Music Sunday: 2009 Concerts I Attended

The Sounds/Paramore/No Doubt
June 5, Atlanta

On our way to the concert
The Sounds and their awesome performance

Paramore (fun fact: heard "Ignorance" before it was released and thought "I really like this song")

With the lead singer of The Sounds, missing the beginning of No Doubt but it was worth it...

Because I asked her to sign the ticket like that (that's what she kept saying on stage) and she laughed and actually did it

No Doubt doing their thing

And this is apparently me rocking out to No Doubt doing their thing

Not to overstate, but they were amazing

And when we got home, we could NOT stop laughing about this:




Envy On The Coast/Anberlin/Taking Back Sunday
June 17, Atlanta

Envy On The Coast opening up (and doing a damn good job of it)

Anberlin getting us to the main event

The band we all came to see

And the man we all came to see (Adam Lazarra)

The following is a video I didn't take, just found it on youtube. I was probably in the back trying to catch my breath:




Warped Tour 2009
July 28, Atlanta

Warped Tour is always so much fun

Underoath

Me w/ Saosin

Bayside

Senses Fail

The Devil Wears Prada

A Day To Remember and their insanely huge crowd for not being on a main stage

w/ the lead singer of Senses Fail

Chiodos closing out the day

The following is the craziness of seeing Underoath live:

Incubus
August 14, Atlanta

I only got two good pics, which is a shame really

because that concert was absolutely amazing

And the following is one of the sickest intros to a concert I have ever seen:

Carolina Liar/Taking Back Sunday
September 18, Tuscaloosa

Now this one hurt, because I had to attend my rival school's campus in order to watch this show. And when we were there, the coliseum was not even half full so that was disappointing. But what wasn't disappointing was their performance. However, there was one more thing that was disappointing: no pictures. But I did a quick youtube search and found the following video from that concert that displays just why I love this band so much:

The Swellers/Paper Route/Paramore
October 27, Atlanta

The Swellers

A cool collage my friend made of Paper Route and their 27 instruments

Paramore owning the place

And Hayley owning my heart

These pics were taken from a friend's camera, and I had to search youtube once again for a video from that show. Everybody's (and my) favorite song from the new album seems to be Misguided Ghosts, and this their performance, complete with the crowd (that would include myself) joining in



Minus the Bear
November 10, Birmingham

A show we bought tickets for at the last minute, I also did not have a camera for this one and relied on the tube to bring the greatness to this blog post. It turned out to be our last show of the year after failing to see Anberlin/All American Rejects/Taking Back Sunday at the end of November and Saosin at the beginning of December (I also missed Blink-182 in September and still kick myself for it). But if this is a band you haven't heard of, you need to know. Show was epic.



So ends the look back at 2009. I already have Muse in February and Warped Tour (possibly in Chicago -- WHAT) to look forward to, but here's hoping that some of my favorite bands hit the road and here's really hoping I have my own camera this time.

My New Man Crush

Dear Brandon,

You are joining an elite list. You were always one step away from being mentioned with the Depp's and Rock's of this world. But after tonight's concert, you are officially there.

Maybe it was the acoustic performances of Drive, Talk Shows on Mute and Dig. Maybe it was the way you practically made love to the mic. Maybe it was thousands of kids singing your lyrics with you and you stopping and smiling while we said key phrases. Maybe it's because like in the above picture you wore a shirt that said "Make Believe, Not War."

Either way, you killed it tonight. (honestly, it was your bandmates too, so they get a picture below as well). It was good enough to make the ridiculous Atlanta traffic a little more bearable.

Thank you and welcome to the club.

Lapse

So the concert tonight was... interesting, adventurous, and a time I won't forget. Were there awesome times? Of course. Were there times that weren't so awesome? Unfortunately, yes. So while my partner in crime on this night gets the pictures and stuff ready, I will wait to post a "review" or whatever about it.

While you wait (cuz I know you are), check out this song. It was by the opening band, Envy On The Coast. This song is slow, but it's like one of their only slow songs that they unfortunately did not play tonight. They rocked real hard though (that sounded kinda lame) and they were some of the coolest guys ever. I recognized the singer near the end of the TBS set, and I asked for a picture to which his response was "of course man." So anyways, if you have seen my quote on my profile page, this is the song that it comes from. I swear if I could, I would get that line tattooed.

Warning: This song would fall under the category of "deep."





The road turned into a snake
It looked in my veins and said
"It's in your blood"
That's when I tried to run
But it was way to dark
Got scared, and ran into your arms
Oh sweet chemical predicament
Can't stop, can't change the evident
Predisposed to forget the best part
A story where the hero dies without regard
Made sure that the needle was clean
When I let myself fall asleep
And all I kept was a piece of your picture
Slipped through my fingers when I slid into my dreams
It's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

I know you know how it feels to make a clean break
My bones are your bones
My home is your home
You must be, so confused
Got scared and ran away from you
Oh sweet divine predicament
Can't hide I can't change the evident
I'm predisposed to trust a photograph
To portray the way you used to laugh
Do you recall the day you wed?
Such a radiant bride, you couldn't wait to see
Your first born take his very first step
And you smiled at him, 'cause you thought he looked like
Me, it's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

Now I've dodged your questions so much
I don't possess the strength
To answer straight
And no, I'm not afraid, at least not to die
I'm afraid to live and not remember why
Sweet chemical indifference, I can't stop
Can't change the evident
Predisposed to perpetual sickness
I refuse to let you all be witness
Make sure that the needle is clean when
You let me go back to sleep
And situate the piece of the picture
Underneath my fingers it protects me in my dreams
It's not as deep as it seems
And as unfair as it may be
I'm just here to remind you
Remind you not to forget to remember me

In case I haven't mentioned this already... (updated)

I will be seeing Taking Back Sunday on Wednesday. Expect something more about this tomorrow. Until then, I am going to hope and pray that they do something similar to this in Atlanta.



Sink Into Me - Acoustic