Schreiforme417
12/08/08, 03:13 PM
this was taken in part from my blog, but here is the concert part
The Friday Night Boys:
I've seen them once before, over the summer at the school of rock. They were cool. Feel good and the singer/guitarist impressed me that he was the one playing the leads on most of the songs.
They were lively and energetic and even though the crowd wasn't moving (probably because they couldn't) they were still into it. A qualm I have is that they do not play 3AM. I freakin love that song. Other than that, though, they were fine. I bobbed my head, clapped for them, etc. They did nothing that turned me off. I think the singer did a pretty good job of mixing talking with playing, since some bands just all play or all talk and talk about boring things, like shitty jokes. Not here. Thank god.
Every Avenue:
The crowd thickens. I contemplate pulling a Jesus, walking on water, but by water I mean the heads of the youth.
Every Avenue was the first disappointment of the night. The singer would do this headbanging thing while he was singing and completely miss the mic. Dude, use your arm and follow your mouth, not that hard. It wasn't like they were the headliner and everyone knew every word. People knew the words, yeah, but so? They weren't loud enough to make up for him missing the mic. Their drummer reminds me of a monkey, with his beard and short hair. But that aside, I just wasn't impressed. They're another pop punk band in the splatter painting that is our scene. Its all the same in different shades so whatever.
While the Maine is setting up to go on, I see Alyx. We hug, I meet her friend and we head toward the back corner bar, where the parents and those of age were.
The Maine:
So okay, sweet. This band was my favorite of the night. I was honestly impressed. I have their cd, and their songs are good and catchy but I didn't expect much of them (I mean come on, they were on punk goes crunk...) But, I was wrong. The banter was fine and the musicians were all energetic. I found myself singing along, swaying, whatever. it had to be the music cause it sure as hell wasn't the 5.50 bud light (gouge me a little more starland, no really, here's my wallet just take it). They played two of my fav songs by them and I was happy.
Mayday Parade:
Okay, I LOVE Mayday's CD. It was one of the most played of the summer, as well as a number of the tracks are on my top 25 most played on my ipod (minimum on there is 55 at last count). I saw them over the summer and they were pretty okay. It was at warped so that's never really a good judge of a show quality, I don't think.
Mayday was disappointment 2 on the night like whoa.
The music was okay, the sound wasn't too great but that's more the sound guy than anything, until, of course, they got to the solo of "I'd hate to be you..." It just sounded crappy. It was muffled by a bad effect and the guitarist standing on top of the monitor did not improve his playing ability. I could play the solo better. As for the vocals, Alyx made a good point. "They sing for themselves, there is no sense of harmony."
True and I couldn't say it better.
So they play and its okay. The entire time we're in the bar, watching and standing and talking. I enjoyed watching the parents dancing.
All Time Low came on next. Opened with 'Popping Champagne.' They were what i expected. Poppy sugary and playing to please fourteen year olds. The music was like it is on the cd. They put on an okay show, nothing spectacular. It may be because I'm older, because I wasn't in the crowd, or because most of the guys in ATL come off as d-bags. Yeah, that could be in.
Okay, so that wasn't really a concert review. Oh well.
The Friday Night Boys:
I've seen them once before, over the summer at the school of rock. They were cool. Feel good and the singer/guitarist impressed me that he was the one playing the leads on most of the songs.
They were lively and energetic and even though the crowd wasn't moving (probably because they couldn't) they were still into it. A qualm I have is that they do not play 3AM. I freakin love that song. Other than that, though, they were fine. I bobbed my head, clapped for them, etc. They did nothing that turned me off. I think the singer did a pretty good job of mixing talking with playing, since some bands just all play or all talk and talk about boring things, like shitty jokes. Not here. Thank god.
Every Avenue:
The crowd thickens. I contemplate pulling a Jesus, walking on water, but by water I mean the heads of the youth.
Every Avenue was the first disappointment of the night. The singer would do this headbanging thing while he was singing and completely miss the mic. Dude, use your arm and follow your mouth, not that hard. It wasn't like they were the headliner and everyone knew every word. People knew the words, yeah, but so? They weren't loud enough to make up for him missing the mic. Their drummer reminds me of a monkey, with his beard and short hair. But that aside, I just wasn't impressed. They're another pop punk band in the splatter painting that is our scene. Its all the same in different shades so whatever.
While the Maine is setting up to go on, I see Alyx. We hug, I meet her friend and we head toward the back corner bar, where the parents and those of age were.
The Maine:
So okay, sweet. This band was my favorite of the night. I was honestly impressed. I have their cd, and their songs are good and catchy but I didn't expect much of them (I mean come on, they were on punk goes crunk...) But, I was wrong. The banter was fine and the musicians were all energetic. I found myself singing along, swaying, whatever. it had to be the music cause it sure as hell wasn't the 5.50 bud light (gouge me a little more starland, no really, here's my wallet just take it). They played two of my fav songs by them and I was happy.
Mayday Parade:
Okay, I LOVE Mayday's CD. It was one of the most played of the summer, as well as a number of the tracks are on my top 25 most played on my ipod (minimum on there is 55 at last count). I saw them over the summer and they were pretty okay. It was at warped so that's never really a good judge of a show quality, I don't think.
Mayday was disappointment 2 on the night like whoa.
The music was okay, the sound wasn't too great but that's more the sound guy than anything, until, of course, they got to the solo of "I'd hate to be you..." It just sounded crappy. It was muffled by a bad effect and the guitarist standing on top of the monitor did not improve his playing ability. I could play the solo better. As for the vocals, Alyx made a good point. "They sing for themselves, there is no sense of harmony."
True and I couldn't say it better.
So they play and its okay. The entire time we're in the bar, watching and standing and talking. I enjoyed watching the parents dancing.
All Time Low came on next. Opened with 'Popping Champagne.' They were what i expected. Poppy sugary and playing to please fourteen year olds. The music was like it is on the cd. They put on an okay show, nothing spectacular. It may be because I'm older, because I wasn't in the crowd, or because most of the guys in ATL come off as d-bags. Yeah, that could be in.
Okay, so that wasn't really a concert review. Oh well.