Muse and other music thoughts...

Lets start with Muse.
I SAW THEM THURSDAY NIGHT!!!!!!
Muse is a band I saw at Coachella this year. Those readers of mine know it was my highlight of the the weekend. Its rare when I watch a live show that I'm brought to tears, joy and passion all in the same sitting. Muse does this to me.
I heard they were coming to Honda Center, but due to finances and honestly my lack at purchasing anything online they promptly sold out. This didnt stop T from finding a way to get us tickets through pretty much her genuine love of me. 2 other friends of ours had tix as well on the other side of the venue. We all arrived at my house, drank, chatted and laughed and headed out. We parked down the street a bit and trekked over to Honda Center. Passion Pit was opening and this was a fave of T's so we took a quick pic of us 4 then shot off in our different directions. When T and I got to our seats we flipped. We were so close!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 rows up from the floor - off to the side a smidge - perfect. They were right there!!!!!! Passion Pit was lovely, we scooted out to get booze, food and merchandise. Back to our seats for Muse. "Kate Hudson!" T shouts pointing - there she is, with a little posse making a bee line for the tech booth area on the floor. Lucky bitch is banging the singer for Muse. The concert begins. 3 towers covered in a material with images of people walking then falling...very 9/11-esk. BAM - they drop and the powerhouse concert begins. The band was on key, sounded brillant, excellant show. The towers went up and down. They had random images throughout the set. When he played the piano with the war like images in the background I almost lost it. Green laser lights shot out into the crowd making for an acid head's dream. They were amazing.
Music is an interesting thing. There are certain bands/songs/lyrics that hit your heart and your soul like nothing else. Certain songs or albums that happen right at a pivotal point in your life and they stick with you forever. A live performance that is so fucking awesome you never forget it. Music constantly amazes me. The depth of it, the talent of it, the sheer magnitude of how it can affect your life.
I have a huge range of music I like - I'm certainly not stuck on one type or one genre. I love blues, funk, rock, alternative, jam bands, heavy metal, hip hop, jazz, classical. Country and pop I'm not as keen on. But there are still a few gems in those genre's I like.
Live music is another beast - I've been disappointed in the past when I fall in love with a band and then I see them perform live and they dont live up. I want to see you tear it up on your album and on that stage. I'm not asking for too much because I've seen it. Some of my all time favorite bands to see live are: Tower of Power, Gogol Bordello, Grateful Dead, Muse, Pink Floyd, Blind Boys of Alabama, BB King, DJ Z-trip and many others. And all for different reasons! Music is so vast. So much. So amazing. I cannot understand how there are people in this world that dont have music in thier life at all. How do they live???
I love getting blown away by bands I'm not familiar with. Alot of my friends will bring me along to concerts or festivals where I have no idea who the people are we're going to see - and BAM - I'm slapped in the face with some brilliant music.
Johnny Lang...friggin kid!!!! Sang the blues like nothing I've ever heard. Mad Marionettes - a local band of kids that play at Bistro sometimes....so unusual and so fun to watch. I could go on and on and on about shows I've seen and fallen in love with.
There was a fun little thing that went around on FB recently - something about listing 15 albums in 15 minutes that somehow affected your life in whatever way. You werent to think just list them as fast as you could. Mine are below - and it was fascinating to look back at what I threw out there and there's something about each album that touched me for a very different reason. What albums obviously stuck in my mind like that.
Music.
Its amazing.
Plain and simple.

Grateful Dead - American Beauty



Pink Floyd - The Wall



Blink 182 - Self Titled



Tower of Power - Monster on a Leash



Beatles - Abbey Road



B.B. King - Gold



Metallica - And Justice for All



Muse - The Resistance



Green Day - American Idiot



Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces



Gogol Bordello - Gyspy Punks Underdog World Strike



Bob Marley - Exodus



Motley Crue - Theater of Pain



Billy Holiday - Blues Legends



My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade