An avid reader with a devotion to books, one of my favourite things to do is talk about the stories. Then there's movies, TV, and music, and the stories they tell... Stick around and get all the ups, downs, ins and outs!
So tonight Princess and I are off to see the performances of the local stop on the Hedley Hello World Tour. We attended their show (Wild Life tour) the last time they were here in our home town and it was a great show that we loved every minute... including the 2-3 encores they performed. To say that we're excited is an understatement. (We've honestly been counting down for this show since we attended the Marianas Trench concert at the end of March!) Hedley is one band that nearly everyone in our family enjoys and the simple truth is that we love them. So for now enjoy this video of Lose Control from the Hello album, and I'll try to pop back on tonight after the show to share our thoughts about the performances and (possibly) to share a video!
You've probably heard this song a dozen times. Possibly even more than that. Maybe the melody stuck in your head. Maybe a phrase or two caught your attention. Honestly, I heard this song day after day (while driving the Corner Table Kids to school) and never realized that I was singing along until Angel Face asked me what the song was called. And then I was stumped because even though I'd been happily singing along, seemingly knowing all the lyrics as well, I had no idea what the song was, nor who the artist was. So suddenly I had a mission. After tracking down BANNERS and this wonderfully amazing song, I knew that it was one that I needed to share. Something about it just grabs hold of me and makes me... Feel. It makes me feel.
It’s a late night
edition of Tuesdays Tunes this week.
If you follow the Facebook page (or any of my social media accounts) you’ll
know what I’ve been up to today and why I’m posting late at night, while
Tuesday is quickly coming to an end. Actually, I mentioned what I’d be doing in
last week’s Tuesdays Tunes post too. Remember?
Well, this is a
fun post for me, and caps off what has been a pretty damn fun night for both
Princess Z and I. It’s not very often that we are able to get to a concert –
between school, work and all the other things that eat up our time, seeing live
music is simply hard to make happen.
But it’s Easter
holidays for the kids (aka Spring Break) and we made it happen!
Tonight’s late
Tuesdays Tunes is a LIVE MUSIC edition.
So…
Kieran Mercer
Remember his
name.
He’s a new artist
that has catchy tunes and, honestly, he seems like a really sweet guy. He
played a few songs to get the crowd warmed up. He chatted with the crowd like a
seasoned performer and did a really great job.
They
opened with Gang of Rhythm and
between the new songs off their newest album Sing It All Away, older favorites from the R.E.V.O. album and the incredible
covers they did, they simply did an amazing show. Sometimes you watch artists
live and they’re just not as good live as they are on their LP’s. Not so for Walk Off The Earth.
If
you ever have the opportunity to see them live – take it. You will not be
disappointed!
Marianas Trench
Heli
Dad and I went to one of their shows about 3 years ago and we loved it. (Me
more so than Heli Dad but he did enjoy it.) This time Princess Z was with me
and lets say that she enjoyed the show far more than Heli Dad would have!
The
show was an incredible mix of titles from the current album Astoria as well as
songs from the older albums. Songs included: Yesterday, Burning Up, One Love, All to Myself, Stutter, Desperate
Measures, Pop Music 101, Dearly Departed, Cross My Heart, Wildfire and End of an Era.
It
was seriously like every one of my favorite MT songs was on the set list.
I
managed to catch a bit of Josh singing One
Love, which I seriously love by the way (it’s one of my current song
favorites on my writing playlist) and I hope you enjoy it.
So
yeah, a Live Music Tuesdays Tunes and something of a three-fer
too!
She's an amazing artist - songwriter, singer, performer, etc - and I don't think I've ever heard a song by Taylor Swift that I didn't come to love! This song, from her latest album Red, is my most recent fascination.
I think maybe it's just the theme that the song touches on. You know the whole I-know-you're-bad-for-me-but-I-just-can't-help-myself thing...
In any case, here is the video of Taylor Swift performing "I Knew You Were Trouble" live at the American Music Awards last month. The song is great, and I love the performance but I honestly can't wait to see if Taylor will be making an official music video for this one - I think it'll be really cool if she does!!
