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Green Day: the show, the spectical.

Tue Jul 7, 2009, 5:49 PM
  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Posession--Sarah McLachlan
  • Reading: City of Ashes...by whatsherface
  • Playing: with your mind
  • Eating: children with sugar sprinkled on their heads
Oh, lookie, another review! First one since MM. I would just like to point out, that they were amazing!I got to go with two of my friends, the day after my birthday, and it was a stunning show.

It is July 4th, 2009, and The Bravery, who on a side note, were quite decent, finished playing. They trooped off the stage, to excited cheers, and the set began to both change and expand. There were more stairs added to the wide stage; a high perch for Trè Cool to survey the scene as he drummed. In the background, even though it was dark, I could discern the outline of a cityscape, which would serve as the part-time background to Green Day’s ensemble.

Rather, almost surprisingly, promptly a drunken mascot in a fuzzy pink bunny suit darted out onto the stage; flopping and drinking, and passing out and generally working the excited crowd into a frenzy. Personally, I was hopping and squealing in my seat, having wanted to see Green Day since I was about twelve years old—nothing like seeing your first heartthrob live, right? Actually, I think I was hoarse from screaming before the show even started.

The stadium lights go out, and the set lights come on—a realistic outline of city skyscrapers. It casts the illusion that the band is playing in the middle of the street, between the “v” of glittering buildings behind them. The soft voice of Billie Joe wafts out over the crowd, almost magical, because no one can see the source, opening with “Song of the Century.” And then, suddenly, the band is all there, scampering to their respective positions on the stage and launching fearlessly into the beginning of “21st Century Breakdown.”

The first clear thing that I remember Billie saying, besides a playful, “Vancouver! Canada!” was “Who fuckin’ cares about the fourth of July? This is our independence day!” Which was proceeded by a power ensemble from the new album, and then “Holiday”, where Armstrong ad libbed “The representative of Vancouver now has the floor.” They were complete crowd pleasers, sticking to the old stuff (as well as some old traditions in songs like “Hitchin A Ride”;) as well as the new.

Billie also pulled a few lucky fans up on stage, having a little boy named Caleb lead the crowd in arm swaying (though the singer did have to step in and traffic the boy’s arms a bit), someone else got to squirt the crowd with a water-gun. The fan tried to get Billie, but, the singer was wily enough to dodge it. He also pulled a girl out of the pit to dance with him, saying “I need a friend. I need some friends.” She glommed on pretty tightly, and there was a rather spectacular twirl—by Billie, that is. Two fans were particularly luck;, one guy got to sing “Longview.” Another fan got to stage dive, oh, and play Jesus of Suburbia on Armstrong’s guitar as well, and thankfully, he didn’t miss a note. The build up to that was rather hilarious, but I’ll get to that later.

I was thrilled when they slipped into King For A Day/Shout. Trè was wearing a huge, white, floppy, flowery hat, Jason White wore a giant pirate hat, Jason Freeze opted for a pointy wizard hat, and Billie wore a police officer’s hat. There was the usual shenanigans, mooning, etcetera. The Green Day rendition of “Shout” was as usual, amazing—headed off by a goofy vocal solo by Trè, who then proceeded to pretend to fart in the microphone, he even crouched for dramatic effect. Here, Armstrong joked “I’ve reached my limit, this is where I put my foot down!” and stomped into the middle of the stage, before tossing his scarf to the crowd and undoing the top buttons of his shirt. They all sank to the floor as the music got quieter—we lost sight of the tiny front man because he was lying on the extended part of the stage that went into the crowd. However, Billie did mix it up singing Swany River in a very cartoonish voice, as well as Stand By Me, in the soft part of Shout, before pointing up and finishing the original cover.
The last two songs before the encore were “21 guns”, and “Mass Hysteria”. Mike Dirnt got to sing in the later, which was nice. I mean the guy’s amazing, he deserved the cheers he got. With a “This is our last song. Thank you Vancouver, thank you.” Green Day was gone.

But, soon enough, a green sign began to flash. The crowd began to chant the band’s name, in unison, slowly, a back and forth between the two words. Green Day exploded back onto the stage with a lengthy, power-encore of “American Idiot,” “Jesus Suburbia”, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Minority”, and finally, a stunning, very pretty acoustic version of “Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)” sung by a solitary Billie Joe. With a final salute to the crowd, he seemed to disappear from the stage, and out of sight.

Some amusing quotes, the ones I remember anyways:
This one was flattering: “Is anyone here from Victoria? Thanks Victoria! The first place in Canada we played.”

Hi, I'm Billie Joe with the Green Day band.

I wanna fuck every single person in here.

”I'm gonna getcha...I'm gonna getcha...I’m gonna getcha…” he was practically cooing this to the audience.

This was the build up for the fan who got to play: “Who here can play guitar? Who can play it good? Who can play Jesus of Suburbia? You can? No you can't! Liar! You lied to me! It's a fuckin' hard song, we write 'em hard--four chords is my minimum. You can play it? No you can't, liar! What key is it in? One of you guys? Anyone. The blond one! What's your name?-Christian-Christian? Well, welcome to Christian's inferno!”

I need a friend...I need some friends.

That's how we do it in Vancouver, baby!

Who fuckin' cares about the 4th of July? This is our independence day.

How many of you know the words to this song? (Longview)

Are you ready to fucking freak out?

Give me a child of your loins. Give me your children.

Miscellaneous Notes (Snippets, actions, ecetera):
On a side note, you could put Billie Joe in your pocket, he's so tiny—and all energy. He was running all over the place, and didn’t drink any water at all, he was absolutely drenched in sweat by the end of the show. He was great at both enthusing and teasing the crowd, getting fists pumping and arms waving. He was also master of the old rock n’ roll art of showing just enough skin to get the audience excited.
Trè was hysterical to watch, always pulling faces and chucking his drumsticks everywhere, forwards, backwards into the crowd. He also ran in a very amusingly ape-ish style, on and off the stage, in bright pink vans. Mike was just awesome, keeping the rhythm there, and just working like a dog.

All in all, it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life; full of razor-sharp performances, pyrotechnics, flames and great music.

Here's the set list for anyone who's interested. It might be a little out of order in the middle, but the beginning and the end are right; and I actually remembered every song this time! I'm getting better...

Song of the Century
Twenty First Century Breakdown
Do You Know the Enemy?
East Jesus Nowhere
Holiday
Geek Stink Breath
The Static Age
Are We the Waiting?
St Jimmy
Hitchin' A Ride
She
Brain Stew
Basket Case
Life Before the Lobotomy
King For A Day/Shout/Stand By Me/Swany Lake
Jaded/Longview
21 Guns
American Eulogy/Mass Hysteria/Modern Age

Encore:

American Idiot-
Jesus of Suburbia
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Minority
Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)-acoustic

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~FreakyArtist:iconFreakyArtist: 6 days 7 hours ago
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