If you're anything like me and you live in Melbourne you would have been waiting nearly a hundred days for last night. We (Me and two other friends) arrived at Festival Hall at about quarter to six, there were already heaps of people there. We stood around looking at everyone's clothes and bagging them and what ever else you do while you're waiting. Something happened and whole heaps of teenies started screaming. Which really gave me the heaves. We were allowed in at about 6.40 we didn't know where to go and we were really stressing then we walked through some door and we were there. Some really crappy techno songs were being played and by the looks of it a lot of people were really shitted by this. Me included. Everyone stood up and moved forward. I got about ten rows form the rail and stayed there until Something for Kate came out. They played Captain first. That is the only song I know by them so I got really into it. I lost my friends in this song, and didn't find either of them until the end which was not good. Magic Dirt came out and I didn't know any of the songs so I was just moshing when I felt like it. I had made friends with some of the people around me and one of the guys made a comment about Adalita or what ever her name is, he said she was really nice looking and I told him not to come all over us. It was really funny. Then Adalita told us that the crowd sucked and that we were a shit audience. I liked her before but that just made me really angry. I was not happy. I was about three rows from the front now. The security guards were pouring water into people's mouths, I could see them and I could touch them, but I couldn't stick my head out far enough. I really cursed my mum and dad for their genes because I am really short. Some really nice guys were helping me in the mosh because I was really little they were surrounding me and keeping everyone off me. I grabbed onto one of their arms and asked if he could push all the people over because he was tall and I couldn't see a thing. He offered to crowd surf me but after seeing people go down in front of me I was scared. It was my first concert. Half way through magic dirt's set which seemed to drag on for ever, everyone got really violent and really wet from sweat. At the end of their set I was pushed back to about the sixth row and was still being thrown around because I was so little and light. Then I noticed my clothes they were wet like I'd just been swimming and I had other people's sweat all over me which I found repulsive. Finally magic dirt left the stage and more songs were being played on the speakers. The ones that really stood out for me were 'whole lotta love' by Led Zeppelin and 'fight for your right to party' by the Beastie Boys. Everyone was singing along during these two. I was near the back and off to one side so I could cool down but people were still shoulder to shoulder. Every time one of the stage hands came out all the teenies would scream and that really got me shitted. Finally Daniel, Ben and Chris came out. Ben had a spiked up mowhawk, Chris had his hair trimmed and Daniel's dreads were really awesome, There were some really cool technical sounds being played while they entered. I can't remember whether Daniel said anything or whether they just kicked into Slave with the Israel's Son intro. This was really cool I was at the back because I could see about as much from the back as I could from the front. Next came Roses and Abuse Me. I was amazed how much bass was carried through the floor and I could feel every beat of Ben's kick drum or bass drum or what ever in my rib cage and it made me feel as though I was in the music, I was part of it. It was amazing. I can't remember the exact set list from now on but Daniel talked a lot. Ben and Chris left the stage and Daniel was left standing in a light. He played Cemetery and changed the tune around like he always does at the end but also in the first bit before the strings come in on the album. I'd sing it for you if you could hear it. It was amazing!! And his voice wasn't straining like a lot of other people said it was in other summer freakshows The break between cemetery and suicidal dream was literally one second. As soon as the last chord of Cemetery had faded Daniel was straight into suicidal dream, my equal favorite on frogstomp. I didn't even see Ben and Chris come back on. I had gone to get a cup of water and wanted to mosh when I heard suicidal dream, so I skulled down the water and pushed my way through to the middle section as soon as the mosh bit started to be played I jumped and felt all the water in my stomach jiggle around. I hadn't eaten the whole day and I felt really hollow. But I kept moshing. Even though I felt really sick. Daniel kept saying how unprofessional they were through the night Here are some of the things he said: He played the first few chords of learn to hate, then stopped and said, "that's fucked, how unprofessional. Bailey!!" Bailey handed him another guitar and he stared to play again. "That's fucked too Bailey, fix it come on fix it, AH we'll just give it to you out of tune then, NAH Bailey FIX IT!!!" eventually he started to play again. He also gave a little speech about the scouts. "Did you know I used to be in the scouts? Well I was, did you know I was a seconder in the scouts? Well I was, I was always a seconder, I was never a sixer I've always been second best everything I've done through out my life I have always been second best which means I've never been at the mother fucking top!!!" with that everyone cheered. In my eyes, silverchair are at the top. If he can't see that, then I don't know what has to happen before he thinks he's at the top. Everyone got into Learn to Hate. It was awesome. It fully went off. It was so massive. For those of you who saw the recovery special about silverchair then you'll know what I'm talking about next. I was standing talking to some guys who I don't know and they said I hope he skanks and I totally agreed for those of you who don't know what skanking is, it isn't another word for wanking, it's a rock move. It's hard to explain so I won't even try. But I think it would have been good if he got rid of his guitar for a few seconds and started skanking. That would have got everyone really fired up. No Association went off massively and really inspired me to get my own band together so I can give to the audience what silverchair gave to me during the song. It was total catharsis. I made my way down one side of the mosh pit and right down to Daniel's side during Spawn. I didn't recognize it at first but then I remembered one of the reviews saying how she didn't recognize a song then realized it was Spawn. I recognized the drum bit. That's about the only thing that isn't altered in the remix. This song was so fucking kick ass live I was standing near a stack of speakers on Daniel's side when they played Freak, all I could see of Daniel was his head and he looked pure evil when he sang, 'Body and soul/I'm a freak/I'm a freak'. I think this was the last song before they went off stage. Everyone stared chanting "we want more we want more we want more we want more" they came out after a very short time and Daniel devoted Israel's son to Pete Walton. He said "this song's for Pete Walton. He's an internet guy. He runs the internet page for us" (or something along those lines) "so he's really smart." Everyone cheered for you Pete you should be proud. Daniel began to play green sleeves, all the people out there who have studied classical music or even been taught an instrument should know this one. It got stuck in my head and I was humming it all the way home. Daniel left the long breaks as usual in the second 'You're late for the execution' bit it was so good I screamed out "go Daniel" when all was silent. It was so cool I was screaming from here until the end of the show. The freak re mix was a real treat. Daniel was running around the stage and making really erotic noises and letting his voice go wild. I'd love to have a voice half as good as his. He climbed onto a stack of speakers on Chris's side first and sat there for a while then stayed in the middle for a while. Then came over to where I was standing I think was the loudest one there and I was probably the quickest to get to the rail. I was pushing right up against all these teenies and crushing them and screaming really loud and it became terrifyingly painful towards the end I stood about one and a half meters away from Daniel. He hit his head on the speakers above his head and said fuck while the microphone was away from his mouth. I found it really funny. He grabbed a pair of drum sticks and started bashing away on Ben's normal drums as opposed to the electronic ones. I couldn't hear any of what he was playing because I was screaming too loud. He came off the drums and stood center stage on one of the body and soul bits instead of singing I'm a freak he did "SUCK MY DICK" which was a major turn on for me. I looked around me and saw all the teeny boppers drooling. After they left the stage everyone started chanting "we want more" again. But when the lights came on they all stopped. I found out when I found my friends that Ben had smiled at one of them while she was getting thrown around in the first two rows. Daniel kept throwing picks into the audience but I didn't get one, which I was most pissed about. The mosh pit was like a sweat bath and a really vigorous massage and a whole lot of people all pushing one way when you want to go the other but I loved it. I wanna go again!