Best. Concert. Ever.
I know that sounds like hyperbole, but honestly I have never enjoyed a show as much as I enjoyed last night's Rage concert. Anti-Flag was the opener, getting the crowd all stirred up with lines like "Across the river there is a convention of mother-fuckers who got us into this illegal war. Let's show them that on this side of the river there's a convention of mother-fuckers who won't stand for this shit anymore!"
Just before Rage went on about 100-200 people started jumping over the railings from the bleachers onto the floor, running past security guards and in a couple cases knocking them down. I only saw 2 people actually get caught by security as they were far outnumbered.
Once the band took the stage the entire place was louder than the Metrodome during a sold out Vikings game. They played several songs before Zach finally spoke up in the middle of "Bulls on Parade" saying "Did you guys know that Sarah Palin has a pregnant 17 year old daughter?" In the bass interlude during "Wake Up" he gave about a 10 minute speech denouncing the illegal war, asking for people to get involved, and telling everyone in the crowd that it was time for us to wake up and do something about it.
After ending the encore with "Killing in the Name Of" Zach had one last piece of wisdom for the evening. He told the crowd that the riot police outside were just waiting for a reason to get physical and make some arrests and that we shouldn't give them any reason to get violent. "Let's show them that we have more discipline than they do."
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Sounds like a good show and also like an amazingly charged political atmosphere.
I'm not going to start debating things like the war or the current candidates as I think that is usually futile. In my opinion the average American voter if they choose to vote will be picking whoever in their mind is the lesser of two evils.
I wish the American political system could come under a dramatic change. We need canidates that actually have plans to fix things and ways to pay for the plans instead of this constant calling the kettle black.
For example, I think both the Dems and Repubs will agree that abortion is not a great "first" option and that people who don't want children should not be getting pregnent. But at the same time nobody is making the American scociety change. Both parties always say there needs to be campain finance reform but no matter who gets elected forgets about their "promises" and doesn't change a thing.
I hope within my lifetime a third and true moderate party that represents middle America and their interest is created because the current two party system is ran by special interest on one extreme political side or the other.
Enough ranting, glad you had fun...
I totally agree. It's time for something to happen, I just don't think it will happen without some major shakeup. But when the revolution comes I'm totally ready. Eventually people who don't want to impose their opinions and rules on others will win out, it just might take some time.
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