Again my thanks to setlist.fm for helping me fill in the blanks for Paramore's 14 song performance. Paramore's stage had two tiers. Two guitarists and the drummer were on the top tier. Miss Williams and the other two guitarists were on the lower tier. At the back of the lower tier was lights that spelled out various words and thoughts throughout the show.
2014 is Paramore's 10th anniversary, let's hope they have many more. Of the 3 bands that played that night, by far the best band was Paramore. When people ask me who I went to see in concert, I tell them Paramore. I don't tell them Fall Out Boy or the Monumentour.
Paramore expands to six members when it's touring. Of course Miss Hayley Williams on piano and stellar lead vocals. Besides Lolo, Hayley was the only woman that performed that night. Also there's Jeremy Davis on bass, Taylor York on lead and rhythm guitar, Jon Howard on guitars, Justin York on guitars and the drummer is Aaron Gillespie.
1) "Still Into You": Confetti came out of the sound control center- not sure what the official name of that area is- during this song.
2) "That's What You Get"
3) "For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic"
Here's the video for their first 3 songs (again the actual sound was much better than this video indicates):
Hayley Williams did her usual "We Are Paramore" spiel. Dedicated to that one person who might not know who Paramore is.
4) "Ignorance": From the Bunbury Fest, including Hayley saying the "We Are Paramore" intro:
6) "Decode"
7) "The Only Exception" (Live in Hartford, Ct.):
8) "Last Hope"
9) "Brick By Boring Brick"
10) "Misery Business" About the first 3 minutes of this song was one of the highlights of the night. Then they decided to slow it down as Hayley talked and found an audience member to sing the bridge of this song. As you can see below it completely killed the momentum they had working in their favor.
11) "Let The Flames Begin"
12) "Part 2" These two songs were Paramore's lowlight of the night. Thanks to setlist.fm for alerting me to the fact that these were actually two different songs. To my ears they'd taken the most boring song in their repertoire and stretched it out for 10 damn long minutes. This self indulgent display sucked energy out of their set. After that 10 minute slowdown, the concert didn't reach it's previous peak.
13) "Proof" in Paraguay:
14) "Ain't It Fun" the band put their stage to work. The words "Don't go crying to your mama because your all alone in the real world" repeated a few times.
No encore, "CrushCrushCrush" would have been perfect. Other than a couple of slow points of the concert mentioned above, this was a great performance. I suggest Paramore is one of our best current rock bands. Long live Paramore!
themusicaddict
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