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Best. Concert. Ever.
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 We went to the Flogging Molly concert at the Roseland tonight. It was, hands down, the best concert I've ever been to. The band rocked, the audience rocked, the whole place was on fire. It was an experience of a lifetime to see those guys play live and I would've paid a lot more to do it. $18 seems like the band is getting robbed. I will see them every single time they come to Portland.
The first opening band, River City Rebels, was very good. They got the crowd going and were quite talented. The second opening act sucked and sucked hard. They were boring and uninspired. For some reason Flogging Molly though they were cool enough to bring along with them, but they were horrible. Most people at the show agreed with my assessment as well. "You sucked!" was heard between every song with much laughter in our section.
Afterwards, we bought a few T-shirts, one for Farns, and one each for Beck and me. I also bought an album by the River City Rebels from the sax player. I made the mistake of telling him that I thought they should have been right before FM and that the other band sucked. Open mouth, insert foot. The lead singer of the "other" band was right there behind him. Doh! I quietly took the CD and walked away before he kicked my ass or started crying. I really don't like to insult people, but I just didn't like that band at all. Oh well. It was still the best concert ever!!!11!
To put this in context, here are the top 10 bands I've seen in concert in the order that I liked them.
1 - Flogging Molly
2 - (gap to show just how much FM rocked)
3 - Bare Naked Ladies
4 - Evanescence
5 - Alison Krauss and Union Station
6 - Offspring (could be higher, but there were technical problems with the show)
7 - Blink 182
8 - Cold
9 - No Doubt
10 - Tori Amos
I'm going to see Cake on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see where they place on the list. I predict that they will bump the Offspring down a notch.
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Becka said...
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Seriously, words cannot describe how cool this concert was. If ever you get a chance to see Flogging Molly in concert, DO IT!!!
The Roseland in Portland is a relatively small venue. It has standing room only on the floor and a balcony up above that serves alcohol. The concert was sold out, and a lot of the attendees were on the floor. The older audience was mostly on the balcony.
Now I've seen mosh pits. Some are bigger than most, some are laughable... I have never (stress the NEVER) seen a mosh pit as huge as the one at Flogging Molly. THE ENTIRE FLOOR in front of the stage was the pit. I'm not just talking one part of the crowd; I'm not just talking about for only part of the show.
THE ENTIRE CROWD ON THE FLOOR for the ENTIRE SHOW was the mosh pit. Holy God, I am sooo glad we were in the balcony! Everyone knew every word... Arms were pumping in the air, fans were flipping off the lead singer for calling them "bastards", it was GREAT! :D
The place was packed with hundreds and hundreds of hard-core Flogging Molly fans. It was so f-ing cool. And not only that, but they are a kick-ass live band. They sound just as good live as they do on their albums. I love it when bands are "that good".
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