concert review #1
matchbox twenty, sugar ray, maroon 5

the memory of this show will be that it was the first one i was forced to attend by myself. but i'm so glad i did. i know only like 4 people read this damn thing, but if you have, then you'll notice i've had kind of a stressful week. cancer and job interviews and the fact that no one would take my other ticket drove me insane.

anyway the show.

maroon 5 was pretty good, considering most of the time they were on the stage i thought i'd never heard them before. really skinny Dashboard Confessional like lead singer. their songs had a funk-70s style feel to them. i liked them a lot. they played a song i'd heard a few times on the radio that i had liked, but never knew who the band was. nice surprise. their set was only like 20 mins though so not enough to give them a true rating.

sugar ray was almost exactly the same as the last time i saw them whenever that was many summers ago. they had the bartender on the stage dishing out drinks to the guys the entire time. they played all the hits and even the rare ones i like (like mean machine from the first cd). lots of new stuff from them b/c they have a new cd out in june. mark mcgrath needs to go back to the spikey hair b/c his flat hair was just not attractive at all. did absolutely nothing for me. their performance was pretty good though. 3 stars out of 5. they'd get more stars if mark's hair was spikey or they had a different stage setup than the last time i saw them. oh the "low rider" bicycles like in that Sprite commercial were a nice touch.

ahhhh matchbox twenty. rob thomas doesn't dance. he shimmies. and that man just does something for me. i could watch that all damn day long if i could. he is not the most attractive rock singer (hello brandon boyd & john mayer) but i dunno...i just want to jump his bones.

oh yeah, there was music. they were awesome. i loved every minute of it. lots of new stuff..sprinkled with a lot of stuff from the 1st cd (real world, long day, busted, etc). not enough from mad season though! all they did was the radio singles from that cd i think and my two favorite MB20 songs ever are on that cd (rest stop & you won't be mine...both of which i saw them play like 2 years ago in memphis...with a string section...one of the most awesomest moments i've ever experienced). i still loved it though. 4.5 stars out of 5! they'd get the whole 5 stars if they'd play my favorites. but close enough!

concerts are like a release for me. i can go and forget everything that's happening outside that arena and let whoever is on stage just take me awaaaay. and tonight, that person was rob thomas. damn him for getting married. i want him to call me and talk dirty on the phone. he's got such a sexy, scratchy voice.

man if i had gone to that show with some man that wasn't related to me, i believe we would be having some awesome sex right about now.

and i need a shower. possibly a cold one.

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