los angeles
home depot center
sunday october 9th, 2005
LIGHTS OUT
tonite was the last official night of our extravaganza. it was the last show that we had tickets for and, since it looks like we wont get to go to the super secret wilturn show, it was probably the last green day show for us.
so, makes sense that this show would be the best and worst of the whole thing.
2,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY
we never got our tickets in the mail so we had to call and then go pick them up at will call. i thought we had general admission tickets. turns out we had seats. and not awesome ones.
home depot center is about the biggest fucking stadium ive ever been in. and we were about as far away as you could get from the stage and still be, technically, inside the home depot center. somebody said that it was an "intimate" stadium setting. yes. "intimate". indeed. in so far as the state of arizona is an "intimate" setting.
it had to be great for the band because there were so many fucking people there it was unbelieveable. but we may as well have been watching the show from a plane flying over los angeles. or we could have just stood outside marys front door and simply turned our heads in the direction of the stadium and it would have almost been the same distance.
the good news was that they had many large screens so we could see what the little dancing blurs on stage were actually doing.
THE WEST COAST HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED
we were also dismayed to see a big flogging molly banner hanging onstage. i dont much care for flogging molly. yes, i find their scottishness delightful, if they were to stand onstage and simply read from the phone book then i might count myself a fan. but as it is, i could live without them.
jimmy eat world played a few different songs this time. they played blister, it was the only song off clarity they played at all and its one of my favorites. its always nice to see tom linton sing a song or two. dorian has a big man crush on him. dorian loves most things that come from the grand canyon state. im glad we got to see jimmy eat world on this tour. they are our home town rock stars.
LIGHTS OUT
i pledge alegiance to the flag
of the united states of america
and to the republic for which it stands
one nation
under god
indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
green day was on fucking fire tonite. this was the best ive ever seen them play.
and they had fun, you could tell, they had a great fucking time.
and they changed up their set list. which, for me and dorian, made a big difference.
and billie joe changed up his chats, which made the biggest difference.
after the first couple of songs he usually mentions that green day has been a band for the last 17 years.
then he talks about the first times they came to whatever city they happen to be in. he drops the names of some of the small local venues they used to play in and then he thanks everyone for making the american idiot tour the best time they ever had.
tontie he started out that way. and then he veered.
he talked about how every show they play is the best fucking time they ever had because they do exactly what they want to do everyday. he said not to let your bosses or your teachers or your government to tell you what to do. do what you want to do, do what you love to do, and live your fucking life every day.
it was far more inspiring than any episode of oprah ive ever seen.
during holiday billie joe calls for lights out and the whole place goes black.
he shines a flashlight into the crowd as he recites the pledge of allegiance.
its a really great moment in the show but, mainly, i think he does this mostly for his own amusement.
they played J.A.R. instead of 2,000 light years away.
first time i heard it live. fucking rad and amazing.
billie joe brings a kid up onstage at each show to shoot a watergun out at the crowd. tonite he brought out his son. now, dont think that im creepy enough to just recognize his kid on sight. i am not that creepy.
billie joe brought him out from backstage rather than from the audience. and he called him joey.
yes, i am creepy enough to know that joey is billie joe's sons name. but its tattooed on his arm, so its really not that weird.
also, the kid looked like billie joe. cute as can be.
before they played knowledge billie joe started calling out for tim armstrong. i got so fucking excited at the prospect of getting to hear tim armstrong, who ive never seen play live, sing knowledge, his own song, with green day. but i guess he was suddenly missing or something, because he never came out and they went ahead and played it green day style with only one armstrong.
for their encore they started with maria, as per usual. actually, jason white started to play boulevard... but he stopped quite abruptly as if to say, "oh... right... sorry." and then they played maria.
which they followed up with homecoming.
a perfect perfect perfect ending for their official end of the american idiot tour.
its an awesome ten minute long song that wraps up the whole album and mike and tre both get to sing their little vignettes.
it was perfect. did i say it was perfect? well it was. so fuck you.
k.
so send my love a letter bomb.
and visit me in hell
were the ones going home.
were coming home again.
sunday october 9th, 2005
LIGHTS OUT
tonite was the last official night of our extravaganza. it was the last show that we had tickets for and, since it looks like we wont get to go to the super secret wilturn show, it was probably the last green day show for us.
so, makes sense that this show would be the best and worst of the whole thing.
2,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY
we never got our tickets in the mail so we had to call and then go pick them up at will call. i thought we had general admission tickets. turns out we had seats. and not awesome ones.
home depot center is about the biggest fucking stadium ive ever been in. and we were about as far away as you could get from the stage and still be, technically, inside the home depot center. somebody said that it was an "intimate" stadium setting. yes. "intimate". indeed. in so far as the state of arizona is an "intimate" setting.
it had to be great for the band because there were so many fucking people there it was unbelieveable. but we may as well have been watching the show from a plane flying over los angeles. or we could have just stood outside marys front door and simply turned our heads in the direction of the stadium and it would have almost been the same distance.
the good news was that they had many large screens so we could see what the little dancing blurs on stage were actually doing.
THE WEST COAST HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED
we were also dismayed to see a big flogging molly banner hanging onstage. i dont much care for flogging molly. yes, i find their scottishness delightful, if they were to stand onstage and simply read from the phone book then i might count myself a fan. but as it is, i could live without them.
jimmy eat world played a few different songs this time. they played blister, it was the only song off clarity they played at all and its one of my favorites. its always nice to see tom linton sing a song or two. dorian has a big man crush on him. dorian loves most things that come from the grand canyon state. im glad we got to see jimmy eat world on this tour. they are our home town rock stars.
LIGHTS OUT
i pledge alegiance to the flag
of the united states of america
and to the republic for which it stands
one nation
under god
indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
green day was on fucking fire tonite. this was the best ive ever seen them play.
and they had fun, you could tell, they had a great fucking time.
and they changed up their set list. which, for me and dorian, made a big difference.
and billie joe changed up his chats, which made the biggest difference.
after the first couple of songs he usually mentions that green day has been a band for the last 17 years.
then he talks about the first times they came to whatever city they happen to be in. he drops the names of some of the small local venues they used to play in and then he thanks everyone for making the american idiot tour the best time they ever had.
tontie he started out that way. and then he veered.
he talked about how every show they play is the best fucking time they ever had because they do exactly what they want to do everyday. he said not to let your bosses or your teachers or your government to tell you what to do. do what you want to do, do what you love to do, and live your fucking life every day.
it was far more inspiring than any episode of oprah ive ever seen.
during holiday billie joe calls for lights out and the whole place goes black.
he shines a flashlight into the crowd as he recites the pledge of allegiance.
its a really great moment in the show but, mainly, i think he does this mostly for his own amusement.
they played J.A.R. instead of 2,000 light years away.
first time i heard it live. fucking rad and amazing.
billie joe brings a kid up onstage at each show to shoot a watergun out at the crowd. tonite he brought out his son. now, dont think that im creepy enough to just recognize his kid on sight. i am not that creepy.
billie joe brought him out from backstage rather than from the audience. and he called him joey.
yes, i am creepy enough to know that joey is billie joe's sons name. but its tattooed on his arm, so its really not that weird.
also, the kid looked like billie joe. cute as can be.
before they played knowledge billie joe started calling out for tim armstrong. i got so fucking excited at the prospect of getting to hear tim armstrong, who ive never seen play live, sing knowledge, his own song, with green day. but i guess he was suddenly missing or something, because he never came out and they went ahead and played it green day style with only one armstrong.
for their encore they started with maria, as per usual. actually, jason white started to play boulevard... but he stopped quite abruptly as if to say, "oh... right... sorry." and then they played maria.
which they followed up with homecoming.
a perfect perfect perfect ending for their official end of the american idiot tour.
its an awesome ten minute long song that wraps up the whole album and mike and tre both get to sing their little vignettes.
it was perfect. did i say it was perfect? well it was. so fuck you.
k.
so send my love a letter bomb.
and visit me in hell
were the ones going home.
were coming home again.
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