love these screams like I do
oh ma god.
last night's afi show?
absolute panty creaming goodness.
confession time... i kinda forgot about this show.
...well, i kinda forgot about how excited i was for it.
i know! surprising, huh?
but it's true.
i was ridiculously pumped when i first bought my tickets, but then my excitement waned...
i blame the fact that g isn't in town and wasn't there with me...
so it's just not the same.
but my husband and i went, and i was medium on the excitement scale until they hit the stage.
and then i kinda exploded.
in the pants.
wait... that sounds gross, lol.
but when they came out on stage, all of a sudden i was like ohmydogiforgothowmuchilovethisbandandi'mfinallyseeingthemplayatthecommodore!
and i was the excite.
they played a totally kickass setlist that was perfection...
old tunes, only 4 off the new album... and a lot of sing the sorrow and decemberunderground.
they dug out some pretty old gems too... (ever and a day!!! and love is a many splendored thing? that one is from 1996. gold!)
anyways... they played an incredible set...
sounded flawless...
and then they played love like winter... and i turned to my husband and said "i don't think they're going to play silver & cold because they played this one... and that makes me sad. even though i also LOVE love like winter... silver & cold is my absolute favourite"
and then... they played it.
and i died.
the best, and i mean THE BEST part of the show was the crowd.
every single person there knew every word...
and the crowd sang backup vocals to the entire set.
it was unreal... i've never heard anything like it.
even my husband was singing at the top of his lungs... something he usually only reserves for tragically hip shows.
he was jacked that they played so much off Sing The Sorrow and stuff even older than that...
davey havoc was pretty impressed... and asked the crowd how long it had been since they played vancouver...
the answer: 7 years since they did a solo show and 3 years ago on warped tour (which i saw)
yep, pretty safe to say that vancity was primed for an AFI show.
on the way home last night, we rocked Sing The Sorrow... and normally i don't listen to music from the band i just saw on the way home... but in this case, we were so jacked that we needed to hear more.
this morning i was still jacked... listed to STS again.
in fact, i got to work and had 3 songs left on the album, so i walked around the block 6 times so i could finish it.
i just couldn't bring myself to shut it off.
yes, i know i'm a music addict.
it's not my fault.
this show, seriously slayed me.
one of my favourite shows ever.
easily top 20.
maybe even top 10.
i love love loved it.
thanks for being so freaking rad afi.
love you.
also, yes i do still want to have davey havoc's vegan babies.
*drool*
last night's afi show?
absolute panty creaming goodness.
confession time... i kinda forgot about this show.
...well, i kinda forgot about how excited i was for it.
i know! surprising, huh?
but it's true.
i was ridiculously pumped when i first bought my tickets, but then my excitement waned...
i blame the fact that g isn't in town and wasn't there with me...
so it's just not the same.
but my husband and i went, and i was medium on the excitement scale until they hit the stage.
and then i kinda exploded.
in the pants.
wait... that sounds gross, lol.
but when they came out on stage, all of a sudden i was like ohmydogiforgothowmuchilovethisbandandi'mfinallyseeingthemplayatthecommodore!
and i was the excite.
they played a totally kickass setlist that was perfection...
old tunes, only 4 off the new album... and a lot of sing the sorrow and decemberunderground.
they dug out some pretty old gems too... (ever and a day!!! and love is a many splendored thing? that one is from 1996. gold!)
anyways... they played an incredible set...
sounded flawless...
and then they played love like winter... and i turned to my husband and said "i don't think they're going to play silver & cold because they played this one... and that makes me sad. even though i also LOVE love like winter... silver & cold is my absolute favourite"
and then... they played it.
and i died.
the best, and i mean THE BEST part of the show was the crowd.
every single person there knew every word...
and the crowd sang backup vocals to the entire set.
it was unreal... i've never heard anything like it.
even my husband was singing at the top of his lungs... something he usually only reserves for tragically hip shows.
he was jacked that they played so much off Sing The Sorrow and stuff even older than that...
davey havoc was pretty impressed... and asked the crowd how long it had been since they played vancouver...
the answer: 7 years since they did a solo show and 3 years ago on warped tour (which i saw)
yep, pretty safe to say that vancity was primed for an AFI show.
on the way home last night, we rocked Sing The Sorrow... and normally i don't listen to music from the band i just saw on the way home... but in this case, we were so jacked that we needed to hear more.
this morning i was still jacked... listed to STS again.
in fact, i got to work and had 3 songs left on the album, so i walked around the block 6 times so i could finish it.
i just couldn't bring myself to shut it off.
yes, i know i'm a music addict.
it's not my fault.
this show, seriously slayed me.
one of my favourite shows ever.
easily top 20.
maybe even top 10.
i love love loved it.
thanks for being so freaking rad afi.
love you.
also, yes i do still want to have davey havoc's vegan babies.
*drool*
Passion, baby. Ha, you have it and then some! Sounds amazing.
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Commodore show? if it was I am jealous. I was at the show 7 years ago and it ripped. their Vic show in December was flat and it reminded me even more of how much they slay in smaller venues with passionate fans around.
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it was indeed at the fabulous commodore ballroom.
best venue ever.
i remember you saying the victoria show wasn't super rad... you shoulda made the trek for this one. it would have reaffirmed your faith in afi.
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Dude. Sorry I missed the show. Thanks for the setlist. God I hate typing using am itouch
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