Last weekend I had the pleasure of getting to go to a concert with two of my favorite artists Ray Lamontagne and Brandi Carlile at Library Square in Salt Lake. I was really excited to go to this show and even though the tickets were a little pricey, I thought it would be worth it. I am glad I went, but I'm not going to lie, it was kind of a let down. It had nothing to do with the performance, which was everything I could have hoped for and more. They both played so well and I would see either of them live again. The annoying part was the audience. When Brandi Carlile came out some over zealous ladies stood up, thus making everyone else have to stand up to see. You would think since this was an outdoor lawn concert featuring two mellow folk singers, people would have sat down at one point. Oh, on the contrary, we stood the whole time, which is bizarre right? I could see if it were a rock concert, but this was pretty layed back music. Also it seemed like people were constantly walking around instead of just sitting and enjoying the music. Everyone around us was drinking and Haley (who very kindly came with me) and I were in constant fear of getting beer spilled on us every time they passed us from filling up their drinks. Well, this was kind of a rant, but I guess I just was a little frustrated because I was looking forward to this so much and it was a little disappointing, but at least the music was great. Here are some pictures and a video. The video doesn't have very good sound, but you can see what I mean when all the people kept moving around, and also how we could barely see around these tall men in front of us. Sigh, maybe next concert I go to will be a little more magical.
3 comments:
Sorry it wasn't everything you hoped for and more. That's kind of how John Mayer was for me---to-die-for performance, but a lot of beer and inconsiderate people. Oh well. Still was pretty cool though.
P.S. You should come up the weekend after next--Matt always works at night (even Friday) and also works Saturday afternoon and night half the time too, so you should come keep me company :)
Sorry the concert was full of lame people. Who wants to stand on the grass? The music sounded pretty good though.
Oh man! I LOVE those artists ! Boo for dumb people. It looks like you still had fun though :) And your hair is really adorable.
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