IntroductionAs
Riot! In The Boulevard leave the stage, the four members of
Fathers of Fury are prepared to go and show their fans a night that they will never forget! The stage is dark and the boys quickly rush on to get into their positions. The lights are still off and nobody can see the stage. A mind-blowing guitar riff is quickly played; after about 20 seconds it stops, and the drums are smashed three times. A single light flashes down on Jack Straw. His head is bowed and as he looks up, the audience starts to scream. A short smirk comes across his face. He does not say anything, only simply lifts his right hand into the air. The fans scream.
The American Dream and Rolling OnAs the audience quietens down, the stage starts to brighten; the other members of the band now come into view. Isaac is holding his guitar in the air and posing for the audience as he comes into view. A few members of the audience laugh at him; Jack turns around to look at him and just shakes his head.
He turns his face back to the front, and looks down into the front row to look at some of the fans, he smiles at a pretty girl on the front row and she screams and hugs her friend next to her; the man to her right doesn’t look impressed. Jack grins and then moves closer to the microphone.
Jack taps his foot on the floor and both Isaac and Ollie King join him in starting to play their guitars. The three of them all pluck at the same notes at the same time, creating a sense of unity in the band. Shortly after the start of their plucking, Freddie Johnson starts to tap at a slow, steady drum beat. Jack starts to sing; his voice is soft and controlled, leaving the audience feeling happy and warm inside.
The chorus kicks in and Jack steps up a gear, singing with a lot more power. Beneath Jack’s voice, the drums get louder and the guitars all loose their synchronised plucking. Ollie blasts out a crazy guitar riff – similar to the one that opened the show, as Jack ends the sings the words, “My American Dream!” and then as the song slows back down he follows it with the almost spoken sentence; “You are my American Dream!”
As the song comes to a close, the acoustic opener to the album ends with Jack, Ollie and Isaac harmonising together at the end, saying “American Dream”. Just as they finish, Jack looks off the side of the stage to see if he can see Jenny Hudson.
Rather than stopping and talking to the audience, Ollie starts to play a light riff. An underlying beat from Freddie joins in part way through. As Ollie’s brief riff comes to a close, Isaac and Jack join in with their guitars. This leads into the first verse quite nicely; Jack’s powerful vocals blend with the music.
The chorus arrives and Isaac and Ollie do a small bit of backing singing, helping to emphasise the words and their meanings. The drums have sped up at this point and they are now quite loud too. Ollie plays another short riff under the chorus.
As the final verse approaches, the music stops completely. The introduction of the song is played again, which leads into the final verse – which is lyrically the same as the first one. Then the chorus comes back around.
The last words are spoken and the introductory riff by Ollie is played backwards to end the song; which is then followed by several quick smashes on the drum-kit.
Watered DownJack wipes his forehead as he lets his guitar hang loosely from his shoulder. He can’t stop smiling; he can just feel that tonight has started well. He steps up to the microphone again, after downing half of one of his several bottles of water. “MANCHESTER!” He shouts into the microphone. The Old Trafford Stadium goes up in a riot. “WE ARE HOME!” with this the fans go absolutely crazy.
Jack laughs at the reaction; he can’t believe that just under a year ago, he was no-where. The four of them had really made a name for themselves in this short space of time. “This is our last show of the tour;” he pulls a sad face and then continues, “and we thought, were better to have it than the place that we love the most!” The fans cheer again, “So here we are, in the stadium of the BEST FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE WORLD!” A lot of Manchester United fans start cheering now, whereas a lot of Manchester City fans start to boo.
He looks back at the other three and Freddie makes a gesture to his wrist as if to tell Jack to hurry up. “Okay, well this is
Watered Down, track 3 of the up-coming album.” He is about to start playing when he stops again; “By the way, the album is called ‘
Passionate’, just thought I would let you all in for a bit of a sneak preview!”
Some fans make a whooping noise after the brief announcement. All of a sudden, a wall of noise hits the audience.
Fathers of Fury have started to play the next track,
Watered Down. Freddie is smashing away at his drum set while the other three are all shredding away on their guitars.
20 seconds or so into the song, Jack hits a massive note, which he holds for a good 10-15 seconds. Ollie starts to sing just as Jack gets near the end of his note, thus creating an overlap. Ollie’s position as the lead singer doesn’t last very long, as Jack swiftly takes over again.
If the fans thought the start of the song was crazy, then when they heard the chorus they would be in for a real shock. The song looses all control and Jack is almost shouting the chorus. This song is very angry, and very high powered; but it all calms down after the first chorus.
The song finishes with Ollie saying “And that was watered down” followed by one final strum on the guitar.
Matilda and Home or AwayJack takes a sip of his bottle of water, and splashes a bit into his face quickly while Ollie walks up to the microphone; “Hello everyone;” Ollie says into the microphone. “How are you all doing you beautiful people?” The audience screams in response. “Sorry, I didn’t quite catch that… Do you mind repeating that?” He encourages the audience; they scream again. “What?” he says again, trying to get yet another response. Each time he gets a louder scream from the audience. “Ah, I see. So you are good then. Well, I think it is time for the next track.
MATILDA!”
A quiet piano and simple guitar opens the song under some of Jack’s pleading vocals. “Please Matilda, Matilda please!” he sings into the microphone, making eye contact with as many people as he can to let them know that this song is meant for everyone. Isaac then steps up to his microphone and bluntly says “Just Go Away.” Jack turns around and looks at him and pretends to be shocked. This then leads the song to really start up; the chorus is the first real thing to happen, with all four instruments creating a sappy, pleading sound which helps to mirror the initial image created.
The music gets a little heavier, as the lyrics start to become a little angrier; they tell stories of how Matilda is being ‘a bitch’ and is a liar. The song then slows down again, it gets quieter, and almost sounds as if the boys are mourning a broken down relationship; the chorus comes back around again and is exactly the same as the first one, but only seems to be a little bit more menacing when talking about Matilda again.
The song reaches its climax after the second chorus, when Jack sings the name Matilda and holds the last note; both Ollie and Isaac say the name Matilda into the microphone to help emphasise it. The song goes quiet at this point. A swift drum beat is then built up, which leads towards the song reaching the chorus again; the last chorus is repeated and the song then finishes on a final strum.
The boys quickly switch to their slightly more acoustic sounding instruments, or settings on their instruments in preparation for the next track,
Home or Away. The song starts in a far more relaxed way to the others; the drums are light and the bass mixes with it to help give an almost refreshed sense to the foursome.
Jack moves back up to his microphone and closes his eyes as he starts to sing, thus showing the emotion which has been put into this song. He is very quiet but still audible; giving a sense of being unsure about something. The chorus arrives and Jack turns up the volume; he blasts out a powerful chorus which is one to compare to the legends. He finishes the chorus with a held note which fades out into the night.
There is a brief instrumental break in which Ollie comes to the front of the stage to show off his guitar skills. He lifts his guitar and plays it while holding it away from himself. He plays a superb little riff which then leads into another quiet verse. As this verse approaches the chorus, the music gets louder to prepare the audience for another belted chorus.
This chorus is incredibly heartfelt, Jack stops playing his guitar to grab onto the microphone. He walks to the front of the stage and kneels down on the floor and leans towards the audience as he shows the emotion. The music gradually dies out, leaving him there on the floor repeating the words “Home or Away”.
OOC: This was written by Fathers Of Fury, he just asked me to post this and another one tomorrow because he is on holiday or something. Let him know what you think of it. 