Seems like the only time I get to leave town lately is to see my favorite band--Taking Back Sunday. Well, my recent trip to Oklahoma City was certainly worth it!
We got barricade, over to the side which was perfect because it always gets a bit rough in the middle anyway. It was 45,000 degrees in that place and people were passing out which gave us an opportunity to move closer to the center. So, when they finally come out they start out with You Know How I Do. Matt Rubano came right over and sang to Nicole and I and we sang back--so the night was already starting out on a high! I'm not one of those people who can list every song song by song, but I can tell you that they started out with that song and finished with Make Damn Sure. Adam came out and made major eye contact like he does lots and lots of times, and I was proud that every time he did I knew all the words to the song he was singing and sang right back to him. He smiled each time. Ok, there was a small part during Set Phasers To Stun that I didn't know the words when he was looking at me, but that's cool--I knew all the other ones. One of my favorite moments was when he was singing MakeDamnSure and the line "You are so cool" he was squatted down singing right at me and I pointed to him and sang that line to him and he smiled.
Even though it was 45,000 degrees in this sold out non-air conditioned place that didn't stop their extreme energy level. Matt Rubano was all over the place like crazy, and Issac and Matt Fazzi's "ghetto dance" was the most awesome thing ever!
Adam told us that his best friend from Tyler Texas was there and he requested Adam's favorite song, Miami, so he played that song. From the new album they played my favorite, Carpathia, which is named after, as Adam put it, "The ship that got the first signal when the Titantic was sinking" and he went on about Leo DiCaprio saying that he would never let go right before he let go and sank to the bottom. They also performed my other favorite song from New Again, Swing, which is Nicole's favorite too. Of course, they did the awesome Sink Into Me (that I'm listening to right now as I write this) and New Again, as well as old favorites like Cute Without The E, You're So Last Summer, Timberwolves In New Jersey, Bonus Mosh, Ghost, and of course Liar Liar.
The crowd was great at singing along and for once I didn't feel like murdering the person standing next to me--she was really nice. The person at Edgefest kept trying to elbow me out of my place even though I was just trying to see and enjoy the show.
Stay tuned for my account of meeting all the guys after the show.....
