I know it's been ages and I keep promising to write more and I will! Just I've had exams and stuff, but I will make this more regular.
Anyway, a few weeks ago I went to see My Chemical Romance.
MCR's new album "Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" is a concept album based around the lives of "The Fabulous Killjoys" set in California 2019. To be honest, when listening to it I didn't really "get" the concept much. But it's definately one of the best albums I own. Most of the songs make you want to party or have a deep think. My favourite songs off the album are "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na)" - which is an excellent song with up-beat rhythm, great lyrics and catchy riff - "Planetary (GO!)" - again, a great party song with great lyrics that just makes you want to dance - and "Vampire Money" - another dancy song having a poke at the many people who critisized the band for not making a song for vampire film "New Moon".
When we went to see MCR on 12/2/11 at Wembley Arena, for once we didn't turn up hours early, but we had seats so didn't really need too. I wanted to be in the standing area, but in a way was glad I wasn't because it looked really violent. We were later told over 100 people got pulled out. Supports were Lost Alone - which we didn't really see any of but they seemed quite good - and The Blackout, who we really enjoyed and definately got the room excited. After a while of waiting and a lot of Mexican waves, the whole room went dark and MCR opened with "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na)" (after "Look Alive Sunshine" - the spoken introduction to the album). MCR played with a lot of energy and kept the audience dancing the whole way through, even in the seating area. However, I did think they let themselves down slightly with the setlist. Although it included a lot of favourites such as "Mama", "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Destroya", "Party Poison" and a lot of other good ones there were some noticably missing tracks such as "Dead!", "House of Wolves" and "Bulletproof Heart". The band were only on about an hour and a half, and although I throughly enjoyed the gig, it was definately over to quickly and I thought they could've definately tried to include more songs.
After the gig, my friends and I decided to wait at the stage door in hope of getting something signed (this time we did our waiting after the gig). After waiting two hours, we were told the band were not coming out, but we still met a few members of The Blackout and had quite a good laugh. If anyone was there and knows what I'm talking about when I say beef, please comment :)
All in all, it was a good night, despite the few missing songs, thanks for reading and I'll try write soon!
Emily
Friday 25 February 2011
Tuesday 8 February 2011
My Top 5 gigs
I know it's been a really long time since I've written, things have just been really busy at the moment. I'm definately going to try and keep this more regular though, at least weekly.
I noticed at the back of last weeks NME, it said this weeks issue is going to contain "100 gigs you should've been at". Obviously, only being 15 and a couple of weeks, I haven't been to 100 gigs, but I'm going to do my top 5 gigs.
5 - John Mayall
Shepherds Bush Empire, 22nd November 2006
I'm not entirely sure if this was the date, but it was definately this venue and it was the first proper gig I'd been too, so this probably was it. I went with my dad and his friend. I was definately the youngest person there. I didn't know a lot of the music, but despite this, I still had a really good time and thought Mayalls ability to involve everyone, from the youngest to the oldest person was incredible, so this would definately have to be one of the top five gigs I've been too.
4 - Hadouken!
Underage Festival Victoria Park, 1st August 2010
This was one of the best gigs I've been to simply because the crowd were so fun. My three friends and I were split up in the first two minutes or so of the gig, which was a downside, but we still had an amazing time. It was the first time I'd been in a proper mosh pit (apart from Green Day, but I was right at the front, so didn't really have that moshing expierience. So, when I get stuck in the middle (and underneath) the wall of death, it's probably the most fun I've had in my life. Although the inbetweeners descried it as being "beaten up to music", I've fallen in love with moshing since this gig. As well as the fantastic crowd experience I had, Hadouken! were amazing and are also one of my favourite bands, so how could I leave this out of my top five?
3 - Florence And The Machine
Hammersmith Apollo, 13th May 2010
This was one of my favourite gigs mainly because of Florence Welches voice. It's amazing when it's recorded, but it's even more astounding live. Her music is really good, somewhere between rock and pop but not really either. Florence's energy on stage and involvement with the whole audience, combined with her spellbinding voice and amazing music made for one of the best gigs I've been too.
2 - Frank Turner
Brixton Academy, 12th December 2010
I've already written about this one, but it really was one of the best gigs I've been too. We managed to get to the front (after alot of waiting, which paid off after we got to meet Frank Turner) which added to the excitement. I think the main thing that made this gig so enjoyable was the passion showed by Frank Turner, it was obvious he was enjoying it as much as the audience. Again, Frank Turner got the whole audience involved, but the most obvious and best time was during "Photosynthesis", the last song, when he asked everybody, in the words of Frank Turner "I want everybody to sing...including the people at the back who have been dragged here by a friend and have no clue what the fuck is going on". For the last time we sung the chorus, it was quite evident that none of the audience was going to sit down or shut up. This gig was just generally amazing, seeing my favourite solo artist play all his songs with such pasison and feeling as if he genuinly meant it when he said thank you made for an excellent gig.
1 - Green Day
Wembley Arena, 19th June 2010
If you know me, or have read much of this blog before, you probably won't be suprised to read this. After waiting ten hours, Green Day finally came on stage. I think this is my favourite gig not only because Green Day are my favourite band, but Green Day have the same passion on stage that you can see in videos from when they first started over 20 years ago. Similarly to Frank Turner, it felt like the band was having as much fun as the audience, which I think is one of the most important factors in the audience. It was also the biggest crowd I'd been in, but Green Day managed to make it feel like the smallest through getting everyone involved, pulling people up on stage and even shooting t-shirts out through a t-shit cannon. "Jesus of Suburbia" was the best 10 minutes of my life, seeing my favourite band playing my favourite song after waiting so long was just amazing. To be honest, I don't think another band will beat this, simply because Green Day are my favourite, and probably always will be. This was my favourite gig because it was my favourite band putting on an amazing show and involving the whole crowd.
So there they are, my top favourite 5 gigs. Feel free to comment, add yours and disagree!
All for now, but will post soon
Emily
I noticed at the back of last weeks NME, it said this weeks issue is going to contain "100 gigs you should've been at". Obviously, only being 15 and a couple of weeks, I haven't been to 100 gigs, but I'm going to do my top 5 gigs.
5 - John Mayall
Shepherds Bush Empire, 22nd November 2006
I'm not entirely sure if this was the date, but it was definately this venue and it was the first proper gig I'd been too, so this probably was it. I went with my dad and his friend. I was definately the youngest person there. I didn't know a lot of the music, but despite this, I still had a really good time and thought Mayalls ability to involve everyone, from the youngest to the oldest person was incredible, so this would definately have to be one of the top five gigs I've been too.
4 - Hadouken!
Underage Festival Victoria Park, 1st August 2010
This was one of the best gigs I've been to simply because the crowd were so fun. My three friends and I were split up in the first two minutes or so of the gig, which was a downside, but we still had an amazing time. It was the first time I'd been in a proper mosh pit (apart from Green Day, but I was right at the front, so didn't really have that moshing expierience. So, when I get stuck in the middle (and underneath) the wall of death, it's probably the most fun I've had in my life. Although the inbetweeners descried it as being "beaten up to music", I've fallen in love with moshing since this gig. As well as the fantastic crowd experience I had, Hadouken! were amazing and are also one of my favourite bands, so how could I leave this out of my top five?
3 - Florence And The Machine
Hammersmith Apollo, 13th May 2010
This was one of my favourite gigs mainly because of Florence Welches voice. It's amazing when it's recorded, but it's even more astounding live. Her music is really good, somewhere between rock and pop but not really either. Florence's energy on stage and involvement with the whole audience, combined with her spellbinding voice and amazing music made for one of the best gigs I've been too.
2 - Frank Turner
Brixton Academy, 12th December 2010
I've already written about this one, but it really was one of the best gigs I've been too. We managed to get to the front (after alot of waiting, which paid off after we got to meet Frank Turner) which added to the excitement. I think the main thing that made this gig so enjoyable was the passion showed by Frank Turner, it was obvious he was enjoying it as much as the audience. Again, Frank Turner got the whole audience involved, but the most obvious and best time was during "Photosynthesis", the last song, when he asked everybody, in the words of Frank Turner "I want everybody to sing...including the people at the back who have been dragged here by a friend and have no clue what the fuck is going on". For the last time we sung the chorus, it was quite evident that none of the audience was going to sit down or shut up. This gig was just generally amazing, seeing my favourite solo artist play all his songs with such pasison and feeling as if he genuinly meant it when he said thank you made for an excellent gig.
1 - Green Day
Wembley Arena, 19th June 2010
If you know me, or have read much of this blog before, you probably won't be suprised to read this. After waiting ten hours, Green Day finally came on stage. I think this is my favourite gig not only because Green Day are my favourite band, but Green Day have the same passion on stage that you can see in videos from when they first started over 20 years ago. Similarly to Frank Turner, it felt like the band was having as much fun as the audience, which I think is one of the most important factors in the audience. It was also the biggest crowd I'd been in, but Green Day managed to make it feel like the smallest through getting everyone involved, pulling people up on stage and even shooting t-shirts out through a t-shit cannon. "Jesus of Suburbia" was the best 10 minutes of my life, seeing my favourite band playing my favourite song after waiting so long was just amazing. To be honest, I don't think another band will beat this, simply because Green Day are my favourite, and probably always will be. This was my favourite gig because it was my favourite band putting on an amazing show and involving the whole crowd.
So there they are, my top favourite 5 gigs. Feel free to comment, add yours and disagree!
All for now, but will post soon
Emily
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