================================================ Subject: Re: Change of subject...Concert review From: To: Date: Fri 21 Sep 2001 06:02:08 +0000 ================================================ gina, i am not a BSB fan, but thank you for the review...i'm glad they recognized recent events in their show...i had heard (rumors, mind you) that cory's girlfriend had been lost in the attack, which was later retracted...i'm glad you had fun... Lee -- ~~they laugh at us because we're different; we laugh at them because they're all the same~~Drowning Pool ~~Be careful what you learn, sometimes knowing burns~~Virgos Merlot > Hey guys-- > > Time for another one of Gina's Concert Reviews (TM)!!!!! LOL > > Last night I went to the Backstreet Boys concert at Gund Arena in > Cleveland, Ohio. My friend and I had 15th row floor seats, just so y'all > can have an idea of where I viewed their performance from. > > They had two opening acts--Krystal and Sisqo. Krystal reminded me of Sara > McLaughlin (sp?) crossed with Christina Aguilera, like her music had > serious elements with a poppy twist. I thought overall she was good. By > the way she has a record out, called Me And My Piano, on KNHBA Records, > which is the record label the Backstreet Boys founded. Sisqo was AWESOME. > He had a flashy onstage presence and DEFINITELY didn't skimp out on the > pyrotechnics. He sang all of his hits from Unleash The Dragon, and a > couple new ones from Return of the Dragon. > > When it was finally time for BSB to come on, a giant video screen onstage > showed a video of about 100 asteroids slamming into Earth. It came > complete with EXTREMELY hot and LOUD pyrotechnics. Then BSB came up from > the floor of the stage standing on these hydraulic metal colums, and they > were raised 5 or ten feet in the air on them. They opened up with the > song "Everyone" off their Black and Blue album. > > After singing two or three songs, they all went off stage except for > Brian (Littrell). He thanked us for coming etc., and kept making these > cute little facial expressions. All of the boys came onstage individually > and gave their own little, should I call it speech? When A.J. (McLean) > came on, he said, "Thank you all for giving me the time off I needed to > get better. Today marks 77 days sober...thank you so much...I LOVE YOU > ALL!" He was sooooooo pumped to be there, and I think it relieved all the > fans that had been worried about him. > > Then they all came back on and sang a lot more stuff, an even mixture > from all three albums. Some of the songs they cut short though, almost > like it was a medley. Also, they sang "America the Beautiful," which I > thought was nice of them. Then they showed this video of of them called > BSB--2050, which was them 50 years from now. It was hilarious. Then they > showed another funny video of them backstage, during which another (tiny) > stage was set up in the back of the arena. They sang a couple songs on > there, including "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely," which they > dedicated to their crew member that died on Flight 11. Then while singing > another song walked across this bridge thing that went right over the > audience. At one point my friend and I were waving at Brian (my FAVE) and > he looked right at us and waved back, and I went nuts and he LAUGHED at > me. LoL. After the bridge thing they got back on the normal stage. > > They ended the concert waving American flags and stuff and a LOT of > fireworks. Overall, I would go to another one of their concerts. I've > been a fan for a little more than 6 years, and this was only my FIRST BSB > concert!!!! The friend I was with had been to five or six. > > What sucked was that we couldn't bring cameras in. We asked a security > guard why, and he said that terrorist spies could be taking pics of > weaknesses in the building. He also told us at 3:30 in the afternoon > yesterday the bomb squad came in with the canine unit to make sure there > weren't any bombs in the arena. He told us that every last inch of the > place was sniffed by a dog. Also we had to open our purses for the guard > before we could even go inside. A lady in front of us even had to open > the glasses case she had in her purse. > > Well, I gotta go. Just wanted to write about it cuz it was so awesome. > > --->|Gina|<--- > e-mail me > "Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done, lay your > weary head to rest, don't you cry no more..."--Kansas > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp