On Saturday, October 28th, performers Tegan and Sara held a concert at the Queen Elizabeth. Although Tegan and Sara have been around since the 90s, they have really come into their own over the last ten years. Many fans consider their album, The Con (2007) to be the first “real” album that the duo produced, not unlike some of bands discussed in class- for example, many fans consider Abbey Road to be the last “real” album The Beatles produced. The performers themselves, Tegan and Sara, are twin sisters from Canada who are openly gay and use their fame to raise money bring awareness to the LGBT+ community. That being said, the audience was pretty diverse that night. Fans ranged from individuals like myself, straight, 20 something female, to
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In an earlier interview about their music with Brandon Stousy, Sara made a statement about how the two write as individuals, “but believe we should not write about current affairs; we need time to absorb all the different events going on before they can write music” (as cited in Stousy, 2017, p.3). As far as influences go, the sisters have stated that they have drawn on numerous artists for inspiration over the years, including (but not limited to) Green Day, Nirvana, and David Bowie (as cited in Stousy, 2017, p.5). During another interview with Mike Usinger, the duo have also brought up their inspiration behind the lyrics of their songs; love, loss, and moving on, are all things the sisters talk openly about, and how they want to write about what they know (Usinger, …show more content…
I thoroughly enjoyed being able to attend a concert and, on top of enjoying the music, I actually understood the music, the set up, and how the music I was listening to has really been decades in the making. It was eye opening to see how bands that had broken up years before Tegan and Sara were even born can still impact their music in such crucial way, whether people realize it or not. I have always enjoyed listening to music, but it really adds a new element of enjoyment when a person actually understands the music and all the work that went into its
In an earlier interview about their music with Brandon Stousy, Sara made a statement about how the two write as individuals, “but believe we should not write about current affairs; we need time to absorb all the different events going on before they can write music” (as cited in Stousy, 2017, p.3). As far as influences go, the sisters have stated that they have drawn on numerous artists for inspiration over the years, including (but not limited to) Green Day, Nirvana, and David Bowie (as cited in Stousy, 2017, p.5). During another interview with Mike Usinger, the duo have also brought up their inspiration behind the lyrics of their songs; love, loss, and moving on, are all things the sisters talk openly about, and how they want to write about what they know (Usinger, …show more content…
I thoroughly enjoyed being able to attend a concert and, on top of enjoying the music, I actually understood the music, the set up, and how the music I was listening to has really been decades in the making. It was eye opening to see how bands that had broken up years before Tegan and Sara were even born can still impact their music in such crucial way, whether people realize it or not. I have always enjoyed listening to music, but it really adds a new element of enjoyment when a person actually understands the music and all the work that went into its