The Dresden Dolls
Last night was the Dresden Dolls show at Summerfest. When I walked up to the gate, some woman gave me two free tickets because she said they won't be using them, so my mom got to come with me. I didn't realize that it was Saturday night, so there were easily 5,000 people there. It was a fucking zoo. I also didn't realize that they were the opening band. We got to the stage half an hour before The Dresden Dolls were going to be on and we couldn't get anywhere near the stage. After a while, I ended up getting through some of the crowd and eventually got about 10 feet away from the speaker on the left side of the stage. The whole thing was horribly set up and I couldn't see anything. It wasn't a matter of people in front of me being taller either.
Once The Dresden Dolls came on stage, I could just barely see Amanda's head and part of her shoulder when the people in front of me moved around. I think I saw Brian's head once. I guess the important part is that I was able to hear them quite well. They opened with "Sex Changes", then "Missed Me", and "Coin-Operated Boy". Then they played three cover songs, which were Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time" with the singer from Panic! At the Disco (who wasn't anything special I must add), Black Sabbath's "War Pigs", and David Bowie's "Port of Amsterdam". I loved the Bowie cover. Very pirate-like. At that point, Brian got up from the drum kit to play guitar and I was actually able to see a little bit of him. After playing for only about an hour, they closed their set with "Half Jack". I will definitely be seeing them if and when they come back to Milwaukee and I can only pray that they come to a decent venue where I can actually see them and they can play longer.
God, those awful Panic! At the Disco fans nearly ruined the show for me. All these uppity yuppie and scene bitches kept pushing through the whole time, even though I already didn't even have enough room to raise my hands to clap and cheer. I wish I would have worn my boots so I could have inflicted severe foot trauma to all the morons around me who were wearing flip-flops. Who starts a push pit to The Dresden Dolls? Seriously. That's just wrong. I was amazed that I didn't black out from the heat and the guy next to me who was three times my weight and kept pushing against me. That was by far the worse crowd I've ever been in. I'm glad my mom stayed off to the side. It took like five minutes to get out of there. My mom bought me a soda and we left. On the way out, I saw Holly (
bricolagetree). My mom was all excited 'cause the guys from Panic! At the Disco were standing next to her before the show. Like that's better than getting to meet the Buzzcocks? I don't think so! Anyway, I'm sorry if I offended anyone with this post, but I think Panic! At this Disco sucks.