Alameda County Fair
On our Work is Overrated Summer Tour 2007 we listened to Bowling For Soup CDs as we traversed the countryside. The songs always conjure up memories for me of that summer. I remember driving through Yosemite listening to Love Sick Stomach Ache and Smoothie King. I love the lyrics to Smoothie King because Thom sometimes sings them out loud, especially the, “You’re crazy and I’m crazy about you…” part, typically when I’m contemplating some crazy athletic event – double century, Half Ironman… I have three BFS albums loaded into my Thumps, the sunglasses I wear when I’m riding or running. I listen to BFS A LOT!
For some reason BFS plays a lot of county fairs. We got to see them in 2007 at the Stanislaus County Fair. We got lucky and they were playing at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton this year – much closer. If you just read the lyrics you would think these guys were sad and totally unhappy in love. Maybe they are… But what I hear are friends having a great time, making fun of themselves for some of the stupid things they have done. That really comes out in their shows too. They had a 6 PM and an 8PM show this year. They played mostly the same songs at both, but the clowning around between songs was quite different.
It was a fun way to spend a Friday evening.
