Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Lessons from a FOB Concert

Fall Out Boy
1. Don't wear tank tops. When you are having to have too much forced bodily contact at a sweaty concert--really, nobody wants to feel your sweaty arms and shoulders.

2. Don't wear flip-flops. You will get your meet trampled on by the moshing you will inadvertantly gets yourself smooshed into at least once.

3. If you are over 40, maybe even over 35, you are a little too old to go to teenage/college age music concerts. It's weird to see you next to 12-25 year olds dancing to teenage music. There are lots of other concerts people your age will be going to you.

4. Don't bring your 12 year olds or younger to these concerts. It is no place for someone that age, even if you are chaparoning them.

5. What is the deal with crowd surfing--maybe this shows my age. I don't like being kicked in the head--even on accident.

6. Watch where you step. Someone might accidently have had their gum fly out of their mouth (me) and you might step on it.

7. Enjoy yourself, lose yourself in the music once in a while. Act silly, wave your hands in the air, try to catch what the singers throw in the crowds, you are only young once. Wear a crazy shirt--who is going to see you?

8. Good quote by one of the lead singers, "You are not who loves you, you are who you love." Nice.

2 comments:

JMadd said...

So according to FOB, I'm my husband and he's me? That's confusing. Were there really old geezers there?

Unknown said...

Exactly! :D Well, I think it is just a cool call to not having your identity depend on people loving you--but on how much you love others.