Thursday, August 6, 2009

Green Day rocks!!!


I’ve been listening to Green Day all morning and I haven’t done that since high school!

Last night Billy came onto the stage at the AA Arena wearing his skinny black jeans and proper rocker vest and with his all too memorable symphonic voice began demanding energy from the crowd. All of a sudden he came up to our section and appeared just a foot away from me and when I touched him it simultaneously reinvigorated the fan in me, it was AWESOME!

No area of the stage or audience was off limits to Billy and his guitar, he went everywhere. He electrified the crowd and demanded we all put away our cameras and live in the moment. With his curse words, his air of anti establishment and politically motivated anger he pumped us all up. It reminded me of what we were so pissed off about in high school, I was one of those kids over ten years ago who absolutely fell for Green Day and sang along to all their songs but school day crushes die young and over the years my taste in music moved far away from punk rock. Yet I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun at a concert.

From his religious ceremony where he “saved” some one from the crowd to the pyrotechnics show that felt like bombs blasting from the stage, they just kept surprising us at every turn. I could feel the floor moving as the crowd jumped in the air, the electricity was intoxicating. When I looked around I just saw smiles on everyone’s faces. Not to mention the huge super soaker he kept pulling out and wetting the crowds with. Then they got into costume; Billy wore a police officers hat, Mike wore a Pirates hat, and the drummer threw on drag, it was hilarious. I realized that their latest Punk Rock Opera record captures the sense of despair among all of us right now but is met with a sense of optimism and you could totally feel that during the show.

Back then they reminded us to live our lives how we wanted to and since then Billy and his band have evolved quite a bit and with 21st Century Breakdown they’re still trying to make us ask important questions. It sends a strong message and I think everyone seems to be listening, I know I am. In an age when musicians win Grammy’s for singing songs about “bling,” it’s good to know there are still bands out there that are standing up for something.

All in all, my ears were ringing; I broke a nail and lost my voice; now that’s a good concert if you ask me!

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