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A little over 3 weeks ago, I experienced one of the greatest shows ever (well, three for that matter.)  So great that its left me speechless..well, until now.  How does one sum up three days of awesome?  And how does one sum up three days of awesome 3 weeks later? (The pressure is ON.)

But let me give  a little background first.  In mid October, Motion City Soundtrack posted on their web site that they would be doing three nights of shows at Lincoln Hall in Chicago in December.  Each night, they would perform one of their CD’s from start to finish–in order of release.  75 three day passes and 175 individual passes for each night were sold.  After a little convincing from my roommate (it’s not that I didn’t want to go, it’s that I didn’t know It started with a 10 hour drive to the windy city.  Fast forward a couple of hours of hotel check-ins and rude Chicago drivers and Motion City Soundtrack rocked off the faces of  said 250 kids at Lincoln Hall (performing their first release ‘I Am The Movie’ in it’s entirety.)  As soon as I heard the sirens for the first track ‘Cambridge,’ I knew this was going to be quite the night.  And so did everyone else as the pushing began and mouths opened to yell back the lyrics to lead singer Justin Pierre.

Let’s rewind.  Why would I drive 10 hours to see this band?  Because in high school, this is who I was.  Listening to these songs in my car, driving to school each morning–it was pure extacy for me.  And while I’ve grown up and become a different person, I can still listen to these songs and be taken back to a place and time when they meant something to me (and they still do.)

Back to night one.  I thought about this while singing these lyrics with other dedicated fans (from far away, too.)  These CD’s and MCS mean something to them too, or else they wouldn’t be doing exactly what I was doing.  As soon as I thought this, I was snapped back into reality as a guy in full on winter gear and a hat with a Christmas tree on it about pushed me over. (Thanks for that, by the way..)  After the tracks ‘Shiver’, ‘The Future Freaks Me Out’ and ‘Indoor Living’ I was about ready to pass out from all the jumping, sweating and pushing that I knew to expect from hardcore MCS fans.  But of course I wasn’t down for the count and was ready for the next track (My Favorite Accident) which especially hits a cord with me (and is awesome to hear live.)  Besides this song, ‘Red Dress’ was definitely a highlight of the night.   is proudly shouted (or really badly sung) back at Pierre as he smiles and continues on to finish reminding us of the red dress.

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