Adam and I don't often agree when it comes to our music and movie preferences. Marriage has taught us how to compromise, though. I watch his "shoot em' up" movies and he watches my romantic chick flics, and we get along just fine. We do, however, share a common love for country music (well, most country music), particularly Brad Paisley's music. While country music can be a little (ok...a lot) cheesy and contains a WHOLE lot of bad theology, I love that the songs tell a story about life. Granted, a lot of those stories involve alcohol, lost love, and empty religion, but not all of them. I think Adam and I love country music because it reminds us a lot of where we came from. Paisley is a favorite, not only because of his witty lyrics and mad guitar skills, but because we can relate to the things he sings about in his songs. Adam said, "You feel like he's singing about you in so many of his songs." I told him that not every person feels that way, but he does because he's a good ole' southern boy who can truly relate to songs about "tractors, trucks, little towns and Mama." I understand where he's coming from. Growing up he spent a lot of time on the lake fishin' and ridin' around gettin' a little mud on the tires. Now, he spends a whole lot of time waitin' on a woman, but his eyebrows SURE aren't plucked and there's a gun in his truck (or several in his closet). I could go on, but you get the idea.
Anyway, all of that long discourse was just to eventually say that Brad Paisley came to Louisville last night, and we got to go see him in concert! A few months ago, we heard he was coming, and we both decided that was something we didn't want to miss. Luckily, we got cheap tickets and sort of had a late Valentine's day date (since we studied and ate dinner at home on the real V-day...so romantic, I know.) Besides the fact that the people next to us made us get up about 25 times during the show so they could get by to get beer re-fills, the concert was great. Darius Rucker opened for Paisley, and we enjoyed him almost as much. He has so many hits that I hear on the radio all the time that I didn't know he sang. Paisley played for 2 hours---pretty much all his hits. All in all, it was a nice night out and a much-needed break from work and school. Brad ended the show with his song "Alcohol," which was an appropriate choice since much of the crowd was...well, you know....gone!
Here are a few poor quality photos from our seats in the upper deck.
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