By Carly Maitlen
Entertainment Editor

The energy of a crowd disappointed over the loss to Wisconsin by the men's basketball team carried over to the Third Eye Blind concert Saturday night in Elliott Hall of Music.

During the intermission between opening act Cupcake and Third Eye Blind, the audience began to chant expletives about the Badgers.

When Third Eye Blind made it to the stage, lead singer Stephen Jenkins shouted to the crowd, "This will be one wild night!"

From the time the band opened the show with the song "Graduate," the crowd was on their feet with excitement — dancing, singing along and standing on the chairs and armrests.

After they finished performing "Graduate," Jenkins announced his surprise at the size of Elliott Hall.

"I thought this was going to be some small club gig," he said. "When the lights came on stage … hell, there's a lot of people here."

They performed a mix of songs from their new album, "Blue," and their first self-titled album. Jenkins presented the song "10 Days Late," from the album "Blue" by describing the music video that they just finished making for it.

"I think it's something Third Eye Blind can finally be proud of … it's a dark, sick, twisted video that can never be played on television," said Jenkins. "Oh no! Oh my God! She's 10 days late!"

Jenkins claimed that the song "1000 Julys," another song off their newest album, was requested to not be played.

"This is a song that the administration asked us not to play tonight," said Jenkins. When he mentioned that the song was about sex, the crowd went wild.

When they performed "Losing A Whole Year," Jenkins appeared in the corner of the first balcony, wearing a top hat and shooting off a toy gun. He also threw glitter off the balcony onto the fans on the main floor.

Third Eye Blind was twice encored back on stage. For the first encore they came back on stage and played a song that Jenkins said the record company would not let him put on his album because it said "(the fans) wouldn't understand the meaning." They also played "How's It Going to Be," and "London," both from their first album.

After the second ovation, the band played a song that Jenkins said was the band's "good luck charm for the road," the song "God of Wine." He said they only played this song when they were brought back on stage from a standing ovation.

Third Eye Blind has a reputation for being a terrible live band. However, their concert here Saturday night was energetic and exciting.

The crowd stayed excited and loud until the last standing ovation was over and still did not want to leave. A band with music that college students directly identify with has not come to Purdue in a long time.

Third Eye Blind's lyrics are able to connect to college students and their lives. This connection and energy was evident Saturday night as Third Eye Blind was able to keep Elliott Hall rocking for a straight hour and 45 minutes.