Tehcno Virgin

This Saturday is my birthday and to celebrate my friend and I are going to my first ever techno concert, if you don’t include Girl Talk because I don’t really consider Girl Talk techno, he’s really just a mix master. We will be seeing David Guetta at the same theater that we saw Girl Talk, and I pretty much plan on dancing the entire time. As Dave Grohl would say, “celebrate meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

I am not really a techno fan, but when my friend said, what do you want to do for your birthday, I responded with, “Let’s see who’s playing in Chicago that night.” The best option was Daivd Guetta. I actually only really know one of his songs, “Memories” with Kid Cudi, and I love it, but I think that has a lot more to do with Cudi than it does with Guetta. I have been listening to him on the Pandora station and on youtube, and I can say that while I am still looking forward to Saturday I am getting a bit nervous.

I love concerts and I love music, but my two favorite things about music are usually missing from techno. I love music for its lyrics, I consider songwriters poets. I love when you feel a connection to something someone wrote, or it makes you think about something in a different way. It’s probably the same reason I love puns and clever people. The other thing I love about concerts is the chance to see people play their instruments live. Sometimes there’s nothing better than seeing a guitar solo in person, or seeing Flea jump four feet in the air while keeping the bass line perfect, and do not get me started on drummers. I think my obsession is that I have tried to drum and it is a talent I will never ever have so I am even more impressed with it. Seeing Guetta behind turntables I do not think will gratify me in the same way. Also I feel like there’s going to be less of a personal connection with the audience cause he’s going to have this huge set up literally blocking him from his fans. Though, having never been to a techno concert before maybe DJs somehow get past this and I will be pleasantly surprised.

What I am excited for is DANCING! In a way I’m glad that my first techno live experience will fall on my birthday and there will be absolutely no pressure to pay attention to his actions and I can just DANCE!