MCR in DC!!!

[bootson]

OMG YOU GUYS. My Chemical Romance last night!!!! I'm STILL INCOHERNET WITH GLEE!!!!!!!


So yesterday I drove in DC by myself without getting lost and/or dying (yay for personal growth!). I scored a broken meter beside some broken window glass (these may or may not be related, but who am I to say?). I ran into b_dsaint (thanks to the totally awesome/obvious hat) and tagged along to hang out up in the front with her and the other bandom kids (who are all fucking FANTASTIC). I wish I could have stuck around after the show to try to get shit signed, but I had to drive home and I'm totally dragging today as it is. If I would have been any later, I wouldn't have slept.

And now's where I'd love to give you a coherent concert review but 1. I suck at those (see my TYV rant and Travie ramble for examples of just how bad I am), 2. I'm too fucking exhausted right now, and 3. I just don't want to type that much. So I'll let someone who remembers what happens at shows a day later tell you all about it.

But I LOVED IT and I'm spastic enough to ride this high all the way until I see Panic in a couple weeks.

Here's the super abridged version of the show:
Architects and Thursday opened...I'm a little in lvoe with both bands, right now. Especially Architects but I totally see why Thursday is AWESOME. I'm a fan.

There's this little balcony thing over by the stage at 9:30 and at one point, Mikey, Mike, and Frank were up there (even though Frank was mostly hidden behind Mike).

Mikeyway, be hotter. Seriously. It can't be possible. IDEK WTF Frank was wearing, but I was highly amused by it. Ray's even more impressive live...which I wasn't entirely sure was possible since his playing is basically the shit anyway. I SERIOUSLY like the way Gerard moves. This isn't a surprise, I just wanted to put that out there.

They played "Vampire Money," "Summertime," and "I'm Not Okay"... which would have honestly been enough for me to be all *flail* over. We were in the balcony, which I'd planned on doing all along because I'd be that person that would have heat stroke and pass out in the pit and cause a scene (and we all know how much I love scenes, just not in this context). It was a pretty kick ass view. I've never really seen a pit from ABOVE it...it's interesting. The view rocked. My favorite part was probably "Cancer" though because Gerard being backlit like that is a fucking amazing visual!! I wish I'd taken my camera (which is MIA again. Seriously, I'll never again have good show pics unless I steal them). Every time Frank and Gerard stood beside each other facing Mike, I about lost my shit (I may have a soft spot for Pedicone that I hadn't realized).

I want to say more about it...but it's all a jumble of dkfjiodfujriofjekdfjvigjfszkfndskjfcv in my head right now. I think I have post-show blackouts or something.


Miz put the set-list on my phone and I promised I'd post it. I meant to earlier, but I LITERALLY just got home from Placement/Work.


Look Alive, Sunshine
Na Na Na
Thank You for the Venom
Planetary (Go!)
Hang 'em High
Mama
The Only Hope for Me is You
House of Wolves
Summertime
I'm Not Okay
Vampire Money
Destroya
Welcome to the Black Parade
Teenagers
Sing
Vampires Will Never Hurt You
Helena
Cancer
Our Lady of Sorrows (encore)
Bulletproof Heart (encore)

I hope I didn't fuck that up moving it from my phone to here. Or because I'm seeing double.


Most incoherent ramble ever. Seriously, track down someone else who went if you want to ACTUALLY know how it was.

Comments

[mizubyte.livejournal.com]

excellent ramble! Now head over to my post and add all those awesome people you met to your flist!! :-)

[bootson.livejournal.com]

lol Ok, ok. I'll befriend people and lurk less.. ;)

[mizubyte.livejournal.com]

crazy insane post of insanity is up now :-)

[blaze-villain.livejournal.com]

OMG. They did "I'm not okay." That's my favorite song by them! Now that I know they do it in concert- I wanna go see it.

[bootson.livejournal.com]

"I'm Not Okay" is one of my FAVORITES, too.

It's one of their biggest so I'm pretty sure they usually play it (at least I know they did at the 2 NJ shows and the DC show) *is not a crazy stalker*

[mizubyte.livejournal.com]

every concert! :-) first big single, I'd be surprised if they ever dropped it.

[blaze-villain.livejournal.com]

That's still my favorite song from them- even after all these years! *squee* you got to see them!!!

[bootson.livejournal.com]

Psh. She's seen them 3 times in 4 days. Lol She has this DOWN

[auctorial.livejournal.com]

Hee, this is awesome! I love reading incoherent rambles of LOVE. <33

This just makes me even more excited to be seeing them in two weeks! XDD

[bootson.livejournal.com]

xD

It will be epic. You have to flail at me after you see them!

[auctorial.livejournal.com]

I will! Lexi and I will flail at you like flaily things! XDD

[masterpenguin82.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had fun!!! Meet ups are the best.

We get Panic later this year and Thursday! Plus all the others... gonna be awesome!

Lex will do a concert post for the Wombats gig - my ears are still ringing - i'm going to hurt tomorrow something bad.

[bootson.livejournal.com]

They totally are! (especially since I'm kind of sideline bandom so I don't actually know anyone lol)

I know! I'm seriously tempted to find a way to fund coming over there for all of that (and to annoy the shit out of you guys! lol)

Yay! I can't wait to read that! Were they awesome? (I'm pretty sure I haven't heard right out of my right ear since Tuesday night. The girl beside me was screaming in this ridiculous octave all night...on top of general post-show semi-deafness. lol)

[masterpenguin82.livejournal.com]

Do it if you can - it's gonna be great!!! We're planning to go to both Melbourne and Adelaide soundwaves.

Was very awesome! Got a bit smooshed when a 6' plus guy went over me with his elbows to get closer to the stage. I planted my elbow in his back for the rest of the song in revenge, it's not like I could see a damn thing past him.

Hearing is still not quite right...

[bootson.livejournal.com]

I need to look into this! Like, IDK if I can make it happen...but I'm going to try! (stupid grad school getting in the way of the things I want to do!)

Ew. That SUCKS. I hate when that happens. tall people shouldn't be allowed to get that close. That happened to me when I saw Black Cards. All these 6'+ dudes were in front of me. I fell on them on "accident."

[masterpenguin82.livejournal.com]

Hope you can make it. I definitely know what you mean about grad school stuff, I got an assignment I need to write today...

I hate tall people at the front of concerts.

[bootson.livejournal.com]

I just started field placement...my actually CLASSES for the summer term start next week. Not looking forward to it.

Agreed. They need like a special section (I mean, I'm 5' 7" but still. Anyone taller than that is just in the way lol)

[masterpenguin82.livejournal.com]

I'm 5'2 so it really sucks.

[bootson.livejournal.com]

My best friend Katie, who usually goes to shows with me, is 5' 2" and a HALF (she's very particular about that half). So she is always in front of me.

[dr-jasley.livejournal.com]

OOOOS YAYYs

I'm sure if I write up about wednesday it will be more incoherent.

I was stoked that they played House of Wolves

[bootson.livejournal.com]

I liked the entire set list, honestly. There's not much I would change about it (I mean, I have a couple songs I love that they didn't play, but I can't figure out what I would switch out lol. They just need to play their whole catalog lol)

Go make an incoherent post! I'm gonna take a nap, but I'm totally tracking you down later so we can FLAIL and be incoherent TOGETHER!

[dr-jasley.livejournal.com]

this is true. And I agree with both statments. JUST PLAY ALL THE THINGS

I guess I could do that right now. YAYS nap I just woke up from one. YAYS for mutual flailing and incoherence tangling together

[bootson.livejournal.com]

YES! THEY SHOULD. I'd totally stay all night for that! (THough they might get burnt out really fast! lol)

YAY FOR ALL THE THINGS! <3