I was on Facebook one day
and Alternative Press posted a link that said “Taking Back Sunday announce Tell
All Your Friends 10th Anniversary Tour Dates.” I read through them
and I saw Atlanta on the list. I immediately called my cousin Molly and she
freaked out because that is one of her favorite bands along with one of her
favorite albums. By the time the day came to go to this show, I was really
tired. I had already been to Huntsville for a show and Mobile for a show. And
at this point I was on my way to Atlanta. Yes, I am crazy, but even though I
was tired, the trip was so worth it. We met my aunt in Birmingham and we headed
out. When we got to the venue, we had to stand outside for a little while. When
we walked in, we ran to the floor and patiently waited for the first band to
start. The first band was called Transit. They were from Boston. I had never
heard of them, but oh my gosh, they were absolutely amazing. I think they are
going to be one of my favorite bands. Something about them just… I cannot even
explain it. I did not know any of their songs but I know that they played
Please Head North and Skipping Stone. All of their fans were freaking out the
whole time and that it made it much more awesome. I really hope that I get to
see them again and soon. The next band was Bayside. I had seen them before at
Warped Tour but I do not really like them. I can respect them though, because
they have been around for a long time and their fans really show their
dedication. When it was finally time for Taking Back Sunday, I was restless and
I was really tired, but nevertheless I was excited! Their first set consisted
of songs that were not on TAYF. They were
What’s It Feel Like To Be A
Ghost?
A Decade Under The Influence
Faith (When I Let You Down)
Liar (It Takes One To Know
One)
One-Eighty By Summer
El Paso
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I swear that those songs had
great crowd participation and I was pumped and I even got chill bumps. I had no
idea what was coming during the next set. They were playing the entire Tell All
Your Friends Album in order. I had listened to that album for years, but since
I was really young when it came out, I never really understood what this album
meant to some people and how it helped them through their own lives. I only
knew how it helped me through mine. As soon as they went into You Know How I
Do, the crowd was so emotional and screaming every lyric to the song. And I got
wrapped up in all the emotion, and I screamed my lungs out too. All throughout
Bike Scene, the next song, that same energy rang through. Just when I thought
there could not be any more energy in the room, I was proved wrong. The next
song was Cute Without The “E” (Cut From The Team). I saw several people start
crying and the crowd was absolutely insane. The energy was at its highest when
Adam sang, “I know you well enough to know you never loved me. Why can't I feel anything from anyone other than you? Hoping for the best just hoping nothing happens.
A thousand clever lines unread on clever
napkins.... And all of this was all your
fault!!!” At that moment, if you were in the crowd, you could have felt all of
the emotions just from those few lyrics and it gave me chill bumps. I cannot
put into words how emotional that was. It was definitely an experience that I
will never forget. After that, the show died down a little, but it was still a
great show. They played the rest of TAYF, which included
There's No 'I' in Team
Great Romances of the 20th
Century
Ghost Man on Third (Adam ran
into the crowd and walked around the room)
Timberwolves at New Jersey
The Blue Channel
You're So Last Summer
Head Club
Adam said that for whatever
reason these last two songs did not get put on the album, but they were going
to play them anyway because they felt like they should be played.
Your Own Disaster
The
Ballad of Sal Villanueva
I wish more bands would do anniversary album tours.
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