Pretty much verbatim from my journal (kind of lazy, but oh well):
Carrie and I went to the concert yesterday, it was pure awesome! Talented musicians! First off, we got there at 6:15, doors open at 7, and show starts at 8. Totally worth statnding in the rain without an umbrella for. We were like 3 people back. The opening band was called The Helio Sequence. They were 2 guys and a computer; a drummer, and a singer-guitarist. They were good, mostly because they really played off one another, and coexisted I guess you could say (2 AM language, there), also they were definitely passionate about it. The drummer was weird though, he moved his mouth opened and closed like he was taking a huge bite out of something. I realized after one song that he reminded me of animal from the muppets. Eerily similar.
Then Mat Kearney came on! He was awesome as before, except this time i was MAYBE 25 feet away. Probably less. He played 6 songs from his first album, his latest single, and the rest were new. He played piano for "All I Need", and I swearing during it he and I locked eyes for like 20 seconds straight~ I kid not. I don't make this stuff up. I got at least one good pic of him looking right into the camera! So great. He was wearing what I think was a fedora. He's just a cute man, awesome musician.
Then, Keane came on and they were sick! I mean they just tore it up, on there. After the first song the main singer said it was good to be back in Minnesota, and that the crowd should just sing their hearts out. So everybody was singing along with him. He was totally feeding off the crowd, dancing around, offerring the mic to the crowd to sing the chorus on more than one occasion. He even came really close for us to take photos; I got a good one of him looking right into the camera, too! They were so much fun.
I am so fascinated with music and musicians because it is so awesome to me, and I can't understand it. I get the art of it, but not the science. The technicalities I can't get, but the passion I do. I think that mystery is part of what makes a concert so cool, the other part being watching somebody who is so passionate about it. It's cool to watch them literally play off one another, and figuratively harmonize. It's so great, the way they relate. Totally rocking out, and trying to read each others' vibes, and incorporate that sort of musical conversation they've got going.
So cool. Like I said, so fascinated with music. Love it.
