Another Concert
I went to the Dashboard/Brand New concert last night. It was an amazing show. I went with some friends of mine, well to be more acurate I met up with them there, but that is besides the point, at least for now. I really went to go see Brand New, right now they are one of my favorite bands. Their songs are so deep and dark and meaningful. At times I almost feel as if they are sing the thoughts of my soul. I guess everyone has a few bands they like, and a few songs that really speak to them. Anyways they put on a great set. I wished it was longer, but they are comeing back to do a Canadian tour this spring, so I'll get to see them again. Dashboard also put on a great set. I'm not a huge fan, but I do like them and have all their albums. They put on a great show and it was a lot of fun. In fact the cheers and encore calls for them were the loudest I have ever heard at any show, and I was caught up right in it. I will definatly go see them again when they come back.
A lot of people really don't get the concert scene. They think it is all moshing and pushing, a little chaos. Yes there is that, a show is chaotic, but then again so is life. You push your way through to get as close to the stage as posible. Everybody is packed as tightly as posible, you can't help but to touch and be touched by others because you are pressed in from every side. It is hot, every one is dripping with sweat. The whole mass rolls and moves like the ocean, sometimes on the point of colapse, yet we always manage to find our balance. All while listening and singing along to the music from the stage. Maybe it is not for everyone, but I love it. In all that chaos, there is order. In the madness, there is hope.
You may not think it, but people at the concert act in a way that is rare in this society. They look out for other people. If somebody falls, everyone helps to pick them back up, and they do so unbegrudgingly, even without thinking because it is the right thing to do, a person could get trampled if they wern't helped up. It's hot and sometimes hard to breath in a crowd like that, and if a person needs to get out, we all pitch in and pick them up, over our heads, and "surf" them to the front or the edges where they can get out. Hell, last night while we were waiting for the bands to set up between acts some of us who had bottles of water shared them with compleat strangers, because we were all thirsty, it way have only been a mouthfull, but at least we shared.
Back in life, we don't do that at all. If someone falls, we keep walking by. If someone needs help, we ignore them, sometimes even assisting in their downfall. We are a selfish people. I'm seeing that more and more lately, even among the ones that are "friends". It's sad, that we have come to this. A concert comes and goes but this life goes on, if we acted like the crowd, and just went along with the music, maybe it would be more endurable.
Untill the next concert....
A lot of people really don't get the concert scene. They think it is all moshing and pushing, a little chaos. Yes there is that, a show is chaotic, but then again so is life. You push your way through to get as close to the stage as posible. Everybody is packed as tightly as posible, you can't help but to touch and be touched by others because you are pressed in from every side. It is hot, every one is dripping with sweat. The whole mass rolls and moves like the ocean, sometimes on the point of colapse, yet we always manage to find our balance. All while listening and singing along to the music from the stage. Maybe it is not for everyone, but I love it. In all that chaos, there is order. In the madness, there is hope.
You may not think it, but people at the concert act in a way that is rare in this society. They look out for other people. If somebody falls, everyone helps to pick them back up, and they do so unbegrudgingly, even without thinking because it is the right thing to do, a person could get trampled if they wern't helped up. It's hot and sometimes hard to breath in a crowd like that, and if a person needs to get out, we all pitch in and pick them up, over our heads, and "surf" them to the front or the edges where they can get out. Hell, last night while we were waiting for the bands to set up between acts some of us who had bottles of water shared them with compleat strangers, because we were all thirsty, it way have only been a mouthfull, but at least we shared.
Back in life, we don't do that at all. If someone falls, we keep walking by. If someone needs help, we ignore them, sometimes even assisting in their downfall. We are a selfish people. I'm seeing that more and more lately, even among the ones that are "friends". It's sad, that we have come to this. A concert comes and goes but this life goes on, if we acted like the crowd, and just went along with the music, maybe it would be more endurable.
Untill the next concert....
posted by The Cube at 7:04 PM
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