You’ve seen by now, from my Yellowcard post and my We The Kings proposal that music truly means the world to me. Before We The Kings there was Yellowcard, before Yellowcard, there was Simple Plan. Simple Plan came into my life from the same friend who brought me Yellowcard. Joanne and I used to rollerblade around her unfinished basement blasting the pseudo-angsty pop punk because Simple Plan just got us. We just wanted to listen to music and hang out with each other and get boys to like us. I remember sitting in the freshman hallway, listening to Addicted, and hoping that one day NAME(S) REDACTED would notice me. Then I’d finish my breakfast (Coca-cola though a straw?), get on Andy Dawson’s skateboard, and my CD player would usually be confiscated by Mr. Brown, only to be retrieved at break time a few hours later. Such a little rebel, huh? That album has now turned 15 and of course I had to celebrate with one of my favorite bands!
From the Simple Plan official site
Simple Plan was actually one of the few things Candace and I both liked at the time she died. She played basketball, I danced. Her celebrity crush was Nelly, mine was Aaron Carter. She was super tiny, athletic, and popular. I was the chubby, artsy, socially awkward big sister. But if Addicted came on, my mom discovered that separately from each other that we both bobbed our head in an identical way. One other thing we both loved was Degrassi, and during commercials, the channel it was on usually played music videos too. Perfect was a favorite, and even though she laughed about how absurd their lead singer looked in his baggy pants and I thought he was kind of cute, it’s something that I’ll always remember as us enjoying together.
Kendall and I saw Simple Plan with Seaway and Set It Off Sunday night at Baltimore Soundstage. Although we’re getting a little tired of the hour+ drive, it’s a great little venue! Very friendly staff and a good size. I decided to splurge and get us Club Seats, which mean we had table service and we were practically on the stage! So worth it. The opening acts were fantastic hype-bands, and Simple Plan kept the energy up all through their set. I got to hold Pierre’s hand at one point, and you’d think I wouldn’t fangirl anymore- but I totally fangirled.
It was like coming home for be to be there, hearing them play their first album in full. I hadn’t listened to it probably in years, but I still knew every word. Having a fiance who will be there there and hold my hand when I get emotional and be tickled when I’m bouncing around like a cocker spaniel when I’m excited- it’s just so cool that music is something that we can share on such a deep level!
You can check out little snips of my night from my insta stories below!
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