It always makes me sad when I stumble across an old album of a band I once thoroughly devoted myself to. I'll be picking through cds and suddenly come across like, a Green Day album, or maybe something by PJ Harvey or Bright Eyes, and I'll think to myself, Jesus, there was a point in my life where I sat in my room at night with lit candles and listened to this album over and over on repeat until I knew every single word.
Yeah? I thought about going to that show, but decided to buy tickets to see Placebo in September instead. I really do love Green Day still, but I don't want to go to their concert like I did when I was twelve. It's not anything against them, it's just that now I'm kind of content to just listen to their music in my room.
Happened to me at a Dresden Dolls concert one time. They were in the middle of a song and suddenly all my vision kind of closed in like a tunnel and I couldn't hear anything. I had to tell my friend next to me that I couldn't see anything, couldn't hear my own voice, and that I thought she should help me to sit down. Next thing I know, I'm in the back of the club up against a wall, my head between my knees. It's an awful feeling. But hey, at least you got to hear some oldies! :]
The only time I ever saw them in concert, I watched Gerard drive past me in a golf cart with a big pink heart stenciled on his cheek in what looked to be Magic Marker, and he blew me a kiss. But I've never actually talked to them. So so lucky.
Although at the same affair, one of the members of Anti-Flag shared an interesting conversation with me, although I'm fairly sure that I couldn't post it in your comments because of the level of un-tolerated mibba profanity.
They'd all make extravagent lumberjacks. :D