BNL Concert

[Ginny]

Well. I just came back from the Barenaked Ladies concert. I'm still pumped, and I feel the urge to write about it here.

There was a huge turnout. It was the first big concert like that I have ever been to, so at times I found the big crowd a bit overwhelming (for example, people trying to stand in front of you because they came late and they don't want to stand in the back where they should be). Our seats were awesome. We were only about twenty feet or so from the stage.

The opening acts were Two Hours Traffic and The Novaks. Two Hours Traffic is a band from Charlottetown, PEI. They play light pop/rock. They were pretty good. If anyone saw the 2006 ECMA's, you'll remember that Fiona, Ciaran, and Rosie presented The Novaks with the award for New Group of the Year ( I think). Their music was rock. I don't mind rock music, but these guys weren't exactly my cup of tea.

Anyhoo, after these two groups it was finally time for BNL. We (me,CR, and our mother) had to stand the whole show, because there were a whole bunch of people standing in front of us. If we had stayed seated in our lawn chairs, we wouldn't have seen a thing. Anyhoo, they started off with one of my favourite ever BNL songs, "It's All Been Done." I won't name off every single song they performed right now, because I can't remember them all. They played a few new songs that are going to be on their new CD, and they played a lot of songs off their Greatest Hits CD, which I love listening to. The show ended with none other than their biggest hit, "If I Had a Million Dollars". They gave an amazing encore, which ended with one of my new favourite BNL songs "Call and Answer". So basically, the show started and ended with two of my all time favourite BNL songs . Another highlight was Ed Robertson talking about how he attended a party with some of the members of Great Big Sea last night

They are so hilarious too. They wrote a song especially for PEI, which was so funny. Their jokes, banter, and dancing are priceless. The concert was outdoor, and the weather was perfect. They played some songs I had hoped, but never actually thought they would perform. We had an amazing view of the stage. As you can tell, the show was pretty much perfect.

The only unfortunate part of the show was that cameras weren't allowed, so I don't have any pictures to share. A few people snuck cameras in, but I don't tend to be the type to smuggle things like cameras in places they aren't allowed. I don't think any pictures I took would have turned out that well anyway. There were too many heads in front of me ...

Anyhoo, other than that, the show was great, and I can't wait until the day when I get to see them again.

I have now seen my two all time favourite bands live-GBS and BNL.

Lucky Me
Cheers,
Ginny ;D

[kim]

Sounds like tons of fun!! Glad it turned out so well

BNL are a really fun band to see live.

Great Big Sea are really popular out west here...they have come to the island every year for the past 5 years and always get a huge turnout.

You guys are lucky though, you get to see a lot more of the Maritime groups and Eastern musicians than we ever do.

[Joe]

Hi Ginny

Thanks for writing about the BNL concert! You had great seats close to the stage!

Yeah, I do remember The Novaks at the ECMA's. I confess that I don't know much about BNL, but when I saw "If I Had a Million Dollars", I knew that song well. Glad that BNL were playing some new songs off their future CD.

I find that cameras are being banned is occuring too much nowadays. Even without the camera's flash on. I think the reason is that the media may be taking pics for the magazines etc. I think fans who are paying good $ should be able to take pictures.

I'm SO glad you had a brilliant time, Ginny. Thanks for sharing with all of us !

)hugs(
Joe

[kim]

It is too bad about the cameras

I don't see the point of banning them (especially at an outdoor venue). Most people aren't professional photographers and are just looking for a momento of their evening.

[Ginny]

kim said:

You guys are lucky though, you get to see a lot more of the Maritime groups and Eastern musicians than we ever do.

That's true, except with bands like GBS, who, believe it or not, don't perform here much. Bands like The Cottars, however, do Maritime tours quite often. It's always nice to have a change though, like BNL. The Maritmes have actually had some pretty big musicians/bands here in the last year. Last summer, we had The Chieftains, John McDermott, and Blue Rodeo, then GBS in March, BNL and the Black Eyed Peas this summer, Sarah Harmer in September...plus Moncton has had Hilary Duff and the Rolling Stones...I guess these bands are starting to realize that we actually do exist....haha that reminds me of something funny....did you know that in the collector's addition of the Anne of Green Gables series and the Emily of New Moon series, there's a map of Atlantic Canada, with PEI in bold letters and the heading "it really does exist!"...anyhoo, I got a bit off topic there...sorry

Cheers,
Ginny