So, yesterday I came across these videos of Madonna at Coachella and I was like "woah, it would have been amazing to see that show right up next to the stage." Little did I know that these videos were imbedded with subliminal images that would cause me to dream about seeing Madonna perform live in my high school gym. In my dream she performed her heart out even though there were only a few people in the audience, but her show was so inspiring and awesome that we all started rollerskating around the gym like experts, doing stunts that would make the guys from Jackass proud.

Oh, but back to the concert clips. Watching these makes me realize why concert videos are so boring - so much of the excitement of seeing an artist perform live comes from the fact that everyone around you at the concert is absolutely flipping out. When the camera is right next to the stage the sound from the audience becomes an anonymous wave of woos and yeahs. I'd like to see more concert footage from the audience perspective, so that you can really hear people screaming, you can hear that really excited guy behind you go "oh my God!" at the beginning of every song, and the guy next to him scream every single word to every single song until he loses his voice half way through the show.

Besides affecting my subconscious and informing a critique of concert footage, these clips also made me realize how much less I sing along to music nowadays. With most of my music listening being either on the subway or in my office, I can't exactly belt it out like I used to driving in my car or in my room studying. No wonder I've been dying to go out to a karaoke party for ages!