God Gave Rock ‘n Roll To Me

“Ya, OK… Bagus sekali…” said the Brand Manager of a product whose office in Gatot Subroto, closing our presentation on the final online TVC we did for him. It was 8:30pm already when I looked at my watch. I swore to myself that I was to go to Senayan, if everything goes OK with the presentation.

Initial time for presentation was 5:00pm… However, the damn rendering process of graphics seemed too slow… Shit! I can even taste my own urine on my tongue. Bullshitting about the traffic, and shit like it became my duties to get away…

Ojek was my first choice. After telling my director – Ferry and driver – Mandy, to go back to office and leave all my belongings with them.. I took the fastest looking motorbike available to take me to MUSE Concert…! It was the old adrenaline pumping situation. I had not possess a ticket to go in… I had to look for one, outside the stadium..

On my way there, I got quite panicky… no calls were picked up by any of my friends who I knew were inside already… My God! The show must have started… While I was still away behind the ojek driver who was so smelly and had to wear a shitty-smell helmet too..

But then I managed to be inside it… I looked around for an opening to have the best view towards the stage. A little kid was standing next to me. I bet he was about 10 years old. I asked him how many songs I missed.. he replied, only 3… Good..!

I am not a good follower of MUSE, even I had 2 of their albums… But the energy of watching a live music concert always thrills me.. It was a universal language, a language called music. And Rock Music is the heaviest thrill..

I did not get to cry like when I watched Rolling Stones or Red Hot Chili Peppers a while ago… I did not get to be violent and losing it like when I was in front of Rage Against The Machine, Rancid, Porno for Pyros, Beastie Boys or Prodigy’s stages… Or I did not get to be sentimental like watching Bjork, Suede, U2 or Smashing Pumpkins… But believe me… MUSE performance was one of the best shows I ever saw.. I banged my head when they started 1 – 2 beats that sounded like Rage Against The Machine… My eyes were wide opened when Matt the front person of MUSE fingering the piano frantically… just like an opera music… Damn! These guys were good…!!!

I danced till I sweat… Forgetting my age… Forgetting the little kid next to me and his mother who kept staring at me…

Thank you God.. for giving the Rock ‘n Roll spirit inside me….