Fall Out Boy: Live In Concert (ii)
Jeez… what a night!
I was dead beat from the day before. I, foolishly, almost thought of giving up the ticket and spend the Sunday lounging at home.
Sheesh.
Andri called a bit later than promised, arriving with Tommy in tow and we hit the road at about a quarter to six.
We arrived much too early, as expected, so Andri and I had dinner first. Tommy decided that he wanted to keep his slim figure. Or perhaps he was just too nervous, anticipating.
We met up later with Gaga and went in a little before 8. Inside was quite cool even though there were already a lot of people. We observed that in most cases, the whole family seemed to be there. We saw a lot of mothers ushering their teenage girls and boys, even primary school boys! And then there were this father with his two teenage girls… Honestly didn’t know what to think about it.
The crowd comprising mostly teenagers, the usual OTT actions were to be expected. They screamed at the sight of stage technicians and all that… *rolls eyes*
But I must say, all the anticipations and the long wait did result in my screaming my head off when the Boys actually jumped on to the stage. I honestly didn’t know which one was who but I recognised Pete from the time I caught them on Punk’d and I got the feeling all music fans felt at one time, "God, it’s really them! It’s really THEM!"
Tommy and Andri had speculated earlier about which song would open the show - they rattled off some songs from the first album and gave a complete running commentary on how high each song’s possibilities are, the whole nine yard.
Apparently though, Pete cs had decided to open with one of their newest songs, Thriller. It was followed by an old one, Grand Theft Autumn. And as soon as I heard Andy beat the first few notes on his drums for the third song, I went nuts.
It was the first song that made me fall for them, Sugar, We’re Going Down. Much as anybody would never forget their first kiss, a fan would never forget the first song that turned them around.
I had expected a few live-performance flaws, but no. By Jove, it was just as perfect as ever. The whole performance was first class.
Sad to say that a few songs after Sugar, I gave it up and went out for a drink. After a while it was considerably warm inside and I’d been singing at the top of my lungs in there. And it was in the middle of this song from their second album I’m not that fond of, so…
Anyway, I came back in to A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me’. It is one of my personal favourites and I bet all the "tamer" people at the back rolled their eyes at me. It was difficult to get back to where Andri and Tommy were but I managed to worm my way back to the front, in time to hear the most perfect rendition of Beat It.
God. If I hadn’t already taken my hat off for them, it could’ve been the perfect time.
Other than that, they also sang Akon’s Don’t Matter and, after a very nice lead in from Pete, the chorus from Panic! At The Disco’s I Write Sins, Not Tragedy. According to an online article, they also sang Green Day’s Basket Case.
Pete, who is, according to this one article I read afterward, Mr Extrovert, confirmed all those comments that night. He was the most exuberant, spinning wildly while changing places with Joe, lifting up the mic by the base and later throwing it away, all the way to jumping up to play on the giant speakers. Of course, he also spoke for the whole band and it was his thrown T-shirt that everybody tried to grab at the end of the show.
Another online article stated that they sang 20 songs but I hardly felt that way. It seemed as if all of the sudden, it was just over.
Tommy seemed much too stunned to say anything else but Andri and I agreed that it was worth every cent that we paid. God, was it ever.
Just one message for Fall Out Boy: Come back soon, dammit!
It was like being lost in the desert for a week and being only given one small cup of water.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Fall Out Boy Rocksss!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come back here as soon as possible!!!