Bright eyes concert
Okay, Last night was the bright eyes concert! it was soooooooooooooooooooo amaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!! eeeeek! it was so great. everyone should go see them them becuase Conner Oberst is just so good. Anyways...the story of the concert:
Okay, So we get to the roseland at about 7:15, go through security, blah, blah, blah. It was just me, Shannon, and Ana, Jeanne was meeting us there later and Meg and Casey cancelled. So anyways, we go upstairs and then Ana and I want to go do shots in the balcony. so we get in line to get our ids checked and the id checker lady was such a nazi! like, i'm 21, and i have a real id, and she stared at it for 10 frickin minutes. she was all, "I've already seen this id tonight." and I'm like, uh, no. finally she was like, "Fine." and acted like she was doing me a favor and stamped my hand. So then, we go to the bar tender, this old fart and i asked him for 2 hard-ons. and he's like, "Huh?" and i'm like "do you know how to make a hard-on?" and he doesn't even talk- he just shakes his head as he continues eating his bucket of greasy noodles. It was disgusting. He was like, the worst bartender ever! Except, we then order strait vodka shots and he pored them in these plastic cups and gave us over two shots worth each, and it was the good kind, so that was nice i guess. i dont really think he knew what he was doing.
So then we went downstairs and Ana went to go meet Jeannie and Shannon and I started to push our way to the front. We had gotten there early, but others had gotten there earlier. I grabbed Shannon's hand and was squeeziung through people and people were cussing at us and (oh! and Ana was helping us at first but then this girl hit her! isn't that insane?) this one girl got all up in my face. But i was nice- i didn't want to start a fight- i just wanted to get up front. so finally Shannon and I found these three emo guys up front and i asked them that since they were really tall and we were really short, if we could switch. and one guys was all "no" and acted all bratty and self-important. but then another one said, "sure, i'll switch with you." it was so nice. so then they all moved. it was so great. we had the perfect view the whole show!!!!
So then, we waited. and waited. and waited. our heals ached in our brand new converse. then, my shot kicked in- it was been too much, too soon. before the first act even came on, i was having trouble standing. i held onto shannon and tried to see straight. but i cleared up by the end of the first set. The first group was like, Neva Devo or something. they were okay, they reminded me of South FM. The lead guy was really funny. He was balding, adn someone yelled, "you're balding!" and he's like, "nuh-uh, i trim in like this becuase i think it looks sweet." so they played about 6-7 songs (i dont really remember) and then they finished. Then there was the 2nd set, with this incredible lame band, Jesse Sykes and the sweet hereafter. It was so boring. Everyone in the crowd was like, "you suck, go away!" The lead girl had a horrible voice and the sound was awful and they just stank like poo-poo. She was sort of like a Mindy Smith wanna-be and they were like Nickel creek wanna-be's.They kept playing and playing and playing. they would not shut up. It was so funny, when they introduced themselves, becuase nobody cheered. and the girl was like, "Only 5 people cheered. why?" and everyone was yelling, "becuase you suck!" actually, it probably wasn't fair becuase for the first band, everyone had lots of energy and excitment and patience, but by the 2nd band, people were starting to got tired and cranky. we wanted to see Conner Oberst. So then, The 2nd set finnally ended.
Then we waited. Our backs hurt, our feet hurt, we were tired. Shannon had to pee but we didn't want to loose our spots. We waited 30 minutes for them to get the stage ready for bright eyes. i am not exagerrating. a couple girls behind us were saying, "this is so like Conner, he's such a perfectionsist. this is so like Conner." it was so annoying. its like, so you know him? you're on a first name basis with him? Shannon and I tried to sit for a little bit, and it was really cramped and everyone was really cranky. Then, all of the sudden, we heard people screaming. We jumped out- Conner Oberst walked out on stage! Everyone was freaking out. People were shouting out, "Marry me Conner!" or "Your'e my god Conner!" or simply, "I wanna f*** you Conner!" He's very litte, skinny. He wore this tight little jeans and a oversized blue rain coat, the kind little kids wear, and of course his hair was hanging in his face. He acted like he didn't even notice people were screaming for him. He's so cool: its like, he's not a pompous arrogant rockstar, and neither does he bask in the praise of the audience. He's like, tottally chill. So anyways, They played the first three songs from the "Im wide awake, its morning" album. It was so good. He's so great live. And He has this girl bassist who looks like Velma from scooby doo. its pretty sweet. Then they played an oldie, then he pulled the fuuny guy from Neva Devo onstage to play Harmonica for the next song, (song #5 on "awake" album), and it was so cute, you could tell they were really good friends. Conner Oberst kissed him on the head, all the girls in the audience went, "awwwwwwwwwwwww." lol. Then, during the song, he kept head-butting him, it was so funny. then he played another oldie from fevers and mirrors, then an oldie from lifted, and then he played a couple unreleased songs, and then songs 8, 9, and 10 from the awake album. At one point, he went to his bassist and facing her, he put his head of her shoulder and she put her head on his shoulder while they played their guitars. i just kept noticing how affectionate he was with his band- it was really cute. He got more and more fun with the more he drank, too. He was jumping off the amp and stuff, it was great. People really got into the political songs. Then He played this one new song he had aparently just wrote called "When the president talks to God."- the house went crazy. The song said stuff like (and i'll never phrase this right), "Did God tell you to do this , or this? Does he help you decide who to bomb? etc. Did you ever think its not God you're talking to, maybe its the voice in your head. When you talk to God, do you even listen at all?" It was this really amazing song- played to the right audience of course. Most emo kids are democrats, so it worked out perfect.
People yelled funny things throughout the whole show. This one big guy behind me, after every song, said in this really deep, loud voice, "So Good!" it was funny. it was just a weird thing to say. Then this one guy kept yelling, "After hours party at my house Conner! I've got Blow!" and Conner laughed and said, "okay, well, give your address to those guys there." it was funny. The pot guy kept yellign the invitation the whole show, it was like, give it up. he's not going to your house.
It was such a good show. amazing. indescribable. sooooo fun! it was worth the $$, and the 2 and 1/2 hour wait through the other bands. They played a really short set, though. like, only 10 or 12 songs. I wanted the show to go all night, and to hear them play every song he ever wrote. but they did play almost all my favorites. It was so good, i cant even explain.
I am going to go see them every single time they come to town. It was freaking rad.
love, megan