FLEET FOXES
Cape Girardeau is where I go see my orthodontist and fortunately it is only two hours way from St. Louis. It is convenient in the fact that I love going to shows and many great artists come to St. Louis. I have seen a total of over ten shows in St. Louis. My first concert was in St. Louis when I went to go see the Jonas Brothers and my last concert was there a couple months ago when I attended the Fleet Foxes concert at the end of July. Fleet Foxes, a folk band formed in Seattle Washington, held a concert in STL. It was a pleasure to see them knowing that they formed in Seattle where the music scene is incredible. I was lucky to attend this show because it fell right around the same time one of my orthodontist appointments’ took place last summer. I had known about the band for quite some time now. My best friend, Toni Seyer, who also lives in Cape, showed them to me a while back. The first song I heard by them was “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.” It has beautiful lyrics just like every other song they write. Even with their great lyrics and all, it was hard to get into them. I come across certain bands that get good reviews, but when it comes to sitting down and playing one of their albums over and over again, I just cannot do. It may deal with the fact that they are folk and I’m more into the “shoegaze” stuff that has more of an edge. Fleet Foxes would have to be in the softer side of the scale. It took some time to plan this show. Saving up to have enough for the trip and the forty dollar ticket too some work since I did not have a job at that time. Also, finding a way to get there. I did not think my mom was going to want to drive eight hours in one day just for me to go to a concert. I looked into train tickets and bus tickets. For both, round trips were expensive. My mom decided to just go ahead and drive me to Cape anyways. I had my money and I was ready for some live music. Even though I had not cared a lot about Fleet Foxes, I was still very excited to share another concert experience with my best friend. We made plans to get to STL pretty early so we could go shop around. I ended up buying a bag from Aldo’s but returning it a week later in Little Rock due to the awful smell of fish it brought. What was hilarious was that during the concert, I’d open my bag and it smelled like fish. Fleet Foxes got on stage and through and awesome concert. The lead singer, Robin Pecknold, was so adorable! It makes my heart warm just thiking about the way he kept control over the atmosphere. After seeing them live, I feel in love with them.
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