It's almost been a month since my last post and part one of Music Midtown, so that's pretty sad. I haven't been doing a very good job at time management the past few months, but hopefully this is the start of a very productive month. I know you've been on the edge of your seats waiting for day 2, so let's relive a concert that literally happened MONTHS ago. Enjoy.
New Politics
It was a very hard decision to choose between X Ambassador
and New Politics, but we chose
New Politics in the end and it was the right
choice. They were so unbelievably amazing! There wasn’t a big crowd so we got
pretty close. The band members were Danish and then they had an American
drummer. We got to hear them play West End Kids and Harlem and we were able to
hear them sing Girl Crush as we were walking into Piedmont Park.
Their lead singer was so cool, he could break dance and he walked out into the crow, they held up his feet as he sang. They have this
amazing energy and everyone we were with that didn’t know them loved them by the
end of it! I just love that feeling when you’re watching a band that nobody
really knows and you can feel that you’re witnessing the start of their career.
You can say you were here when it all began, when they only drew hundreds of
people to their concert. It’s crazy to see their smiles and see how proud they
are and how happy they are that we chose to come early and watch them.
I love moments like that. That’s what music is about, those moments that connect
you and the artist. Those moments where we all feel as one, where we are all
watching something amazing begin.
Alessia Cara
This up and coming artist already has her hit song Here on
the radio, but she didn’t draw a huge crowd and I have no idea why.
Alessia is
so talented, I hadn’t really heard of her before that day, but I’m so glad my
friends had. Her voice is really unique and the songs she writes are all very
personal. She’s still so young, but her talent is undeniable. I really like her
other song Seventeen and then she also did a great cover of Sweater Weather.
You should check her out online if you haven’t heard of her.
Elle King
This girl gives no fucks and I love it. I’d really only
heard a few songs by her, but she was great.
Elle King's sound is a little folksy, but
in a more pop way. She was just fun to watch, she kept talking about being
drunk and she was barefoot and sweaty, but she was just living her best life
and it was refreshing. Check out Exs and Ohs.
Panic! At the Disco
I love
Panic! At the Disco, I have ever since I Write Sins
Not Tragedy. I don’t have all of their CDs or anything, but I have at least one
song from each album they’ve released. Let me just say they have come a LONG
way since their emo days, the band itself is almost unrecognizable. It seemed
like it took them a while to find their sound, but now that they have and it is amazing. I just really love the lead singer’s voice. They drew a pretty big
crowd and sang most of their hits. They also covered a TON of classic rock songs
including Bohemian Rhapsody. I think this really showcased their talents as
musicians. They have definitely headed in the rock direction as of late and it’s
really where they’ve begun to shine.
Random Bands
We heard a few songs from random bands throughout the day
too, we didn’t really go to their sets, but we could hear them. We watched Hal
and Oats from far away and heard You Make My Dreams Come True. We listened to Billy
Idol as we sat under a tree and ate lunch, he played his hits White Wedding and
Rebel Yell. We did a little walking around after Panic, tried to find our
friends and such. We heard a bit of Vance Joy, who I love, but I’m seeing him open
fro Taylor Swift next month so I knew I would see him again (this is how long ago I wrote this, TS was weeks ago now). We heard Lenny
Kravitz sing American Woman as we walked toward the main stage. We basically
chose to not see anyone else so we could get close for Sam Smith’s performance.
Sam Smith
Honesty Sam deserves his own post, he is one of my favorite
artists and Saturday night was something I won’t soon forget. We got SO close
to the stage. For as many concerts I’ve been to, I don’t think I’ve ever been
that close to the artist, I just can’t afford those kind of seats, but at music
festivals there are no seats!
Sam Smith loves Atlanta, he opened his tour here at the Fox
back in January where I saw him for the first time. He couldn’t stop talking
about what an amazing crowd we were and how much he loved us. Normally I would
think this is artist bs because I assume they say this to every crowd they
preform in front of, but I could see it in his eyes. His face lit up when he was
saying these things to us, he truly loved us and we loved him back.
He sang all of his songs and he sang them with all his
heart. It was beautiful, it was inspiring, it was perfect. He would walk over
to our side of the stage and I could actually see into his eyes, that’s how
close I was. His voice and talent are unmeasurable and truly unique. It hadn’t
even been a full year since I had seen him last and yet it felt so different, so
new.
Sam Smith’s songs tear you apart and then put you back
together. They cut you deep and then they heal you. There’s nobody else like
him out there. Sam truly puts all of himself out there when he preforms. When
he walks off the stage, you know he gave all of himself to you and it’s
beautiful.
xx Kristen
