Seeing a concert
Me: Can’t on Thursday. I’m catching Matchbox 20 with the Firecracker.
Brother: Matchbox 20? Shouldn’t they be at least Matchbox 50 by now?
The last major music concert I went to was 16 years ago with Alison at the Prudential Center, just a year after it first opened.
That’s because there aren’t a ton of artists I’d wanna see in exchange for the hassle of getting to and from a concert.
I’m fully embracing my inner crotchety-old-man.
When I first met the Firecracker, told her that Matchbox Twenty / Rob Thomas and Andy Grammer were the only people that I’d see but that list has grown somewhat to also include:
But that girl pays attention.
She told me that Andy Grammer was opening up for Matchbox Twenty at the Prudential Center the other day, and she got us tickets.
Her: AND…I got us seats with unlimited food!
Me: What?!
Her: Yup!
See, Matchbox Twenty and Rob Thomas’s Streetcorner Symphany was on repeat during my first breakup with the Reporter.
And after Alison got sick, his song Her Diamonds would always make me cry.
Ergo, I was super jazzed to see them both on this double-header.
So, last Thursday, we headed out to see him from Manhattan…
…but ended up taking the wrong PATH train in NJ, so we had to hitch an Uber.
Her: I don’t wanna miss Andy Grammer!
Me: (waving hand) Nah, they never start on time.
He started right on time.
Opens mouth. Inserts foot.
As soon as we walked in, we heard him playing Fine by Me, one of our favourite songs.
But, while the Firecracker was anxious to get seated to enjoy the concert, I had other priorities.
She wasn’t joking about the unlimited food.
Ended up getting five plates of food and four full cups of drinks before the night was over.
Six plates if you count that the Firecracker got us dessert at the end.
Andy: I’m like the golden retriever of music and I’m ok with that.
Anywho, getting back to the concert, I particularly like Andy Grammar, not just because I enjoy his music, but also because he and I seem to share a similar point of view when it comes to our art.
His music routinely gets criticized because its relentlessly upbeat.
Yet, I don’t have an issue with that because, what is life if not a tragedy fulla joy?
We can focus on the tragedy part or the joy part.
In any case, I just missed seeing Andy in concert a while ago with RE Mike a couplea years back, so this was a chance to finally get to see him perform.
He didn’t disappoint.
Her: Man, he’s so good, live!
Me: He really is! (getting up to get more food)
Her: You’re getting more food? You’re missing the entire concert.
Me: The food’s not gonna eat itself!
I’ll wrap this up in the next entry.
Location: sick at my desk
Mood: see above
Music: I know it’s hard to remember sometimes but you gotta keep your head up (Spotify)
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