The Insane Way I Snuck Into A Private Concert |瘋狂的|||潛入|||私人|音樂會 |verrückte|||schlich|||| The|crazy|||sneaked|||| el|locura|manera|yo|me colé|a||privada|Concierto Die verrückte Art, wie ich mich in ein Privatkonzert geschlichen habe La locura de colarme en un concierto privado La façon insensée dont je me suis introduit dans un concert privé Il modo folle in cui mi sono intrufolato in un concerto privato 프라이빗 콘서트에 몰래 들어간 미친 방법 Beprotiškas būdas, kuriuo prasmukau į privatų koncertą A forma insana como entrei à socapa num concerto privado Безумный способ, которым я пробрался на частный концерт Özel Bir Konsere Gizlice Girmemin Çılgın Yolu 我偷偷溜进私人音乐会的疯狂方式 我偷偷溜進私人音樂會的瘋狂方式

- 11 years ago, años|hace

I put together the perfect plan yo|junté|juntos||perfecto|plan

to break into a private concert |闖入|||| |||||private performance a|romper|a|||

and this is that story. |esta||esa|historia

So this all starts the summer entonces|||||verano

of my junior year of college. |||||Universität de|mi|tercero|año||

I had a job bartending. ||||Barkeeper-Job |tenía||trabajo|como bartender

It was a regular gig at a local bar on Main Street, ||||Auftritt||||||| ||||performance||||||| ||||concierto||||||Main|Calle

but every so often I would take catering gigs |jede|so|oft||||Catering|Aufträge |||||||food service| |||||||catering|trabajos

for a little extra cash.

So that summer, this catering company ||||catering|

got this contract to cater these five private concerts ||Vertrag||verpflegen|||| ||||proveer||||

for this ritzy private school out east. ||schicke|||| |esta|elegante|||fuera|este

Now the concerts were Tom Petty, |||||Tom Petty Ahora|||||

Prince, Dave Matthews Band, |Dave|Matthews| |Dave Matthews|Matthews Band|

I forget the fourth one, |||cuarta|uno

but the five one was Billy (bleeping) Joel. |||||Billy|verdammt| |||||Billy|cursing|Joel ||||||maldito|

To give you some context here,

Long Island has been referred to as The Joel Bubble. ||||bezeichnet|||||Blase ||||referido||como||Joel|Burbuja

Now, obviously he has fans everywhere ahora|obviamente|||fans|en todas partes

but I was in the epicenter |||||Epizentrum |||||center

and he's just as big as it gets. |él|justo||grande|||

I'm just trying to get you as excited as I was. |||||||aufgeregt||| I am||trying|||||excited|||

Now, because my main gig was at the bar, |da|||Job|||| |because||main|job||in||

I couldn't just abandon all of my ships, |||verlassen|||| |could not||abandon||||ships

so I decided to choose two of the concerts ||||||||Konzerte ||||choose||||

and I got Dave Matthews Band and of course, Billy Joel. ||||||||of course||

Now, granted I would be working during the shift, |zugegebenermaßen|||||||Schicht |admittedly|||be|working|throughout||shift

but it was a free way to get in ||||free|||get|

and I had already decided I would be working |||already|decided||||

as little as possible. |||possible

Now, the concerts were supposed to be on the sports field ||||sollten|||||| ||||supposed|||||sports|field

which is pretty intimate, considering the level |||intim||| which||rather|personal|given||level

of the people that were performing. |||||auftraten |||||performing

Fast forward to two weeks before the gig. fast|forward||two|weeks|before||show

I get a phone call. |||phone|call

The catering company have lost the contract. |catering||has|lost||

No! No

Now look, they were a good catering group |see||||good|catering|group

but I just don't think that they were able to |||do not|think||||able|

match the ritz and glamor that the school was going for. ||Ritz||Glamour|||||| matches|the|luxury and elegance||glamour|||||going|

Needless to say, I was heartbroken. unnötig|||||herzzerreißend unnecessary||say|||devastated

Not only was I not gonna get to see Billy Joel, not||||||||see||

but now I was out two shifts of work. ||||||Schichten|| ||||||shifts||

Days later, days|later

I decided.

I'm still going to this concert. |still||||

I will devise a plan ||entwerfen|| |will|create||

to go and see Billy Joel. |go||||

Anyone that knows me, anyone||knows|me

it was pretty easy to say that they weren't surprised |||easy|||||were not|surprised

that I would be attempting to do this. ||||versuchen||| ||||attempt||do|

This is just what Rob does. ||||Rob| |||what|Rob|does

Now, the tickets to this concert ||tickets|||

were like 1,500 bucks a piece. |cost|dollars||each

Probably lined their goal post with gold leaf or something. |verkleidet||||||Blatt|| probably|lining|their|goal|post|with|gold|leaf|or|else

Did I mention the high school had a helipad? ||erwähnen||||||Hubschrauberlandeplatz did||mention||high||||helipad

Clearly buying a ticket was out klarerweise||||| clearly|buying||ticket||

so I decided to Google ||||Google

some of the other premier catering companies in the area. ||||erstklassigen||||| |||other|top||companies|||area

Now, there were like three or four companies |there|||three||four|

that the job could have gone to |||could||gone|

and if I could find out which one actually got the contract, ||||||||tatsächlich|||Vertrag |if|||find||||actually|||

I figured I could get my way in. |dachte|||||| |figured||||||

Now, I struck out on the first call. ||schlug||||| ||set out||||first|

They hadn't heard of the gig |||||Auftritt |had not|heard|||event

so I knew it wasn't them. ||wusste||| ||knew||was not|them

Now, the second call, I asked to speak to my dad (mumbles) |||||||||||murmelte ||second|||asked|||||dad|mumbles

in the kitchen. ||kitchen

They transferred me to the kitchen |moved||to||

and I'm talking in circles ||talking||circles

so that they don't really know that I really ||||really|know|||

don't know anybody at this company. ||anyone|||

After the pass of a phone, ||Anruf||| after||pass|||

I get one of the sous chefs on the phone |||||Sous|Küchenchefs||| |||||sous|chefs|||

and I'm pretending to be frustrated ||tue so||| ||pretending|||frustrated

like I'm being transferred all around, |||verlegt|| ||being|||everywhere

I can't get an answer. |can not||an|answer

I just need to know what is the catering outfit ||need|||||||outfit

for the private school concerts.

I held my breath and waited. |held||breath||waited

- [Chef] Yeah, it's khakis and white button down. |||Khakis|||| Chef|yes|it is|khaki pants||white|shirt|down

- Brilliant. Brilliant

- [Chef] Oh, and don't forget |Oh|||

all the employees are to report to the local airports ||Mitarbeiter||||||| ||employees|||report||||airports

and you'll be shuttled into the event. |||gebracht||| |you will||transported|to||event

- Double brilliant. Double(1)|

Okay, so once I'm in, then what? okay||once|||then|

I'll still be dressed like a caterer. ||||||Caterer I will|||dressed|||caterer

I would wear ||wear

my white shirt and my khakis ||shirt|||khaki pants

and bring a spare pair of jeans ||||||Jeans |bring||spare|pair||jeans

hidden inside of an empty sparkling water bottle. |||||sprudelndem|| hidden|inside|||empty|sparkling|water|bottle

Caterers are always hurrying somewhere Caterer|||unterwegs| caterers||always|hurrying|somewhere

or carrying a bunch of random (bleeps). ||||||Pieptöne |carrying||bunch||random|sounds

So I'd look like a caterer |I would||||caterer

running around, getting ready for the event. running||getting|ready|||

But in reality, ||reality

I have change of clothes. ||change||clothes

Okay, I feel good about this. ||feel||about|

My friends were having a big pool party that night |friends||having||big|pool|party||night

which I would be skipping ||||springen ||||skipping

but if I succeeded, |||erfolgreich wäre |||succeed

I'd be able to go back to that party ||able|||return|||

and have plenty of people to gloat to. ||viel||||sich freuen| ||plenty||||brag|

I'd be the (bleeps) man. ||||man

All right, so the day finally arrives. |right|||day|finally|arrives

It's worth mentioning here that my parents |es ist wert|erwähnen|||| |is|mentioning||||parents

were completely aware of what I was about to do. ||bewusst||||||| |fully|aware|||||||

You know, like I said, it's no surprise. ||||told|||surprise

So I'm leaving the house, ||leaving||house

my mom was all kind of excited. ||||||aufgeregt |mom|||kind||

She was like, you're gonna see Billy! she|||you are|||

Only thing my stepfather has to say is, |||Stiefvater|||| |thing||stepfather||||

where's the local police station where is|||police|station

so we know where to come pick you up? |we||where||come|pick||

Okay, so, it was time. ||||time

It was time to start. ||||begin

On my way to the private airport, ||||||airport

I take up the box of sparkling water, ||||box|||

dump 'em out in my trunk, they're all rolling around, dumpen||||||||| load|them||||trunk|they are||rolling|

jeans inside, ready to go.

I pull up to the airfield, I park. |||||Flughafen|| |drive||||airfield||park

Caterers everywhere. |überall Caterers|

I get in line. |||line

I got my box of sparkling water |||||sparkling|

waiting to get onto the next shuttle. |||in das nächste Shuttle einsteigen|||Shuttle waiting|||on||next|shuttle

Just a five-minute drive down the road. |a||minute|drive|||road

We get to the gate. ||||gate

We pull in through security. |||through|security

I get out of the van. |||||van

I'm not catching as much as an eye. ||catching||much|||eye

Caterers everywhere, blending perfectly. |überall|mischen| ||are blending|perfectly

I was playing the part. ||playing||part

This event was ginormous. |||riesig |||gigantic

I mean, no expense spared. |||Kosten|gespart |mean||expense|spared

They have lugged in full-sized ||geschleppt||| ||lugged||full|sized

portable walking fridges, ||Kühlschränke portable|walking|fridges

giant fancy tents with glass bay windows. |schicke||||| giant|fancy|tents||glass|bay|windows

They had flowers and professional lighting. ||flowers||professional|lighting

Absolutely nuts. |verrückt Absolutely|nuts

Oh God, wait a minute.

The concert doesn't start until dusk. ||||bis|Dämmerung ||does not||before|dusk

I have three hours to kill. |||||verbringen |||||spend

I needed to be fitting in ||||angemessen| |needed|||fitting|

with the caterers, chefs, party planners running around |||||planners||

and concert goers all have bracelets. ||Besucher|||Armbänder ||attendees|||bracelets

This was only going to work

if I remained a caterer until dark ||blieb|||| ||remained||||dark

and then I would change and head out to the stage. ||||||head||||stage

No one would be able to see if I had a wrist band on or not. |||||||||||Handgelenk|||| |||||||||||wrist|band|||

It was gonna be dark.

So I sat on a folding chair for quite some time |||||Klapp-||||| ||sat|||folding|chair||quite||

and moved my positions here. and|moved||position|

I just looked like a caterer that was on a break. ||looked|||caterer|||||

It felt like ages! |felt||ages

But the sun finally started to set. ||sun||||set

I jumped into a porta potty to change. ||||Plumpsklo|Klo|| |jumped|||potty|potty||

Before you judge me like, ew, that's gross. ||verurteilen|||ew||ekelhaft |||||ew|that is|disgusting

One, what was I supposed to do? ||||sollte||

And two, you should've seen this thing. |||hättest||| |||should have|seen||

It had running water, marble countertops. |||||Arbeitsplatten ||||marble|countertops

Must be nice. must||nice

I emerge with a white button down shirt |appear wearing||||||

and a pair of jeans. ||pair||

I would blend in perfectly with the other 1%, ||fit|||||

but I was about 10 to 15 years younger ||||||younger

than every other person there. than|||person|

As soon as I walk out onto the field, |as|||step||onto||field

I was immediately offered food and drink. ||sofort|||| ||right away|offered||and|beverage

I'm like what!

I made my way to the stage |made|||||

with a beer in my left hand ||beer|||left|hand

and a kickass steak sandwich in my right. ||geiles||||| ||awesome|steak|sandwich|||

This is going to be awesome. |||||great

My pulse was racing. |pulse||racing

The sun is set, the stage lights come up. ||||||lights||

I was here, I was in.

I was in the perfect spot. |||||spot

I had (bleeps) done it. |||done|

Now, if you think this story is done,

the craziest part is about to happen. ||||bereit||passieren |craziest|||||happen

Within minutes, I was able to budge my way through ||||in der Lage||bahnen||| within|minutes|||||make|||

and now I am standing right at the foot of the stage, ||||standing||||foot|||

six feet from Billy. |feet||

For the next two hours, I had the time of my life.

So like 45 minutes or so into the concert,

I couldn't tell if I was just fangirling out |||||||schwärmen| ||tell|||||freaking out|

or if I kept catching Billy Joel's eye. ||||||Joels| |||kept|||Joel|

For a minute, I was like,

oh my God, no, he knows.

He knows I'm not supposed to be here. ||||sollte|||

Then I was like, wait a minute, that's impossible. ||||||||impossible

The regular set finishes. ||Set| ||set|finishes

He plays for a damn long time, actually. ||||verdammt||| |plays|||damn|||

It was time for some encores. |||||Zugaben |||||encore performances

So he obviously finishes with Piano Man. |||||Piano|

It was 10:30 or so, on a Saturday. |||approximately|||Saturday

The piano sounded like a carnival. |||||Karneval ||sounded|||carnival

I smell like a beer. |smell|||

I was fully immersed. |||eingetaucht ||fully|immersed

The song ends, the crowd goes nuts! ||||Menge||verrückt |song|ends||crowd|goes|wild

People are screaming more, more, more! ||schreien|mehr|| ||screaming|more||

I'm like, he just played for three hours, ||||played|||

you greedy bastards. |gierigen|Bastarde |selfish individuals|bastards

Let the man go home. let||||home

So Billy unholsters his harmonica. ||zieht hervor||Harmonika ||removes||harmonica

He stands up, he comes to the edge of the stage |stands|||comes|||border|||

and he's like a foot in front of me. ||||foot||in front||

I'm just like staring up at him. |||staring|||him

Takes the harmonica, he cocks his arm back ||||beugt||| takes||||cocks||arm|

like he's gonna throw it into the crowd, |||throw||||crowd

but instead, he bends down and hands it to me. |stattdessen||beugt|||||| |rather||bends|||hands|||

This mission was accomplished. |mission||completed

Now, I know some of you are watching this |||||||watching|

and saying cool, but this is clearly fake. |saying|cool|||||fake

And to that I say, I promise it's not fake. ||||||promise|||

See for yourself. ||yourself

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