Somebody Call Up The New York Times, This Fever's Gonna Make Headlines

It's been awhile since I've been to a large concert and even longer since I've been to one where I've had as much fun as I did last night. Family Force 5 is hands down one of my favorite live bands ever if not my most favorite. Its really a toss up for best live performance with maybe one or two others but either way it was a hoot.

I've only gotten to see them once before and that was a quick set at the Warped Tour back in 08' so getting to see a full on set was just awesome. The day however could have been better and was almost a complete disaster. I left work a little early and drove straight to Memphis to meet up with Ryan and Amanda at the venue. They were supposed to be there at 5 and I was gonna get there around then as well, no problemo. Wrong. About 4:45 I get a text saying they'll be an hour late. Ok, no problem because I needed to gas up and get some food anyway. Then an hour passes. And another. And another. Lots of texts and a few calls of them getting lost and not understanding where the venue was blah blah blah. In the end they parked literally 3 or 4 miles away and hoofed it over to where I was. Doors to the show were at 6 with the show starting at 7, but they arrived about 730ish when I was about a half hour from just going in without them.

After that it was fantastic. Minglewood Hall is easily one of the coolest venues I've ever seen. Half music venue, half hipster disco club, great sound, and nice and cool. They had a smoking patio where we spent a majority of the night before FF5 came out seeing that it was nice to sit in the sun while they smoked a few and the entire crowd were 15-16 year old kids. When I say entire crowd I mean a good 30 or so people. That alone was very weird to see. I know that Family Force 5 isn't too well known but I thought for sure they were a bit better known than that. Oh well, I love smaller shows that have just enough people to dance with. And dance we did. I haven't bounced around that much in a long long while and to do it with such easy going good friends it was fantastical. The show itself just amazes me. They blasted through a majority of their songs from both of their albums as well as 3 new ones from their upcoming third album. These guys have more energy on stage then I've ever seen any band in my entire life. Its like watching 5 larger versions of me jumping around only with actual talent and having a good time.
After the show was over we hung out for a bit and talked to their guitarist for awhile and took a few pictures. Again was surprised at how nice that guy is, it never ceases to amaze me. Good times had by all and its sad that its over so fast. Oh well, I've just got to find a way to see them again soon.

This was more or less the set list:

Country Gentlemen
Drama Queen
Fever
Earthquake
Dang Gurl
Lose Yourself
Get Your Back Off The Wall
Wobble
SuperSonic
Dance or Die
Radiator
Luv Addict
Ghostride the Whip
You Got It