The Time of My Life!!!!! First & most importantly to my boys...thank you for the honor & genuine thrill of seeing you in concert!! I know you rocked Denver. You also rocked my world and then some. Definitely had the time of my life and will cherish these memories in my heart forever & always! That being said here's what some of you all missed. If you ever get the opportunity to see Green Day, I highly recommend it!!!
This being my first rock concert I tried to take everything in and there was a lot. My friend & I got there about 2 1/2 hours ahead of the show to get our tickets at the will call center. Followed by a 90 minute wait to get inside the Pepsi Center. While we waited it was a joy to people watch. You definitely get a wide variety of people....some dressed punk, some in GD shirts (like myself), and even a guy dressed in overalls. LOL Once in the Pepsi Center, the people who were to be on the floor of the arena (my friend & I included) went to pick out the choice spots of the evening. Little did I know I'd be on the edge of the mosh pit....more on that in a few minutes.
Franz Ferdinand was the opening band of the evening. I knew a few of their songs including "Take Me Out." They put on a great show. The sound was a little off though. The music itself was louder than the vocals so I couldn't understand a lot of the words or even when the lead singer would speak to the crowd. I will definitely look into getting their CD soon. After they were finished it took about 30 minutes for the road crew to remove their instruments / equipment to prepare for my boys to come on stage. The excitement in the crowd continued to build as the time went on. A few minutes before GD came out, here comes the pink bunny staggering onto the stage with 2 beers in his hands. (If anyone knows the story behind the pink bunny, I'd love to hear it. Haven't found the answer yet.) He then proceeded to chug both beers and took off his shirt. It was hilarious!!
And now we come to the concert I've been waiting for...Song of the Century plays and then here come my boys!! Oh what a sight they were. I had to pinch myself to remember I wasn't dreaming. I was actually in the same room with Green Day!! To be able to see them and to feel that music coursing thru my veins....WOW!!! Here are some of the highlights / observations from the show....
- From the time the concert started until the very end, it was a high energy show with the occasional slow song mixed in. The very first words out of Billie - "Get off your fucking asses!!! This isn't television!! Get the fuck up!!!" During 21st Century Breakdown, Billie even went up into the crowd on the side of the arena. Lucky people!!
- Several people were brought onto the stage to help sing the songs and do stage dives. During Longview, Billie brought up 3 different people that swore they knew the words, but didn't. That would have been me, but I fine just singing along where I was. LOL Before starting the song Jesus of Suburbia, Billie asked for someone to come up & play guitar for the show. A 12-year-old boy was chosen & did a fantastic job. It was so cool to watch Billie get the boy ready to play the guitar & show him a few things. The boy even got to stage dive. He'll definitely be popular with his friends for awhile. Lucky boy!!
- Not to leave out Mike & Tre. Mike kept up with Billie in being all over the stage interacting with the fans. Towards the end of the show, Mike came to the end of the stage (close to where I was) thanking the crowd for coming out to the show. As for Tre, he didn't sing the song I wanted, but he was hilarious in his part of King For A Day / Shout. Wearing his big ladies' hat and a bright red bra over his shirt he was quite the looker! LOL Tre would also get up during parts of the show and walk around the stage. Of course he would also throw his drumsticks in the air & threw some out into the crowd towards the end of the show.
- During the opening chords of Jaded, out came the super-soaker water gun, their leaf blower / toilet paper shooter contraption, and the air gun that blasted t-shirts throughout the crowd. That thing could sure get a lot of distance as it blasted the shirts out there.
- Now for the mosh pit, a place I was told to avoid. LOL I will tell you up front there will be a few choice words not for the light of heart. What a bunch of dumb motherfuckers!!! These crazy bastards dance like they are drunk or stoned...or both. I'm sure they were and as the night progressed it got worse. At one point a security guard came to the mosh pit to break things up, but that didn't last long. I was on the very edge of the pit itself, and thankfully had some guys near me that would block the "moshers" from me. However I almost got knocked down twice. At one point I became a bouncer of sorts having enough of their bullshit. Whenever one of them would get near me, I would push them back in. Which I found out later is really what they want. I will say the one benefit of the pit is that I was better able to see my boys. They look even better in person than on the TV!! = )
- Here's a sampling of the songs they performed last night.....She, Going to Pasalaqua, Welcome to Paradise, Murder City, Holiday, Hitchin' A Ride, Last Night on Earth, Static Age, 21 Guns, King for A Day / Shout. Plus a few covers / snippets of - You Really Got Me Now, I'll Be There, Break On Through, Pretty Woman, etc. It all went by so fast. I almost got teary eyed when Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) played. To my knowledge it has always been the closing song of the show.
- At one point during the show someone had blown up a couple of balloons the size of beach balls with some kind of advertisement written on them. Billie then asked who had a knife and for the crowd to bring the balloons toward him. Of course once he gets a hold of them he uses the knife to burst each one. It was hilarious!
I'll add more to this article, but for now here's just a taste of what I experience last night. Will definitely be seeing them again the next chance I get. Thanks again Green Day!!!
