December Talking Meme: Day 3

For this day, smellslikefudge asked "Talk about the live concerts you've been to this year! What you liked, what you didn't like, your favourites, etc."

I went to two concerts this year, and both were awesome. I always enjoy simply existing in a large (gay) crowd that’s having a good time, and well, it’d been a while.

Carly Rae Jepsen, Radio City Music Hall
Setlist

This concert opened with a gigantic moon projection talking to the audience and closed with a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre pirouetting during Cut To The Feeling. From start to finish, CRJ maintained the unhinged pop vibes in the best way.

Favorites bits of CRJ commentary:

• “Julien turned out to be an ass” after, unsurprisingly, Julien
• Yelling that she expected everyone to sing along to the next song (Call Me Maybe) as if the entire audience hadn’t already been singing along to tracks from Dedicated and The Loneliest Time
• Asking for a show of hands of who’s ever been friendzoned before Your Type

My row was basically a bunch of gay dudes partying their hearts out and me, so again, great vibes. Concert was long enough that I appreciated being able to sit down in a seat for a few songs that were slower or I didn’t know well.

Only regrets are (1) I should have operated on concert timing and arrived late, not early, because I ended up not caring for the opener (2) I could have gotten a ticket earlier to get nicer seats, instead of buying a ticket on impulse a week before.

Tegan and Sara, Pier 17
Setlist

Rooftop venue! The nighttime view of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge was beautiful.

Unlike the CRJ one, this concert happened after the release of their new album Crybaby, and so featured a bunch of songs from it. It sold me a lot more on the album than my first few listens did. (Not to spoil a later entry for this month or anything.) Of course the twin banter was great, as it had been when I saw them in LA for The Con X tour. I liked this opener decently from what very little I heard, even if I cringed at the fact that the first thing I heard upon entering the venue was her asking the audience to raise their hand if they were a certain star sign.

Will end today’s entry with a PSA for concert earplugs: they’re good for you! :P And the sidenote that I'm sorry if I miss any requests for December talking between the current dates so far - I'm only logging into social media this month to post responses to prompts so I may miss any late requests and push them to later dates as I notice them.