catsmeow
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Posted: Dec. 06 2003,11:42 am |
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Okay all.... I'll start a thread about a concert I recently went to and let you know what I thought.
First of all, I'm not sure what type of music everyone listens to, so when I refer to KROQ, it's a local LA/OC radio station that plays mostly the newer harder alternative and old 80's New Wave (I hope that's a good description).
Anyway, KROQ hosted a concert here in Long Beach, California for Good Charlotte, Goldfinger and Eve 6.
I've been telling one of my best friends for years that I wanted to take my God Daughter (15 yrs old) to her first concert. Well, her mom being overly protective would not let her go with me until she was older. Now she has reached the age that she can make her own stupid decisions.  Her mother paid $50 a ticket ($20 over because she bought them from someone after they were sold out) to get her daughter, myself and three friends to go to this show. I said NO WAY am I taking the responsibility of three 15 yr olds at a KROQ concert, I know how I was when I was 15   So, my friend decided to go with us and my God Daughter brought one other girlfriend.
I was thinking that with a KROQ concert, it's gonna be dangerous, punks, hard core, etc... NO.... I was wrong.. It was 60% teen girls, 10% teen boys and the rest were people my age (30's & 40's) taking the kids to the show. 
Eve 6 opened.... What a bunch of freeks. The lead singer wears his hair in an afro and acts like he's soooo dramatic. Yet his music is upbeat.  A little wierd for me.
Goldfinger.... My favorite of the night. I've been listening to them for years. I love them. I was a little worried because usually they are more punk, but that night they were pretty mellow. They played thier popular songs and got off stage, not long enough in my opinion. 
Good Charlotte.... Musically, pretty good (okay), looks (not too bad), stage enthusiasm was good, but my favorite part was thier attitudes... They sing a song that says "the best day of my life, is the day that I die"... I was a little worried about how the kids would take that, but the band went way more out of thier way then they needed to to explain that the song is about living life to it's fullest, so that when you die it will be good. I was very impressed with them... HOWEVER, I realized a little something about me that night....
I relized at that moment when they were explaining the song and I got teary eyed, that I was old. When I'm more concerned about listening to the band and making sure the kids understand what the real meaning behind a song is than the music and getting drunk... I've gotten old.
Oh well... Over all the show was good. I wouln't have paid $50 to see them, but it was important enough to my God Daughter that my girlfriend paid the bill.
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