Taking Back Sunday - 5/29 and 5/30, 2009
Taking Back Sunday was awesome. I'd never seen them live before and they didn't disappoint. Plus Megs flew in from NYC for the shows so it was awesome to get to hang out with her. :D
On Friday we were the first ones in line at the venue and it was hot as hell out. Around 3pm they let us into an acoustic session which was awesome. The guys spent more time talking and joking than playing and it was really cute. They talked about Star Wars and Pearl Jam and Rubano's bass solo. He sounded a little bummed that no one cared, so whenever he had a bass solo the rest of the weekend I made sure to cheer super loud. Hehe. They sounded really sweet during the acoustic session, although Adam's voice was obviously scratchy, poor thing. After that we hung out with Alex and Sarah and some other people until the show. During the show we were on the barrier way on the edge, on Eddie's side. I loved all the songs and the guys were great, they had a really good set. This retarded girl behind us kept pushing me and kicking me and pinching me, trying to steal my spot. She actually said she would get in front of us. Not just on the barrier next to us, but in front of us. Yeah right. I'm solid. I'm wearing Doc Marten's, my feet, thighs, stomach, and chest are braced against the barrier, I'm holding on tight to the top of the rail, and I lift weights. She wasted her time and I kept the barrier the whole show. Which was awesome when Adam came right over to us to ask for requests and Megs got him to do Brooklyn. And during Make Damn Sure he climbed up the scaffolding literally directly above us. Like I was looking straight up at him while he braced his feet on the rails and hung down over us. It was so awesome. I didn't take pictures that day but I'm hoping to get a few from Alex. :) Plus after the show we headed around back and I got a picture with Adam. I wanted to talk to him but he said he couldn't stay long because an old friend was visiting, so I didn't want to waste his time. He was really nice though and I'm in love with his smile in the picture.
Here's the Seattle setlist:
You Know How I Do
Error Operator
Set Phasers to Stun
Carpathia
The Union
180 By Summer
You're So Last Summer
New Again
Liar Liar
Cute Without the E
Sink Into Me
A Decade Under the Influence
What's It Feel Like to be a Ghost
Everything Must Go
Timberwolves at New Jersey
Brooklyn
Make Damn Sure
Vancouver was awesome because the guys walked by the line like 6 different times. Me and Megs totally perved on Adam when he was ambling all slowly by us. He's beautiful. The setlist in Vancouver was down 2 songs because I think Adam was still feeling a little sick. But they did still sound awesome. These two girls behind us we shit-talking the whole night, saying they were gonna steal our spots during 'the first song'. Yeah, just keep elbowing my bruises from last night and calling me a bitch even though I never did anything to you, that's really gonna make me give up my spot. Why bother when you're not gonna win? I have an immovable object to hold on to, idiot. Other than that the show was great. Adam didn't do any climbing this time but I got some pretty decent pictures of the show regardless. :)
I love this because I just happened to catch someone else's flash and the effect is really cool.
It's a little blurry but nnnghhhh hot.
Fazzi is so pretty.
I love how sweet he looks when he sings.
This was Ryan from Envy's cameo during Timberwolves, which was really good.
Long legs. <3
I'm so so sore but it was SO worth it. <3