My November was filled with great music and memorable concerts. I think I may have even logged more hours in front of my computer downloading and re-tagging music in preparation for the concerts than on Facebook. And we all know how much I'm on Facebook.
The first concert I went to was the Jason Mraz concert at the Greek Theater with Kevin. I had been wanting to go to this concert since I first heard about it in September but the tickets were already sold out. When Kevin offered up a ticket I was so excited to go!
I've developed a strong liking to Jason Mraz over the course of the autumn season. A lot of it had to do with the sentimental way I was introduced to Jason Mraz's music, a couple of months before I'm Yours hit the radio waves and became the song of the summer. In addition to his laid back musicality I just fell in love with his quirky lyrics and wordplay. There is a soothing tonality to his voice that makes his lyrics linger in your mind as you go through his melodies.
The Greek Theater was an interesting venue. You have to drive through a block of (nice) houses to get to the theater and the entire seating area is outdoors, very similar to the Hollywood Bowl. I was worried about the concert because it had been raining earlier in the day. We were sprinkled a little during one of the songs but the rain subsided for most of the concert.
The next show I watched was the 2008 Hotel Cafe Tour at the Music Box (Henry Fonda Theater). I was browsing the Hotel Cafe web site the day before the concert when I saw the list of performers. I had to see Rachel Yamagata live. I convinced Max that the all-girl lineup won't be so bad and we bought tickets. It was a very casual, standing-room only show so it didn't matter that we bought tickets so late.
Rachel Yamagata has the most amazing, husky yet sultry voice. One of my favorite songs this year is "Meet me by the Water"... I was hoping that she would perform either that song or "Over and Over" but she didn't. She did sing one of her new songs, "Elephant" a capella and it was so moving and powerful the entire theater stood still for a few minutes.
I also discovered two new female artists that I absolutely love, Meiko and Lenka. The cool thing about this concert is that for certain songs, the other girls would come out and sing backup. Here are a bunch of them helping Thao Nguyen out on a song:
A couple of memorable things happened that night... We got there pretty early so we were literally 1 row away from the stage, before I got claustrophobic (drunk) and almost fainted and had to go to the back to get fresh air and lost our spot. =( And then of course the most memorable part of the night, running into Ted Mosby! Or Josh Radnor from How I Met Your Mother. He passed by us twice and has a big head.
Then on November 25th, Yona and I went to the Honda Center to watch Coldplay. I wasn't expecting such a huge production, it was a nice surprise. The stadium was pretty packed:
It was such a long wait for the concert... we arrived just as the opening act was finishing up and had to endure an hour set of a random DJ while watching a psychedelic cartoon on a screen. It was long and boring.
Yona, however, was more cheery than usual.
They started off the concert with Live in Technicolor which sounded so good live.
There were a lot of cool lighting effects including lasers and blinky things (forget what they are called). Some of the songs were performed in the dark with backlights silhouetting the band.
There was a cute song they did on the stage extension, in the middle of the floor:
And they performed The Scientist, my favorite Coldplay song, unplugged in 4 random stadium seats near the back:
By the end of the concert I realized boys in henleys and military jackets are hot. Oh, and Chris Martin looks like House.
The first concert I went to was the Jason Mraz concert at the Greek Theater with Kevin. I had been wanting to go to this concert since I first heard about it in September but the tickets were already sold out. When Kevin offered up a ticket I was so excited to go!
I've developed a strong liking to Jason Mraz over the course of the autumn season. A lot of it had to do with the sentimental way I was introduced to Jason Mraz's music, a couple of months before I'm Yours hit the radio waves and became the song of the summer. In addition to his laid back musicality I just fell in love with his quirky lyrics and wordplay. There is a soothing tonality to his voice that makes his lyrics linger in your mind as you go through his melodies.
The Greek Theater was an interesting venue. You have to drive through a block of (nice) houses to get to the theater and the entire seating area is outdoors, very similar to the Hollywood Bowl. I was worried about the concert because it had been raining earlier in the day. We were sprinkled a little during one of the songs but the rain subsided for most of the concert.
The next show I watched was the 2008 Hotel Cafe Tour at the Music Box (Henry Fonda Theater). I was browsing the Hotel Cafe web site the day before the concert when I saw the list of performers. I had to see Rachel Yamagata live. I convinced Max that the all-girl lineup won't be so bad and we bought tickets. It was a very casual, standing-room only show so it didn't matter that we bought tickets so late.
Rachel Yamagata has the most amazing, husky yet sultry voice. One of my favorite songs this year is "Meet me by the Water"... I was hoping that she would perform either that song or "Over and Over" but she didn't. She did sing one of her new songs, "Elephant" a capella and it was so moving and powerful the entire theater stood still for a few minutes.
I also discovered two new female artists that I absolutely love, Meiko and Lenka. The cool thing about this concert is that for certain songs, the other girls would come out and sing backup. Here are a bunch of them helping Thao Nguyen out on a song:
A couple of memorable things happened that night... We got there pretty early so we were literally 1 row away from the stage, before I got claustrophobic (drunk) and almost fainted and had to go to the back to get fresh air and lost our spot. =( And then of course the most memorable part of the night, running into Ted Mosby! Or Josh Radnor from How I Met Your Mother. He passed by us twice and has a big head.
Then on November 25th, Yona and I went to the Honda Center to watch Coldplay. I wasn't expecting such a huge production, it was a nice surprise. The stadium was pretty packed:
It was such a long wait for the concert... we arrived just as the opening act was finishing up and had to endure an hour set of a random DJ while watching a psychedelic cartoon on a screen. It was long and boring.
Yona, however, was more cheery than usual.
They started off the concert with Live in Technicolor which sounded so good live.
There were a lot of cool lighting effects including lasers and blinky things (forget what they are called). Some of the songs were performed in the dark with backlights silhouetting the band.
There was a cute song they did on the stage extension, in the middle of the floor:
And they performed The Scientist, my favorite Coldplay song, unplugged in 4 random stadium seats near the back:
By the end of the concert I realized boys in henleys and military jackets are hot. Oh, and Chris Martin looks like House.
1 comments:
wow the pictures turned out great, link me to the album!~
jason mraz got nominated for a grammy~
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