day 17.
artist:she & him
album:volume one
so after three failed attempts at getting through a complete album for today (plus the album to make up for yesterday), i was reminded that today was zooey deschanel's birthday and i realized that i had no choice other than to do volume one today.
its been a good while since i listened to this album all the way through. volume two has been out for quite some time and that seems to be the one that i go to when im in the mood for she & him, which admittedly isnt much these days.
zooey ruined this band for me as much as she made me fall in love with them. i was super excited when they announced last year that they were playing a summer gig at the great plaza in philly. i jumped right out of this very seat and probably let out a teeny scream. volume two would be out by that time and id have the chance to see this band that i was going to miss because i wasnt attending bonnaroo, and they were one of the acts i was pissed most about missing.
things changed and i ended up going to 'roo, which is an entirely different story for an entirely different day (when im not already in a bad mood...) but i saw them and got to hear them cover you put a spell on me, at which time i got chills, despite it being easily 110 degrees outside in the shade. at this point, i was even more stoked for the great plaza show.
so after gushing anticipation for months, july second rolled around and tony and i headed over to philly to meet up with lauren and manda, and then with cherie so that we could get inside. we were informed that zooey was being a bit bitchy, but that wasnt going to get me down. surely she wouldnt be that way to a crowd of fans who (most of which, at any rate) paid good money to come see her. we stayed tucked behind the bar as we were told until we noticed a few people trickle in, at which point we ran down front to get a good spot. we were front and center, it was a beautiful night, i was with some great friends, and i was determined to have a fantastic time.
that wasnt really the case...
the openers played and we just stood there and drank beers and talked. we discussed the band with the security guard and the group of kids next to us, and decided that the girl on stage was high or something, because she just slurred her words and her we couldnt understand anything that was happening on that stage. we perservered though, because OMG ZOOEY was coming up.
zooey hid her eyes through the entire first song, and then said "we have people that do the lighting for us. please stop taking pictures. the flashes are bothering me." whatever, lady. she carried on in this manner through another few songs and then said "even the orange lights on the cameras from the flashes are blinding me. its disorienting." at this point, i was over zooey. being mean to jason beforehand was one thing, but i was going to excuse that because it happened during soundcheck, and like i said, SURELY, i thought, she wouldnt be so insane towards her paying fans.
WRONG.
she had no personality. she didnt smile until the last few songs of the set. m. ward was doing a pretty good job of creating a bond with the audience and what i can only guess was an attempt to make up for her insanity, but they never came anywhere near the front of the stage and didnt bother with the fans after the show, either.
it was enough to turn me off to the band totally for a while. the zooey that i hated in (500) days of summer reared her ugly (yes, i just called her ugly. thats how frustrated i was after this show) head in real life that night in philly.
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