Two things.
One, there's going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight! It's to start at about 9:15 EST, and totality will occur at about 10:23 EST. And it will occur simultaneously (naturally) across the nation; i.e.,
at 7:15 on the west coast, etc etc etc. WHEE!
And two,
First of all, OMG YAY JO I'M SO GLAD WE WENT CHEE CHEE CHEEEE!! Okay, now that that's out of the way... ^^;;;
I'm having a "Where the fuck was I?!?!" moment about not really getting these guys sooner. I'm lucky enough to have seen them live three times (which was totally awesome, because they put on a FABULOUS show every time). But now I'm getting into some of their older music, too, which is seriously fun. Heh.
The actual concert venue itself was fun---they had REALLY good music playing over the loudspeaker between sets (I have to wonder if the bands picked out the music themselves, usually it's crap) and they had these screens set up on either side of the venue that would display text messages you sent to them via your cell phone. The number to send it to was displayed at the top of the screen. Pretty fun.
And....I swear to god....Billie Joe came out dressed in a pink bunny suit before Green Day all came out together. He was drinking a beer and make the crowd dance along to YMCA. And he downed the whole beer, did a few pelvic thrusts, then toddled offstage. *FACEPALMS*
Green Day themselves.... WHOO. They have SO much energy and they work really well together as a band, and I have never seen a band involve the audience so much, with the possible exception of Ben Folds, who set up a three-part chorus with the audience during the finale of his concert. Hee. They played a really nice mix of old and new stuff, and aside from the fact that it's really good music, they are so much fun to watch onstage. They have SO MUCH ENERGY.
I won't go into every little detail of the show (COZ I COULD, YOU KNOW) but my favorite moments, aside from little stupid stuff that only an obsessed MORON like myself would squee about (like random belly-baring moments and gratuitous pelvic-thrusting) include...
~Billie super-soakering the crowd with obvious glee. That just makes me happy.
~Billie going out to the end of the catwalk, shoving his arse out towards the audience like he's about to cut a huge fart, shoving his hand down the back of his pants, made like he was fingering himself up the ass (along with moaning and screaming and hip-thrusting) and finally screams, at the top of his lungs, "OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY FUCK ME!!!" Me: *DIES*
~The band getting three kids up on stage to play their instruments FOR them (they did this at every concert I've seen them at) and, at the end of the impromptu song, Billie grumbles at the kid who'd been playing his guitar, "Oh, you can keep that. Now get the fuck off my stage, you little son of a bitch, you're makin' me look bad. Fuckin' bastard..." Me: *BOGGLES*
~Their live (and very good) audience-involving covers of (You Know You Make Me Wanna) Shout and We Are the Champions. SQUEE!
Okay, I'm done, I swear. I promise not to go on about how he used to randomly de-pants during concerts and run around in a leopard-print thong. Really.
One, there's going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight! It's to start at about 9:15 EST, and totality will occur at about 10:23 EST. And it will occur simultaneously (naturally) across the nation; i.e.,
at 7:15 on the west coast, etc etc etc. WHEE!
And two,
First of all, OMG YAY JO I'M SO GLAD WE WENT CHEE CHEE CHEEEE!! Okay, now that that's out of the way... ^^;;;
I'm having a "Where the fuck was I?!?!" moment about not really getting these guys sooner. I'm lucky enough to have seen them live three times (which was totally awesome, because they put on a FABULOUS show every time). But now I'm getting into some of their older music, too, which is seriously fun. Heh.
The actual concert venue itself was fun---they had REALLY good music playing over the loudspeaker between sets (I have to wonder if the bands picked out the music themselves, usually it's crap) and they had these screens set up on either side of the venue that would display text messages you sent to them via your cell phone. The number to send it to was displayed at the top of the screen. Pretty fun.
And....I swear to god....Billie Joe came out dressed in a pink bunny suit before Green Day all came out together. He was drinking a beer and make the crowd dance along to YMCA. And he downed the whole beer, did a few pelvic thrusts, then toddled offstage. *FACEPALMS*
Green Day themselves.... WHOO. They have SO much energy and they work really well together as a band, and I have never seen a band involve the audience so much, with the possible exception of Ben Folds, who set up a three-part chorus with the audience during the finale of his concert. Hee. They played a really nice mix of old and new stuff, and aside from the fact that it's really good music, they are so much fun to watch onstage. They have SO MUCH ENERGY.
I won't go into every little detail of the show (COZ I COULD, YOU KNOW) but my favorite moments, aside from little stupid stuff that only an obsessed MORON like myself would squee about (like random belly-baring moments and gratuitous pelvic-thrusting) include...
~Billie super-soakering the crowd with obvious glee. That just makes me happy.
~Billie going out to the end of the catwalk, shoving his arse out towards the audience like he's about to cut a huge fart, shoving his hand down the back of his pants, made like he was fingering himself up the ass (along with moaning and screaming and hip-thrusting) and finally screams, at the top of his lungs, "OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY FUCK ME!!!" Me: *DIES*
~The band getting three kids up on stage to play their instruments FOR them (they did this at every concert I've seen them at) and, at the end of the impromptu song, Billie grumbles at the kid who'd been playing his guitar, "Oh, you can keep that. Now get the fuck off my stage, you little son of a bitch, you're makin' me look bad. Fuckin' bastard..." Me: *BOGGLES*
~Their live (and very good) audience-involving covers of (You Know You Make Me Wanna) Shout and We Are the Champions. SQUEE!
Okay, I'm done, I swear. I promise not to go on about how he used to randomly de-pants during concerts and run around in a leopard-print thong. Really.