The Used

The Used

I never heard of this band before, The Used, what an odd name, but then again most bands do have odd names, like Kiss, The Beatles, Glee, All Shock up, Anything Goes, etc…

About a month ago, a friend of mine, Caitlin, asked me if I would go to The Used concert with her in Seattle. I looked up the music and thought it would be ok if I went. So I did, the band started a 7:30, but the doors didn’t open until seven. Caitlin wanted to be there extra early so we got there at 5 o’clock. We waited and waited, thank goodness it was nice out in Seattle or it would have made the waiting more painful.

Then at 8:45 The Used started playing. Caitlin and I were in the front row of the floor section. There was a girl who couldn’t see, so I let her take my place and went to the back to take pictures. My goodness, as soon as they started playing “Put Me Out” everyone was ALL rocking out!

I’ve never seen a rock concert before so I didn’t know who crazy some people can really get. Even the leader singer, Bert, was spiting water at the crowed. I asked Caitlin why he did that, she said “because everyone likes it!” Odd I thought, but other got even more into the band, lots of rave, I think that’s what it is called…it’s when people do like a body wave over the crowed.

Caitlin is one lucky girl, the reason being, her mom was sitting right next to Bert’s cousin, and she didn’t even know it. Because of him, Caitlin got a signed teacher from the band AND got to meet the leader singer, Bert (her hero) and some of the other band members. Caitlin told me that she was happy I could come with her and make her day even better than it already was.

She also told me that night was the best night of her life. Well, she is only 14, so who knows there might be more in the future. I had a blast at my first concert, didn’t really liked the cussing and dirty jokes but the music wasn’t as bad as I thought…I might go to another rock concert someday in the future! =)