Green Day: Quickie Recap
Ok, I'm not going to do a complete show review b/c it's pretty damn cheesy and unless you were at the show, it would likely be boring and would have no impact on you anyway.
What I will tell you is this: Green Day is the most energetic band I've EVER seen. Billie Joe is hyperkinetic and must need a boatload of Ritalin on his off hours. This show had more crowd participation than I've ever see before at any concert from the very first minute the band arrived on stage. The show also contained the following elements: explosions, fire of various colors, crowd surfing, water spraying, confetti guns, various costumes, and 1 accordion.
The coolest part for me: Billie Joe decided to form a band right in the middle of the show and pulled a kid from the audience who could play drums, one that could play bass, and one that could play guitar. Each Green Day member showed their proteges what they wanted them to play (3 chords and a dream, baby!) and, damn, if they weren't great! Then, Billie asked his new guitar player the kid who came up where he was from and if he liked that guitar he was playing. Of course, the kid said yes, but then Billie told him "Cool, because you get to keep it!" The crowd went crazy, of course. Very freakin' cool. Probably made the kid's year.
Anyway, it was a helluva party. If you have the opportunity, GO! And, smuggle in something better than a damn phone camera and send me pics at lex_armenia@yahoo.com. My pics sucked as you can see below. It would have been cool to have a video cam there. Yeah, that totally would have rocked.
Next up: Trying to get tix for George Carlin.
-la
What I will tell you is this: Green Day is the most energetic band I've EVER seen. Billie Joe is hyperkinetic and must need a boatload of Ritalin on his off hours. This show had more crowd participation than I've ever see before at any concert from the very first minute the band arrived on stage. The show also contained the following elements: explosions, fire of various colors, crowd surfing, water spraying, confetti guns, various costumes, and 1 accordion.
The coolest part for me: Billie Joe decided to form a band right in the middle of the show and pulled a kid from the audience who could play drums, one that could play bass, and one that could play guitar. Each Green Day member showed their proteges what they wanted them to play (3 chords and a dream, baby!) and, damn, if they weren't great! Then, Billie asked his new guitar player the kid who came up where he was from and if he liked that guitar he was playing. Of course, the kid said yes, but then Billie told him "Cool, because you get to keep it!" The crowd went crazy, of course. Very freakin' cool. Probably made the kid's year.
Anyway, it was a helluva party. If you have the opportunity, GO! And, smuggle in something better than a damn phone camera and send me pics at lex_armenia@yahoo.com. My pics sucked as you can see below. It would have been cool to have a video cam there. Yeah, that totally would have rocked.
Next up: Trying to get tix for George Carlin.
-la
posted by Lex Armenia at 11:56 AM
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