They were awesome when I saw them; this is not a surprise, because they generally are. This is why English needs an aorist.

I figured it was something like that.

I never did have a very good handle on the aorist, but I do feel for you. To me the most frustrating things about (standard) English are the lack of clarity in dealing with duration--no habitual nor imperfect tenses--and the sound system's having been robbed of all its charms--the gutterals lost and that stupid vowel shift.

Glad they were awesome, and that they do be so most always.