Mama I'm Stayin' Home

I love concerts. Always have. Always will. I've been to nearly if not over a thousand shows since I was old enough to make my own money. I've seen everyone from Aerosmith to ZZ Top and I can remember (almost) all of them. I'm sure I've suffered some hearing loss (and liver damage). I love the whole build up, the crowd, the stage, the lights, and of course the music. I like it loud. Real loud. If my ears weren't ringing for two days after the show then it wasn't loud enough. I like to be close enough to the stage to have the speakers blow my clothes off. I had seen Madonna back in '08 while she was on her "Sticky and Sweet Tour", so when she announced that she was touring for her "MDNA" album my buddies and I agreed to get tickets and I was stoked to see her again. As the show loomed ahead I went into my usual pre-show mode of where we would meet and what I was going to wear. I guess that it was about a week to show time that I found myself up to my neck in school projects. I was slammed with work and school and had absolutely no social life so I kept putting the concert out of head. The night before the show it suddenly dawned on me...I DON'T WANNA GO. I thought that it might be because of school, but it was more than that. Yes I was busy, but the idea of getting to Staples Center and navigating the endless L.A. crowd and trying to break my neck to see her suddenly seemed like a big pain in my ass. And epic fail on Madonna's team for allowing such horrendous seating. They had placed at least 800 seats BEHIND the stage. I wasn't going and that was that so I sold my ticket to a friend of mine and stayed home to finish my Typography project. Did I miss a good show? Yes. She's Madonna, she's fierce, she puts on an amazing show, she's a diva and all gay men must worship her billion dollar vagina...I get it, but it just doesn't appeal to me these days. I wasn't angry or bitter about it at all. I just truly had no desire to go. I still like her, but her music just isn't what it used to be. When I was a rebellious 15 year old who was coming to terms with his sexuality her music truly resonated with me, but now her music seems thin and the lyrics feel more like an after thought... or maybe I'm just getting old. I still love a good show and that will never change. I got an A on my project.