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Also, I was lucky enough to see them on the last night of the WAS tour with Art Brut and the Spinto Band (who are a bunch of cuties, btw. I talked to Thomas since he went to Bennington which is where my bf went [which is actually how I found out about the show. ken asked me to listen to them and I loved them, found out they were touring with WAS, freaked, and bought tickets]. My friend, who was adorably drunk at the time, kept saying I was "PRACTICALLY FAMOUS." ...then she forgot about it and we danced). Because it was there last night, they went all out: everyone coming onstage for the "finale," Chris not having any clothes on besides underwear, etc. etc.
It was one of the best concerts I've been to. I was so ridiculously sweaty and out of breath by the end from trying not to fall over in the mosh (the most that happened to me was that I lost a shoe then regained it. I was, for about 5 minutes until I found it, really thrilled at the prospect of going home with only one shoe on).
This is too long, so
summary: I'm sorry yours wasn't so high-energy, but, ont he whole, it seems that WAS is usually a bunch of rablerousers.
There were moshers?????? Whoa, the average age of the people at this concert was 30, and it was in a really small venue. Maybe I just saw them at a bad show.
Basically all Ben said at this show was the name of the song and the album it was from. Maybe the reason I think these bands are mellow is because I saw them all at bad shows. The death cab show was really boring because all everyone did was stand around and stare at the stage, no one even moved, and when I started to groove with "The Sound of Settling" people stared me down. Maybe it's Florida's fault, not the band's.
Mhm.
(Stolen from someone's Flickr since my pictures hardly do justice to the event. Just to give cred where dred is due: the Flickr account is http://www.flickr.com/photos/nika/. Thank you Nika, whomever you are.)
Crowd surfers
And from my own camera:
Was taken by accident when someone ran into my arm in the mosh when I had my finger on the button. It came out well though. These were two of the more enthusiastic moshers that usually got the pit going. I love moshing. I love the confused look from guys as I throw my (not exactly muscular) self into the pit and just have at it. They never know what to do.
A very blurry Art Brut. I just like the colors.
1 pair of pants too short.
It was fantastic. I'm sorry yours was sub-par; they generally seem to be a lot better. Everyone was screaming along and just jumping and dancing. It was fantastic.
And your pics are sooo rad!
OK GO COMING UP SOOO SOON.
Jealous!? You guys get them twice this week! Including a Halloween costume party/show!
You and your carefree Death Cab filled lifestyle!
I kid.
Also, I totally rebelled and blew off like three major projects for my fantasical weekend of adventure.
I also will stalk them if they go to MTV Canada. Watch for me in the audience Mix! And I have insider telling me that it "might happen". hahaha that means nothing really.
i'm kinda excited for the foo fighters also. i used to get "best of you" stuck in my head all the time, haha.
Yeah, there were moshers at the show I was at over the summer. I was ready to kill all of them (I'm really not for moshing, honestly). I agree with Amy, it seems like WAS are just a bunch of rabblerousers.
i'm kinda excited for the foo fighters also. i used to get "best of you" stuck in my head all the time, haha.
My friends went to the Foo Fighters/Weezer concert. They said it was AMAZING.
You'll have a blast!
Also, your av is fanastic
I'm actually not really familiar with hotels around the area as I've never really had to stay in them (exception being the Marriott on Peel). Apparently Theatre Outremont is off of (suprise suprise) the blue line. I've actually never been on the blue line (as sad as that is. I've only passed through the Snowden metro on my way to Cote-Vertu). If you need a place to crash, you can always stop by my apartment. We have couches and blankets to spare!
I am going to stand in the front and dance. It's going to be fantastic.
OhmygodsoexcitedIcan'tevendomathnotthatiwantedtoanywayI'mgoingtolistentotheHivesOK?
I'm going to a MSTRKRFT video shoot tonight for "Street Justice"! BAH IT SHOULD BE SO RAD!
I went with my friends Leah, Jenny, and Jon. We got there super early, right when the doors opened and were right near the stage. We spent the hour of waiting time playing all the little kid games we could remember including "Concentration" and "Quack Diddly O'Mart" (we rocked at Concentration).
The opening band (Alistair Roberts (sp?)) was eh, but oh my god the Decemberists.
I loved the WAS show because I could bounce around, but, at the risk of sounding trite, this was just an experience. The audience participation was extraordinary and involved cheering and shouting at the top of our lungs during 16 Military Wives (an example can be seen from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSB3EcQzIY. Only, where we were, he split us up down the middle and we [after having us "growl," "leer," and "shake [our] fists"] shouted the chorus at one another), stomped during the opening of The Island, and they reenacted some battle of Canada out in the audience during A Cautionary Song.
The actual ascetics were beautiful. They had set up these huge Chinese lantern like things that would come on whenever they played a portion of the Crane Wife (they started the show by Playing The Crane Wife 1, played 2 somewhere in the middle, and ended before the encore with The Crane Wife 3) and the lights were all red and yellow.
I know it sounds stupid, but everything felt so close and wonderful. It just a bunch of kids cheering and shouting (hearing everyone sing "hear all the bombs fade away" was moving in a cliched way that I don't always like to admit).
he... ive only felt it once though... it was at an Alexisonfire show last summer. There was just a sea of so many people singing along....
im gald you had a great time, the Decemberists rock... heheh and i love that ask Crutchy Mcgee thing.
I went with my friends Leah, Jenny, and Jon. We got there super early, right when the doors opened and were right near the stage. We spent the hour of waiting time playing all the little kid games we could remember including "Concentration" and "Quack Diddly O'Mart" (we rocked at Concentration).
The opening band (Alistair Roberts (sp?)) was eh, but oh my god the Decemberists.
I loved the WAS show because I could bounce around, but, at the risk of sounding trite, this was just an experience. The audience participation was extraordinary and involved cheering and shouting at the top of our lungs during 16 Military Wives (an example can be seen from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSB3EcQzIY. Only, where we were, he split us up down the middle and we [after having us "growl," "leer," and "shake [our] fists"] shouted the chorus at one another), stomped during the opening of The Island, and they reenacted some battle of Canada out in the audience during A Cautionary Song.
The actual ascetics were beautiful. They had set up these huge Chinese lantern like things that would come on whenever they played a portion of the Crane Wife (they started the show by Playing The Crane Wife 1, played 2 somewhere in the middle, and ended before the encore with The Crane Wife 3) and the lights were all red and yellow.
I know it sounds stupid, but everything felt so close and wonderful. It just a bunch of kids cheering and shouting (hearing everyone sing "hear all the bombs fade away" was moving in a cliched way that I don't always like to admit).
Amy, why aren't you a writer??
PS: Art Brut is playing Paris two days after WAS. Booyah.