Where the wild things were

November 4th, 2007

Saturday night I attended the Young Wild Things Tour featuring Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T’s, and Cute Is What We Aim For at the Wharf in Orange Beach, AL. It was about an hour and a half drive, because that was my first time going there, traffic was backed up going across the Bay Way that time of day (6:30ish), and it was dark. And The Wharf, I found, is way out in the boonies.

So, with my two younger sisters along for the trip, we finally made it to the concert. I’m really glad parking was free, however, there was a $3.00 toll going both ways to gain access into/out of The Wharf. Me and Nicole had “seats” (standing) on the floor, right in front of the stage. The crowd was pretty tame so it was cool.

We were a little late getting to the show. Cute Is What We Aim For was the opening act, and I had never heard of them before this concert, so I wasn’t bummed to miss them. We arrived right after their set, and Plain White Ts were preparing to come on. They played four of five songs. The lead singer was good with getting the crowd into it. The only song I know from them is “Hey, There Delilah” (who doesn’t), but it was great to see it live because it’s an acoustic kind of song.

Next was Gym Class Heroes, and I was especially psyched to see them perform. Travis (the lead singer) is very charismatic and did a good job of getting the crowd hyped.

Here’s where I start to take issue with the crowd at the concert. The audience was composed mostly of young, white teenagers (I’m 24 so I felt so old there). And it’s cool for these kids to want to come out and see the band, but a lot of people around me looked so bored to be there. There was one part in particular where Fall Out Boy was playing, and they signaled for the audience to sing along to the song, and hardly anyone was singing because I’m pretty sure they didn’t know the words to the song. Come on, people!

Still Gym Class Heroes and Fall Out Boy did a really awesome job. I didn’t get to see if they’d do a song together, because I had to leaved (guessing) 3/4 of the way through Fall Out Boy’s act. I was extremely annoyed at this because Pete Wentz (bass, band spokesman) explained that there were playing a longer set than usual because they wouldn’t be touring the U.S. for a while after this tour wrapped. So, as didn’t get to see them performing a cover of The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside”. . . but it sounded awesome. Also, props to Pete for performing with a cast/splint dressed in leather like Edward Scissorhands.

I got lots of pictures though. I’m still not used to shooting with my point-and-shoot so I got a lot of motion blur, a few I was able to salvage, and a couple of really awesomes.

So, that was my concert experience. I’ll post more photos on my flickr account.

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