Cough Syrup 10/07/16 (Senior year)

     Sorry but I forgot what happened on this day (school day). I know the concert was on Friday. Me and geek dude bought the ticket three days prior to the actual concert day. Mind you I do not listen to Ra Ra Riot or Young the Giant so I was not dying to see them (geek dude was) on Friday. I was happy at the fact that I was going to my second concert (First one La Dispute). When Friday rolled around it fully hit me I was going to a concert so I got extremely excited. I could not believe that my parents actually let me go on this concert on such a short notice. Especially for a concert that starts at 8pm. I was even close to not asking them because I was sure they were not going to let me go. Anyways

Geek dude and me listened to some of their songs so I could at least recognize some at the concert. School ended, I went home.

    7pm came around and I was ready to go to the concert with Geek dude. We arrived, and the line was already big for the entry pass. Luckily the line didn't take too long. Then we saw another line to what we thought was the staircase leading to the balcony section. Ten minutes later I realized we were waiting in the Merch line (merch store was right besides staircase). I told him this and we went upstairs to sit in our balcony seats. I know seats restrict the concert experience but me being short I could not be in the open bottom floor because I would have not been able to see anything. 

   The concert started with Ra Ra Riot the crowd was somewhat still. We clapped a lot for them but the crowd was not too hyped for them. When Young the Giant came on stage, oh my lord the crowd went crazy. I could tell the band fed off their energy. The lead singer was dancing around stage and hitting a small drum. In one song the whole band started dancing a choreographed dance along with the music. Since me and Geek dude were in the balcony we could see a lot of weird things people were doing. When people threw up their hands to move to the beat some people were giving thumbs up. Other were just moving their hands drastically like they were having a seizure. There was a guy in the back jumping frantically. A guy with a long white beard in the opposite balcony on the edge dancing along with the music. Then the song "cough syrup" came on and I was completely taken away with the song. It was my first time hearing the song and I fell in love with it. Halfway through the song I turned to my left and the lady sitting besides me started crying with joy while her friends hugged her and cried with her. In the open floor everyone was flowing with the melody. Probably the most amazing sight I have ever seen in a concert.

After the concert ended me and Geek dude went to the open space, and there was a lot of trash on the floor. It was also very sticky, which kind of made me happy we weren't at the bottom.
We went outside shortly after and there was a shirtless guy playing drums on a few plastic buckets. Of course everyone stayed to record while Geek dude and I just enjoyed the beat.

Overall I loved the concert even if I didn't listen to the band prior to this day. I am truly thankful that Geek dude took me to this concert, a concert that I would have never dreamed of going on my own. And now Cough Syrup will stay with me for a while.