Wednesday, September 15, 2010

PARAMORE!!!!!!!!!



The power of music has always gotten me, but maybe never so much as it did Monday night. Nine THOUSAND plus people came to Red Rocks Amphitheather to see Paramore play... And I was one of them.
I don't think there's any other force (outside the church) so binding as music. Monday night there were thousands of voices singing the same lyrics, lyrics that only one person there actually wrote. But the very nature of music is to be relatable. Hayley herself talked about it... "There's not a song you can listen to that doesn't fit your situation. Sad times, happy times, victories... Music supports us." And it's so true. Every single song Paramore played carried a different meaning for me. Not one of them was "just a song"-- memories and emotions went with every last one. And they probably meant something different to my best friend (who came with me... Thanks lovely! <3) but we were all singing the same words. Something inside us connected us all. And that's incredibly cool to me. Ok, music geek out over. >
Here's what they played. (I tried to get the exact order, but I'm not sure on a few of them.)
- Ignorance
- Feeling Sorry
-For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
-Playing God
-That's What You Get
-Decode
-You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man
-When It Rains
-Misguided Ghosts
-Where The Lines Overlap
-Crushcrushcrush
-Looking Up
-Pressure
-The Only Exception
-Brick By Boring Brick
-Misery Business

Here's my list of highlights at the concert (chronologically):


1. New Found Glory opening!! I'm a recent addition to the New Found Glory fan base and actually getting to see them play was awesome. They're great live. My favorite was their cover of "Kiss Me"... Yes, the girlie Sixpence None the Richer song. Now imagine a punk band playing that. I was so happy. Also, the "BUY OUR SHIRT" thing was great.

2. The light shining through the curtain at the beginning so you could see all of Paramore's shadows. Epic. I wish I'd gotten a good picture.

3. The shock of sound wave that runs through you whenever there's music playing. You feel like your heart's pumping with the music and you can't even hear yourself screaming the words but you just don't care. It's glorious.


4. Hayley Williams is redhead again. The weird blonde period was sad. Obnoxiously bright red hair is her trademark! And it's a good thing, too, 'cause otherwise you probably wouldn't be able to see her in most of my pictures.

5. The funky bare lightbulbs hanging from the stage rafters. I just thought they were cool.

6. Unlike most bands, Paramore is awesome live. Awesome isn't even a good enough word. They're incredible live.

7. The cover of Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"-- Hayley definitely could have had a career in country music. I, however, am glad she's in a rock band, because otherwise my best friend wouldn't have been there with me, and she made the night awesome.

8. The red All We Know Is Falling couch!! I don't know if it's even the couch that was on the cover of the CD or not, but I geeked out over it anyways.
9. Acoustic song time-- I really liked the acousticky version of "Where the Lines Overlap."


10. Hayley's humor... she's hilarious! "This is the part of the show where the people who are sitting... stand. And you know how I know that they stand? I tell them too. There was a time for sitting, we had that moment... that moment is over." :)







11. Josh Farro... and his good-lookingness and lead guitar-ness... 'nuff said. Not that you can tell in this picture... but take my word for it. :) (By the way, sorry the picture quality isn't great. Not bad for 14th row, though.)

12. Again, the lyrics. Paramore has some fantastically relatable lyrics. And I love them. And I love screaming them at the top of my voice. :)

13. "The Only Exception"... Is there a more incredible site than 8000+ lighters and cell phones waving in the air at Red Rocks Amphitheater? It's definitely up there. And the song means a lot to me because I sang it at the talent show at my church Kamp with Holly.



14. The fact that I was singing with Hayley Williams. I mean, I wasn't up on stage or anything, but I wasn't singing with a CD. I was singing the same words, at the same time, as Hayley Williams in the flesh. Yeah, I'm a nerd about these things. Months before the concert I ran and stood on the stage and went "Hayley Williams is going to stand right here!!!"

15. Hayley saying that they'd been waiting to play Red Rocks since before they started playing shows... maybe that's just catering to the present crowd, I don't know, but I'd like to think she was sincere. She seems like a really cool person.

16. 9000+ people chanting "Paramore!" And them coming back for an amazing encore.

17. Hayley being carried away in style...

People who love what they do and have fun doing it. No doubt. :)

"The world doesn't need another band... but what a waste it would have been." <3




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