August 24, 2005
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
I got to see Green Day in concert last night, kings of Hot Topic Punk Rock.
Don't laugh, it was good. They put on a very good show.
Besides, Greenday is the new Weezer.
Yeah, I said it...
I'm one of those guys who vowed never to go to another stadium show to see a band. I once went to see Pearl Jam at an amphitheater in Baltimore. It was ridiculous. A tiny Eddie Vedder sang with what looked to be matchstick men playing balsawood instruments. In fact, I cannot be sure it even WAS Eddie Vedder, it could have been anyone in a flannel shirt.
This concert was at the Phillips Arena, where the Hawks play Mr. Basket's Ball. But my special lady friend works for a beer and wine distributor, and they have a "suite." I watched a punk rock show like a grown up, with a free drink in my hand surrounded by shrimp cocktails. Yeah, I felt like a hypocrite.
At one point during the concert, the members of the band asked if anyone in the audience could play drums... They went on to recruit a drummer, a bass player, and a 13 year old guitarist from the audience for an entire song. When the kids got done playing, they gave them their instruments...
that's rad. and pretty punk after all.
When I was getting ready to go to Art School Green Day released what would become an important album well suited for an important time in me and my friend's life. Green Day's newest album is no different. They've made a great album for this time, right now. It's also a punk rock opera, following the story of a character they call the "Jesus of Suburbia." If you ever liked Green Day, buy it. just don't let your hipster friends catch you listening to it, unless they're super-hip, in which case they'll already own it. :)
What you didn't like standing on the grass in Baltimore while some drunken middle aged idiot screamed police man at the top of his lungs and thrashed about?
Posted by: cwyn at August 24, 2005 5:59 PMPearl Jam was the last show I saw at Phillips too and I swore I wouldn't go back. Glad I changed my mind!
Posted by: Mack at August 25, 2005 10:25 AMyeah Chris, oddly enough... no I didn't like that.
And as I recall, neither did you.
Yeah sorry I forgot to note that the comment was dripping with sarcasm.
Posted by: cwyn at August 25, 2005 2:15 PMsar-WHAT-asm?
Posted by: clunky at August 25, 2005 2:42 PM"that's rad. and pretty punk after all."
No, that's not punk at all. That's some sing-a-long shit that goes down between sets of Kumbaya and We Are The World. Now if GG Allin showed up and shit himself while beating the shit out of audience members, maybe that would be a little punk.
Posers.
Posted by: 2Drunk2Fuck at August 26, 2005 1:32 PMomg that is cool that they invited people up onto stage to play. very very cool.
speaking of cool, i met tre' a few months ago before the tour started. he happened to stop by my coffeeshop and ordered a mocha. shoulda got his autograph, or begged him to hire me as a drum tech...
Posted by: dante at August 26, 2005 1:56 PM2Drunk2Fuck said: "That's some sing-a-long shit"
I would refer you to The Clash, The Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and every other punk band in the history of the world, as THEY ALL make sing-along shit. That's what punk-rock is, crappy 4 note sing-along crap. That's why it's great. It can be played by a 4 year old with no talent. Like Joe Strummer, who arguably had no musical talent at all.
But you sure showed us dude, invoking the memory of GG Allin and his small burnt penis, now we know how hard core you are.
thanks.
Although...
you get points for the We Are the World reference, a sublime punk-rock standard.
Poser? GG Allin was on Geraldo. Fucking Geraldo, man. That's selling out, big time. GG Allin was just trying to do Darby Crash's routine anyway.
Posted by: cdubthebabyshooter at August 26, 2005 2:41 PMHmmm I never heard the punk version of We Are The World..that would have been an interesting cover...punk is such a broad term anyway..as soon as a band has success and fame they get branded as "selling out" which is a bit unfair..music may be a band's passion, but ultimately most want to make a living doing it..I like Green Day, they make cool songs and yeah I sing along to them, I haven't bought the new CD yet, but plan to. I like the songs. 2Drunk2Fuck is a bit harsh, but hey we're all entitled to our opinions...and as we all have learned, Punk Rock Will Never Die!
Posted by: Jason at August 26, 2005 3:30 PMAntenna Club, Memphis, 1991.
Punk Rockers Paid $12.00 to be Shit On!
The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town
"It says He took the microphone and shoved it up his ass!"
The old man and his wife were aghast
The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town.
- Drive-By Truckers
Why should the corpse of G.G. Allin be trotted to represent "punk"? At the very best, he was a punk rock "extremist" and at the worst he was a mentally ill sociopath. Saying G.G. Allin represents punk is like saying Pat Robertson represents Christians.
Pat Robertson and G.G. Allin would make a good pair. Someone who's full of shit and someone who eats shit.
I also like how 2Drunk2Fuck used a Dead Kennedy's song title as his nom de plume, thus further proving his punk cred. That dude needs to relax. Good music is good music.
Posted by: Mack at August 29, 2005 11:33 AMOh yeah! I forgot. If anyone wants to see some pictures I took at the show...
http://flickr.com/photos/tastypiesinc/sets/813462/
Posted by: Mack at August 29, 2005 11:35 AMThe Arcade Fire is as punk rock as you can get.
Posted by: rp at August 29, 2005 2:31 PM
