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kid rock For my first critical essay, I have chosen to review my attendance and experience at a rock concert. On Thursday January 18, at the Scottenstein Center in Columbus, I attended the concert of the controversial Kid Rock. Other performers at the show included rock bands Fuel and Buckcherry. Although there were only three bands that preformed that night, I found another source of entertainment within the crowd of people; the wild antics of the die hard fans. In my essay I will try and attempt to describe as realistically as possible, my experience. Prior to the concert I had been somewhat familiar with all three bands’ music. I was excited to attend the show, but I didn’t know what to expect. I had always thought of Kid Rock(the headliner) to be a punk/hard rock band. I had only attended alternative concerts in my lifetime, so I had never had an experience like this. The other band, Buckcherry, was also a hard rock band. Fuel, on the other hand, was more of an alternative style band. Their music was more my style than the other two. To begin the description of my experience, I arrived at the arena shortly before the opening band appeared. At this time, there were not very many people in the audience. Actually, I was wondering where all of the people were at. I had purchased General Admission tickets, so my friends and I decided to grab a close spot near the stage. We settled on a spot roughly ten feet from center stage. We later found this choice to be a mistake. As I glanced around, I saw a large variation on audience members. I saw everyone from children, teenagers, college students, and middle aged adults(who may have been accompanying their children). I also noticed that no matter what their age was, all seemed very excited for the show. I felt likewise. After about a twenty minute wait, the first band took the stage. The first band was my favorite of the three, Fuel. Fuel made a calm but cool appearance, and put on what I felt to be a great show. After they were done, I thought that the eighteen dollars I spent to buy a ticket was already well worth it. Fuel has many songs on the radio, so the fans sang along and seemed to have a good time. I also found myself getting extremely into their performance at times, and screaming out their lyrics in unison. After they exited the stage I heard a couple of nearby fans wishing they had played longer. Overall, their performance was outstanding. As we waited for the next band to take the stage, more people filtered into the arena. As more people arrived, I found the noise level to jump also. The space in front of the stage that I was occupying, seemed to get smaller and smaller as more people squeezed in. After another tedious wait, Buckcherry arrived. Their entrance was a little bit louder and more fans seemed to get into it this time. As they played, I realized their music to be very heavy and thrashing at times. One song almost gave me a headache. On the up side, I enjoyed one of their songs a lot. It is called “All Lit Up”. It gained great airplay on the radio a couple of years ago, and I actually have it in my collection at home. When Buckcherry performed this song I found myself jumping up and down along with the crowd. It is a real mover, and I relay enjoyed it. Buckcherry exited the stage after a mediocre performance. While we waited once more, loads of fans seemed to filter into the arena. This time Everyone seemed to head straight for our general location. I asked my friends if they felt crowded also, but they replied that it was all part of the experience. So we stayed. Finally, the act all had been waiting for, Kid Rock. Kid Rock and his crew entered the stage with an explosion. They were loud, outrageous, and out of control.. Their performance took me by great surprise. I had not expected this much energy on he fans’ part. As Kid Rock started to rock, the fans around me went wild. They jumped up and down , and all around Ian mosh in front of the stage. I get helplessly bumped and flailed back and forth into a few strangers myself.. This was all out of my control. I have to admit that I was very uncomfortable a times, and I definitely came home with a few bruises. All part of the experience right? Because of the fans’ wild behavior, I did not enjoy the show as much as I would have liked. I actually missed part of it due to distraction. But in the end, Kid Rock turned out a great performance, and he sure did do one other thing; satisfy his fans. As far as interpreting songs. I have never really been good at his. I am just one to sit back ,a nd enjoy a song by the sound of it, not by its content. So I will try my best to interpret these following songs. I picked one song from each of the bands to dissect. I will first start with “Hemorrhage” by Fuel. This song seems to me to be a bout the dangers and hurt of love. The singer repeats a phrase over and over: leave love bleeding’ in my hand, in my hands, love lie’s bleeding’. Either he is referring to the tortures and pain of love, or how he has the curse to destroy love everytime he gets a hold of it. This song is very dark, and sad. The song conveys a sad, empty feeling with its lyrics. When I listen to it, I almost feel the pain and suffering that this person is going through. The next song is “All Lit Up” by Buckcherry. I have liked this song from the first time I heard it, however, I have never really listened to the words until now. The song has one plain and clear meaning; cocaine use. The lyrics of the song are about how the singer feels and acts when he is”all lit up”. “all lit up” is a term for being high on cocaine. To simply write a song about such a terrible thing, may symbolize the pain and depression in the singer/songwriters life. This is defintely not a good thing to be singing about. After finding out what the song means, I can’t decide whether I still like it or not. The last song I will interpret is Kid Rock’s “Only God Knows Why”. This song is about Kid Rock’s life. It seems he is very unhappy and unsatisfied with his lifestyle(being a rockstar) Some lyrics to back this are:”Outskirt stands and one night stands Still I can’t find love” “It’s been so long since I’ve been home” “I’ve been sitting here trying to find myself”. It is very obvious between the tone of the song and the content of the lyrics, that Kid Rock is giving a cry for help. But to who? His fans, family or friends. This is uncertain. Maybe he just wants the world to know that fame and fortune come with I heavy price. Once you become famous, you may never be able to lead a normal lifestyle Overall, I thought the event went very well. All three bands’ put out a great performance. It seemed there was something there for everyone. Hard rock, punk rock , and alternative rock. I personally enjoyed the show, and I know that my friends did. It was obvious that he fans were having a great time at the show, judging by their antics, so I would say that all went well. After being better familiarized with the bands’ music, I would have to say that I might even go see them perform again. Everyone left me with a good impression, and I would say that I was satisfied. I think the most important thing that came out of this event though, was the fact that I started to pay attention to little things like the fans’ behavior, the general style of the band, and most importantly, the meaning of the songs. From now on I am going to dig a litter deeper into the surface of the song to et something out of it.. I realized that songwriters do not write songs solely to relay a feeling, but to get a message across. Bibliography:

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