Best Day Ever

This year’s Warped Tour theme is best day ever, and for me, as always, Warped Tour is the best day ever.  Why you ask?

 

cincygroove.com

 

Because:

 

1.  I was able to get in early and skip the line, and the adrenaline rush I felt and building anxiousness cannot be matched.

 

2.  I was able to get close enough to The Summer Set; hopped the fence and everything to get in the pit.

 

3.  Completed my Pierce the Veil collection: bought their first two CDs, A Flair for the Dramatic and Selfish Machines, for only ten bucks!

 

4.  Snagged a few picture of one of my favorite bands, Bring Me the Horizon.

 

5.  I felt the palpable energy when singers would insist the crowd clap, put their hands up, or get off their feet.

 

6.  I had a front row standing position and got to see Sleeping With Sirens and The Used.

 

7.  I was so close to the speakers and amps that I could feel the bass drum all over my body, colliding with my bones, making it hard to breathe, swallow, and causing my throat to reverberate.  

 

8.  This year I finally took pictures and got Oli Sykes, Brian Dales, Nathaniel Motte, and various others singers and band members.

 

9.  Bring Me the Horizon sang my favorite song, “Antivist,”  last, so I got to scream every word along with the vocalist and experience the moment live.  

 

10.  I got to be weird and a freak, along with every other person there: Warped Tour brings together people who don’t fit in, people who share a love of music and art, and people who appreciate music and lyrics.  

 

Five Knives making some noise at the Spotify Stage.

 

 

Everyone’s got their hands up for Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3.

 

Brian Dales of the Summer Set singing us Lightning in a Bottle.

 

Sleeping With Sirens putting on a phenomenal performance.

 

The beloved Vans Warped Tour schedule with all the bands, times, and stages.

 

 

 

 

Your Warped Playlist

Warped Tour is in full swing, and if I’m being honest, I haven’t gotten any sleep this past week (or at least not much) because I’ve been so excited for the concert coming to my area THIS FRIDAY.  This Friday I will finally get to let loose and scream my lungs out, jump up and down until my legs go numb, stay out in the sun until I am out of sunscreen, and soak up every little moment of pure musical magic.  And since my Warped Tour date is a day away, I have been gearing up for it: I’ve been listening to only the artists who will be in attendance at Warped Tour for the past few weeks.  In honor of Warped Tour, I’ve put together a playlist of artists that will be there and songs you can expect to be played.  Headphones on!

 

1.  The Summer Set’s “Jukebox (Life Goes On)” :  Off their latest album, Legendary (which you should own by now…) this pop punk jam is complete with an optimistic viewpoint and catchy as hell lyrics.  Sure to be on their setlist because the lyrics even invite listeners to sing along.

 

2.  Sleeping With Sirens’ “The Best There Ever Was” : This high paced, viciously energetic hardcore song is perfect for Warped Tour.  Off their latest album, Feel, this anger fueled song blends together screaming and a fuck you attitude.

 

3.  Bring Me the Horizon’s “Antivist” : Phenomenal screaming.  Explicitly honest lyrics.  Mosh pit inducing mayhem.  Hardcore at its absolute best.  Need I say more?  Also, this is off the band’s latest album, Sempiternal, a must have.

 

4.  The Used’s “Blood On My Hands” : Though this is not off their latest album, this song is everything The Used.  The lyrics are macabre and dark, the singing is melodic yet emotional, the beat is high paced, and the chorus yearns for gang vocals from the audience.

 

5.  Bowling For Soup’s “1985” : I know, this is a band and a song out of left field, but they will be there and everyone knows BFS is a hoot and a holler.  This classic jam simply has to be played.  Every soul on the planet knows these lyrics (and if you don’t, quick learn em).

 

6.  Go Radio’s “Any Other Heart” : Not off their latest album, but this emotionally driven song has a charging buildup to the chorus and is pop punk at its finest.

 

7.  Story of the Year’s “Until the Day I Die” : This song is a blast from the past, but the explosive guitar and drums, brutally honest lyrics, and emotional tremors beg the song to be turned up to full volume.

 

8.  3OH!3’s “Don’t trust Me” : I am not a fan of the band’s latest album, Omens, because they fused as much AutoTune as possible, dub step collisions, cliche, lame as ever lyrics together until the result was a vomit inducing mash up of noises.  BUT, before that happened, 3OH!3 was everyone’s guilty pleasure with their explicit, tongue in cheek lyrics, attitude, and rap-core glory.  This hit is probably what made the band famous for its rightful reasons.

 

9.  Silverstein’s “If You Could See Into My Soul” : Silverstein has an plentiful array of albums, and this song is from one of their older ones, but it’s a must hear.  Fusing together screamed lyrics and enchantingly sung lyrics, thrashing guitars and charged moments of buildup, this is a winner in my book.

 

10.  Hawthorne Heights’ “Ohio Is For Lovers” : Probably their best named song ever, this song is also digging deep into the band’s album history.  I can’t say for sure if this song will be played at Warped because the band have progressed and changed pretty drastically from the death of a bandmate, lineup changes, and an overall polishing of their rough, hardcore sound; nonetheless, you should know of this song.  This dark love song starts off softly and slowly builds into this passionate, emotionally awake, cut throat screaming, masochistic chaos.