It's the WAY to Go

I discovered My Chemical Romance when my 13 year old nephew bought the Black Parade CD for his birthday last year. I’ve been hooked ever since. So just try and imagine how I felt when I found out they were going here to play? Can you? Nah.. it was boundless joy. So simply amazing.

So, last Friday I went with my nephew and niece to the Fort Open Field to watch. It was really different than other concert I've been to lately. (Discounting the ones I went to when I was a kid myself) We had to wait for about an hour and a half after the scheduled time. (The opening act was really bad, we couldn't understand their performance, don't think we wanted to anyhoo.) So while we were killing time, I started people watching. First off, I didn’t even know what an Emo was. I remember seeing a lot of it in my nephew’s cell phone, but I really had no concept of it. It was surprising to say the least. It was Goth and punk all rolled into one.

But that wasn’t what amazed me with the crowd though. When I was looking around I saw numerous kids which from my estimate were over the age of 7 but under the age of 12. That wasn’t even the amazing thing. It was that they were with their parents… And they seemed to be enjoying themselves too. While we were waiting I can see little misses doing their mom’s make-up (i.e. lotsa eyeliner) I'm thinking this generation's 'rents are more aware of what's going on with their kids than society lets on. I couldn't remember a single concert that I've been to where I had my mom tagging along and liking my type of music.

When the band finally started, I could see dads and moms singing along. It was great. I though I was gonna be feeling old (Side note: Gerard is 30) but I didn’t feel out of place at all. And when the band started playing I didn’t even mind that I couldn’t jump as exuberantly as my niece and nephew. It was just great hearing them live.

But I digress. Here’s another reason to watch:

I am in-like. Hehe.