A few observations on a Metallica concert
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 5:47AM 1. I am WAY too old for "standing room" tickets.
2. Hubby is apparently also way too old to hoist me onto his shoulders so I can flash the band. Hmph.
3. Fire and lasers are awesome, and should probably be included in every live music show. Giant lighting rigs shaped like coffins are also cool, but probably not terribly appropriate for, say, Alicia Keys.
4. Want me to have fun? Drop hundreds of beach balls from the ceiling.
5. Metallica attracts fans in all shapes, sizes, colors, and ages. Also, the children of all of those people.
6. There are always assholes who think the "no smoking" signs don't apply to them.
7. Earplugs are your friend, and I probably should have remembered them. Really, really should have remembered them.
8. I'm sorry, did you say something?
9. If you somehow manage to get up on stage, expect to be immediately and violently tackled by 400 pounds of Security personnel. You should probably also expect to be frogmarched off the stage by 800 pounds of Security, while the band giggles over the photographers' shots of you getting your eye sockets crushed into the metal staging.
10. ...Pretty much anybody can be taught to bellow the refrain to "Seek and Destroy".
Reader Comments (18)
Can you hear anything yet???
Dude. Totally feel you. Did you also notice the "no moshing" signs everywhere? They were right next to the "no crowd surfing" signs. We got a good laugh out of that.
I gotta see these guys!
My throat hurts immediately upon even reading the words 'seek and destroy'
what? no flashing? that's just not rock'n'roll.
I do not go to a concert unless I have earplugs. I actually keep a small bag of earplugs in my concert boots. Yes, I have special concert boots. Big, black steel toe boots. Just for concerts. They're also handy for squashing spiders...
Sounds like you enjoyed it. Oh......SOUNDS LIKE YOU ENJOYED IT.
Metallica?!? So awesome! I'm jealous. I bet you had a great time!
So jealous! Sounds like you had a great, albeit deafening, time. No flashing? And smokers? Ugh.
I wish I had worn earplugs all the years when I went to concerts regularly.
Glad you had fun!
Did you at least get stoned?
Truly an Un-mommy thing to do..But really cool..
Hundreds of beachballs from the ceiling? Tell me you took one home!
So jealous you got to go to see Metallica, ear plugs are a definite must!! We took our kids to a rock concert once and my daughter actually fell asleep!!! Still don't know how...maybe it was the "fumes"
Anyways glad you had a good time. Or shall I say GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD TIME!!!!
Beachballs seem so...wholesome. I hope they were at least painted like eyeballs or something.
We went to a KISS concert a few weeks ago and I remembered by earplugs - thank god! As it was, my internal organs shook uncontrollably for days after.
Beach balls rock - unless your the one having the blow them up.
Are your ears still ringing? I hate that.
So you're never too old to flash the band?