How To Recreate the
All-American Rejects/The Format/Motion City Soundtrack /Boys Like Girls
Concert Experience
All-American Rejects/The Format/Motion City Soundtrack /Boys Like Girls
Concert Experience
Ingredients:
1 Event Center-sized auditorium, filled with crazed, seething fangirls
A metal crowd-control gate around the stage
Directions:
1. Stand against metal gate.
2. Cross your arms on the gate or ball your fists and put your arms in the defensive position in front of your chest.
3. Take a deep breath. Wait for the bands to get on stage.
4. Take one last breath.
5. Commence seething masses to push and shove you with rib-crushing force, as rock begins to start.
If all of these ingredients are unavailable, you may also stand with your back against a wall and ask a friend to crash a diesel truck, blasting a CD of your choice, in to you.
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Besides that, the All-American Rejects headlining concert that took place 7pm, Dec. 4, last night was incredibly awesome.
I managed to get in the very front of the line with some friends, and as a result got right next to the stage, or as close as you can get with the gate in the way. Let's say I was close enough to tell you, gentle readers, that the lead singer of Boys Like Girls was wearing grey, Hanes boxer-briefs, while Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects may not have been wearing any at all, as his low-slung, tight-tight jeans left very little to the imagination.
The Format opened by addressing the pushing/shoving issue by asking the crowd, "College students? Are you guys college students and pushing people?" However, that was the end of it and they played their set, which involved a lot of clapping and stomping.
Motion City Soundtrack seemed to be the crowd favorite so far, with the pushing and shoving and crushing of my ribcage getting even more intense. They actually stopped in the middle of one of their songs to ask if a fallen person in the back was okay and to implore the crowd to look out for everybody. Their songs were very upbeat and people around me were singing along to lyrics such as, "Let's Get Fucked Up and Die." Woo.
Of course, then All-American Rejects came on and the crowd got even wilder. Besides the fact that lead vocalist Tyson Ritter is hot, hot, hot (oh, back to the low-rise pants? For anyone who wants to know: the carpet matches the drapes. That is all.) they play a really great live show. Tyson sang to crying girls in the crowd and invited fans who stood on other people's shoulders up on stage. Their set also featured some narration, as the band would stop and tell a little story about being on the road before blasting into song.
And then...Nancy.
After one of their songs, Tyson asked everyone to greet a beautiful girl he'd been seeing lately. While all the girls boo'ed and hissed, the sneers turned into great big grins as Nancy came on stage.
Nancy is an inflatable, sex doll, by the way.
He danced around with her a little and said that if the crowd could dress the naked Nancy, the band would play for "8 more hours." This prompted a bunch of people throwing their clothes on stage, but Tyson insisted the crowd had to dress her themselves. So, he tossed her into the crowd, where she received a jacket. She would have gotten a scarf but someone took it back. The band played on for about three more songs.
Nick Wheeler, Mike Kennerty, Tyson Ritter, Chris Gaylor
There were a few special effects, such as during one song, both lead guitarist and Tyson went backstage and performed in front of a video camera, which was then projected on the huge TV sets on stage.
They pretended to end the show with a song called "The Last Song" from their first album, and left the stage until fans started shouting, "Hey, what about 'Move Along?!'" (It is their current award-winning single.) They, of course, came back on stage and rocked out on that to the screams of the crowd.
After the show, Tyson came back on stage to throw things to the crowd like guitar picks, drum sticks, the set lists and such. Then he ran off again.
All in all, a well-played show, even if it hurt to move for a few days after.
Coming soon: How I got free tickets to the Cobra Starship/Jack's Mannequin/Panic! at the Disco concert.
1 Event Center-sized auditorium, filled with crazed, seething fangirls
A metal crowd-control gate around the stage
Directions:
1. Stand against metal gate.
2. Cross your arms on the gate or ball your fists and put your arms in the defensive position in front of your chest.
3. Take a deep breath. Wait for the bands to get on stage.
4. Take one last breath.
5. Commence seething masses to push and shove you with rib-crushing force, as rock begins to start.
If all of these ingredients are unavailable, you may also stand with your back against a wall and ask a friend to crash a diesel truck, blasting a CD of your choice, in to you.
----
Besides that, the All-American Rejects headlining concert that took place 7pm, Dec. 4, last night was incredibly awesome.
I managed to get in the very front of the line with some friends, and as a result got right next to the stage, or as close as you can get with the gate in the way. Let's say I was close enough to tell you, gentle readers, that the lead singer of Boys Like Girls was wearing grey, Hanes boxer-briefs, while Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects may not have been wearing any at all, as his low-slung, tight-tight jeans left very little to the imagination.
Boys Like Girls
Bryan Donahue, John Keefe, Martin Johnson, Paul DiGiovanni
The first act was Boys Like Girls, an 4-guy, emo-rock band from Boston, MA. They were good as an opening act, pumping up the crowd and such. They played about five songs, most of which about girls and longing and being sad.Bryan Donahue, John Keefe, Martin Johnson, Paul DiGiovanni
The Format opened by addressing the pushing/shoving issue by asking the crowd, "College students? Are you guys college students and pushing people?" However, that was the end of it and they played their set, which involved a lot of clapping and stomping.
Motion City Soundtrack seemed to be the crowd favorite so far, with the pushing and shoving and crushing of my ribcage getting even more intense. They actually stopped in the middle of one of their songs to ask if a fallen person in the back was okay and to implore the crowd to look out for everybody. Their songs were very upbeat and people around me were singing along to lyrics such as, "Let's Get Fucked Up and Die." Woo.
Of course, then All-American Rejects came on and the crowd got even wilder. Besides the fact that lead vocalist Tyson Ritter is hot, hot, hot (oh, back to the low-rise pants? For anyone who wants to know: the carpet matches the drapes. That is all.) they play a really great live show. Tyson sang to crying girls in the crowd and invited fans who stood on other people's shoulders up on stage. Their set also featured some narration, as the band would stop and tell a little story about being on the road before blasting into song.
And then...Nancy.
After one of their songs, Tyson asked everyone to greet a beautiful girl he'd been seeing lately. While all the girls boo'ed and hissed, the sneers turned into great big grins as Nancy came on stage.
Nancy is an inflatable, sex doll, by the way.
He danced around with her a little and said that if the crowd could dress the naked Nancy, the band would play for "8 more hours." This prompted a bunch of people throwing their clothes on stage, but Tyson insisted the crowd had to dress her themselves. So, he tossed her into the crowd, where she received a jacket. She would have gotten a scarf but someone took it back. The band played on for about three more songs.
Nick Wheeler, Mike Kennerty, Tyson Ritter, Chris GaylorThere were a few special effects, such as during one song, both lead guitarist and Tyson went backstage and performed in front of a video camera, which was then projected on the huge TV sets on stage.
They pretended to end the show with a song called "The Last Song" from their first album, and left the stage until fans started shouting, "Hey, what about 'Move Along?!'" (It is their current award-winning single.) They, of course, came back on stage and rocked out on that to the screams of the crowd.
After the show, Tyson came back on stage to throw things to the crowd like guitar picks, drum sticks, the set lists and such. Then he ran off again.
All in all, a well-played show, even if it hurt to move for a few days after.
Coming soon: How I got free tickets to the Cobra Starship/Jack's Mannequin/Panic! at the Disco concert.
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