music: zayn malik – Girl behind the red door https://girlbehindthereddoor.com Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:08:08 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://girlbehindthereddoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-girl-behind-the-red-door-site-icon-v3-32x32.jpg music: zayn malik – Girl behind the red door https://girlbehindthereddoor.com 32 32 Fave Records of 2016 https://girlbehindthereddoor.com/2017/01/01/fave-records-of-2016/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:29:23 +0000 http://girlbehindthereddoor.com/?p=694 I’m so excited about sharing my Top 10 records of the year with you! To clarify, these are my top 10 purchases, the albums didn’t necessarily come out in 2016. There were some I wanted to include but I realised that I got them late 2015 so they didn’t count. Over the last few months […]]]>

I’m so excited about sharing my Top 10 records of the year with you! To clarify, these are my top 10 purchases, the albums didn’t necessarily come out in 2016. There were some I wanted to include but I realised that I got them late 2015 so they didn’t count.

Over the last few months I have noticed that I’ve stopped writing in my journal and listening to records. I was all about it at the start of the year but because I’m at the end of a cycle, life has been about cleansing and internally setting intentions for 2017. I’ve needed a lot of quiet in this half of the year, and maybe that’s why I got the job that I did in May (it’s a very quiet, masculine and cold work environment).

Hopefully I’ll get back into records in 2017 and have even more to share with you!

Ed Sheeran – Multiply (2 x 12″)
Colour: Pink. This was released as a part of Ten Bands One Cause.

What I Paid: $64.95
Favourite Tracks: Don’t, Photograph, Tenerife Sea, Afire Love

The 1975 – I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it (12″)
Colour: Clear Frosted

What I Paid: $80
Favourite Tracks: A Change of Heart, If I Believe You, The Ballad of me and My Brain, Loving Someone, The Sound, Paris

Panic! At The Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (12″)
Colour: Black

What I Paid: $250 USD (I am such an unlucky bugger… you can now buy this for around $40 as it has been re-released)
Favourite Tracks: Literally all of them but Camisado is the one I replay the most

The Fray – How to Save a Life (2 x 12″)
Colour: Butter Cream

What I Paid: $44.99
Favourite Tracks: Over My Head (Cable Car), How to Save a Life, Look After You

Oh Wonder – Album (2 x 12″)
Colour: White

What I Paid: $46.75
Favourite Tracks: Drive, All We Do, Heart Hope

Zayn Malik – Mind of Mine (12″)
Colour: Green

What I Paid: $34.99 USD
Favourite Tracks: PILLOWTALK, BeFoUrThis record took a record 8 months to get to me after the supposed release date. I think that is absolutely ridiculous and I was expecting a black vinyl when it finally arrived. I was pleasantly surprised that it’s a bright green colour. It softened the anger just a little bit.

The Lumineers – Cleopatra (2 x 12″)
Colour: Grey Marble

What I Paid: $35 USD
Favourite Tracks: Where The Skies Are Blue, Gun Song

 

Lukas Graham – Self Titled (12″)
Colour: Black

What I Paid: $16 USD
Favourite Tracks: Funeral, Strip No More

Fifth Harmony – 7/27 Album (12″)
Colour: Black

What I Paid: $19 USD
Favourite Tracks: Dope, Scared of Happy, Work From Home, All In My Head (Flex)

Ed Sheeran – Songs I Wrote With Amy (12″)
Colour: Black

What I Paid: $19
Favourite Tracks: Absolutely all of them.

I am always up for hearing about music or record recommendations, so leave me a comment with your favourite songs & albums below!

]]> One Direction Concert Experience https://girlbehindthereddoor.com/2013/10/21/one-direction-concert-experience/ Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:18:16 +0000 http://girlbehindthereddoor.com/?p=481 Last night I went to see One Direction’s Take Me Home Tour in Brisbane! I was lucky enough to catch their last tour in April last year and hoped and prayed I’d be able to get tickets again this year. For days before they went on sale I felt ill at the thought of not […]]]>

Last night I went to see One Direction’s Take Me Home Tour in Brisbane! I was lucky enough to catch their last tour in April last year and hoped and prayed I’d be able to get tickets again this year. For days before they went on sale I felt ill at the thought of not getting tickets. I wanted to get Soundcheck tickets and hoped there’d be some left so when I logged in and clicked the link and saw that there was soundcheck tickets I was ecstatic! Then I bought them and realised I was to be seated in Row AA – the front row! Five hundred and some odd days later I was sitting pretty much right in the centre front row with three lovely girls either side of me (they were all 16 so I felt a little old) waiting for 5 Seconds of Summer to take the stage. But lets rewind to Sound Check – I met a lovely girl called Melissa there who I chatted to for most of the soundcheck portion of the evening.

I had a awkward moment with Harry. I was wearing a necklace and it felt kind of annoying so I had my arms around my neck trying to fix it and then Harry kind of looked at me and then crossed his arms around his chest kind of mimicking what I was doing which was funny. It’s like he was teasing me. Harry is so freaking charismatic it’s ridiculous. His eyes bore into yours from across the room. There’s a reason he’s the most popular one of the group – his charm is undeniable.

Moving on to the concert… 5 Seconds of Summer were incredible. I did like their songs and had downloaded a few of them but seeing them live was ten times better. Will definitely be checking out their other songs I didn’t know and keeping up with any shows they do in future.
It was such a weird feeling when One Direction finally came on. It was like I’d waited a year and a half for it and it was finally happening and I had the best seat possible. Again, I got so lucky with the girls next to me – they weren’t obnoxious or screamers at all, absolutely adored all of them.
Each of the boys looked at me throughout the concert – Zayn did the most and for the longest time, probably followed by Liam, Harry, Louis and Niall. Harry was joking with the person taking photos of him who was right in front of me and then we had ~eye contact~ haha. During What Makes You Beautiful Harry looked at me right when he sang “right now I’m looking at you and I can’t believe” which was pretty fangirl worthy. Zayn really did look more than the others and held eye contact, it’s a bit awkward though because you don’t want to react in case he’s not actually looking at you.
It was all very exciting and I can’t wait until their arena tour next year or the year after, whenever it is. I doubt I’ll be anywhere near as lucky as I was this time but I wouldn’t care if I was at the back (okay, I would.. it’s hard to go back after you’ve been in the front row).

I had the best night and I wish I could do it every single night for the rest of my life.

I hope you enjoy all the pictures & the video – please don’t redistribute without my permission. You can find all my pictures in full size at flickr.

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