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Jacob and I grabbed Muchas for lunch, came home, watched American Pie 2 then went to the Roseland. We got lost on the way and ended up on Terwilliger Blvd. Eventually, we found Roseland an hour before the concert was supposed to start.
What I noticed initially was that there were TONS and TONS of girls who looked to be no older than fourteen. Comparitively speaking, Jacob and I were senior citizens. The majority of the fans there were your average, run-of-the-mill "punk for the sake of punk" disenchanted high school suburbinites, a club which must not allow members over the age of fourteen or fifteen.
I say this solely because there so many small people there. I didn't even get into the moshpits - I didn't want to hurt the kids whose entire bodies were the size of my left leg. Jacob wanted to get into a pit, and they were springing up all around us, and trust me, it looked like so much fun to be in there. I just didn't want to inadvertantly really hurt a small person, which surely would have happened if I had gotten in there.
Opening was Gob, a Canadian punk quartet not unlike Blink 182, at least in terms of sense of humor and music style. They put on a good set, but I'm no more inspired to buy their CD than I was before the concert. The put a ton of energy into their set, and it showed.
Next up was Unwritten Law, who are in many ways, a semi-underground carbon copy of Blink 182. The main difference, though, is that Unwritten Law doesn't have nearly the same sense of humor as Blink. Their big song on the radio right now is "Seein' Red," but I recognized alot of songs they performed. I really enjoyed this set, too.
Then was the main act....Sum 41. The intro from their album blared over the P.A. as they took the stage. They opened with Motivation and then proceeded to spend the next hour and fifteen minutes jumping around the stage like a group of squirrel monkies on speed. They went through the majority of their major label debut, "All Killer, No Filler," while throwing in a handful of songs from their EP, "Half Hour Of Power."
At one point, Deryk got up on top of the amps (about twenty feet up) and busted out a gnarly solo. Not long after that, they invited two girls to come up on stage and make out with each other during "Rhythms," but an exception was made when one girl deemed to hot to pass up was invited on stage. So for a couple minutes during the song, there were three girls up on stage, making out with each other, all the while the band kept on playing.
At one point, Dave and Deryk had a guitar solo competition to see who was the better guitarist, and while they did this...oh my God they're so much better than they lead on during their albums. Then they asked the crowd for their favorite heavy metal bands so that Dave could grind through a few riffs from that band. I'm impressed with their guitarist - he knew Slayer, Motley Crue *AND* Iron Maiden. A pop-punk band!!! Iron Maiden!! I couldn't believe it.
Oh sure, they threw in their hits, too, for good measure. We were treated to "In Too Deep" about half way through their set, and "Fat Lip" capped off the whole night, save for the encore. Crowd participation was unbelieveable --- *EVERYONE* was singing along. It was a great feeling.
Then after the encore, they came back out and played one more song, the title of which is escaping me right now. Then they dipped into "Pain For Pleasure" with Deryk on drums. This amazing '80's glam rock tribute song brought out the members of Gob to play guitars along with the boys of Sum 41, seeing as how this was the last night of the tour and all.
So the night was over. What I kept noticing during the Sum 41 set was how much energy they put into each and every show and how much they love playing their music. I got such a kick out of how well they get along and how much fun they're having while up on stage. I have yet to see a band with that drive and fun-loving carelessness while playing on stage. This was a special thing to see.
After the concert, Jacob and I got lost trying to get to the freeway and ended up wayy off course. I knew where in Portland we were, so I directed us to the nearest ramp, which happened to be closed due to construction. So we came up with the idea of getting on the southbound ramp, not the northbound ramp as originally planned, and then taking the next exit and turning around. Sounds simple, right?
Well the exit Jacob took was to get onto I-405, not a simple street exit or anything like that. So we crossed the Willamette River again on I-405 (I Think it was 405, anyway...), took the Everett Street exit and turned around. No problems. Got back on 405 and then onto I-5 and were home free. Picked up Muchas Gracias for dinner after the concert and came home.
Jacob decided to skip his 9 a.m. class in favor of staying up to watch Fight Club. So we watched it came to bed around 2. Stayed up for an hour and a half talking about all kinds of ... crap. We made fun of each other and didn't talk about anything serious and ... it was so cool. Just jivin' non-stop.
But anyway, the plan was to set the alarm for 8, and if Jacob got up, then he would go to class. If not, I would still be sleeping right now. Anyway, the alarm went off at 8, and he got up and left. I tried going back to sleep but it wasn't happenin'. Here we are.
Going to see A Walk To Remember and going to Best Buy today. Umm...I need to shave, and I'm tired. But you know...It's all gravy. I tried posting last night, but I was too tired to remain on the computer for long, and what I had written didn't really do the whole evening justice.
Hope everyone's doing okay, I know I am. Hope everyone has a great day, I know I will. I'm tired, but I'm also happy. I'll sleep well tonight.
~Matt
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