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A review of the 23 March 2007 Evanescence concert in Ceder Falls, IA. Cut to save your f-lists.
Alright, so, I was fortunate enough to be the invited friend of an invited friend to the Evanescence concert. I've been a horrifically huge fan of theirs since, oh, maybe 8th grade? So I've been in the circles for 5 years now and have never, ever wavered in my intense love for them. To finally be on my way to their concert, which has been a birthday wish of mine since the aforementioned year, excited me beyond belief. It was a 2.5 hour drive from my lowly (literally) Minnesota town to Cedar Falls, which didn't suck as much as I thought it would since it meant I got to talk to Ashleigh about Amy Lee for that amount of time AND listen to Staind. Srsly, why does no one else listen to them!?
HOKAY. CONCERT TIME.
Finger Eleven and Chevelle opened. We got there, oh, 20 minutes into Finger Eleven's act, for which I was at first bummed and then rather happy for. I was a little disappointed by Finger Eleven- I've liked them since I discovered the magic that IS the Elektra soundtrack and their performance... didn't move me, I guess. I mean, they're a great band, but they just aren't what I'm into after all. Oh well. :( Chevelle was KICKASS, of course. I really liked them and their concert attitude is just great. They were having a great time and really warming the crowd up for Amy. Go you, Chevelle. I am purchasing your new CD when it comes out on April 3rd. <33
A little funny tidbit revealed by Pete (Chevelle vocals, fyi):
"So... one of the greatest things about touring with Evanescence is... seriously, there are all these chicks at the concert. Look around!! So many ladies!!"
Oh, Pete. <3 :3 And you know what? It was true. Hi, Evanescence concert? Biggest lesbian convention of my LIFE. I haven't seen so many horny girls in one place since the time I went to Girl's State. Holy shit. There were women holding hands and making out and being obscene EVERY-FREAKING-WHERE. My friend Ashleigh was quite concerned over herself because all the girls kept groping me and feeling me up and flirting with me. AHHH OH NOEZ. She felt so left out, lmao. I reassured her that it has nothing to do with the way she looks- I must just radiate "distressed girlfriend who wants to be single and have a good time". (I grabbed her ass to make her feel better. ;D)
At any rate, Chevelle closed up and packed out. The crowd went nuts for them, but you can't even imagine what happened when Amy Lee stepped onto the stage. There was non-stop screaming for about 5 minutes. We must've scared Amy, because she looked kind of bewildered and just... little, standing there in a short poofy black cleavage-y Hot Topic ballerina dress and army boots. She looked around and qued the band, which immediately ripped into "Sweet Sacrifice". This was the point where Ashleigh and I lost consciousness, lol. I'm pretty sure we were grabbing each other and screaming. It was orgasmic. Amy blew everything away and was just hollering into the mic like she does on the CD. I closed my eyes and couldn't tell the difference between what my headphones would've given me and what Amy was singing. Except for these random optional notes she kept hitting... My God, girl can saaang.
After SS, she went into Weight of the World, if I'm remembering correctly. (Again: unconscious at this point...) After she sang that, she started laughing and shaking her head.
"Are you guys having a good time? We're having a good time! Oh, my God, you guys are (fucking) crazy. I'm two songs in and you're already going crazy." (I'm pretty sure she said fucking, but whatever.)
After a couple more songs she sat down at the grand piano and pulled her (long, straight, perfect) hair into a loose ponytail and looked at the crowd.
"*eyebrow* Um, you guys? I'm trying to sing a ballad here. Could we stop the tornado of death please?" She was referring to the small mosh pit at the front of the crowd. The people in it cut it out and started laughing, presumably at her "tornado of death" comment. What, no mosh pit? How OOC for Amy Lee, right? She rolled her eyes and scoffed, smiling at them. "Or make fun of me. That's cool too."
She played Lithium and I almost started bawling because... that's what Lithium does to me. :) The song, btw. The rest of the concert she played the piano in all songs that required it and was just fucking amazing and talented. Which is not surprising, seeing as she took classical piano for 9 years. The songs they played were...
Going Under
Bring Me To Life
Haunted
Tourniquet
Sweet Sacrifice
Call Me When You're Sober
Weight of the World
Lithium
Cloud Nine
Your Star
Good Enough
Though not in that order, of course. And a couple more that are from the new CD that I don't know so well, even though I own it. *blush* Amy absolutely pwnd the crowd with BMTL, CMWYS, and my personal absolute TOD favourite, Cloud Nine... when she sang the word "high", I seriously think I could've gone into shock. To be less than 50 feet away from her when she hits that high note on the slide is just unbelievable. She puts a ton of emotion and energy into the show. She was having a great time, I think... just having a party. It was so cute, though, because she'd run around in her big boots screaming her lungs out in pot smoke and headbanging with her 3-foot-long black hair whipping around her face, being a total punk and fistpumping at the crowd as she nearly started bawling over all her crazy ex's and abuse issues... End song. She just stood there, smiling her wide innocent little girl smile and speaking in this femmy little voice that had to be about 3 to 4 notes higher than I'd ever expected it to be. She'd be all "Yeah, okay, ummmm, next song... *gigglescamper* ........*angryface* Go ahead, you fucking bastard. Tear out my heart. I will make you PAY.". I was like,
Dear Amy Lee,
You are a four-year-old with a pissed-off hooker voice, and I adore you.
Love,
Emma
PS: Your cleavage is SO sexy. To quote my (straight) friend Ashleigh:
"Oh, my FUCKING GOD. I would dyke for that shit."
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Um, yeah, she had really nice cleavage in that dress. :}
Anyyyyyway.
The concert was over way, way too soon.... around 10-ish. Amy was all "*wavescheerfully* Cedar Falls, Iowa! Y'all are fucking awesome! Thank you! Buh-bye!" and ran off stage, followed by her crazysexycool bandmates. Five minutes later... the crowd is still screaming, Ashleigh and myself included. We almost made out right then and there (like... holyshitclose), but that's not a story for right now, or for those who don't have my phone number. Amy came back out on stage with this fake-exasperated look on her face.
"*sighs heavily* Fine... but you guys have to sing along with me if I play this song, okay?"
She stressed "this" weird, and I had no idea what she meant until she sat down at her piano and started the notes to My Immortal, at which point the entire crowd fell head over heels in love with her... again. And I was like "ohhh... Ben Moody song. Gotchaaaa." After My Immortal, we managed to get two more songs out of her, one of which I don't remember and the other of which was a ballad that hasn't been released. After that she was gone for good and Ashleigh and I almost started crying.
Amy Lee, ftw. She sings, she dances, she fistpumps, she encores. Marry that shit, "Josh".
Alright, so, I was fortunate enough to be the invited friend of an invited friend to the Evanescence concert. I've been a horrifically huge fan of theirs since, oh, maybe 8th grade? So I've been in the circles for 5 years now and have never, ever wavered in my intense love for them. To finally be on my way to their concert, which has been a birthday wish of mine since the aforementioned year, excited me beyond belief. It was a 2.5 hour drive from my lowly (literally) Minnesota town to Cedar Falls, which didn't suck as much as I thought it would since it meant I got to talk to Ashleigh about Amy Lee for that amount of time AND listen to Staind. Srsly, why does no one else listen to them!?
HOKAY. CONCERT TIME.
Finger Eleven and Chevelle opened. We got there, oh, 20 minutes into Finger Eleven's act, for which I was at first bummed and then rather happy for. I was a little disappointed by Finger Eleven- I've liked them since I discovered the magic that IS the Elektra soundtrack and their performance... didn't move me, I guess. I mean, they're a great band, but they just aren't what I'm into after all. Oh well. :( Chevelle was KICKASS, of course. I really liked them and their concert attitude is just great. They were having a great time and really warming the crowd up for Amy. Go you, Chevelle. I am purchasing your new CD when it comes out on April 3rd. <33
A little funny tidbit revealed by Pete (Chevelle vocals, fyi):
"So... one of the greatest things about touring with Evanescence is... seriously, there are all these chicks at the concert. Look around!! So many ladies!!"
Oh, Pete. <3 :3 And you know what? It was true. Hi, Evanescence concert? Biggest lesbian convention of my LIFE. I haven't seen so many horny girls in one place since the time I went to Girl's State. Holy shit. There were women holding hands and making out and being obscene EVERY-FREAKING-WHERE. My friend Ashleigh was quite concerned over herself because all the girls kept groping me and feeling me up and flirting with me. AHHH OH NOEZ. She felt so left out, lmao. I reassured her that it has nothing to do with the way she looks- I must just radiate "distressed girlfriend who wants to be single and have a good time". (I grabbed her ass to make her feel better. ;D)
At any rate, Chevelle closed up and packed out. The crowd went nuts for them, but you can't even imagine what happened when Amy Lee stepped onto the stage. There was non-stop screaming for about 5 minutes. We must've scared Amy, because she looked kind of bewildered and just... little, standing there in a short poofy black cleavage-y Hot Topic ballerina dress and army boots. She looked around and qued the band, which immediately ripped into "Sweet Sacrifice". This was the point where Ashleigh and I lost consciousness, lol. I'm pretty sure we were grabbing each other and screaming. It was orgasmic. Amy blew everything away and was just hollering into the mic like she does on the CD. I closed my eyes and couldn't tell the difference between what my headphones would've given me and what Amy was singing. Except for these random optional notes she kept hitting... My God, girl can saaang.
After SS, she went into Weight of the World, if I'm remembering correctly. (Again: unconscious at this point...) After she sang that, she started laughing and shaking her head.
"Are you guys having a good time? We're having a good time! Oh, my God, you guys are (fucking) crazy. I'm two songs in and you're already going crazy." (I'm pretty sure she said fucking, but whatever.)
After a couple more songs she sat down at the grand piano and pulled her (long, straight, perfect) hair into a loose ponytail and looked at the crowd.
"*eyebrow* Um, you guys? I'm trying to sing a ballad here. Could we stop the tornado of death please?" She was referring to the small mosh pit at the front of the crowd. The people in it cut it out and started laughing, presumably at her "tornado of death" comment. What, no mosh pit? How OOC for Amy Lee, right? She rolled her eyes and scoffed, smiling at them. "Or make fun of me. That's cool too."
She played Lithium and I almost started bawling because... that's what Lithium does to me. :) The song, btw. The rest of the concert she played the piano in all songs that required it and was just fucking amazing and talented. Which is not surprising, seeing as she took classical piano for 9 years. The songs they played were...
Going Under
Bring Me To Life
Haunted
Tourniquet
Sweet Sacrifice
Call Me When You're Sober
Weight of the World
Lithium
Cloud Nine
Your Star
Good Enough
Though not in that order, of course. And a couple more that are from the new CD that I don't know so well, even though I own it. *blush* Amy absolutely pwnd the crowd with BMTL, CMWYS, and my personal absolute TOD favourite, Cloud Nine... when she sang the word "high", I seriously think I could've gone into shock. To be less than 50 feet away from her when she hits that high note on the slide is just unbelievable. She puts a ton of emotion and energy into the show. She was having a great time, I think... just having a party. It was so cute, though, because she'd run around in her big boots screaming her lungs out in pot smoke and headbanging with her 3-foot-long black hair whipping around her face, being a total punk and fistpumping at the crowd as she nearly started bawling over all her crazy ex's and abuse issues... End song. She just stood there, smiling her wide innocent little girl smile and speaking in this femmy little voice that had to be about 3 to 4 notes higher than I'd ever expected it to be. She'd be all "Yeah, okay, ummmm, next song... *gigglescamper* ........*angryface* Go ahead, you fucking bastard. Tear out my heart. I will make you PAY.". I was like,
Dear Amy Lee,
You are a four-year-old with a pissed-off hooker voice, and I adore you.
Love,
Emma
PS: Your cleavage is SO sexy. To quote my (straight) friend Ashleigh:
"Oh, my FUCKING GOD. I would dyke for that shit."
<3333333333333333
Um, yeah, she had really nice cleavage in that dress. :}
Anyyyyyway.
The concert was over way, way too soon.... around 10-ish. Amy was all "*wavescheerfully* Cedar Falls, Iowa! Y'all are fucking awesome! Thank you! Buh-bye!" and ran off stage, followed by her crazysexycool bandmates. Five minutes later... the crowd is still screaming, Ashleigh and myself included. We almost made out right then and there (like... holyshitclose), but that's not a story for right now, or for those who don't have my phone number. Amy came back out on stage with this fake-exasperated look on her face.
"*sighs heavily* Fine... but you guys have to sing along with me if I play this song, okay?"
She stressed "this" weird, and I had no idea what she meant until she sat down at her piano and started the notes to My Immortal, at which point the entire crowd fell head over heels in love with her... again. And I was like "ohhh... Ben Moody song. Gotchaaaa." After My Immortal, we managed to get two more songs out of her, one of which I don't remember and the other of which was a ballad that hasn't been released. After that she was gone for good and Ashleigh and I almost started crying.
Amy Lee, ftw. She sings, she dances, she fistpumps, she encores. Marry that shit, "Josh".