After this, I looked for Ataris merch and failed. Just like I failed to find the Get Up Kids merch the night before. So bad at this. Bamboozle is disorganized. I heard some of Billy Talent and I have to say, that guy sounds like he is out of his mind. I dig the stuff on their records, but live he sounds absolutely CRAZY. I don't mean crazy good or crazy bad either. I mean mentally insane. I don't know how else to describe it. I was looking for one of my friends and I knew she was standing by the Imagination stage, so I hung around there since there were no bands I absolutely had to see at the time. I watched Tinted Windows, which sounds exactly like more recent Hanson songs, honestly. Taylor's stage prescence was lacking, but his teenybopper fans were absolutely not lacking. There were even girls standing against the fence after the performance, yelling "TAYLOR HANSON" in unison. Something not to be expected of Bamboozle. There's seriously only Taylor pictures on Flickr. Not kidding. Blue pants.
Photo credit to chariotswinglow on Flickr.
Then The Sounds went on. Sometimes you realize how much you love a band until you see them live. These guys (and girl!) have great stage prescence. The singer is adorable. She just straight up looks like a hipster Debbie Harry and I love it. I couldn't tell you what songs they played, but I enjoyed watching and listening to them. I wandered after their set. The crowd for 3oh!3 was obnoxiously insane. They weren't anything great to see and we tried really hard to just pass them by. I felt like their set was everything I hate about music. Stupid lyrics, no live band, little girls in neon jumping and screeching words and how much they love so and so in 'the band', and the worst dance moves ever to be seen on scrawny white girls. Needless to say, I left that area and looked for good music.
Or maybe I waited around to see Sum 41, since they make me feel like I'm 14. I was hoping for a lot of old songs, so I could feel like Warped Tour 2001 all over again. They... kind of played older songs. A few. I listened. I wasn't as excited as I thought I'd be when they got on stage. I did sing along to "In Too Deep" and of course I know all the words to "Fat Lip". All the videos for "Fat Lip" are obnoxious, but I found this and this wasn't as obnoxious.
Demi Lovato played Bamboozle? Yes, that's a question, because I still don't understand. Her talking voice is somewhat of a screech! I had to put an exclamation point because all she did was exclaim. Her singing voice isn't terrible, just her talking voice. I was waiting for The Used to go on and heard her. Speaking of The Used... when did Bert stop doing drugs? Because he needs to be on them again. He was a much better performer when he was all doped up, just sayin'. I saw them at some Warped Tour years ago and he climbed up the stage, about 30ft or more in the air and jumped into the crowd. This time, I'm not sure if he moved that much. His voice sounds quite worn as well. The band sounded okay. I think they had a much more talented drummer in Branden (not sure of the name, but he is now the current drummer of Rancid).
Face To Face. I had to admit, I was sort of shocked to see them on the lineup, but I was happy about it. Unfortunately, the crowd vanished for their set. Or maybe fortunately. I can't remember if I've actually ever seen Face To Face live. If I have, it was years ago. As in, I was in high school. Maybe a freshman or sophomore even. They played great and I loved that they were talking shit half of the time. Their fans definitely stood out amongst the whole festival. I bet they were some of the same people that were screaming and chanting during The Ataris doing Misfits songs and Anti-Flag doing The Clash songs. The only shirt I bought at this entire festival was a Face To Face shirt. These guys deserve a video in this post.
Rise Against was next and they are a great band to see live. I think musically, they sounded wonderful, but their choice of songs was slightly disappointing. They didn't play "Swing Life Away", which was shocking. When the acoustic guitar came out and they played "Hero Of War", I was ready for it... but then the acoustic guitar was gone. It was a very new set, which was slightly disappointing because I enjoy their older stuff more than this most recent record.
Taking Back Sunday was on the next stage after them. I hadn't seen them since their first Warped Tour with the lineup change. Now there's another lineup change in their guitarist, I think. I liked their song selection somewhat. They played some of the songs I wanted to hear (which pretty much is everything off their Tell All Your Friends record, but mostly I was waiting for "Cute without the 'E' (Cut From The Team)", which didn't happen) and some songs I just didn't know. I only have Tell All Your Friends and Louder Now, though. Those are my favorites. Adam's voice was amazing, then it wasn't, then it was, then it was okay. The other guy (yeah, I don't know his name) was mediocre the whole time. He was better than the last performance I saw from them (which was with Fred), but not as good as when they played Skate and Surf. No one is Skate and Surf good anymore :(
Photo credit to Mike McDougal on Flickr.
No Doubt was after them. Let me repeat that. NO DOUBT was next. Gwen Stefani wasn't Gwen Stefani as everyone knows her now on that stage. She was the Gwen Stefani I saw back when I was 17 and I just got my license and Garbage and The Distillers opened for them. She was that Gwen. They were FANTASTIC. They opened with "Spiderwebs"!!! I mean, really. I can't even talk about this set. I don't even know what to say. I can't form words.
Photo credit to wheresweevil on Flickr.
Found my stage climber! Photo credit to Fire the Canon on Flickr.
I'm sure there was a better quality video, but I don't even care. Watch it. She climbed the friggin stage.
Before I officially end this, I would like to say that you should all go onto YouTube and search for the Green Day covers that New Found Glory did on Hoodwink. They did a GREAT job from what I can see and the songs they picked are amazing. They're not playing "Minority" and "Jesus of Suburbia", they're playing songs like "J.A.R.", "Longview", and "2000 Light Years Away". Fuck yeah, NFG.
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