There were hardcore fans, casual fans, and non-fans who just wanted to get the beach season started. The Gaslight Anthem brought people together. Last night ended up being the real release of much of the emotion that's built up over the last seven or so months. The weather was a little sketchy, but we've all seen worse. That summed up the whole feel of the show. Now it's time to start the summer," said Brian Fallon at one point. Anticipating a bad outcome to this, CoolMom and I threw in the towel and headed toward the back.įrom our new spot, we saw the rest of the set, including "45," "The Patient Ferris Wheel" ("I've never felt so strange / Standing in the Jersey Rain"), and "Too Much Blood." The Stone Pony Summer Stage may have given rise to the first-ever incident of crowd surfing during a Bon Iver song when The Gaslight Anthem covered "Blood Bank." He received a few punches, pushes, and harsh words which only caused him to turn up the violence.
#TOO MUCH BLOOD GASLIGHT ANTHEM LYRICS PLUS#
I think it was during "American Slang" when the drunk, 250-pound plus man mountain with the shaved head and Oxford shirt began hurling himself into tiny female Gaslight Anthem fans and throwing elbows. The Gaslight Anthem took the stage, as scheduled, just after 8:30, opening with "Handwritten." CoolMom and I were pretty well hemmed in at this point, as the crush of not-so-casual fans pushed their way to the front. The roughly hourlong set also included favorites like "Rock Problems," "Sequestered in Memphis," "Your Little Hoodrat Friend," and "You Can Make Him Like You," closing with "Slapped Actress."Īs darkness fell, the rain stopped. The absence of keyboardist Franz Nicolay, who left the band in 2010, was felt on songs like "Stuck Between Stations," "Chips Ahoy!" and "Southtown Girls " but the band filled out the sound with even more crushingly loud guitar. Brian Sella and Matt Uychich of The Front Bottoms watched the whole set from the side of the stage as Sella sang along with the rest of us. Several times he came to the edge of the stage, arms spread wide, and encouraged the crowd to sing along. Frontman Craig Finn gave us his usual frenetic moving and dancing as he preached the lyrics of each song to the crowd, stepping away from the mic from time to time to re-mouth the words while shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, or smiling and laughing. The song's lyric "We're gonna build something this summer / We'll put it back together" wasn't lost on anyone, the crowd raising their arms and screaming in unison through the wind and rain. The Hold Steady opened with "Constructive Summer" from 2008's Stay Positive. At points during the set, it came down pretty hard, causing a delay when guitarist Tad Kubler's amp got soaked. Just as they took the stage at 7:15, though, it came back. The rain let up, even stopped, as we waited for The Hold Steady. Throughout their thirty-minute set, the folks up front with us pumped their fists and sang along. They play pop-punk influenced rock and roll and were a nice fit on the bill with The Gaslight Anthem. Philly's Luther currently record for The Bouncing Souls' Chunksaah Records. I convinced CoolMom to move close to the front with me so that we'd have a good view when The Hold Steady came out for their set. We arrived during opener Luther's set as a light rain fell.
CoolMom put on her winter coat, and we headed out to kick off the summer. Not only had it been raining on and off, but it was also cold and windy. The sold out Stone Pony Summer Stage was a sea of people cheering the opening chords to every song and singing every lyric. From our position up front, and then even as we moved back through the crowd, I don't think that CoolMom and I came across another one. I'm what's known as a casual Gaslight Anthem fan. After last night, I think I may be a rare breed.
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