I am a horse.
Green Day fucking rules. The show was definitely, by far, one of the best non-rave concerts I've EVER been to. They have so much energy and creativity.
Fuckin pyrotechnics (yes, I thought momentarily of the great Great White Tragedy of 2004), explosions, falling banners, CONFETTI everywhere all over the entire venue...confetti so thick in the air that I could barely see my cousin sitting next to me. They even had a pianist, and trumpet player, and a trombone guy. Everyone onstage was way energetic and fun, jumping all around and just generally way into what they were doing, and they really interacted with the crowd.
They sang We Are The Champions. Hilario.
Our seats were right next to the entrance, maybe 50 yards from where I parked my car. There was no traffic going to or from the stadium, and like I said, kickass free parking. New Found Glory was OK. The singer has a nice voice. Kade bought me a shirt for taking him out there. He kept thanking me, and I was like dude, I would have gone without you anyway, why you thanking me? Thanks for joining me.
We couldn't get down on the floor, too much security, but our seats were pretty damned good anyway, plus we moved over a few sections to get a closer look near the end of the show.
They played a lot of BADASS new stuff I've never heard, from American Idiot (which I will purchase tomorrow!), and loads of the old goodies. I almost cried when they ended it with Good Riddance.
At one point in the show, Billie Joe picked 3 kids from the audience to replace his band while he sang a silly little diddy. The kids were actually VERY good. After they were done up there, they got treats. The one who played the drums of course got to keep the sticks, but Billie Joe also made him run from the back of the stage and do a stage dive. Looked like loads of fun. The kid who got to play bass got to stay on stage for the rest of the show, so pretty much he got free backstage passes. The kid who played the guitar, though, he got the jackpot. Not only did BJ bear hug and smooch him, the little fucker got to KEEP BILLIE JOE'S GUITAR. The one he'd been playing onstage until that time. Fuckin little bastard...I'm happy for him.
OH! And the SOUND! I've never ever been to a rocknroll show where the singer wasn't almost totally drowned out by the music...until tonight. I could hear and understand perfectly every word he sang or said all night. The bass was loud, but at the proper level, and guitars were hard and rockin, but they didn't overpower BJ's voice. I was wondering why they had that show at the convention center, and now I know why.
The only bo about the whole thing was that I was kinda disappointed with the turnout. They didn't even fill up the whole Fart Worthless Convention Center. Ah well, it worked out for my benefit.
PLUS! When I got home and checked my email, I found an invitation for a JOB INTERVIEW! That was, of course, after some amazing "quality time" with my favorite man in the world.
Could this day BE any better?
/novel
Fuckin pyrotechnics (yes, I thought momentarily of the great Great White Tragedy of 2004), explosions, falling banners, CONFETTI everywhere all over the entire venue...confetti so thick in the air that I could barely see my cousin sitting next to me. They even had a pianist, and trumpet player, and a trombone guy. Everyone onstage was way energetic and fun, jumping all around and just generally way into what they were doing, and they really interacted with the crowd.
They sang We Are The Champions. Hilario.
Our seats were right next to the entrance, maybe 50 yards from where I parked my car. There was no traffic going to or from the stadium, and like I said, kickass free parking. New Found Glory was OK. The singer has a nice voice. Kade bought me a shirt for taking him out there. He kept thanking me, and I was like dude, I would have gone without you anyway, why you thanking me? Thanks for joining me.
We couldn't get down on the floor, too much security, but our seats were pretty damned good anyway, plus we moved over a few sections to get a closer look near the end of the show.
They played a lot of BADASS new stuff I've never heard, from American Idiot (which I will purchase tomorrow!), and loads of the old goodies. I almost cried when they ended it with Good Riddance.
At one point in the show, Billie Joe picked 3 kids from the audience to replace his band while he sang a silly little diddy. The kids were actually VERY good. After they were done up there, they got treats. The one who played the drums of course got to keep the sticks, but Billie Joe also made him run from the back of the stage and do a stage dive. Looked like loads of fun. The kid who got to play bass got to stay on stage for the rest of the show, so pretty much he got free backstage passes. The kid who played the guitar, though, he got the jackpot. Not only did BJ bear hug and smooch him, the little fucker got to KEEP BILLIE JOE'S GUITAR. The one he'd been playing onstage until that time. Fuckin little bastard...I'm happy for him.
OH! And the SOUND! I've never ever been to a rocknroll show where the singer wasn't almost totally drowned out by the music...until tonight. I could hear and understand perfectly every word he sang or said all night. The bass was loud, but at the proper level, and guitars were hard and rockin, but they didn't overpower BJ's voice. I was wondering why they had that show at the convention center, and now I know why.
The only bo about the whole thing was that I was kinda disappointed with the turnout. They didn't even fill up the whole Fart Worthless Convention Center. Ah well, it worked out for my benefit.
PLUS! When I got home and checked my email, I found an invitation for a JOB INTERVIEW! That was, of course, after some amazing "quality time" with my favorite man in the world.
Could this day BE any better?
/novel