100 monkeys

i'm sick and frantically packing for the move to nashville, but since i started music mondays only two weeks ago i didn't want to skip one just yet. monday is my nephew's birthday, so i'm posting this a day early.

since this is going to be a short post and i'm still going through bands i saw at the sbl concert, i figured i would go ahead and talk about 100 monkeys. out of all the bands they have the most exposure and have a huge fan base, so i don't feel so bad about skimping out on their post.

there are a lot of reasons why i like 100 monkeys, and if you know me at all you've probably heard some/many of those reasons before. one of the things i love about their concerts is their improv songs. they take suggestions from the audience and make up a song about one of the topics. this not only shows how talented they are, but it gives every audience something special that won't be played for anyone else.

when it came time for improv suggestions jerad went from one side of the stage to the other getting ideas. lindsey,tori and i were on the front and were able to yell "ellen degeneres" when jerad looked at us, and we were so excited when he announced that the song would be about ellen!! we've wanted to be able to suggest a song about her for a while (we think if she hears about it she'll put them on her show) and it made the sbl concert that much more memorable since their song was from our suggestion. out of all of the concerts i've been to of theirs, it was definitely my favorite improv.

if you watch the video below you can see me give the suggestion to jerad. the spotlight followed him around and landed on my face right when i talked to him!



-meghan