No Apology Needed

I'm not really a big OneRepublic fan; but this was a pretty good concert I must say. Even though we've seen them before; they seemed bigger on this one; more confident, more vocal and with that much more swagger. Maybe it is their added experience; that added prestige, but somehow there was considerably more energy to this one than before.

Ryan Tedder is a pretty decent singer; but I felt he was trying a bit hard to stretch his voice at times; which led sometimes to feeling it was in danger of being over-strained. The band got off to an early start with Good Life; before settling into a litany of their famous fast songs such as Rescue Me, Run & Something I Need. The problem with them is that some of their fast songs sound a little similar; which is OK if you're a big OneRepublic fan but not so much if you're just drifting along.

The high points, not unexpectedly, were their big songs such as Secrets, Apologize and Counting Stars. Especially Apologize; when the first beats come on; it really does signify their biggest song, even though it was their first. And while Counting Stars really brought everyone on their feet, it was an appropriate finale; the more measured If I Lose Myself that brought the night to a suitable close.