Concert Review: Christina Is In the House
So I’m tired and had a long day at work and it’s time for a second concert in as many nights. Last night was Christina Aguilera Sold Out at GM Place. Linda and I started out at the Shark Club and had a great steak sandwich and some drinks before heading over to the show. We were an hour before start time – I’ve never done that before – I usually get there when the opening band starts half in the bag. Early was good though– we had time for more drinks and people watching. The first thing I noticed was how many attractive girls there was at the show. The next thing was how many girls there was and how few men there was anywhere. We’re talking empty mens rooms with 20 minute waits for women. At one point the girls started using the mens rooms because there was no one in them but security put an end to that. All the men in the whole stadium only needed one washroom, not 20. There were lots of young girls, kids, teens with their moms buying all the overpriced paraphernalia.
I’m happy that I filled up with all the testosterone from Sunday night’s Sabbath show to handle all the estrogen Monday. We had good seats on the side and waited for the show.
The Pussycat Dolls opened up – 6 scantily clad women singing and dancing around the stage. I don’t know about you but this is a good thing. I enjoyed their show – I like many of their songs – Don’t Cha, Stickwitu, Buttons and like the big screens focusing of them and their talents. I had binoculars and got to zoom in on Jessica (one of the Dolls).
When Christina came out, I was absolutely surprised at how loud 18,000 screaming girls could be. The high pitched screams forced me to cover my ears initially. I just came from a metal show and the high pitched screams would have drowned out any metal show. I’ve never heard a louder show from a screaming point of view.
Christina was way better than I thought she would be. She sang amazing and her voice and sound were brilliant. After each song she would take a minute or 2 to change and the stage would change. The stage was impressive. This was a full show as much as a concert. There was a big band playing jazz and blues, there were many dancers writhing around the stage and many stage props. The floor had an area in it where Christina would rise and descend into the floor and a staircase the moved forward and back.
She looked great as well and the big screens were really good to watch as well. She had different themes going on throughout the show, some Jazz stuff, blues stuff, circus stuff, cabaret stuff and general dance. My highlights were Beautiful, Fighter, Dirrty, Hurt. There really was no bad song or bad parts to the show at all. I can honestly say that I enjoyed it despite there being no screaming guitars or fancy pyrotechnics. The screaming girls added a different element to the show but that made it exciting as well.
So I’m tired and had a long day at work and it’s time for a second concert in as many nights. Last night was Christina Aguilera Sold Out at GM Place. Linda and I started out at the Shark Club and had a great steak sandwich and some drinks before heading over to the show. We were an hour before start time – I’ve never done that before – I usually get there when the opening band starts half in the bag. Early was good though– we had time for more drinks and people watching. The first thing I noticed was how many attractive girls there was at the show. The next thing was how many girls there was and how few men there was anywhere. We’re talking empty mens rooms with 20 minute waits for women. At one point the girls started using the mens rooms because there was no one in them but security put an end to that. All the men in the whole stadium only needed one washroom, not 20. There were lots of young girls, kids, teens with their moms buying all the overpriced paraphernalia.
I’m happy that I filled up with all the testosterone from Sunday night’s Sabbath show to handle all the estrogen Monday. We had good seats on the side and waited for the show.
The Pussycat Dolls opened up – 6 scantily clad women singing and dancing around the stage. I don’t know about you but this is a good thing. I enjoyed their show – I like many of their songs – Don’t Cha, Stickwitu, Buttons and like the big screens focusing of them and their talents. I had binoculars and got to zoom in on Jessica (one of the Dolls).
When Christina came out, I was absolutely surprised at how loud 18,000 screaming girls could be. The high pitched screams forced me to cover my ears initially. I just came from a metal show and the high pitched screams would have drowned out any metal show. I’ve never heard a louder show from a screaming point of view.
Christina was way better than I thought she would be. She sang amazing and her voice and sound were brilliant. After each song she would take a minute or 2 to change and the stage would change. The stage was impressive. This was a full show as much as a concert. There was a big band playing jazz and blues, there were many dancers writhing around the stage and many stage props. The floor had an area in it where Christina would rise and descend into the floor and a staircase the moved forward and back.
She looked great as well and the big screens were really good to watch as well. She had different themes going on throughout the show, some Jazz stuff, blues stuff, circus stuff, cabaret stuff and general dance. My highlights were Beautiful, Fighter, Dirrty, Hurt. There really was no bad song or bad parts to the show at all. I can honestly say that I enjoyed it despite there being no screaming guitars or fancy pyrotechnics. The screaming girls added a different element to the show but that made it exciting as well.
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