Perfection

"If I wasn't such a dork, I'd be really awesome." This is a quote that I have somewhat labeled to myself for a couple years, but never really told anyone. Like all great quotes, I stole it. Just like Jason Mraz's latest album, entitled "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.", he describes that everyone steals things, whether they are ideas, or inspiration, or whatever your soul desires. So, from the master himself, that quote was born, and I thought it was the most brilliant thing I have ever read.

Jason Mraz visited Edmonton, tonight, for the first time in six years, and delivered the best live performance I have ever seen. Mraz could have sucked out loud, but I would have still said that it was the best concert ever. But the thing is, Mraz doesn't know how to suck, and couldn't suck even if he tried - and no, don't worry, he's not gay. I was thoroughly entertained throughout the night, and sung quite loudly to all the songs that he performed to us. This is where the quote, and I'll say it again, "if I wasn't such a dork, I'd be really awesome", comes in.

While I was singing, I was wondering to myself: Mraz isn't a huge artist. He's well known, but not huge. Frankly, I prefer that Mraz isn't popular, because that way I could keep him to myself as much as possible. So, as I'm still singing, I start to wonder if anyone else is singing; I'm sure there were people who sang, and people who are just like me - a dork. I knew that I might have looked silly, at times, but it wasn't going to stop me from enjoying the concert: a message that Mraz has preached over the last year or so. I have to admit that I am a bit of a Mraz stalker. I know the lyrics and chords to almost all of his songs; I have to work a bit on his older and unreleased ones, but I am okay with that. I stalk Mraz so much, that I can tell what song he plays within the first two or three seconds of the song. I know the newest versions of his songs which he performs live, and I know of all the dance moves and such that are done with the songs.

What captivates me about Mraz, and there are quite a few things, is the way he conducts himself. Jason's come a long way from his early days, and it's so evident in his life. There is one thing that separates artists from regular people, and Jason Mraz bleeds this one characteristic. The way Jason lives life, and the views that he has on it, it's almost supernatural, but yet humanly. Many people recognize Mraz for his songs and insane lyrics, but not very many actually look deeper into who he is. And I, being the dork that I am, has stalked him to a point where I could be at peace every time I read something that he writes, because it's very graceful in a way that it just makes you smile, and be happy. If you want to know, Bob Marley is a comparable.

Yes, I'm a dork; but, if you look past that, I'm pretty awesome. Haha. Overall, I finally have a concert that has topped tobyMac, and his name is Mr. A-Z - Jason Mraz. I've been following his music for quite a few years now, and I'm glad to say, and take pride in the fact that, I am a Mrazddict. Truely. I could go on and on about Mraz, but I think it would just eventually bore you to tears. If you are in need of inspiration, or just some new and refreshing insight on life, read and follow Mraz's blogs, and I guarantee that it will enlighten you a whole lot.

Here is the set list for Jason's performance.

0% Interest w/ Our House
Make It Mine
Coyotes
Sleep All Day
Remedy
Lucky
Unfold
Never Too Late
Live High
Dynamo of Volition
Beautiful Mess
I'm Yours
-- Encore --
Details In the Fabric
Fall Through Glass (Bushwalla)
Butterfly

As much as I want him to myself - and no, I'm not gay either - Mraz has and always will be a breath of fresh air, an inspiration to artists, and my favorite and biggest influence in many ways of my life.

Hope that whoever went to the concert enjoyed it as much as I did.