Early in my freshman year in college, Green Day came to Boston and did a concert at the Hatch Shell. It wasn’t my thing, for reasons similar to how it probably wouldn’t have been your thing at that age either. A brawl broke out because, well, Boston…Some classmates were there and returned with black eyes. I was inwardly judge-y.
Last summer, just over 31 years later, I attended a Green Day concert myself. It may be the best show I’ve ever seen.
I’m grateful for the way my Christian upbringing shielded me from some things that would have been hurtful or harmful. But sometimes I wonder if the cost of other experiences was just. Maybe, maybe not.
Thanks for the comment, Jeff. I really do appreciate it. I would love to see them in concert some day. I get exactly what you are saying about being judgey at that age (which might lead into a Green Day Part 2–still ruminating). I’m genuinely curious though, what kinds of things do you mean by “harmful and hurtful”? I fall into the camp of the cost of missing the experience was NOT worth it.
That wasn't specific to Green Day...just a more general comment. Mostly about drugs/alcohol, I suppose. But I was shielded from some other things which had the opposite effect once I began to experience more of life. But I sometimes think I was "robbed" of concert experiences. Going to Lady Gaga tomorrow...so I'm working on making up for lost time!
There is a part of me, I’m not sure how small, that wishes I had been allowed to “experiment” more. Gotten drunk before I was 27, smoked weed before I was in my 30s. So, yes, I do agree, better late than never. 🙂
Early in my freshman year in college, Green Day came to Boston and did a concert at the Hatch Shell. It wasn’t my thing, for reasons similar to how it probably wouldn’t have been your thing at that age either. A brawl broke out because, well, Boston…Some classmates were there and returned with black eyes. I was inwardly judge-y.
Last summer, just over 31 years later, I attended a Green Day concert myself. It may be the best show I’ve ever seen.
I’m grateful for the way my Christian upbringing shielded me from some things that would have been hurtful or harmful. But sometimes I wonder if the cost of other experiences was just. Maybe, maybe not.
I don’t judge those black eyes anymore though.
Thanks for the comment, Jeff. I really do appreciate it. I would love to see them in concert some day. I get exactly what you are saying about being judgey at that age (which might lead into a Green Day Part 2–still ruminating). I’m genuinely curious though, what kinds of things do you mean by “harmful and hurtful”? I fall into the camp of the cost of missing the experience was NOT worth it.
That wasn't specific to Green Day...just a more general comment. Mostly about drugs/alcohol, I suppose. But I was shielded from some other things which had the opposite effect once I began to experience more of life. But I sometimes think I was "robbed" of concert experiences. Going to Lady Gaga tomorrow...so I'm working on making up for lost time!
There is a part of me, I’m not sure how small, that wishes I had been allowed to “experiment” more. Gotten drunk before I was 27, smoked weed before I was in my 30s. So, yes, I do agree, better late than never. 🙂