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Baltimore Concert Review [8-22-05]

Posted by SystemofaDownisHot on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 06:05 PM

System of a Down fans are very loyal. The first arrivals got in line nearly 6-7 hours before the concert even began!.
SOAD fans made fast friends with each other in line and smoked cigs together. I mostly stayed to myself and talked with my best friend for I am shy.
The second the doors opened, everyone stood up and rushed in. I ran to the mosh pit as well as everyone else despite the workers yelling, 'DONT RUN!' There was only one spot left in the very front row of the mosh pit and I claimed it as my own and get this, it was IN FRONT OF DARON MALAKIAN! Bad Acid Trip

The first act was Bad Acid Trip. And like the title says, it was sort of bad. They were too loud and all they did was scream. The lyrics were not decipherable at all. A lot of SOAD fans were yelling,'YOU SUCK' and I even screamed 'GO AWAY!' I'm sorry for those of you who liked that band, but it eventually gave me a migraine head ache! I wanted to blow my brains out. The members of the band were very animated though, they ran around the stage and did little kicks here and there.
The singer played with a floppy dildo he said he found in Baltimore and place it on his head to be funny. Then he jumped off of the stage and put his arm around an expressionless security guard, and then went to the middle of the mosh pit and a lot of girls were reaching out to grab a piece of him. A little less than half an hour, this band finished and said 'ARE YOU READY FOR THE MARS VOLTA?' .

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta came out and they were much more tolerable than Bad Acid Trip. They got a lot more cheers and applauding. They were also more toned down but the problem was it sounded like one continuous song. No one could tell when one started and when another stopped.
At first it was nice but after a while.. I wanted them to go away too. It consisted of 6 members and 3 of them had afros. After a while, I wanted them to go away too because they lasted over an HOUR and I just wanted to hear SOAD!
After they were done, I had almost forgotten why I came to the concert. I was so tired of standing already.

SOAD

After 10 minutes of waiting, we heard Daron warm up for "BYOB". Then the lights turned out completely. Daron's shadow appeared on the curtain covering the stage and he started playing "Soldier Side".
The moment I heard his voice I started LAUGHING MY ASS OFF. I'm not sure if it's because his voice sounded like a little kids, just the first couple words he said anyways, or because of all the excitement I love his voice though,sorta sounds like mine..
Then the curtain dropped and, of course, like the other concerts, the crowd went wild because they played "BYOB".
Whoever said Daron was not as animated as he used to be is WRONG. His side of the stage was THE place to be! He grabbed his ass a couple times and even his crotch. He danced all over the stage and made funny facial expressions. He pointed out to the crowd a couple times and spun around in circles so many times I don't know how he didn't collapse out of dizziness. In fact, I think he caught my eyes a LOT of times and smiled and opened his eyes wide when he saw me. It could be because I was holding up a skull that I wanted to give to him. I feel so happy because of that, I'm happy for the rest of my LIFE.

Anyways, Serj wasn't that animated. He just really stood there and sang. He moved around a little bit, but nothing compared to Daron and Shavo. In fact, I could barely hear Serj sing too, Daron was much louder. It could be because everyone was singing along though and blocking out Serj's voice. Shavo came to our side of the stage a couple times and the girls went wild. He would smile at our side and jump up on the sound box. He never caught my eyes though, but that's okay because Daron did and that's all I wanted out of life haha.

John, as usual, just stayed behind his drumset and played his heart out. Daron did the whole 'In America there are Red people and there are Blue people'. Well I'm not Red, and I'm not Blue, but we can all combine and together, we can make Purple people!!!' <TABLE style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 rules=none align=right summary="" border=0><TBODY style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none" align=right>

<FONT size=1>They gave this flyer to the audience

Also, between some of the songs, he would go up to the microphone and say 'WHOO!' pause, 'WHOO!' pause, 'WHOO!' pause, 'WHOO!' pause, 'WHOO!' pause. It was funny : ) especially when the audience said 'WHOO!' back. There were a lot of crowd surfers too-that HIT MY HEAD! They would get over the gate and then be sent back to the mosh pit by security.

During the cover song by Dire Straits called "Sultans of Swing", Daron replaced the words 'we are the sultans, of swing...' with 'we are the system, of a down..'
He also did this cool intro to "Cigaro", it was basically a much slower version of the beginning lyrics.
Daron was wearing his Red jacket and after the first few songs he took it off and was wearing a shirt that showed his bare arms Really, the man didn't stop moving the entire concert, he was amazing. The last song they played was, obviously, "Sugar"!! This is the only song Serj was actually jumping up and down to and very animated. The whole mosh pit was jumping up and down too.
After the concert ended, I asked security guards all over to give my letter and skull I made to give to Daron. All the guards refused to. I went outside to wait at their tour bus as well as 30 other fans. We waited for a very long time and still SOAD did not come out. My friend and I overheard this worker saying 'HA! All these fans think SOAD is coming out this way whereas they already came out another way!' Sure enough,

The concert almost seemed like a dream. It will be in my heart forever. Four hot guys singing great, meaningful music, lights flashing on and off, mirrors.... yep, I'm happy. And let me just say that... SOAD is twice as good in concert than they are on CD. If someone isn't that big of a fan of SOAD, they should still go because they'll have a HELL of a good time.

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vikeroo 23.08.05, 20:16	cool man! you're so lucky!! sorry you didn't get to give the skull you made to him. maybe one day you will
sdsj3291 23.08.05, 20:30	she did get it to him, shell tell u in a minute.
SystemofaDownisHot 23.08.05, 20:33	yeah i did, but i guess zak left it out. the rest of the review is in the forums-reviews section. I found the guy from the mars volta and gave it to him along with my letter to give to daron. He also said daron was sleeping but he could go GET HIM FOR ME for an autograph! And I stupidly said no cuz i didnt want to wake him up-probably worst mistake of my life, oh well .I got an autograph from the mars volta guy though cuz he was so nice to give daron my gifts!
Moonette 23.08.05, 20:34	Total awesomeness! You got sooo lucky gettin' in front of Daron. I bet it was like havin' a 90-minute orgasm. (It would have been for me, at least!) Unfortunately for me, I had seat opposite the stage. u_u
headbanger1134 23.08.05, 21:44	hey systemofadownishot im pretty sure i was right next to you, then behind you at the last few songs i had red hair, and had the blood makeup on my face but by the end of the show it all washed off. also had a white black sabbath shirt with jesus on it. remember at all? haha
SystemofaDownisHot 23.08.05, 22:00	i dont think i remember ANYONE in the crowd.. i was just looking at daron the whole time =X But if you saw me, did I seem crazy? I hope not.... I think I blocked out everything else except for him...
headbanger1134 23.08.05, 22:01	oh and im glad you gave him the gift, that was pretty sweet too, my dad was tellin me how he saw a crowd go crazy screaming "ITS THEM!!" possibly that was when they came out the other way. and i was still inside trying to buy a shirt and bad acid trip was pretty bad, at first their singer seemed funny, but he overdid it so badly and all the songs sounded the same
headbanger1134 23.08.05, 22:04	nah u didnt seem crazy at all haha, me on the other hand i think i was pissing off some guys next to me because every time it got quiet id try to scream my head off trying to get darons attention. "DARON!!!! YOUR MY HERO!!!! AHHHHH!!!!" So yes if you heard that it was most likely me haha
SystemofaDownisHot 23.08.05, 23:49	haha are you serious? I was shouting things too. For example, 'DARON I LOVE YOU' and 'I WANNA FUCK YOU DARON' and 'YOU GUYS FUCKING ROCK!' I also tried to do it when it got silent. Damn, they DID come out another end! We must not have left the building in time :(
SystemofaDownisHot 24.08.05, 01:02	P.S. are you SURE you saw me? Cuz i had a crapload of make up on-so i look nothing like my avatar-i thought it would be good for a concert-i never wear make up-but i couldnt find another single person wearing make up! So that made me feel really out of place....
CharzBoss 24.08.05, 09:03	That concert did rock man, me and my friends were right in front of Shavo.
Relling 24.08.05, 15:31	..i....could of gone to that show......but i turned down the oppurtunity........i waited too long to get tickets........my life has no point anymore.....IM SOOO STUPID!!!! all i wanted to see was daron go crazy......im just soo sad....
slipofasystem 24.08.05, 19:35	damn same here i coulda went to but i too waited too long for tickets.... no im gonna have to wait even longer to hear them play violent pornography live dammit!
Jag6770 24.08.05, 21:28	the show wasnt sold out i waited to long and couldnt get floor tickets but i still ended up with pretty good seats plus the baltimore arena is so small there really couldnt be to many bad seats
nirkj13 24.08.05, 22:21	YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST I WAS RIGHT IN THE FRONT AND SOAD ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
headbanger1134 25.08.05, 00:07	well soadishot the reason i didnt say anything to you was because it you didnt look exactly like the pic u have online, and i kept thinking "well she said she was going to this show" but i hesitated anyways, then i saw your review the place you said you were (front of daron) was exactly was where i saw you, so yea im pretty sure it was you. too bad i didnt say anything, i coulve gone with you to see the singer from mars volta, and plus i prolly woulda been a dick tho and asked him to wake daron up so i could meet him haha
SystemofaDownisHot 25.08.05, 00:36	i wish you would have gone with me!!!! I made the biggest mistake of my life by not waking him up.
toxicityking 25.08.05, 07:05	I ight be seeing them nrxt year but probably somewhere like astoria which sounds and looks fantastic but wouldn't b the same! :'( i just wanna see Daron

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