First off: how cool is it to see Jody Davis again?! I was very happy for that. I thought he did a great job on the solo. Now then. Michael Tait. I'm going to try and be as fair as possible. I made it through the whole video without crying or laughing, and that's saying a lot. I didn't even make fun of him when he botched the lyrics in the middle. I feel for the guy- he's got to learn and memorize an entire list of songs that aren't his, then he has to perform them live as if they were his own, even though everyone knows they belong to Peter Furler, and have always belonged to Peter Furler. So Tait's got big shoes to fill. Big, bald, white, Australian shoes to fill. And I don't dislike him, I really don't. He made "Something Beautiful" sound pretty good, actually. But it's so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this wasn't a cover, and it wasn't a tribute. Peter isn't going to pick up the mic and make it better. This is Newsboys now. I don't like it, but I don't hate it. We'll see where this goes. In August, I'm seeing Newsboys at Kingdom Bound. I'm trying hard to prepare myself for Michael Tait....but it's really hard. BUT they did say that Peter would come back for special shows, and Newsboys has been doing Kingdom Bound for years, so maybe he'll come back for that...I hope so....
In other music-related news, this is going to be a busy, expensive, and GREAT summer for me!
Here are albums coming out this year:
March 31: "Free" / Gavin DeGraw
May 5: "In the Hands of God" / Newsboys
June 16: "Best Night of Our Lives" / Everyday Sunday
Some point in 2009: "21st Century Breakdown" / Green Day, as well as albums by Switchfoot and Editors and maybe Relient K if they get their act together
Also, here are shows I'm currently planning on seeing this summer:
June 17: The Fray at Darien Lake with Emily
August 5: Phil Joel, Newsboys at Darien Lake with Emily (and Megan?)
Also also, here are shows I *might* see this summer, if money and schedules allow:
June 1: Coldplay at Darien Lake with Bocadillo
August 27: Gavin DeGraw in Syracuse (with Emily?)
September 4: Switchfoot in Syracuse
It is my complete intention to exit this summer 100% broke and 100% deaf. I shouldn't have a problem with either.
5 comments:
You do know Gavin Degraw is performing with Kelly Clarkson so we'd have to get tickets really really early for that.
you should have no problem with the broke part if you don't leave a little time for working to pay for all this stuff
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Well the good news is, Emily and I talked and we decided to cut out Newsboys and Switchfoot...but we're currently buying tickets for Gavin DeGraw on August 27, and it's looking like we'll be able to pull off Coldplay, which means we'll also axe the Fray, but it's good because we narrowed it down from 5 potential concerts to two. Yay responsibility!
hmm...it will take some getting used to, i agree...
peter's voice = newsboys since forever. i could always identify it, and it's strange without it.
you're right, i don't hate it, i don't love it. but it'll take a while to grow accustomed to it.
and yay for being responsible :P
Yeah Monica, it's definately going to be weird. Emily and I decided to not see the Newsboys this summer because it would be 30 bucks and more likely than not, it would be Tait instead of Peter...and I'm not about to pay 30 bucks for a Furler-less Newsboys concert.
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