Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center, May 4th, 2005
I went to see Green Day in Columbus, Ohio. I have a long story about the whole thing.
First, Ii got tickets with the money I didn't have. My mom loaned me some money. I wasn't so sure about the concert because I was afraid about Billie masturbating and things. I called my aunt to get my other aunt's phone number. (this has a point, trust me). My mom and my aunt had the deal of my mom taking me half way from Springfield, WV to Columbus, OH. My mom would take me 3 hours to Wheeling and my aunt would take me the rest of the way from there. I wasn't so sure about the whole thing still.
So I got the tickets in the mail. I told everyone at school how many days it would be everyday until I left on Wednesday to stay in Columbus until Saturday. The day came. I went to Columbus and got there at 11:00 pm. So I had a day to spare before the concert. I was really exited by this time and I had a good reason to. I wanted to take some pictures while I was there, but I knew that they'd feel me down at the gate, so my aunt took her wheel chair and sat on the cameras. They didn't make her get up out of the wheel chair. We got to the front of the line. It was awesome! We got in and went down to the floor level to where we'd be "sitting". We got to the floor at 6:30. The show would start in 30 minutes. I found a few friends and my aunt was making friends as well. Everyone treated her like she was a handicaped, which she kinda was. She really did need the wheel chair cause she wouldn't have been able to stand up that whole time.
The show started with My Chemical Romance. I don't like My Chemical Romance personally, but I won't say they suck cause people will kill me. They weren't my type. They were the loud, screamin type. The lead singer, I don't know his name, I don't take the time to learn it, but the lead singer was like "My Chemical Fucking Romance" and "Fucking Green Day" and that's all he said. And the guitarist just spit a lot.
Meanwhile, while my aunt was sitting to the side, some 50 some year old woman bit these two 11-year-old girls. They pressed charges and the police came and all. The 2 girls were taken out of the concert before Green Day even came out cause a 50 year old woman bit them. That would suck. Anyways, My Chemical Romance finished.
15 min later, YMCA came on the radio and of course, the bunny came out and danced and drank a few beers. Then Blitzkrieg Bop came on. The bunny shook it ass to it for a bit then left. Once the Ramones song went off, the lights went off. Everyone was sucked to the front of the stadium like a vacuum. It was crazy.
First song: American Idiot. I got moshed really bad. I had my spot an hour before everyone else, but they came right up and shoved everyone out of the way. American Idiot was crazy and then all of Jesus Of Suburbia was nuts. Then they played Holiday. I was afraid that they were only gonna play American Idiot for a while, but then they skipped Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and went to Are We the Waiting. I then figured that they wouldn't play all of American Idiot. Next was St. Jimmy. I was still being moshed to death. Crazy song.. Then, I think, it may have been Longview, or Hitchin' a Ride. I don't know, they were both played at around the same time. Mike had a great time on Longview, I could tell. He ran up into the middle platform and played. It was cool. Then there were some more songs. They played Brain Stew and then had a huge intermission before Jaded. I can't remember it all. Actually, i think that Hitchin' a Ride was after that. Billie Joe had the audience chant random things. Like he had them all scream and do different pitches and junk. He then was like: "Everyone say 'uhh... uhhh... uhhh...'". He did it with passion and then put his hand in his pants and did it. You get the point. He then said that he'd take off all of his clothes. He said he would if everyone one said "1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4" over and over. He never did. I was kinda happy cause my aunt was sitting right there, not that she could see anything in her wheel chair.
Then they finished it and played a bunch more. I can't remember the order but they played: Basket Case, She, Knowledge (which i didn't get picked to play drums.. grr..) and they started Letterbomb but went into Wake ME Up When September Ends instead. They played Minorty and Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Maria, King for a Day followed by Shout!
There was a part where they were supposed to be done, I guess, but then got us all to cheer for an encore. I'm really off sequence. They played We Are The Champions. Tre then destroyed his set by throwing his floor tom on his crash cymbal. Then they ended it with Good Riddance. It was all good. Tre gave away a bunch of drum sticks to people that will never use them. I didn't get any. In the end, I was very happy even though I wasn't picked to play knowledge, didn't get a drumstick from Tre and got punced in the lip in a moshpit. I swear Billie Joe looked at me once. I got a really good picture of Mike and a pretty good one of Billie Joe. I didn't get a good one of Tre cause someone put there hand up when I had a great shot. Most of my pictures didn't turn out.
At the end I got a t-shirt. I wanted to wait all night to see Green Day in person, but being the day after Mike's birthday, here was a party and stuff and we didn't know when they'd be out. They came out at 3, I heard. I would've waited that long too.. I didn't see my friend there, but it was still the funnest day of my life. I think I may come back this summer, on August 14. I'm so exited. This time I might bring out my band to see. It's gonna be great if I can come. I'm just waiting for the next great show.
First, Ii got tickets with the money I didn't have. My mom loaned me some money. I wasn't so sure about the concert because I was afraid about Billie masturbating and things. I called my aunt to get my other aunt's phone number. (this has a point, trust me). My mom and my aunt had the deal of my mom taking me half way from Springfield, WV to Columbus, OH. My mom would take me 3 hours to Wheeling and my aunt would take me the rest of the way from there. I wasn't so sure about the whole thing still.
So I got the tickets in the mail. I told everyone at school how many days it would be everyday until I left on Wednesday to stay in Columbus until Saturday. The day came. I went to Columbus and got there at 11:00 pm. So I had a day to spare before the concert. I was really exited by this time and I had a good reason to. I wanted to take some pictures while I was there, but I knew that they'd feel me down at the gate, so my aunt took her wheel chair and sat on the cameras. They didn't make her get up out of the wheel chair. We got to the front of the line. It was awesome! We got in and went down to the floor level to where we'd be "sitting". We got to the floor at 6:30. The show would start in 30 minutes. I found a few friends and my aunt was making friends as well. Everyone treated her like she was a handicaped, which she kinda was. She really did need the wheel chair cause she wouldn't have been able to stand up that whole time.
The show started with My Chemical Romance. I don't like My Chemical Romance personally, but I won't say they suck cause people will kill me. They weren't my type. They were the loud, screamin type. The lead singer, I don't know his name, I don't take the time to learn it, but the lead singer was like "My Chemical Fucking Romance" and "Fucking Green Day" and that's all he said. And the guitarist just spit a lot.
Meanwhile, while my aunt was sitting to the side, some 50 some year old woman bit these two 11-year-old girls. They pressed charges and the police came and all. The 2 girls were taken out of the concert before Green Day even came out cause a 50 year old woman bit them. That would suck. Anyways, My Chemical Romance finished.
15 min later, YMCA came on the radio and of course, the bunny came out and danced and drank a few beers. Then Blitzkrieg Bop came on. The bunny shook it ass to it for a bit then left. Once the Ramones song went off, the lights went off. Everyone was sucked to the front of the stadium like a vacuum. It was crazy.
First song: American Idiot. I got moshed really bad. I had my spot an hour before everyone else, but they came right up and shoved everyone out of the way. American Idiot was crazy and then all of Jesus Of Suburbia was nuts. Then they played Holiday. I was afraid that they were only gonna play American Idiot for a while, but then they skipped Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and went to Are We the Waiting. I then figured that they wouldn't play all of American Idiot. Next was St. Jimmy. I was still being moshed to death. Crazy song.. Then, I think, it may have been Longview, or Hitchin' a Ride. I don't know, they were both played at around the same time. Mike had a great time on Longview, I could tell. He ran up into the middle platform and played. It was cool. Then there were some more songs. They played Brain Stew and then had a huge intermission before Jaded. I can't remember it all. Actually, i think that Hitchin' a Ride was after that. Billie Joe had the audience chant random things. Like he had them all scream and do different pitches and junk. He then was like: "Everyone say 'uhh... uhhh... uhhh...'". He did it with passion and then put his hand in his pants and did it. You get the point. He then said that he'd take off all of his clothes. He said he would if everyone one said "1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4" over and over. He never did. I was kinda happy cause my aunt was sitting right there, not that she could see anything in her wheel chair.
Then they finished it and played a bunch more. I can't remember the order but they played: Basket Case, She, Knowledge (which i didn't get picked to play drums.. grr..) and they started Letterbomb but went into Wake ME Up When September Ends instead. They played Minorty and Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Maria, King for a Day followed by Shout!
There was a part where they were supposed to be done, I guess, but then got us all to cheer for an encore. I'm really off sequence. They played We Are The Champions. Tre then destroyed his set by throwing his floor tom on his crash cymbal. Then they ended it with Good Riddance. It was all good. Tre gave away a bunch of drum sticks to people that will never use them. I didn't get any. In the end, I was very happy even though I wasn't picked to play knowledge, didn't get a drumstick from Tre and got punced in the lip in a moshpit. I swear Billie Joe looked at me once. I got a really good picture of Mike and a pretty good one of Billie Joe. I didn't get a good one of Tre cause someone put there hand up when I had a great shot. Most of my pictures didn't turn out.
At the end I got a t-shirt. I wanted to wait all night to see Green Day in person, but being the day after Mike's birthday, here was a party and stuff and we didn't know when they'd be out. They came out at 3, I heard. I would've waited that long too.. I didn't see my friend there, but it was still the funnest day of my life. I think I may come back this summer, on August 14. I'm so exited. This time I might bring out my band to see. It's gonna be great if I can come. I'm just waiting for the next great show.
