The Honda Civic Tour with Maroon 5 Pre-Show

March 21, 7:30 p.m. Arena at Gwinnett CenterIt must be spring break judging by the number of swooning teenage girls out on a school night for the Maroon 5 concert . Audience conversations and overpriced beer drinking made a hopeful but unsuccessful attempt to drown out the pre-show videos and opening act, the Donnas, but I managed to make out these songs:

1) “All Because of You” - U2: It’s like every band has to do a video where they are riding parade style - on a flatbed - down a city street.

2) “Two Way Monologue” - Sondre Lerche: I can’t stop singing this damn hook and the singer is a miniature Jude Law ... need I say more?

3) “Everything Is Everything” - Phoenix: After taking a giant beer to the head, my tolerance for this folk crap was low - but it made the cut because it was the song before M5 slipped cat-like into place and rocked out, practically erasing from memory the occurrence of the pre-show.

4) “Fall Behind Me” - The Donnas: Fall is what I desperately wanted the black lipstick-wearing goth chick next to me to do. Bad attitude and bad lipstick: a troubling mix!

5) “Take It Off” - The Donnas: The cutie-pie frat guy on the other side of me responds, “This is the one song that I can stomach from this group - it has a catchy hook!”

- Jaiye Andrews