Writer's Block: Most memorable concert
Sep. 27th, 2009 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I have two (well, three I guess).
Firstly there is Iron Maiden at Donington in 2003.
It was the first year of the Download festival and nobody really knew what it would be like. The line up was awful and it was boiling hot so it resulted in the 50,000 strong crowd spending most of the day lying around on the hallowed dust hills that had once been grass. I was really disappointed in the lack of the atmosphere but then Maiden came on and everyone came alive. It was as if everyone had come to the show for Maiden and Maiden only and as someone who genuinely *had* only gone to see Maiden, it was an awesome experience.
And the other one (two) would be, of course, Gackt at Saitama Super Arena this July.
Why was it magical? .... It's been two and a half months since those shows and I was hoping that time would give me some perspective but I'm still kinda in a daze. Which is crazy because I've been to DOZENS of concerts over the years by so many different bands and I've never been affected like this before. It was just such a show in this fantastic little world... When I finally get my hands on the DVD I think I'll just cry my way through it.
I honestly think Gackt has broken my brain and dammit, I want it fixed.
I had to work today and it was the most pointless 8 hours of my life. I answered five queries, took one complaint call and spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how many days off I could take over Christmas without borrowing any leave from next year. Such a waste of time.
I have two (well, three I guess).
Firstly there is Iron Maiden at Donington in 2003.
It was the first year of the Download festival and nobody really knew what it would be like. The line up was awful and it was boiling hot so it resulted in the 50,000 strong crowd spending most of the day lying around on the hallowed dust hills that had once been grass. I was really disappointed in the lack of the atmosphere but then Maiden came on and everyone came alive. It was as if everyone had come to the show for Maiden and Maiden only and as someone who genuinely *had* only gone to see Maiden, it was an awesome experience.
And the other one (two) would be, of course, Gackt at Saitama Super Arena this July.
Why was it magical? .... It's been two and a half months since those shows and I was hoping that time would give me some perspective but I'm still kinda in a daze. Which is crazy because I've been to DOZENS of concerts over the years by so many different bands and I've never been affected like this before. It was just such a show in this fantastic little world... When I finally get my hands on the DVD I think I'll just cry my way through it.
I honestly think Gackt has broken my brain and dammit, I want it fixed.
I had to work today and it was the most pointless 8 hours of my life. I answered five queries, took one complaint call and spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how many days off I could take over Christmas without borrowing any leave from next year. Such a waste of time.
