| Best Night Of My Life (okay I used that a lot. but it's TRUE this time) |
[Jul. 21st, 2005|12:08 am] |
| [ | How I Be |
| |  shocked | ] |
Alright. I just got back from the best 2 days of my life. It's 12:08 at night and I'm going on little sleep and just got back from a concert. I'm tired, stinky and in shock, so bare with me here...
Ok, let's start from the beginning. A few years ago by friend played a song in gym class. I loved it and asked her for the name. She answered me "Good Charlotte" and I said "Good Whaaat? I'll never remember that!" But I did. Little bit later my other friend came over to my house raving about them.. And since then, they've been my life.
SO! Here I was, a girl obsessed with a band. And of course I wanted to see them. Chances came and went. So many times had my hopes been thrown to the ground and stepped on.
THEN, after 2 years of loving this group of people, I was on my computer on day, posting on Naptown, when I saw the words "Canadian Tour Dates" I freaked out, hesitated, clicked it, took a second, took a DEEP breath, scrolled down, FREAKED! Winnipeg Manitoba. Burton Cummings Theatre...
So time passed and the date of the ticket sale came. My dad was the one that would be buying them. So I went to school thinking by the end of the day I'd have tickets to see Good Chartlotte in my home town. So I called him at lunch to make sure everything went okay. It didn't. They sold out and he did not get tickets.
Yeah, I know.
BUT, my Dad was the nicest Dad that ever lived and bought tickets for the Saskatoon show. So we were not only going to see GC, but we were going on a road trip!
So time passed. We prepared ourselves for our Good Charlotte road trip. And then something else happened. The show in winnipeg got moved to The MTS Center (a arena) since the tickets sold so fast! So, we bought floor tickets for that! AND WE WERE STILL GOING TO SASKATOON!
Ok, fast forward to July 18, a Monday. It was early and the morning and we (my Dad, me, Meagan, Christine and Kaylee) left for Saskatoon. It's about a 8-9 hour drive. It went fast. We played an interesting version of "Head Bans" and watched some GC tapes.
We went for supper when arriving in Saskatoon. First though, we went a searched for the venue that the concert would be in the next day. We found it and all gaped at it...
We went to bed and got up nice and early. We had our free hot breakfast at our hotel (shooout out to the super COOL waitress we had) and got all spiffy looking and went to wait all day.
Sadly, we were not the first group there. There was a bunch of people already sitting infront of the doors. They, right away, said hi and we made friends with them. There was Sara D, Sara B, Trilby (odd name, yes?) Tannor (a duuude), Molly and a couple more. They were pretty cool.
So our wait consited of talking to them and other people that arrived. We walked to the Subway/Mac's store and bought some food to feed the fat.
SOOOOO! Fast forward. A little before 3:30 someone saw a bus drive into the parking lot. We freaked, Christine and Meagan went to a small window that was on the side of the building the concert was in and looked through it. We didn't actually know if they were in it or not. Alright, this was when Kaylee and me heard someone say that they were infact back there. So we started running to the back. We saw a couple in a car that were going there, we had talked to them eariler and we got a ride with them to the back. So me and Kaylee stood behind this fence, looking at a tour bus.
First person we really saw was Billy. I saw him through the window and was questioning if it was actually him because I didn't know if he had pink hair or not... So I went and waited for someone to leave the bus.
(I call this "CHRISTINA'S BREAK DOWNs - #1) The door opened and out came Joel effing Madden. He was wearing a hat and it was literally slow motion for me. I've always had a sort of a thing for Joel and it was so unreal.... It was, like a cartoon character walking into your life.. There were a group of people there and they screamed and waved. He waved and dissapeared into the building.
(BREAKDOWN #2) He came out again, this time saying a "hey" to us all. Someone asked if he enjoyed being in Canada so far and he said "for sure" and went back into the bus. At this point I was having a break down.
(BREAKDOWN #3) BILLY MARTIN came out next. He DID have new fancy pink hair. We shouted for him but he went straight inside...
(BREAKFOWN #4) The bus started to move and we thought that was all the members that would be getting off. BUT NO! BENJI effing Madden came out. He walked quickly inside, giving us a small wave. First thoughts about Benji: short... no ass...)
(BREAKFOWN #5) SO! We were going to go back around front, but he heard soundcheck starting. For a while we listening to guitars and drums making random noises. BUT then they started Walk Away, and Joel was sining.. It was.. ah. So unreal.
We went back around front and showed Christine and Meagan the pictures we took with Kaylee's digital camera. Christine was a little angry at first that she didn't get to see them leave the bus but she got over it. And so started our wait.
Blah, blah, blah. We waited, the crowd grew, we sang some GC together. And then a little after 6 the doors opened and we shoved ourselves inside.
(BREAKDOWN #6) I was the first person searched. I walked into the huge room the concert was in FIRST. All I had to say was HOLY FUCK! I'm here and I literally get to pick where I want to stand. So I ran, Meagan close behind me. We got the best place and held on.
(BREAKDOWN #7) The stage gave me goosebumps. I wanted to throw up. It was beauitful. I'll post a picture later.
We started the wait. Another wait. We stood there listening to the music they played. Then the first band came on.
I had heard a little from this band I thought it sucks. but I was so wrong. They're called Day Of Contempt. They're amazing. I fell in love with on of the guitarists. He looked like what would happen if Jepha (theused) and Frank (mychemicalromance) mated and had a love child. And he had his tounge peirced.. AND THEY WERE AUSTRALIAN!!! Niiiice accents. They played an amazing show.
Next up was more waiting. The people pushed more when no bands were on stage. It was a little annoying but we're at a effing concert, you come expecting it.
Social Code took the stage. I had known a little about them before, but I knew I'd like their performance. And I did. We had met the singer and the drummers earlier in the day and got them to sign some stuff. They played great songs, including one I love called "beautiful".
They came and left and then more waiting. We watched the stage peope do what they do. There was this rather annoying guy making noises like "hip, hip. PIP! HOP" into the mics to make sure they were okay.
Then the lights went of and Once Upon A Time started. I was in shock. It didn't make sense to me that they were going to come on stage any second.
And the walked on. I freaked firstly for Paul, because I hadn't seen him yet. Then I noticed Benji and I was like "OMG THAT'S BENJI" then Joel had his moment. And then BILLEH!
So the show started. They opened with The Anthem. Then Walk Away. Uh, from there I lost the order. But they played Riot Girl (which I freaked out about because my name's CHRISTINA and to hear them sing that... I fucking cried) The Young And The Hopeless, Girls and Boys, The World is Black, We believe, Festival Song, SOS, Wounded, Bloody Valentine, Mountain, I just wanna live, Lifestyles. I KNOW I'm forgetting some. but it's late.
Things that stand out... I made eye contact with Benji and Joel so many times. I was so nervous. They're looking at you looking at them. And you don't want to mess the words us because they're watching you. But I always ended up smiling at them. I felt like mouthing something, like a 'thank you'. But I didn't.
They did what they do. They worked the crowd, saying Benji had 11 kids. And that 8 of them were Canadian. He asked why they were smarter then the others. And why they were more good looking. And why Canadians seemed to be more attractive. But when Joel said Benji needed a wife, I put my hand up a little. And I didn't see this, but all my friends say Benji pointed to me. So I'm marrying Benji. (:
Uh... What else sticks out. OH! Benji and Joel stared lovingly into each others eyes during Bloody Valentine. I <3 them. The whole band was smiling back and forth. Billy and Paul threw pics at each other.
They all had a group meeting right before Joel said "I have something to say" but a drunk guy kept on saying stuff to him. So Joel got giggly and said "I'm really trying to say this but this drunk guy is there, and he's talking. So I'm trying to say it but then there's the drunk guy. I'll let Billy say it for me" and Billy went to the keyboard and they played I Just Wanna Live.
They ended with Lifestyles and started leaving the stage. Before leaving Benji juggled a few bottles and tossed them in the crowd!! I caught one! It's my Benji Water. I'm never drinking it.
(I'll post more about the actually concert when I remember... hee hee)
So we bought merch once it was all over (I got two shirts and a poster). We then made our way to the back were we thought we might have a chance to meet them. There was already a crowd around the gate. We joined. The Singed from Day of Contempt was signing stuff. I got him to sign my ticket.
THEN! Out of no where, there's Benji. He's behind the fence and people were giving him stuff to sign. We freaked and handed him out posters. We told him we were going to the Winnipeg concert and he said "see you there". As he moved down the fence, signing other peoples stuff, we followed. Christine got a picture with him through the fence. We talked more about the concert in Winnipeg. We told him we were FROM Winnipeg and he said "No you're not", "Yes we are". "No!" lol.
We left there kind of shocked. We went to the nearest Mac's and bought a HUGE thing of pop.
We then went back to the hotel room where I passed out....
Which I'm about to do now. I'm going to go to bed because I am tired as hell. My legs are killing me. I've having vert effing painful mucsel spassums...
SO I WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW!</center? |
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