See Spot Rock ROCKED!
Wow, tonight was so awesome! You know, during Big Dismal's set I was kinda thinking, "Oh, these are all just songs on the CD I have. But hey, now I get to see them being played, so live music is kinda better."
But I later realized that live music is on such a higher plane. You connect. You worship. You do all that crazy headbanger-meets-Jessica-Simpson's-hand-motions stuff. OK, so I guess that last one is just me. But really, you can let loose and be immersed in the music. Woot for that.
And sometimes not only are you immersed in the music, but it kinda floods out your eardrums. Such was the case with Pillar, who I thought played altogether too loudly. Although this has a lot to do with the fact that I didn't know a lot of Pillar's lyrics ahead of time and subsequently found it harder to pick out the words from the instrumentals, Tina does concur with me on that fact that they were definitely the loudest band of the night.
The second loudest, while we're on the subject, was 12 Stones. And now that we're talking about them, let me just say that the psycho faces that Paul kept making were freaking me out! I was beginning to think that he must have been on something. But yay for their new songs.
And yay, woot, rock on, and all other such phrases for Skillet! Yeah, 'Saucepan' rocked me the mostest tonight. They are super-awesome on CD but even super-awesome-er live! Technically speaking, it was nice too since they weren't as eardrum-shatteringly loud as Pillar.
Plus, I just got into their songs the most. "A Little More" was probably the spiritual high point of the night for me. It was so cool because after getting so into the song, it was as if I saw things in a different light. Even though I had been watching John Cooper sing since they started their set, right after "A Little More" I noticed that his jeans weren't solid blue but rather had those artsy/fashionable/whatev white/faded splotches.
It was kinda symbolic of the whole connection-realization moment, and it set the tone for much of the rest of the concert. I started to praise more earnestly during songs, and I prayed more too. And "Savior" was also up there as a high point since it also rocked supermucho.
OK, well I need to go do math homework and pop a tape in the TV/VCR so I can tape the 12News @ 10 replay before I head off to sleep, so yeah... I'll leave you with a list of kinda-random extra moments from the night:
The accident near (Guess where!) the mini-stack
Turning around: the super-long and involved version
12News and The Edge being there
The supercool ticket-tearer lady
The tininess and coolness of Celebrity
Suuuuuper close seats!
Knee-watching possibilities... haha.
Seat switching for height alignment purposes... and then the guys changing spots! Haha.
The helpful security guy
The terrified kid who had his hat commandeered by and was surrounded by GRITS
GRITS playing Beyoncé and Outkast clips
The GRITS dude's bling-bling-rim belt buckle!
The GRITS guys' affinity for the guys sitting in front of us
Tina's method of getting taller