'And in this moment'-Day 8
A moment, in great detail
I've written about this particular moment before but its been awhile so I'll indulge you again. July 2004 (or was it June? Or October? I'm getting old yo) I went to my first Incubus concert. I was super excited 'cause I love Incubus ridiculously and I was probably a bit more fervent then (that feels weird to say considering I still love them ridiculously lol). I believe they were touring for A Crow Left of the Murder. Things were going well all day-got to Tampa super early, jammed out in the car with my cuzo and my aunt was cool about it-System of a Down and some headbangin teens at 4am in the morning, she was a trooper!, got to the venue early, met some cool people, had floor seats, someone gave my aunt a ticket so she even went. We got in line early before doors opened then our accumulated group and everyone else made a break for it once the doors opened. We got a REALLY good spot too-right at the rail in front of the stage! Started out more centerish but found my way closer to the speakers on the right of us, but I maintained my front spot dammit! Wilena got caught in the crowd but didn't get moved too far away. There was a guy we met who was a really huge fan and he was telling us about everybody's stage behavior ( Brandon starts off with water then makes his way to wine) and how other shows had gone (drum off between Jose & Brandon on bongos!). I found it intriguing and fascinating, Wilena found him annoying lol
Anyway, all the music was so good! I got lost in it. It was a very transcendental experience. Best part-other than when Brandon came over to my side of the stage and was singing (I think we even made eye contact for a quickly fleeting moment. It was enough though!)-was when they played 'The Warmth' I believe. (I might actually have to go back and check my entry about the show to make sure I got stuff right with my memory yo. OLD I tell you!) That was already one of my favorite songs but I think the performance solidified it and made it even more a favorite. They did the super bass overdrive one. I was in front of the speakers and we were all jam packed in so it was hot. At one moment though during the song the bass is going and Brandon's singing the oh oh oh oh part just before the song ends, and vibrations were so strong that I could literally feel the waves vibrating through my body to my inner core and it created some air on my legs. Coupled with already being lost in the music that was the best moment ever, and I have not experienced anything like it since. This description doesn't even do nearly enough justice to the feeling. It was like some cosmic octave/music of the spheres type shit yo! I might have mixed up the song or the part of the song now that time has passed, but the feeling is just as if it happened yesterday and I will never forget that.
Now I need to go find/reread my journal from then. Might link back to it or make an addendum to note where my memory failed/tailored the experience lol
*Update*
Song was probably super bass overdrive 'Drive' but I wasn't even certain back then either-could've been 'Stellar' or 'Pantomime'; I have felt like that only one other time before that which was surprisingly in church-but it was during a song we sang in the choir that day, not the pastor preaching. Still music so...; Drum off included Ben too-he was on a smaller set of drums and Brandon was on bongos and of course Jose on his drums. This led into Jose's awesome drum solo where he created so much wind his hair was blowing everywhere which amused me lol; AND I wrote about this exactly 6 years and 1 day from the date of the show! It was September 30, 2004. How great is that?! Synchronicity at its finest folks ;-)
In case you're interested (and not tired of reading?) here's the OP: squiggly-chi.livejournal.com/13386.html
I've written about this particular moment before but its been awhile so I'll indulge you again. July 2004 (or was it June? Or October? I'm getting old yo) I went to my first Incubus concert. I was super excited 'cause I love Incubus ridiculously and I was probably a bit more fervent then (that feels weird to say considering I still love them ridiculously lol). I believe they were touring for A Crow Left of the Murder. Things were going well all day-got to Tampa super early, jammed out in the car with my cuzo and my aunt was cool about it-System of a Down and some headbangin teens at 4am in the morning, she was a trooper!, got to the venue early, met some cool people, had floor seats, someone gave my aunt a ticket so she even went. We got in line early before doors opened then our accumulated group and everyone else made a break for it once the doors opened. We got a REALLY good spot too-right at the rail in front of the stage! Started out more centerish but found my way closer to the speakers on the right of us, but I maintained my front spot dammit! Wilena got caught in the crowd but didn't get moved too far away. There was a guy we met who was a really huge fan and he was telling us about everybody's stage behavior ( Brandon starts off with water then makes his way to wine) and how other shows had gone (drum off between Jose & Brandon on bongos!). I found it intriguing and fascinating, Wilena found him annoying lol
Anyway, all the music was so good! I got lost in it. It was a very transcendental experience. Best part-other than when Brandon came over to my side of the stage and was singing (I think we even made eye contact for a quickly fleeting moment. It was enough though!)-was when they played 'The Warmth' I believe. (I might actually have to go back and check my entry about the show to make sure I got stuff right with my memory yo. OLD I tell you!) That was already one of my favorite songs but I think the performance solidified it and made it even more a favorite. They did the super bass overdrive one. I was in front of the speakers and we were all jam packed in so it was hot. At one moment though during the song the bass is going and Brandon's singing the oh oh oh oh part just before the song ends, and vibrations were so strong that I could literally feel the waves vibrating through my body to my inner core and it created some air on my legs. Coupled with already being lost in the music that was the best moment ever, and I have not experienced anything like it since. This description doesn't even do nearly enough justice to the feeling. It was like some cosmic octave/music of the spheres type shit yo! I might have mixed up the song or the part of the song now that time has passed, but the feeling is just as if it happened yesterday and I will never forget that.
Now I need to go find/reread my journal from then. Might link back to it or make an addendum to note where my memory failed/tailored the experience lol
*Update*
Song was probably super bass overdrive 'Drive' but I wasn't even certain back then either-could've been 'Stellar' or 'Pantomime'; I have felt like that only one other time before that which was surprisingly in church-but it was during a song we sang in the choir that day, not the pastor preaching. Still music so...; Drum off included Ben too-he was on a smaller set of drums and Brandon was on bongos and of course Jose on his drums. This led into Jose's awesome drum solo where he created so much wind his hair was blowing everywhere which amused me lol; AND I wrote about this exactly 6 years and 1 day from the date of the show! It was September 30, 2004. How great is that?! Synchronicity at its finest folks ;-)
In case you're interested (and not tired of reading?) here's the OP: squiggly-chi.livejournal.com/13386.html