My Neck Hurts
I have been putting off writing a journal entry for a while, but I know the world is waiting for one and I’m not one to disappoint.
As the title suggests, my neck is causing me a bit of pain for the past two days. Thankfully, it’s a pain that’s derived from a good experience. Some crazy kama sutra position? No, but from the next best thing: Head banging like a maniac at the Korn concert this past Tuesday. I still haven’t figured out how I hurt myself more when I’m in a seated section instead of on the floor, but such is life. Let’s talk about the show, though.
10 Years opened and they were decent, at best. I actually wound up deleting them from my Winamp playlist when I got home because it all seems a bit forced and uncomfortable for them. The lead singer sings and writes like he wants to be the next Incubus, while the band looks like they’d be more comfortable with a burning cross above their heads. It’s just blended so poorly. I couldn’t help but be disappointed.
Mudvayne was next. I don’t know what people see in them, but damn they suck. I’m all for some screaming and grunting, but when every song sounds exactly the same and none of it is understandable, you no longer interest me. This time was spent eaves dropping on the couple next to me and discussing, with Joe, the fact that the couple next to him was ready to do it right there in the arena. Nothing like rabid screaming to turn a girl on. I could only imagine how wild she’d get if she heard a moose in heat.
Finally, Korn hit the stage. Now it was my time to explode and I did. I screamed and headbanged for almost the entire performance. They had a really great set. They even played my favorite Korn song, “Dirty”. The way they transitioned to it was amazing, too. Munkey had a good 3 or 4 minutes alone on the stage playing a solo and then Davis came back out in his trenchcoat and they went into the song. I honestly don’t think many people recognized it, but I went nuts for it. Later on in the set, Davis solo’d for “Tearjerker”. The song is beautiful, but I was a bit disappointed in the crowd. Only a few people had their lighters or cell phones up. Overall, though, the set was amazing and I had one of the best times in a long while. My neck is sore, but I felt so alive that night. I wish I could feel like that more often.
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Ah yes, until Korn came on, the raunchy couple next to us was sadly going to be the highlight of my evening. Funny tuff lol. But thankfully they came and kicked ass and even i managed to strain the neck a bit so you know it was good people.
It has been about 8 years since I saw KoRn, but god damn was that a fucking fantastic concert. I have never felt as close to a singer hearing a live band. You can tell every word that man sings, (up untill issues, which was the tour I saw them on(with papa roach and Powerman 5000)) and it really touched the audience. Every single person in the audience felt the lyrics and just about every one of us sang with that son of a bitch.