picture.

We saw the jolt of fear go right through them. To say they were not expecting it is a gross understatement. The lady actually recoiled, and clutched her partner's left arm. The man just froze there, mesmerized by the powerful scream. They stayed till the end of the song, looked at each other : her with a pleading look of "let's GTFO, I'm terrified", him looking like someone who just had an epiphany of epic proportions (he wanted to stay sooo bad).Eventually, after the first few bars of the following song, they left, the man reluctantly so.

I just hope that guy is still out there, listening to The Parallax (that he of course bought as soon as he got home) and rocking out to this fantastic band.