I went to the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert last night at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. It was a good show, but I was a little disappointed that they didn’t play some of their older stuff. Was it too much to ask for something from Freaky Styley, maybe “Catholic School Girls Rule“? 
There were a lot of much younger fans than I expected, including the young girl next to me whose loud screaming could be used to make the most hated alarm clock ever.
My only problem with going to concerts in DC is that I wind up getting home so damn late, it throws off my morning routine. No gym this morning, slept in, and got to the office late. Oy.
There was a bit of entertainment at the show last night. Behold the two photos from my cameraphone below.
I don’t know whether or not you can make it out in the photos, but the fellow pictured is balding and has a rather long set of dreadlocks. In a sin that is just as bad as having a pony tail while being bald, this gentleman is balding and has groomed the dreads. To quote the guy sitting behind me: “Wow, his dreads are pretty long for a bald guy; I wonder if he started growing them when he had hair.” Just give it up, man. It’s bad enough to groom the long hair while bald, but even worse to groom the dreads!
Stay classy, bald dread-locked guy!
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I should have warned you about the young fans, although it couldn’t have been worse than when I saw Green Day at Merriweather last year or so. The kids were there with their parents. The line for t-shirts was longer than the line for beer. But of course, I liked Green Day & RHCP when I was 13, too.
RHCP also only played 2 older songs at Virgin Fest (and nothing pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magic), but that was a shorter set.
That guy should have twirled his dreads up turban style on the top of his head to hide the bald spot!
How was Gnarls Barkley?
Don’t hate on my hair! And why are you taking pictures of me? Just kidding. I swear, I’m not that guy.
Anyway, apparently the Peps have given up on anything pre-BloodSugar because their fanbase either has forgotten it, or doesn’t know it exists. Somehow, you have retained enough brain cells to know that Mother’s Milk is not just what’s for breakfast. For that, I commend you.
LOL… thanks jjt, those photos made me feel alot better about my own hair or lack thereof.
danielle: My problem with Gnarls Barkley–who had an entertaining Austin Powers costume arrangement on–was that the singing tended to be drowned out by the music. I don’t know if it was Cee-Lo’s voice, the acoustics, or something else, but it was hard trying to make out the words.
AGT: Sorry about those photos.
Thanks for the commendation. My issue with the Peps is that they need to occasionally make it a bit more funky and return to their roots. Stadium Arcadium is the closest they have been in years, but I blame Dave Navarro’s brief time with the band for this turn in their music. Damn him!
j$: You and me both!
I saw them in 1987, sitting on the edge of a stage in a sleazy, dirty little club in Atlanta. Fishbone opened for them.
I liked Fishbone better, but the Peppers were pretty good. That being said I just can imagine them in a stadium. I know they have been doing stadiums for most of their years, but still I have them stuck in my head with the small club thing… and doing that old stuff in their underwear. or the sock ball thing. I can’t imagine they flash their genitals much these days!
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