Spotify Descriptive Writing

People say there are moments that will stick with you no matter how much time has passed. I am positive this statement is true for the Billy Joel Concert that I attended at Wrigley Field in Chicago on August 11th. The tickets were a gift given to me by my parents for my Birthday back in January. They were hidden in a box with a stack of about 50 manilla envelopes which my parents found very funny. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I finally found the tickets, I had never been to a concert before, unless you count seeing the Perry Choir and Band, so there was much anticipation.

In the book of Jonah we see the vast amount of tension between both God and Jonah. He is one of the prophets who also believes in tolerance of non-Jews opposite to Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s stress of an unadulterated blood race of Jews under a restrictive Jewish God. Jonah is one of a vast line of important people in the bible who argues with God. As you see in past books of the bible everyone has stood their own against the Lord. Jonah though decides to try and run from God. The Lord called to Jonah and said “Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it,” but Jonah flees to Joppa, setting sail on a ship duty-bound for Tarshish, assuming he can evade the Lord. Jonah views the Lord as sort of a indigenous God of restrained power that his hand would not reach as

Back in November of 2016 is when I bought the tickets to the concert. You must be wondering, oh your parents just bought you the tickets like that! Well no, I had been begging them since August, I told

As they played the crowd cheered, cried, and screamed out of pure joy seeing their idols. I had sung along

Rewind to six months earlier, it was Valentine 's Day and my parents were getting ready to give my sister and I our gifts. We were handed a small, narrow wrapped box that contained tickets to the DCX MMXVI World Tour. My parents had bought tickets for them, my sister, and I. This tour was said to be the final tour that the Dixie Chicks would perform and we were going to the concert in Nashville. Since I had a love for the group from birth, I was ecstatic! It was just a waiting game after we received the tickets because the concert was six months

The music was so lively and the people were friendly. I really enjoyed that the concert was literally put on for veterans, and between almost every song the bands would thank the veterans and dedicate songs to them. For tribute to the veterans, we did the Pledge of Allegiance before the concert began. I thought this was a very nice touch to get the crowd involved and to show our support to our veterans. I originally only went to the concert for Three Days Grace, but I walked out with two new good bands to listen to. All three of the bands put on a good performance. I had expected Otherwise and Adelita’s Way to only play for about 30 minutes each since Three Days Grace was the headliner, but they both played for an hour each, leading up to Three Days Grace’s two-hour performance. I thought Three Days Grace would play more songs from their new album, but surprisingly they played a lot of their old songs and just a couple of the new ones. My favorite song was “Never Too Late,” because it’s always been one of my favorites and it was amazing to hear it live. All of the songs they played sounded better than on their CDs because you got to actually feel the music and experience it in real time. The stage lights were set up to where they blinked with the beats in every song, and it was really cool to see because it made the music even more lively. All of the bands worked well together and put on a great show. They all thanked

I didn’t sleep at all. Images of me getting trampled at the concert or going into shock raced through my mind. Am I really going to do this? That night, I came up with a perfect plan to experience Death Grips while not getting shoved like crazy by the crowd: stand in the very back. As much as I wanted to be to be up close with them, I knew with the little strength I have I would end being slammed against the railings. Staying in the middle is a death sentence as well, since this is where the most intense shoving would happen. This plan is perfect! I was also reading of how loud their concerts are and that people need to wear ear plugs to their shows. I listen to loud music all the time so I didn’t really think it was a big deal. I’ve also been to two other concerts where I thought they could get pretty loud at times but not ever needing earplugs. I told my mother about how loud people were saying their concerts are which made her extremely worried about me going and forced me to buy them.

And it was sold out. The opening act of the concert was Vance Joy, who sang about five or so songs then introduced Taylor Swift. When Taylor Swift entered onto the stage, she was flabbergasted by all of the cheering fans who were chanting her name. She just looked around like she was watching pigs fly or something. Her First song she performed was “Welcome to New York and the stage was set up like Broadway. She sang another seven or eight songs and then she grabbed her black, shiny guitar and the entire walkway of the stage started rising up a couple stories and started spinning in three hundred sixty degrees while she was singing “Fifteen”. After she sang “Fifteen”, she told us that she had a surprise for us at the end of the show if we would keep up our enthusiasm. A few songs later, she said,”Are you guys ready for your surprise?” Then the Band Perry walked out and everyone started screaming. Including me. The Band Perry sang “If I Die Young”. The awesome part was that my dad was singing along to entire time to every song he

I really enjoy their music. Their music has helped me tremendously in articulating my emotions without giving into the idea that everything is hopeless. I went to one of their concerts recently, and the majority of the people there were adults in their 50s. It was a very pleasant crowd. Obviously, there were a few teenage girls there, however, they were very respectful and into the music.

My breath forms small clouds in front of me as I push through the bitter wind, my bag's straps digging deep into my shoulder. Reaching the glass industrial door, I swing it open, welcoming the rush of warmth on my face. I climb the four flights of cement stairs to the third floor, my boots and heavy breathing echoing off the walls. The thick steel door swings open revealing an art studio with its own character and energy. Patterned cotton drapes spill out of the bins while rolls of canvas gather pastel dust in the corner. I plop my burlap tote and camera bag down next to Greek plaster busts and one of the many easels that litter the area. The strong smell of oil paint mixes sharply with the smell of turpentine and cleaning chemicals, overwhelming my senses.

They were here! The rush of sound around me was incredible. Hundreds of fans all screaming out their emotions at the sight of the band. I screamed my heart out along with the rest of the fans around me. All of the people pushing forward like a huge wave trying to get as close as possible to them. As soon as they started playing, crowd surfers were everywhere. Flying, tumbling, screaming, and laughing. It was a mess of noises and feelings. In the midst of all the chaos, I finally realized that it didn’t matter what I was wearing or what I looked like. In this kind of music, everyone has a home here. Everyone banded together here. We were family and this is where I

Till the 8th grade, all I listened to was local Indian music, in part because I never had the opportunity to listen to a lot of music (in boarding school) but also because English music was not really popular. Prior to the 8th grade, all I had listened to was a few tracks from The Backstreet Boys and Michael Jackson. However that changed when I made a new friend who used to keep telling me about how much he found Hip Hop music and in particular an artist called Eminem. When I came home from school, I searched for the track “Love the way you lie” on YouTube and from that instant onwards developed a great appreciation for his work mostly because it very catchy. This interest eventually extended into artists in Hip Hop, then Electronic Dance Music,

This was it; we were going to get to see Brendon Urie LIVE! I was getting jittery as we walked up to the gate. We went inside after going through security and we had to stand in a 45 minute line to purchase merchandise. We both got matching shirts for $35 each. Afterwards, we went up a flight of stairs until we finally found our seats. The concert began just a few minutes after that and the first performance was Andrew McMahon. I thought he was an amazing singer and I have been listening to his music since I heard him. After he performed, there was a ten minute intermission and we really didn’t know which band would be next. It could either be Panic! At the Disco, or Weezer. They set up the stage and all of a sudden a loud voice started speaking in the microphone from backstage. “Are you all ready!? This is so unreal!”. That was all it took for us to realize who was playing next. Brendon Urie sprinted out to the front of the stage and did a back flip as everybody cheered and screamed. Zoe and I immediately stood up and started yelling and singing along, taking as my pictures as our phones would allow. We know all of his songs by heart and we sung along to all of them. Unfortunately, the 90 minute performance was way too short for everybody. Brendon chatted over the microphone before he had to leave for the next performer. We all knew it was Weezer and after setting up the stage, Rivers Cuomo came out and began singing. They played lots of songs we knew and we got to sing along with them too. We also took lots of pictures of them even though you technically aren’t supposed

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The crowd was a very respectful crowd. For me it did not seem to be the stereotypical crowd that you would imagine at a summer concert that this was. People where up and singing and dancing to the music and where having an overall good time listening to the music. The crowd ranged from little kids to adults, but everyone was almost in unison with the music, it’s a weird thing to experience. From where my family where sitting we did not see that much alcohol being drank and even less intoxicated people. With this you could really enjoy the show without having to deal with annoying drunk fans. If you accidently bump into someone they where respectful and apologized. You could talk to your family and Tim and Faith would encourage you to sing along to the music by stopping mid song and you would sing without them.