Los Conciertos.

And what may I be doing tonight? Well until about an hour ago, I thought nothing. But I have been plucked out of the blue and told that I'll be heading to the Vampire Weekend concert. Why, what's Vampire Weekend? It's not a movie marathon of the "Twilight series during Saturday and Sunday." It's not a vacation with blood-sucking things. It's a sort-of alternative band that does the very cool thing of incorporating a whole bushel of instruments into their songs. Seriously, you could hear like 20 different instruments in one single song. That's more than I can say about a large majority of music today. They look kinda like this

So it made me think about all the other concerts I've been to in my lifetime. There aren't that many, sadly.

Bernadette Peters - This was the first concert I ever went to, and I was about 8 years old. I'm an avid fan of Into The Woods, and Bernadette is my favorite. It probably helps that she's a fellow short redhead. I went with my grandparents and she sang some stuff I was familiar with. Some songs gave me chills, because her voice is so amazing. I've been listening to the Into The Woods soundtrack since I was about three years old, I kid you not. And the best part was, I got to meet her after the show. Well not meet per say, but as she was leaving the stage door she said hi to me and I got an autograph. What a moment. I still remember being surprised at how short she was and how cool it seemed.

Regina Spektor - She's really one of my favorites that I listen to on a regular basis. Marion and I were in one of the back rows, and the theatre was really slanted but it seemed like we were watching it from above. It was really unique and I knew EVERY song she played except two. We were right near the spotlight too, which cast an eerie blue glow on everything. It was sort of an out-of-body experience, and unbelievable.

Taylor Swift - Now this was cool. Unlike the two before, this was gigantic, at Gillette stadium in fact. We were lucky enough to be in the 12th row and it was a really "Big concert" experience. There were flashing lights and a big digital screen stage and Taylor had about 8 costume changes. She was brilliant, even if all her songs are kind of similar. She really through a lot of energy into the performance and it was the last stop on her tour, which was cool. I was there with a bunch of friends and all of our happiness was pretty infectious. And I got a T-shirt. It's a pretty cool T-shirt.

Vampire Weekend - Well, we'll see. =]