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I got to the Horseshoe Tavern pretty early…quarter to nine. My friend Wing said that she would be stopping by with her friends so I waited outside for her. I got to know her friends a bit better inside at the bar. Geoff plays in a band from Ottawa called The Panama.
My friend Thuy, her bf, Nelson, and his friend Mike arrived next. We all sat and talked while we waited for the 1st band to go on at 10:30 pm. We decided to go in since the 1st band had started playing. Jets Overhead started off ok but then their songs all started sounding the same. We all went downstairs to go to the washroom but ended up staying there since there was a bench where we could all sit.
One guy walked by and told us that we were missing the music upstairs. We kinda looked at him blankly and told him that we knew. Haha. All four of the band members from WATT walked by at one time or another. The band members are: Craig (guitar, vocals), Erik (guitar, vocals), Andrew (bass, trumpet) and Kevin (drums). They stopped to say hey and introduce themselves to everyone. Nelson and mike seemed pretty impressed that all of the guys from WATT knew me by name =).
The music stopped and we figured that since WATT went upstairs that we should do the same. There was this huge space with no one in front of the stage so we all went and waited there. The girl I was standing beside said hi to Erik when he came onto the stage and she asked if she could get a picture. He smiled and then went about his business of setting up. For some reason it dawned on me that the girl could be the one from Montréal so I asked if her name was Isabelle and she said yes. I finally got to meet her! She’s a VERY dedicated fan! She’s from Montréal and has seen WATT several times in Ontario =O. We made talked for a bit, saying that it was good to finally meet in person, how long she was staying in town, etc.
WATT finished setting up and then left the stage. The dance floor was packed by the time they were done setting up. Isabelle and her friend started chanting We Are The Take over and over to get them to come out and they finally did. I saw the set list that they had and geez, they were going to play a ton of songs, and a lot of them were new. Here are the songs that they played: Dreams, Art of Conviction, Wait It Out, On My Mind, Living Like A Lie, Explode, Montréal Love Song, The Joys of Being Single (?), Fire, When You Dance I Can Really Love, Tenterhooks, It’s Over, Firing Line, The World Is Mine. The guys have so much energy when they play! They’re all over the stage, it’s like they’re bouncing off walls or something. I liked the new songs that they played and of course the old ones too. There was a whole crew of people there that were cheering for Andrew like crazy. I think those were his friends =P.
What I really don’t like about shows is when people start pushing to get closer to the band. I heard this girl behind me say that if her friend wanted to move closer she would push. Good thing she didn’t push b/c I would’ve pushed back. I saw a photographer that covers a lot of band show and wanted to go say hi but I couldn’t remember his name… the next day I found him online. Pete Nema. Here’s a review that he did of the show: http://petenema.com/article.php/we_are_the_take-0909 .
I was enjoying the show, not knowing what time it was. I checked my phone for the time and oh dang, it was already 12:40 am. My last bus to get home was 1:10 am and if I left right away I could still make it but I wanted to stay for the entire set since there were some new songs. Hmmm what to do…I asked Thuy if her bf could drive me to a subway station and she relayed the question. She came back and said that it would be fine
WATT finished their set and left the stage. The crowd chanted Encore! Encore! So they came back out for another song, Rome. Too bad we had to leave right after Rome. I would’ve liked to stay and chat but we had to go =(. One part of my journey home was covered but there’s still quite the distance from the subway station to home so I had to call my poor dad out of his sleep to come pick me up =\. He got to the subway station at 2 am and we headed home. I finally got into bed at 3 am and then woke up at 7 am to go to work…yay..
Here's the link to my YouTube account where I put up a lot of videos from shows that I go to: http://www.youtube.com/wynneth
