Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess singin’ drunken lullabies.

If I ever leave this world alive
I’ll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don’t shed a tear
I’ll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive
So when in doubt just call my name
Just before you go insane
If I ever leave this world
Hey I may never leave this world
But if I ever leave this world alive

So seriously, how many concerts can you go to and say “Man, that accordion player is kind of pretty hot”? And how many times can you say that about both the main band and one of the openers???

Anyways…

Last night was the Flogging Molly concert at House of Blues. Nad and Bryan picked me up and off we went. On the way there I got a call from JoeW: “Are you going to Flogging Molly tonight???” “Ummm, yeah…are you?!?!?!” “Yeah.” I guess he saw on my Facebook that I was going and he and Meredith were going too. Awe-some.

The three of us got there a bit early and I waddle through snow over from the parking garage to the theater in short sleeves because I didn’t want to bother with my coat. Luckily it was only a short 2-block walk and the line was moving quickly when we got there. We grabbed some drinks (why do they bother to take your ID outside and give you the over 21 bracelet if they’re just gonna ask for your ID at the bar anyways? Odd.) Then we wandered about looking for a spot to stand.

We staked out a good spot near the entrance so we could watch for JoeW/Meredith and Emily/Tyler who were also meeting us there.

The first band up was Dusty Rhodes and the River Band who were a’right but not spectacular (they did, however, have an accordionist which was pretty damn cool). The second band though was uberawesome: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Who’d have thunk that a band that consists solely of a guitar player, a drummer, and a chick on a washboard would be so rockin’. On top of that throw in songs about how his mom makes the best fried potatoes ever (does your mom’s potatoes have a song written about them?) and a song about how they randomly saw the girl’s cousin on cops and you have one of the most awesomest bands ever. Ever. Nadia and I are so starting a band where I play the accordion and she plays the washboard. We are so calling it Smurph Pornografy, which was the name we came up with for our fake band in seventh grade (oh god, I shouldn’t write that because I’m now guaranteed to get random creeps coming to my page googling smurf pornography…)

Anyways…

After they finished there was a long ass break that at least allowed some catching up with Joe and Meredith and Emily and Nadia and Bryan. And then, finally, Flogging Molly started!!!

I’ve never seen them live before but they are definitely one of those bands that is even better live. There is some music that is just absolutely boring in person, but these guys are something serious. Not only is the music amazing, but the crowd and the performance is amazing as well. Even the new tracks from their upcoming album which I haven’t heard yet were so easy to get into (and seriously, Float…my new favorite song).

The music was spectacular and the only sucky thing was being right in the path of all the drunken idiots who needed to clear the floor (seriously, in the middle of the first act, at 8pm, there was a guy so wasted he couldn’t move on his own…and there was a guy who got pissed at me for not moving out of his way after he kept asking me to move while standing behind me…dude, it’s a CONCERT with loud music, I can’t even hear myself).

Anyways…

The concert totally rocked my socks. You seriously can’t go wrong with a night of Irish punk rock pub songs.

Afterwards Nadia and Bryan and I headed to Clarke’s because we were ravishingly hungry because none of us had eaten in over 12 hours. I got a yummy potato, cheese, bacon, egg creation with some toast and we all ate entirely too fast then basically passed out. But whatever, it was an awesome concert and an awesometacular night.

She says I’m okay; I’m alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right
She says I’m okay; I’m alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right
Yeah should be alright