This author's gone undercover to check out what's going on under the covers in Portland.
February 07, 2008
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
How many concerts have you been to?
There I was last week meeting a friend for a drink after a really stressful day at work when low and behold we came face to face with the crowd lingering about due to the Ozzy Osborne concert. Once drinks were in hand, we found ourselves listing off all of the concerts we have been to all the way back to our childhood. I believe there might have even been some mention of Shawn Cassidy!
There were rock shows, pop shows, heavy metal, country performances and even some blues. What a trip down memory lane. I don't know about you but there are certain memories that I will always associate with certain songs and certain concert experiences. I particularly remember the Judas Priest concert where I received world’s biggest hickie, sitting on some cute guy's shoulders at Jimmy Eat World, getting pulled up over the front railing at Bon Jovi, having a guy punch out another guy that was mean to me at Velvet Revolver and oh yes, being so wildly in love at Guns & Roses.
So does that age old adage, Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, still apply? Absolutely... well, hopefully without the drugs. But that thought was quickly squashed when I noticed the police outside with a man turned around, his face pressed up against the glass of the restaurant as they frisked him! I guess for some all three still do go hand and hand and hand. And it doesn't matter what the age, old, young, middle-age, everyone still feels sexy when it relates to Rock & Roll. Hasn't there always been a time that you wished you had been a rock star? And are you like me and even own the rhinestone studded tank top that proudly boasts ROCK STAR on the front of it. Or maybe worse the little black boy shorts with a star studded guitar on the front and the word STAR written right across… well you know where. Come on admit it!
Rock On!
Comments
The beat of the music, the flickering lights and the anonymity of the strangers in close proximity feeling similar emotions allows an individual to forget the every day protocols and of rules of decorum governing their lives. For a few precious moments we are able to release the raw animalistic feelings and emotions bottled up inside each of us by a world full of rules and expectations. The freedom provided by this escapist journey of sound and dance frees us from the trappings of conformity and allows for raw emotional expressions to be shared among others without pretense. Having stripped away the bindings used to discourage true expression; we are left open and exposed for who we were, who we are and that for which we might still aspire to be. Only then, left naked by the dismissal of all guardians to our souls, can the freedom to know and experience the true self of others be experienced.
Posted by A Lost SoulFebruary 8, 2008 10:48 PM
I think Free Trade needs a hug! Or at least, go to a concert and ROCK OUT. Get rid of that stick up your rear and lighten up, man!
Posted by RicStarFebruary 10, 2008 04:05 PM
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Clearly MT is contributing to the shipping of Maine jobs overseas. It's evident in the writing;"...concert where I received world’s biggest hickie,..." So you're not even in Portland are you?
Posted by free tradeFebruary 8, 2008 09:05 AM