Smashing Pumpkins
In high school I had the reputation of being, not exactly the class clown, but the class prankster. For some reason, a friend of mine gave me a free ticket to see Smashing Pumpkins play a hugeass stadium show.

Normally I wouldn't pay that much to see them, but it was free, so why not? This was just after they released that double CD, and I think either right before or after one of the guitarists was caught doing drugs.

Anyway, the show was okay, but I could've stayed home and watched their videos on TV or something instead.

Then came the encore. By then I wanted to get out of there.

Then came the second encore. This one was 40 minutes long, and it was essentially ambient music with Billy Corgan occasionally interjecting to share his wisdom with us. Things like "School sucks and your parents will never understand you."

Halfway through, the damn thing had everyone on their feet. Except me. The guy next to me, not the friend who invited me but his friend, told me "Stand up."

I said, "Nah."

He repeated "Stand up!"

I looked around and saw that everyone else was on their feet. Why? I stayed sitting. After, they barely talked to me. I figure they just invited me along because they were expecting the music to make me go crazy and do something funny. Not if it's 40 minutes long and stuffed with pretention.

Christ, what a lame encore. It made me hate stadium shows.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Fri 30 Sep 2005, 4:59, Reply)