I make 2 playlists a year. The rest of the time I just listen to my most recent purchases. Over and over and over and over. I can listen to the same song over and over for hours. Cause I pick good music! 😉
At Christmas I make a playlist. Christmas deserves a playlist! Â But the other time is summer. Summer needs a playlist and it needs to grow as the summer goes along. And it should include Pharrell and Justin Timberlake. Summer playlists are just incomplete without those two.
This summer I’m alllll about concerts. Especially outdoor events. There isn’t anything like live music, outdoors, cold beverage in hand, surrounded by excited fans, and ridiculousness with best friends. Last Thursday my best friend and I went to The Fray. Thank you Ryan for our tickets!!! If you haven’t seen them live, I highly suggest it. I’m a sucker for artists who sound as good or better in person. And The Fray are better in person.
Although opening acts…. they’re a dice roll. You never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes it’s umm… not good…. but sometimes they knock your socks off.
Barcelona came on just before The Fray. Amanda and I are chatting with friends as they started. Halfway through the first song we’re taking notice. Stopping our conversations. Asking others, wait who is this? Second song we’re going YEAH!!! I like these guys. By the third song we’re downloading. They are amazing live. Well amazing, period. Â And we hung out with them a little bit afterwards, they’re a fun crowd!
Add Barcelona to your summer playlist. Just trust me. Go download ‘Background’, ‘Fall in Love’, & ‘Sick.’ For sure those 3. Then play them over and over and over and over. Soooo good. Then find them on tour. It’s so worth it!
I have some “rules” for life. Ok, really they’re more like guidelines. Rules, suck. 😉 One of them is to indulge in live experiences. And concerts absolutely fall into ‘live experiences.’
I think good music is meant to be shared.
Want to get the best of your summer? Indulge in live experiences. CHEERS to summertime!!!!
PS. After seeing these photos (from my trusty iphone & GoPro) of my best friend Amanda and I. We could pull off being sisters. Yeah? No? 
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