Play Something Country

[kiaxet]

You know, I hadn't realized I missed Cheyenne until I got there this weekend. That said, it's a much nicer place to visit than it is to live, though they have added a few more metropolitan areas (read: shopping centers) since I was last there seven years ago. Yeah, seven years will do something for your cowboy nostalgia.

It's also at 50,000 people, which does make it bigger than Ridgecrest. Sorry, amorsinseramada.

I obtained a cowboy hat (read: adventure hat whenever the black fedora is not appropriate), a new purse, and quite a few pictures of giant boot sculptures. I also got a concert t-shirt, which broke the bank. 8D

SPEAKING OF THE CONCERT OMW. I loved it. :D I do love Brooks and Dunn, and as always, they put on a fantastic show. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't spent half the concert in tears, but there you go.

...I need to explain that last comment, huh.

They played a song I'd never heard called Cowgirls Don't Cry, about a girl who is raised by her daddy to be a cowgirl, has her husband cheat on her but keeps it inside because cowgirls don't cry, and then her dad dies and his last words to her are - you guessed it - cowgirls don't cry.

So, of course, I'm bawling by the time that song is over. That was about an hour into the two-hour concert, and every time they played another slow song I'd start up again. That wouldn't have been so bad if every other song hadn't been a slow and/or meaningful song. I even cried at Neon Moon, for goodness' sake, and I knew it was coming. It got to the point where the stage lights would turn blue, I'd sit there and go OH DAMMIT NOT AGAIN, and sure enough...yeah. Fantastic concert but damn I cried.

Highlights of the concert were:

- Starting with Play Something Country
- The beer sellers all wearing fluorescent pink shirts
- The elderly woman behind me being just as much of a fangirl as I am
- Ending the concert proper with My Maria
- Pretending to take requests: "What do you wanna hear? ...My Maria? ...Later. Boot Scoot? ...Later." Earth Wind & Fire teases me, I go crazy. Brooks & Dunn tease me, I laugh.
- Two song encore: Brand New Man and Boot Scootin' Boogie
- Bringing out servicemen in uniform from all four branches of the Armed Forces for a salute during Only In America. This is the only time I've seen any performance get a screaming standing ovation in the middle of the concert - hell, in the middle of a song. This was incredible and far and away my favorite part.

All in all, it was an incredible concert and a great weekend. I love hanging out with my family and I don't get to do it often anymore.

In more local news, I'm still working on that egg and hoping. This week promises to be another busy one with friend-visiting and lease-signing. The new One Piece movie is friggin' hilarious and I want to watch it again because I am obviously now hooked on Oda's trollish crack. Send help.

If I get my rear in gear tonight, there'll be another post with pictures and video from the past two weekends and snippets of chat log from universejuice and I watching the movie. For now, I continue on with music.

Day 19: A song from your favorite album

For me, it's not necessarily so much "favorite album" as it is "album I can listen to over and over without skipping any songs." There really aren't many of those around. Also, I have no idea why this video lists the album as "slime" - it's actually SMILE, the same album that has Ready Steady Go! Which is to say, hell yeah L'Arc~En~Ciel.

Day 20: A song that you listen to when you’re angry

I am not a passive angry person. I am a yelly, screamy, active, loud angry person, and this song is pretty good for that. The other option is:

Are you sensing a theme yet?

Day 21: A song that you listen to when you’re happy

Not gonna lie - most songs on this list make me happy in some way, shape, or form. I'm trying not to reuse artists or songs - otherwise we'd have most of Mika's discography up in here. Instead, I figured I'd keep the weekend's theme. HELL YES COWBOYS 8D
For those of you wondering, Brooks is the highly musical one in the hat. Dunn is the one on main vocals.

Alternatively:

...heeeeee. X3

Day 01: Your favorite song
Day 02: Your least favorite song
Day 03: A song that makes you happy
Day 04: A song that makes you sad
Day 05: A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06: A song that reminds you of somewhere
Day 07: A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08: A song that you know all the words to
Day 09: A song that you can dance to
Day 10: A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11: A song from your favorite band
Day 12: A song from a band you hate
Day 13: A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14: A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15: A song that describes you
Day 16: A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17: A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18: A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19: A song from your favorite album
Day 20: A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21: A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22: A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23: A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24: A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25: A song that makes you laugh
Day 26: A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27: A song that you wish you could play
Day 28: A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29: A song from your childhood
Day 30: Your favorite song at this time last year

Comments

[kiaxet]

It's a great town to waste a weekend in. You could probably even go an entire week during Frontier Days - rodeo and carnival every day, big name concert every night, and tons of other stuff going on in and around the city. Living there for two years kind of takes the Wild West magic out of it, though.

I didn't see any douchebaggery. I'm not sure if that's because Brooks & Dunn fans are a class act or because I wasn't in the standing room/party crowd section.

You should do it too! I love seeing people's music. :D

/refrains from taking cracks at Country music =P

[jedizero.livejournal.com]

I've always found that the best concerts are the ones that make you cry.

Also, glad to see we have the same angry music. Looks like we've got all three of their albums covered, too...

Also also, thank you for helping me attach the artist and title of that last song to the song itself...