Zoo 2 in the house!

So last night I finally made it out to a pub for the first time in a while, which was cool. We started off at a pub with an Irish name that I can't remember, but it ended up being pretty good as there was a guy playing acoustic guitar and covering some decent oldies songs. We had a pint of Guiness there and decided to move to the next place. After wandering around for a few minutes, we decided to try our luck in this pub that I had been in a few times called The Old Oak. The place didn't seem to busy when we first walked in, but we noticed that they had a stage set up for a band so we figured we'd stay for a bit. We found out a bit later that it was a U2 cover band called Zoo 2 (very clever name I must say) and they were the self-proclaimed "best U2 tribute band around at the moment".

Once the band started playing, the pub filled up really fast, which was kind of impressive considering it's one of the larger pubs in Cork and it was a Sunday night. The band was decent...you can't really complain when you get to hear all U2's hits sung live for free. Most of the entertainment we got however was from certain individuals around us who seemed to be enjoying the concert a little more than everybody else. One hippy-ish guy was playing air guitar, air drums, air bongos and anything else "air"* he could think of on the table and got so excited that he fell backwards off his bar stool onto the ground. It was quite the sight, as he was right in the front of everyone and the bar stool was probably over three feet tall. Not to be outdone though was an old man who was trying to hit on some middle-aged ladies near us. He also decided that playing the air drums was a good idea, but also felt the need to dance around the whole time, thinking he was impressing the women. Overall, I must say it was probably the most entertaining Sunday night I have had in Ireland so far and who knows what else is to come this week.

*In case you're not familiar with the term, playing an "air" instrument is the exact same as playing the normal instrument...just without the instrument.