A concert a day keeps the boredom away...

[kimana83]

Friday night Isaac and I both left work a few hours early because we had to get downtown to be trained for working the Holt International Child Sponsorship table during Winter Jam. It was fun to cut the line (we had to be there an hour before the doors opened) and get right in for free. We went up to a Holt table near the Newsboys merchandise table

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[pansyprincess]

I love Tenth Avenue North! Jaime got me into them. Their song "By Your Side" has meant a lot to me during the deployment.

Sounds like a great concert!

[kimana83]

Yeah, they have so many powerful songs, and "By Your Side" is probably the most meaningful to me too, so I can definitely see why it would mean so much to you.

It was! I just wish Fireflight and Newsboys had had longer sets. Half an hour is just not enough time for a band like the Newsboys, whose discography spans more than a decade!

[pansyprincess]

Yeah, Newsboys definitely need longer than a half hour! They played for over an hour at the concert we went to and I was still not near ready for them to be done. lol

[kimana83]

That's how it always is with a good band, ya know?

[katharhino]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO HOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

There that was me singing along to "Woo Hoo" with you.

Sounds like a blast! I know SO little about any Christian groups. Ryan used to, back in the day. (He has lots of Smalltown Poets CDs, so that reference made me laugh.) But neither us are cool anymore. Maybe I should try listening to some of the ones you linked.

[kimana83]

Thank you! I actually made that song into a ringtone and have used it. =oD It is far less popular than it deserves to be.

Has it ever been cool to know about Christian groups? LOL. Not that that's ever stopped me. I will love Michael W. Smith till the day I die, even though I haven't bought any of his CDs for years. It has never been remotely cool to like MWS. If you want some recommendations, just ask. Tell me what you like, and I'll try to think of something. I have always loved Christian music, even when it was mostly just less-good copies of secular artists. I think I even remember defending it to you a time or two. =o)

[katharhino]

See, I am not even youth group cool. That is a whole new level of uncoolness. I actually kind of like the samples from Fireflight on their MySpace. That's a little harder sound that normally appeals to me, but I apparently also have a thing for girl-fronted bands. (Some of the girl-singer Latin groups I like have a similar sound.) Most of what I hate about Christian music (and you're right, we've discussed it many a time before, heh) is the uber-bland, upbeat, cheesy, soft sound with lame, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend lyrics. Which you have to admit, IS out there. What sucked me in to liking the Newsboys, way back when I thought rock music was devil music, was their crazy creative lyrics and singable tunes. So it's not really that I like one genre, even, I just want it to sound creative and musically excellent and have lyrics with some thought put into them. I don't mind praise even but so many of the contemporary praise songs start to sound exactly the same too. I'll start out liking a praise song (on the rare occasions I hear one, anymore

[kimana83]

I used to dislike most girl-fronted groups. Something about male voices appealed to me so much more. (And still does, actually.) But then I liked some of Evanescence's songs, then Barlow Girl, then Paramore, and also some jazzy/folk girls. So when Fireflight's songs started playing on Air1 I was really excited. I liked them a bit, but after the concert I really like them and want to get their CDs. That girl can belt it out.

Most of what I hate about Christian music is the uber-bland, upbeat, cheesy, soft sound with lame, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend lyrics. Which you have to admit, IS out there.Oh, totally. I don't deny it. I even like some of it. But that's not the norm anymore, unless you're listening to a bland CCM station. In the '80s it was the norm (although, a lot of '80s music was like that... which is why I tend to dislike '80s music. Hehe.), but starting in the '90s it declined. It still exists in large numbers, but there are a lot of stations who play more interesting stuff

[asoulinbliss]

Love me some Saint-Saens. :) Especially his piano concerti!

[kimana83]

I love his cello concertos. (Wait - you wrote "concerti". Is that really the plural of concerto? If so, I never knew that!) And the one they did Saturday night is excellent too.

[princessmia241]

lol I think we have different tastes, Bethany. Though I've never heard Newsong or Third Day or Firelight: that maybe part of it. But I don't like all-out rock I guess, for me it was just a lot of noise :P

But Tenth Avenue North are awesome, I loved their songs and the whole sound. :)

Oh my, Michael Tait's moves, holy cow! I was cracking up, they just looked silly :P But I'm biased, and when the first song they played was Something Beautiful, I can forgive a lot. lol But yeah, waaaaaay too short, I wanted them to come back, as everyone liked them best. Except for the Third Day song that had everyone rocking back and forth like at a basketball game :P

[kimana83]

You thought Newsong was a rock band?! LOL! My whole point was that they were too old and too slow to be at this rock show! I mean, they sang, "Arise, My Love" and they're responsible for "Christmas Shoes"! I really don't like them at all (although I do admit "Arise, My Love" is a beautiful - albeit boring - song), except for that one guitar solo with the scary Mr. Clean-looking guy. I don't like Newsong. And I'm thinking you must've been zoned out for much of Third Day's set too, because they did several of their non-rock songs, like "Carry My Cross/Thief", "God of Wonders" and "Cry Out to Jesus". And they had that whole acoustic bit down the stage runway.

I don't think everyone liked Newsboys best; if people did, they would be the headliners and get the longer set. Instead, Third Day is headlining and got the longer set because more people like them. I think the Newboys' frequent band member changes have cost them a lot of fans. Which is too bad, because they're still really good - just not as good as they used to be.

[princessmia241]

Oh yeah, not Newsong so much (I thought the lead guy looked like the guy in Psych), but more Firelight and Third Day. The cello bit that Newsong (?) did was unique I thought.

I couldn't hear a word Third Song said, all I heard was lots of noise. :P It's just not the type of music I like, I'm more of a Tenth Avenue North type person :P

Well maybe, but in the actual show at least, everyone got a lot more excited for them, or was it just me lol. I know the group we came with thought Newsboys should have come last because they were the best and they were the most popular there. But oh well. Yeah I was reading their wikipedia page and lost count of who left, and came back, and joined, and--

But then again I'm dreadfully biased lol

[kimana83]

Ha! I can see that. That's what Shawn will look like when he's 50! LOL!

Maybe you were in a bad spot. On the floor in the center it was great and all easily understandable, except when people were screaming a lot. Next time you should volunteer and get a better seat. ;o)

I think it was probably just you, or at least the group you were with. Not to say that people weren't very excited for Newsboys, because they/we were. It's the Newsboys! How could you not be excited?! But there's a reason Third Day is the headliner. I think you guys must've just been in a bad spot acoustically or something.

Hey, bias is good when it comes to bands, I think! As long as it doesn't cause you to dislike other bands solely because of your bias. But I am totally biased toward Hanson, which doesn't mean they're not good (duh, they're critically acclaimed, sell out shows, and have been number one on indie and mainstream charts), but I know I like them more than most people do because of my bias. =o)

[kimana83]

YAY Hanson icons! I definitely hope to go back to their show with you - like Ike said, it's become an annual tradition! - but I will hopefully have at least one kid by this October, so I can't say for sure.

Yeah, concerts are no fun if you're not feeling well. Screaming and loud music are murder on a headache.

I always loved that you could hear the Newsboys' accents when they sang, because you can't with most people. So, now that it's gone, it's sad.

It was awesome. I hope they come back next year so we can volunteer again. Plus, we both rocked the hats they gave us. ;o)