agent00013
11/12/05, 08:51 AM
(Originally posted on my site (http://anwamehtar.f2o.org/2005/11/12/the-concert-review))
I went to the Nintendo Fusion Tour in Denver on Wednesday night. The show featured Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out, and Panic! At the Disco.
In short, I loved it. Motion City Soundtrack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_City_Soundtrack) and Fall Out Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Out_Boy) are the obvious reasons (http://www.last.fm/user/agent00013/) I went, and I loved every second of their performances. My only regret is I had to suffer through Boys Night Out instead of getting longer sets from the bands I was there for.
Panic! At the Disco opened the show with their single "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is the Press Coverage" and the crowd got into it. Their lyrics definitely don't stick to PG-13 territory, but they play upbeat, energetic, and compositionally impressive music. They played a few more songs in addition to this one.
Boys Night Out came up next. I didn't enjoy their performance. I don't know if they were off this night, but the instruments and vocals didn't mesh well. There seemed to be no harmony, no melody, only a cacophony that had me craving for the next act. I'll give Boys Night Out another chance sometime 'cause I've heard lots of good things and good reviews of them. I'm guessing they had a bad night.
Next up came Motion City Soundtrack, and I loved every moment of their performance. I'm a huge fan of their style of music and knew every song they played. They hit all the highlights of their two Epitaph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_%28label%29) albums including "Better Open the Door," "Everything is Alright," "When You're Around," "Make Out Kids," "The Future Freaks Me Out," a couple other tracks I can't remember at the moment, and they finished off their set with "My Favorite Accident." There's no better way to finish a set than with a song like that. MCS has a well-polished stage-presence. Their members get into the act. The keyboardist performed some impressive stunts such as doing handstands on the keyboard.
The Starting Line played the next set. While I know and enjoy some of their songs such as "Leaving" and "Best of Me," the content I've heard from their newer album hasn't been my style. So instead of doing my part and contributing to the thriving mass, I hunted for band members. I got my ticket signed by two of the guys from Motion City Soundtrack.
I made my way back to the crowd for Fall Out Boy's performance. Having already seen Motion City Soundtrack, I was satisfied with the concert, but FOB pushed the concert above my expectations.
Fall Out Boy owned the Fillmore Auditorium for the duration of their performance. They split their set into two acts. They played both of their radio/video hits "Sugar, We're Going Down," and "Dance, Dance," and they filled up every remaining second with songs off of their albums "Take This To Your Grave" and "From Under the Cork Tree." They also played an oldskool song I hadn't heard before.
Everybody sang along for every line they knew. Lots of moshing happened, too. I didn't get close to the stage, but had a good time moshing with a group of about six guys where I was standing. Mad props to the people for stopping when my watch broke so I could pick it up, and even more thanks to the same people for stopping when my glasses fell off. I would've been pissed if those got crushed. Next time, I'll wear contacts.
Fall Out Boy also said some things I give them credit for. Instead of having us flip-off God or the government, they said they respected us too much for that and rather had the crowd extend their ring fingers and then dedicated the next song to realizing that everybody's got somebody out there to fall in love with. They also defended the presence of the MTV crowd (the 14 year olds with their moms -- seriously had a group of eight of them with a mom in front of me during the MCS set). I don't care for this age group much, but if they like good music, that's fine. I'd just prefer not to have them in my way when I'm jumping up and down and whatnot.
My brother was at the show, too, and somehow managed to get close enough to the stage to touch Pete Wentz's elbow. Mad props to my bro, I guess, as it certainly made his night. What greater dream can an aspiring punk rocker have?
In conclusion, all I've got to say is you should definitely check this show out if it comes by your town before it's over. Now that I've seen it, I'll be looking forward to seeing Motion City Soundtrack on their headlining tour early in 2006 and catching FOB whenever they come back around.
I went to the Nintendo Fusion Tour in Denver on Wednesday night. The show featured Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out, and Panic! At the Disco.
In short, I loved it. Motion City Soundtrack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_City_Soundtrack) and Fall Out Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Out_Boy) are the obvious reasons (http://www.last.fm/user/agent00013/) I went, and I loved every second of their performances. My only regret is I had to suffer through Boys Night Out instead of getting longer sets from the bands I was there for.
Panic! At the Disco opened the show with their single "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is the Press Coverage" and the crowd got into it. Their lyrics definitely don't stick to PG-13 territory, but they play upbeat, energetic, and compositionally impressive music. They played a few more songs in addition to this one.
Boys Night Out came up next. I didn't enjoy their performance. I don't know if they were off this night, but the instruments and vocals didn't mesh well. There seemed to be no harmony, no melody, only a cacophony that had me craving for the next act. I'll give Boys Night Out another chance sometime 'cause I've heard lots of good things and good reviews of them. I'm guessing they had a bad night.
Next up came Motion City Soundtrack, and I loved every moment of their performance. I'm a huge fan of their style of music and knew every song they played. They hit all the highlights of their two Epitaph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaph_%28label%29) albums including "Better Open the Door," "Everything is Alright," "When You're Around," "Make Out Kids," "The Future Freaks Me Out," a couple other tracks I can't remember at the moment, and they finished off their set with "My Favorite Accident." There's no better way to finish a set than with a song like that. MCS has a well-polished stage-presence. Their members get into the act. The keyboardist performed some impressive stunts such as doing handstands on the keyboard.
The Starting Line played the next set. While I know and enjoy some of their songs such as "Leaving" and "Best of Me," the content I've heard from their newer album hasn't been my style. So instead of doing my part and contributing to the thriving mass, I hunted for band members. I got my ticket signed by two of the guys from Motion City Soundtrack.
I made my way back to the crowd for Fall Out Boy's performance. Having already seen Motion City Soundtrack, I was satisfied with the concert, but FOB pushed the concert above my expectations.
Fall Out Boy owned the Fillmore Auditorium for the duration of their performance. They split their set into two acts. They played both of their radio/video hits "Sugar, We're Going Down," and "Dance, Dance," and they filled up every remaining second with songs off of their albums "Take This To Your Grave" and "From Under the Cork Tree." They also played an oldskool song I hadn't heard before.
Everybody sang along for every line they knew. Lots of moshing happened, too. I didn't get close to the stage, but had a good time moshing with a group of about six guys where I was standing. Mad props to the people for stopping when my watch broke so I could pick it up, and even more thanks to the same people for stopping when my glasses fell off. I would've been pissed if those got crushed. Next time, I'll wear contacts.
Fall Out Boy also said some things I give them credit for. Instead of having us flip-off God or the government, they said they respected us too much for that and rather had the crowd extend their ring fingers and then dedicated the next song to realizing that everybody's got somebody out there to fall in love with. They also defended the presence of the MTV crowd (the 14 year olds with their moms -- seriously had a group of eight of them with a mom in front of me during the MCS set). I don't care for this age group much, but if they like good music, that's fine. I'd just prefer not to have them in my way when I'm jumping up and down and whatnot.
My brother was at the show, too, and somehow managed to get close enough to the stage to touch Pete Wentz's elbow. Mad props to my bro, I guess, as it certainly made his night. What greater dream can an aspiring punk rocker have?
In conclusion, all I've got to say is you should definitely check this show out if it comes by your town before it's over. Now that I've seen it, I'll be looking forward to seeing Motion City Soundtrack on their headlining tour early in 2006 and catching FOB whenever they come back around.