Better Than Words

I have been a fan of One Direction for two and a half years and was never able to get a hold of tickets for any concert.  But that finally changed when tickets for their Where We Are Tour went on sale back in December.  After losing so many sets of tickets, my dad was finally able to get four tickets to see One Direction at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Now, I'm not used to nose bleed seats.  Every concert I have ever been to I have been close.  For example, I was fourth row to see Bryan Adams, 15 feet from Justin Bieber, and 20 feet from the Jonas Brothers.  I guess you could say my dad spoils me.

That was unfortunately not the case last night.  We were section 335, row 24 - there were 26 rows in section 335.

But that didn't stop me from going crazy.

5 Seconds of Summer opened for the boys and they were great.  They also went on at like 7:00 on the dot.

1. Eighteen
2. Heartbreak Girl
3. Don't Stop
4. Teenage Dream (Katy Perry cover)
5. Amnesia
6. Beside You
7. What I Like About You (Romantics cover)
8. Good Girls
9. She Looks So Perfect

I actually lost my voice before One Direction even went on stage from screaming so much during 5SOS' performance.

 Calum

Ashton

Ashton talking...to me

I also spent $75 on merchandise.  I bought a 5 Seconds of Summer shirt and a One Direction tour shirt.

 Front

Back

Okay, Harry looks absolutely fabulous in the big picture on the shirt... not that he ever looks bad, because he doesn't.  I'm just saying.

And now for the main event.

One Direction was, like their song, "Better Than Words."

Now, you're going to think I'm insane because there is no way you already thought that of me.  When One Direction came out at the beginning of the show, when I saw Harry, my legs started shaking, I started crying, and I was hyperventilating.  It got to the point where my friend kept asking if I was okay.

They performed nineteen songs:

1. Midnight Memories (Midnight Memories)
2. Little Black Dress (Midnight Memories)
3. Kiss You (Take Me Home)
4. Why Don't We Go There? (Midnight Memories)
5. Rock Me (Take Me Home)
6. Don't Forget Where You Belong (Midnight Memories)
7. Live While We're Young (Take Me Home)
8. C'mon, C'mon (Take Me Home)
9. Right Now (Midnight Memories)
10. Through the Dark (Midnight Memories)
11. Happily (Midnight Memories)
12. Little Things (Take Me Home)
13. Moments (Up All Night)
14. Strong (Midnight Memories)
15. Better Than Words (Midnight Memories)
16. Alive (Midnight Memories)
17. One Thing (Up All Night)
18. Diana (Midnight Memories)
19. What Makes You Beautiful (Up All Night)

And four encore:

1. You & I (Midnight Memories)
2. Story of My Life (Midnight Memories)
3. Little White Lies (Midnight Memories)
4. Best Song Ever (Midnight Memories)

Harry does this thing at the beginning of "Better Than Words" where he flicks his head back and spits water into the air.  I DIDN'T GET IT ON VIDEO so here's one from YouTube:

All five of them sounded perfect.  You would expect me to say that because I am a huge fan, but I really mean it.  Liam and Zayn had beautiful harmonies during "Moments," too.

Here are some of my pictures.  Videos may be posted on a later date, they just take forever to upload onto Blogger.

 Harry

 Louis

 Niall

 Liam

 Niall and Louis

 Harry

 Louis

 Harry, Niall, Louis

 Niall and Harry

 Harry

Zayn

Do You Want to Build a Boy Band?

I have my internet back!!  WOOHOO!!!

So, my friend Amelia from Twitter showed me a video a friend of hers showed her.  Let me just say that I fell in love... with a Disney prince (Prince Eric to be exact).

The boy band IM5 and singer Todrick Hall (you may know him from American Idol) created these "Disney Dudez" videos.  Each member of IM5 portrays a Disney prince, while Todrick Hall plays Mickey.

In the first video, Ariel, Cinderella, Belle, Mulan, and Jasmine break-up with their princes.  Mickey the Janitor walks in and tells them, "Hey, why not form a boy band?"  Each song they sing is to a hit like "ABC" by Jackson 5 and "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction.

[Source:  YouTube]

In video two, Prince Charming leaves the Disney Dudez.  I would take that as the actual boy left the actual band IM5.  Because he leaves, they hold auditions for a new member (this video's my favorite).

[Source:  YouTube]

In the third video, fame has gone to the heads of the princes and their girls are not happy.  The Disney Dudez need to get their acts together.

[Source:  YouTube]

Anyway, I think these videos are so clever and the boys sound amazing together.  

You can purchase the songs "Disney Dudez 2" and "Disney Dudez 3" on iTunes, as well as IM5's new song "Heartless."  Todrick is currently on a nationwide tour and you can purchase his songs on iTunes, too.  Check out Todrick on Twitter here and IM5 on Twitter here.

End Up Here

My blog, recently, has been nothing short of a 5 Seconds of Summer tribute.  My apologies.  And while I'll probably post about their new album tomorrow, I couldn't help but post about them today. I just received the new issue of Rolling Stone and am a little upset by the review of their debut record.

To start, the title of the short article was, "An Australian Boy Band in Punk Clothing."  They are not a boy band.  A "boy band" is a group of guys who just sing, look adorable, and occasionally write songs.  One Direction, while my love for them will never die, is a boy band.  5 Seconds of Summer is a band.  Band.  Every track, with the exception of "Amnesia" which was written FOR the band by Benji and Joel Madden, was written by at least one band member, most songs written by two members.  They also all play an instrument.  Luke Hemmings and Michael Clifford play guitar, Calum Hood plays bass, and Ashton Irwin plays the drums.  That, my friend, is what a band is.  Caryn Ganz (the writer of this review), are The Beatles a boy band, too?

In the review Ganz states, "...which starts with 'She Looks So Perfect' and proceeds through 11 more übertame pop-punk songs about love and heartbreak that wish they were as great (power ballad 'Beside You' comes closest)."  I, to be completely honest, think a lot of the songs are a lot better than "She Looks So Perfect," being as though it was already a title track on their previous US release with the same name.

As far as rating is concerned, she gave this record three stars.  No, that's not a terrible rating, but I think the boys deserve a little bit more.

I'm not personally attacking her.  She is a critic and is 100% entitled to her own opinion.  I just feel she did it without really knowing anything about the band.

Oh, and they are a completely different label than 1D.  Just so you know.

Midnight Red

I first heard their song "Take Me Home" on a Coca-Cola commercial earlier this week and it's a very good tune!  I think it is the perfect summer song.  Midnight Red is an American boy band consisting of members Colton Rudloff, Anthony Ladao, Thomas Augusto, Eric Secharia, and Joey Diggs.  

They are a more poppy version of Lawson, the band I spoke of yesterday.  Their voices, like One Direction, sound absolutely amazing together.  They opened for the NKOTBSB Tour in 2011 and they are in the midst of recording for their debut album, scheduled to be released this year.  

"Take Me Home" is available on iTunes as well as another single, "Hell Yeah," and an EP entitled, "One Club At a Time."