On Friday night, I attended a stop on Jason Mraz's "Tour is a Four Letter Word" in my home state of New Jersey.
To clarify, I am not a concert person…I'm not particularly fond of crowds and there are not many artists that I feel strongly enough about that I would spend money to see them in person.
But for Jason, I broke all of those rules. My parents bought me tickets for my 22nd birthday this year and I was thrilled and overjoyed that I was going to get to see him live!
To make things even better, his "tour partner" was Christina Perri and I happen to really love her vocals and originality.
And I have to say, that I did succumb to "concert behavior"…somewhat…I screamed as loud as everyone else (with the result of a nice, sore throat the next day) and I sang along to every song, my voice getting lost along with his and everyone else's. (Thank God, because I really can't sing…hehe)
I brought my friend Heather along and we had a really great time eating churros before the show, quoting Psych and just generally goofing off (aka, being ourselves).
I loved every second of it.
To cap it all off, he played "Plane", which is an older song of his that I thought I had NO chance of hearing. It was a wonderful surprise to hear something I really wasn't expecting.
He was funny (see below), he did yoga (tree pose, see photo) during one of his songs; he inspired and captivated me all over again.
Soooo….get ready to be photo-bombed!! I took a ridiculous amount of pictures, so I picked out some of the best ones to show you…enjoy!
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| To start the night off, my dad rented an awesome Mustang to bring us to the concert! |
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| Christina Perri Singing "Jar of Hearts" |
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| I love this picture! |
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| This one too! |
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| Jason going into tree pose during "Make it Mine" :) |
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| Awesome background effect for "Only Human" |
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| Playing"I'm Coming Over/Hidden Track"…love this song…. |
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| His keys player also plays the accordion!! Cool!! |
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| Some more of the awesome background graphics for "Butterfly" |
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| "Butterfly" |
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| "Butterfly" |
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| "I'm Yours" |
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| He sang Bob Marley!! "Three Little Birds" |
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| Jason and Christina singing their duet, "Distance" |
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| The band, taking a bow |
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| Saying goodbye :( |
While introducing the band (in the middle of a song) he continued to play his guitar, but then said, "I'm just playing some nonsense chords…I can't talk and play at the same time..weird right? If I was singing, it would all make sense."
Insert copious amounts of laughter here. :) …and a little bit of beautiful understanding…it
does all make sense when he sings. I'm so glad I got to experience his music live, it was amrazingly magical!
