I’m liking Twitter more..

.. because I just won a contest on Twitter.com/TheGRAMMYs!  They did a contest to give away the 2010 Grammy Nominees CD that just released a few days ago.  There were 10 copies to be won and I managed to snag one! It’s not a huge prize but I love free stuff and I love music… bada bing, bada boom.

The tweet went out: “First reply @TheGRAMMYs with a twitpic of yourself and one of @TheFray’s CDs wins a 2010 GRAMMY Nominees CD!”

Conveniently, I was picking up something at the mall when this went out and HMV was 4 stores away so i walked in, grabbed The Fray’s self-titled (but not debut) album and a click of the camera, voila.

Notice how the plastic is still on the CD.  Well, soon enough TheGRAMMYs tweeted out the winner and c’est moi! I LOVE FREE STUFF!

The Fray Concert

Went to see The Fray in concert and they sound great live. My favorite performance was “Enough for Now;” there’s a heck of a lot of emotion coming out of that one. Even though the lyrics are tragic in of itself, i never quite felt the emotion behind it ’til i heard them perform it live tonight. Isaac Slade said it was very personal for him and that clearly came through.

They played every song from their new album and several from their debut record. They also did a cover of Kanye West’s, “Heartless” which I think surprisingly fits them well, actually. And, you can buy the cover off iTunes. The only song I wish they performed but didn’t is “Look After You” so all in all, thumbs up on the playlist.

PS, Verdera from Kansas City and Jack’s Mannequin from Orange County opened for them, both enjoyable.

The Fray set list | August 5, 2009 | Vancouver, BC

1. Happiness (intro)
2. Over My Head (Cable Car)
3. Absolute
4. She Is
5. Say When
6. How to Save a Life
7. Ungodly Hour
8. Trust Me
9. Where the Story Ends
10. We Build Then We Break
11. Syndicate
12. Enough for Now
13. Never Say Never
14. You Found Me

Encore
15. Heartless (Kanye West cover)
16. All At Once
17. Happiness

“Enough for Now” Lyrics

The daughter’s father watches, quietly we assume
He’s not longer with us but he left this dusty room
In your name and it’s an honor, it’s a shame but it’s your honor
Take it on your shoulder til you can find another

That’s enough for now, he should’ve never left you broken
He should’ve held you, things your father never could do
That’s enough for now, he would’ve never left you broken
He would’ve held you, things your father never told you

The century before you never could turn 21
Years and years he waited just watching for a son
For someone to go ahead, take the name he said
Years and years he waited and a daughter came instead

Breathing comes in pairs
Except for twice
One begins and one’s goodbye

60 years of sorrow he got 5 or 6 of bliss
Left my mother’s mother without so much as a kiss

But that’s enough for now, he never wanted to leave you broken
He would’ve held you, things your father never told you
That’s enough for now, I would’ve never left you broken
I would’ve held you, things your father never could do
Words your father never told you