i went to the concert at the CCP grounds with neil, weki, ivan, trina and derek. there were a lot of people [i heard there were 22,000], 'saw some friends and acquaintances. we were on the 16TH ROW. and i'm very happy about it, since the 40+ row, where we were originally seated, didn't have such a good view.

as expected, everyone was swooning over brandon boyd. but of course what makes incubus' music so great is the whole band, not just the lead singer. i guess i just appreciated the band more collectively during their concert and didn't single out brandon boyd as much as i used to before. so, they started the concert off with megalamonia, which is the kick off single from their latest album [which i've been listening to every single day since the concert hehe]. the pace of the whole concert was fast, and a bit disorganized, since they kept on jumping from one album to another. but the whole effect was ok anyway. i didn't know half of their songs, which was disappointing. i thought i was the biggest and oldest incubus fan i knew [i used to have the nick ^iNcUbUs back when i still chatted on mIRC, like 6 years ago. hehe. and people didn't even know who they were back then. tsk tsk.], until i saw almost everyone at the concert actually singing to all their songs. there were people behind me who even recognized songs from the s.c.i.e.n.c.e. album [their first one]. and i don't even know what that album loooks like. shame, shame. and yeah, they sang 'wish you were here'!! for their finale, they sang 'are you in' and 'pardon me'. i was shamelessly jumping around and shouting like i do in UAAP games. hehe. and i was also singing [well, shouting] pardon me with the band and the whole crowd. i can't believe i actually spent some time to learn the lyrics of that song back in first year college. hehe. i just LOVE that band to bits. it's one of those timeless bands that people never get tired of, like dave matthews band/coldplay. maybe what would account for that is the fact that they have versatile songs - one album has an entirely different theme from the other [make yourself had a techno-ish style, morning view is a bit mellow, and a crow left of the murder is more hardcore.]. i really hope they hold another concert here.

after the concert, we stayed in the place for a while. we waited till the traffic subsided. and we had to rest - standing up for two hours was tiring. 'saw tessa also.

by the way, i have a new favorite song from incubus: "here in my room". it's also in their latest album [a crow left of the murder] it's supposed to be a love song. i swear, if my hypothetical s.o. would sing or at least dedicate this song to me, i'd literally cry tears of joy. hehe.

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