Wall Of Sound
Well, well, well....
I just returned from the Good Charlotte concert, and I am so uber impressed :-)
When we got there, me and my brother, had to wait in a loong line, bcause we were later that i wanted to be, owing to the fact that my brother was sitting around looking like Hef in a towel, before deciding to get ready, which takes him like half an hour, due the excessive amounts of gel or whatever that he puts in his hair...
Anyways, we got to the door, and after being felt up by security to make sure i wwasnt holding a gun, or a water bottle, or god forbid a camera in my jeans or t-shirt, we got to go into the actual music part. We hit the middle of the first set, which was The Bleeders, an Adelaidian hardcore band who are also playing at Fowlers tomorrow night if u wanna check them out. Bro and I manouvered our way to the front, right next to a set of speakers 8 ft high. My ears are still ringing. Anyway, walking in there was like hitting a wall of sound, literally. It weird when you can feel the air vibrating around you...cool, but weird. Whne the Bleeders finished their set, there was a little break so that the techies could set up for Day Of Contempt. During this time the sound system started playing some weird ass music, like that Wild Wild West theme music...so strange.
Day Of Contempt are also Adelaidian, yet are based in Orange County *Cali-fornia...Califor-nia...here we co-oooome.*
They were cool guys, I even walked into the guitarist on the way out after the concert...yeah that was fun *rolls eyes*
Good Charlotte started out as usual with the instrumental intro only it stopped halfway thru as Billy walked accross the stage. The house lights went up, and the loner techie was met with loud booing. They started the intro again and this time all went smoothly. They played all the faves, including The World Is Black :D and My Bloody Valentine. Joel made an appropriate dick of himself, dropping the mic while showing off, and making the audience promise he could keep his shoelaces :s He has, since the last show, learnt to play the guitar, and played a sexy white one for several songs. He was a definite crowd pleaser, jumping up on the railing, and generally being a cool guy. Benji has only gotten hotter :) and is such a sweet guy. He's the quieter of the twins, and shakes his head at some of Joel's antics. They try and bounce off each other, each trying to make the audience scream louder than the other... Benji definately won, what with his huge announcement, one that he was going to move to Australia, and two that he was going to take up residence in Adelaide! Of course this wont happen, but it all adds to the hype. He also got the crowd going when he was doing thankyou...and thaked Sydney. It was great all these people started cheering then going "wait, what, Sydney?? What The?" He then went through all the Major cities, before Joel said, its mother fucking Adelaide! Hell Yes!
Paul is never-endingly amusing, especially when someone threw what I imagine to be a demo cd at his head. He ducked out of the way, looked at what it was, and then gave the 'Yeah, I'll pay that' look. It was great.
Billy, who has PURPLE hair!!! dis all the artwork for the album sleeve, which is very cool, and also designed the backdrop which went up. he plays guitar AND keyboard and is totally cool, specially when he's rocking out on TOP od the 8 ft high speakers! W00t!
And then comes Chris...who now has Hair!! No more shall be said.
Best part?? When Benji looked straught at me during Ghost of Me!!!! (Yeah, right now, I'm on an obsessed fan high), and when they played Hold On - the suicide song -and put up a sign some fans had made about their friend who had commited suicide recently. Joel put this sign, which read -
HOLD ON
In Loving Memory of Amy
1987 - 2004
We Love You
onto the speakers at the back, and there it stayed for the duration of the show.
Apart from the odd annoying person, the show was amazing, even if u dont like them, you have to admit they put on a good show. The boys all looked SPIFFY in their outfits, which was generally some derivation of a suit, except for Billy, who was weraing a proper suit, with a vest and all!
hehe, Joel was talking about 'I Just Wanna Live' their current single and my least favourite song, primarily because it reminds me of a bad 80's song...however Joel admitted to singing like a girl, and it really was better live, especially when he climbed on the mega speakers right above us...so cool!
"Is anybody listening, Gonna hear me when I call, Shooting signals in the air, Coz i need somebodys help, I can't make it on my own, so im giving up myself, is anybody listening?"- Yep guys, we were listening! It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Nighty!!
luv Cait
I just returned from the Good Charlotte concert, and I am so uber impressed :-)
When we got there, me and my brother, had to wait in a loong line, bcause we were later that i wanted to be, owing to the fact that my brother was sitting around looking like Hef in a towel, before deciding to get ready, which takes him like half an hour, due the excessive amounts of gel or whatever that he puts in his hair...
Anyways, we got to the door, and after being felt up by security to make sure i wwasnt holding a gun, or a water bottle, or god forbid a camera in my jeans or t-shirt, we got to go into the actual music part. We hit the middle of the first set, which was The Bleeders, an Adelaidian hardcore band who are also playing at Fowlers tomorrow night if u wanna check them out. Bro and I manouvered our way to the front, right next to a set of speakers 8 ft high. My ears are still ringing. Anyway, walking in there was like hitting a wall of sound, literally. It weird when you can feel the air vibrating around you...cool, but weird. Whne the Bleeders finished their set, there was a little break so that the techies could set up for Day Of Contempt. During this time the sound system started playing some weird ass music, like that Wild Wild West theme music...so strange.
Day Of Contempt are also Adelaidian, yet are based in Orange County *Cali-fornia...Califor-nia...here we co-oooome.*
They were cool guys, I even walked into the guitarist on the way out after the concert...yeah that was fun *rolls eyes*
Good Charlotte started out as usual with the instrumental intro only it stopped halfway thru as Billy walked accross the stage. The house lights went up, and the loner techie was met with loud booing. They started the intro again and this time all went smoothly. They played all the faves, including The World Is Black :D and My Bloody Valentine. Joel made an appropriate dick of himself, dropping the mic while showing off, and making the audience promise he could keep his shoelaces :s He has, since the last show, learnt to play the guitar, and played a sexy white one for several songs. He was a definite crowd pleaser, jumping up on the railing, and generally being a cool guy. Benji has only gotten hotter :) and is such a sweet guy. He's the quieter of the twins, and shakes his head at some of Joel's antics. They try and bounce off each other, each trying to make the audience scream louder than the other... Benji definately won, what with his huge announcement, one that he was going to move to Australia, and two that he was going to take up residence in Adelaide! Of course this wont happen, but it all adds to the hype. He also got the crowd going when he was doing thankyou...and thaked Sydney. It was great all these people started cheering then going "wait, what, Sydney?? What The?" He then went through all the Major cities, before Joel said, its mother fucking Adelaide! Hell Yes!
Paul is never-endingly amusing, especially when someone threw what I imagine to be a demo cd at his head. He ducked out of the way, looked at what it was, and then gave the 'Yeah, I'll pay that' look. It was great.
Billy, who has PURPLE hair!!! dis all the artwork for the album sleeve, which is very cool, and also designed the backdrop which went up. he plays guitar AND keyboard and is totally cool, specially when he's rocking out on TOP od the 8 ft high speakers! W00t!
And then comes Chris...who now has Hair!! No more shall be said.
Best part?? When Benji looked straught at me during Ghost of Me!!!! (Yeah, right now, I'm on an obsessed fan high), and when they played Hold On - the suicide song -and put up a sign some fans had made about their friend who had commited suicide recently. Joel put this sign, which read -
HOLD ON
In Loving Memory of Amy
1987 - 2004
We Love You
onto the speakers at the back, and there it stayed for the duration of the show.
Apart from the odd annoying person, the show was amazing, even if u dont like them, you have to admit they put on a good show. The boys all looked SPIFFY in their outfits, which was generally some derivation of a suit, except for Billy, who was weraing a proper suit, with a vest and all!
hehe, Joel was talking about 'I Just Wanna Live' their current single and my least favourite song, primarily because it reminds me of a bad 80's song...however Joel admitted to singing like a girl, and it really was better live, especially when he climbed on the mega speakers right above us...so cool!
"Is anybody listening, Gonna hear me when I call, Shooting signals in the air, Coz i need somebodys help, I can't make it on my own, so im giving up myself, is anybody listening?"- Yep guys, we were listening! It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Nighty!!
luv Cait
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