Bad Suns - "Life Was Easier When I Only Cared About Me" (Live) - Providence, RI - 2/19/2022

Filmed at Fête Music Hall in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday, February 19, 2022, "Life Was Easier When I Only Cared About Me" is an absolutely phenomenal track from Los Angeles-based band BAD SUNS' fourth album "Apocalypse Whenever" which dropped on January 28, 2022 through Epitaph Records.
Lead Vocalist/Guitarist: Christo Bowman
Guitarist: Ray Libby
Bassist: Gavin Bennett
Drummer: Miles Morris
Artist: Bad Suns
Album: Apocalypse Whenever
Released: 2022
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Lyrics
Strolling the streets in this ghost of a town
My future looking bleak, my head filled with sound, yeah
As I lost signal on the train underground
My thoughts came flooding in, I started to drown, yeah
You caught me by surprise
Changed my destination, oh yeah
Kaleidoscopic eyes
Forming constellations, yeah
I had no reason to breathe
Until you knocked the wind out of me
I had no light I could see
Until your radiance blinded me
I was spinning around and around in an ocean of grief
Your ladder came down to the sea
I hope the pain never ends, love is so bittersweet
Life was easier when I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
Missing the nights when my friends were around
We start going unsteady, cruel merry go round, yeah
Lit my own fuse, I could not blow it out
I was strapped to a rocket aimed right at the ground, yeah
You caught me by surprise
Changed my destination, oh yeah
Kaleidoscopic eyes
Forming constellations, yeah
I had no reason to breathe
Until you knocked the wind out of me
I had no light I could see
Until your radiance blinded me
I was spinning around and around in an ocean of grief
Your ladder came down to the sea
I hope the pain never ends, love is so bittersweet
Life was easier when I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
Life was easier when I only cared about me
No reason to breathe, no light I could see
No reason to breathe, no light I could see
No reason to breathe, I had no light I could see
I had no reason to breathe
Until you knocked the wind out of me
I had no light I could see
Until your radiance blinded me
I was spinning around and around in an ocean of grief
Your ladder came down to the sea
I hope the pain never ends, love is so bittersweet
Life was easier when I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
Life was easier when I only cared about me
When I only cared about me
I hope the pain never ends, love is so bittersweet
Life was easier when I only cared about me

[@ren92015]

i wanna see them live so bad

[@thewab1974]

So worth it. I posted songs from both concerts I attended.

[@ren92015]

@@thewab1974 cool cool ill def check them out!!

[@lukebennet6989]

Now I don't have to replay the 15 seconds I caught from the Charlotte show. 😂 This song is possibly my favorite song of 2022 and it was unbelievable hearing it live. I don't like to record a lot of concerts to try and live in the moment, but I have to thank you for recording this! I'll be coming back here all the time, haha. And it was nice seeing Ray up there! Miss that guy.

[@thewab1974]

This is definitely one of my new favorites, too.... and while I don't usually record much at concerts, I also rarely get front row for anything, so I almost felt a duty to record a few songs. lol. This song I wound up recording twice in 2022; THIS one in February and again this past October at the Royale in Boston. I'd gotten VIP meet and greet tix and I wasn't aware that Ray Libby had left the band so when Christo told me, I was like, "Oh, my God. I'm so sorry." He goes, "Don't be. WE'RE not." I was like, "Damn, okay." lol. So.... the Royale version has Sam Plecker playing in Ray's place. Thanks for checking out the video. :)

[@bluetoyota921]

I just got tix to see these guys at Buckhead Theater in Atlanta this Wednesday. Started looking for a live version of this song and found yours. Surprised more live versions aren't up, but this vid is fantastic. Seriously can't wait to see these guys. How was the concert?

[@thewab1974]

I think since the song's still so new, there aren't all that many live versions on KZbin, but I suspect that'll change soon because it's such a great song. It's my new favorite Bad Suns song... and their new album "Apocalypse Whenever" is a complete hit. Every track is a winner. You're gonna have an incredible time, no doubt. Little Image is phenomenal, too... and Kid Bloom's got this Eddie Money vibe to them with a little Van Halen guitar work, so the concert was top-to-bottom phenomenal. Have a fantastic time, man.

[@andreabrown4390]

I agree we saw them in NYC and had to go see them in Rhode Island. It was amazing, Life was easier when I only cared about me is my favorite too. Little Image was great and so was Kid Bloom!

[@thewab1974]

​@@andreabrown4390 - My daughter was pleasantly surprised with how good Little Image was and how great Jackson Simmons's voice is. That's cool that you went from NYC to RI to see them again. My daughter asked if they were still touring because she wanted to see them again. I said I'd love to go to another one, but beyond RI, most of the spots they're headed to involve plane tickets, so we'll have to wait for their next tour. lol. The RI show was sooooo amazing, though.

[@andreabrown4390]

@@thewab1974 it’s so funny you mentioned your daughter. Quick back story. One day a few years ago, my daughter and I were in the car , I was on hold with T-Mobile. As you know music plays on hold. So a song came on and got our attention and we started rocking out to it, we said to each other, this group sounds great, who are they. So she Shazamed it and it was Bad Suns. That day we became Bad Suns fans and have been waiting for them to go on tour. Long story short, Angel and Airwaves were performing in NYC with Bad Suns and Kid Brother were opening for them. So of course we went and that made us even bigger fans. So when this tour was announced, we had to be there! So Webster Hall in NYC was where it all went down on 2/17/22 . Then decided we wanted more and made the trip RI 2/19/22 to see them again, but with Little Image and Kid Bloom in our hearts as well. But there was something about Little Image that you can’t help but love. Of course my daughter and her BFF had the same reaction your daughter did about Jackson. So after the show in NYC, they met them took pics and got Merch and was now hooked. So RI was a no brainer for us. It was phenomenal as you said and the girls met Little Image after the show again. They were psyched that we saw them in NYC, then asked if they would see us again. Well we headed back to NY Sunday morning. My daughter and her BFF convinced her BFF’s mother to drive them to Philadelphia that evening 2/20/22 to go see them one last time. The Philadelphia crowd was soooo disappointing and boring. But they said that they thought they would have had enough with them, by seeing them so many times, my daughter said Bad Suns was even more phenomenal. Last, their reign of seeing them all before leaving the east coast and becoming groupies of Little Image, they met them again after the show and remembered them and even remembered my daughters name which has made her year! We can’t wait for the next tour!

[@thewab1974]

@@andreabrown4390 - Wow! That is such an amazing story! And so incredible that you guys made the effort to see them again. I think, as a dad, my favorite part of the night was the fact that all of the performers seemed so very down-to-earth and approachable. They were all so nice to everybody and while I can't vouch for the Philly crowd, I felt there was a lot of love for the bands in the RI crowd. I love that the band remembered the girls' names and everything. I can imagine your daughter was probably on Cloud Nine after that. Fantastic experience! Thank you so much for sharing that. :)

[@casperprimdahl456]

Thanks for the upload. Any way you got footage of "Heaven is a place in my head" or "Baby blue shades"?

[@thewab1974]

Caught a snippet of “Baby Blue Shades” but not “Heaven.” I might combine my snippets into one video as a sort of “sampler” vid. I didn’t record all of the performances that I wanted due to my limited iPhone storage.

[@casperprimdahl456]

@@thewab1974 Cool. This is an awesome upload, though. Really appreciate it