A simple overview:
Well, this concert was, in one all-encompassing, meaningful word, great. I was amazed at how perfect the entire experience was. The boys were awesome. Awesome dancing, awesome singing, awesome playing…oh, oops, I forgot that they don’t play their own instruments… just plain awe-inspiring. However, there are always the little things that one notices. And here, I will point them out.
Little facts…
Upon walking to my seat, which was pretty good (althought far enough away that the girls in front of me who kept trying to reach out and grab the guys looked really stupid), if I do say so myself), I was thoroughly excited. And then, the stage itself was really interesting. It was five-sided, and in the middle of the stadium. They sang the most on my side. (Just for me!)
The opening bands… (if you even care)
In a nutshell, not so great. Mandy Moore was a mirror-image carbon copy of our well known genie, Christina Aguilera. The second, "boy-band" was EYC, whatever that stands for. I was sincerely appalled at their act. Mostly because all they could talk about was how beautiful the ladies of Phoenix are. And you know that they read the sign saying, "You Are in Phoenix, AZ" right before they walked on stage. But what really killed me was the fact that the audience was filled with 9-year-olds and their parents. So when they would ask if we "wanted some of this" while baring their chests, the 10-year-olds in front of me would scream and scream and scream. Unbelievable. And then they had the audacity to declare that their "purpose here tonight" was to get us to "express" ourselves… "CLEARLY." Yeah, riiiiight. A more accurate purpose would be to get all the little girls in the audience to scream for this group after repeated sexual innuendoes. Now that was their purpose.
Anyway, on to more important stuff…
And here come the Backstreet Boys. In all their scream-inducing glory.
1. Larger Than Life
2. Get Down (You're The One For Me)
3. The One
4. As Long As You Love Me
5. Don't Wanna Lose You Now
6. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
7. Don't Want You Back
8. The Perfect Fan
9. Back To Your Heart
10. Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
11. We've Got It Goin' On
12. That's The Way I Like It
13. Spanish Eyes
14. I'll Never Break Your Heart
15. Just To Be Close To You
16. All I Have To Give
17. Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
ENCORE
18. It's Gotta Be You
19. I Want It That Way
Some Questionable Events…
Of course, things were happening and I was questioning. First of all, they had Kevin introduce the band, do a lot of the talking, and play on a baby grand piano that was dropped from the ceiling. Apparently they think they can make up for not letting him sing EVER with these few measly things. Um, no. We true Kevin fans want to see him sing. I won’t accept this cheap substitute. It’s injustice. (Although I screamed the loudest during these parts and did enjoy them). And who wouldn’t love Kevin? Just look:
Throughout the performance, I was confused by action of, let’s see, … Howie. Once I caught myself cheering for him, and that was a positively dark moment. He just acted so oddly. I can’t explain it, but you should have seen him dancing all over the pole they had set up during one song. Let’s just say that he wasn’t really in a strip club. In all these pictures here I hope you notice Howie and his facial expressions.
As you can see from the picture above, Nick still hasn’t changed his hair.
And here is Brian, who was pretty close to perfect the entire time.
And who could forget AJ? The rebellious AJ who was also very alluring. I personally thought it was funny that all the little girls in front of me thought AJ was their favorite. He is the "fire" of the group after all… (hehe) see a humorous BSB article.
And, the ever-lasting results…
I now, along with everybody else in that arena, am more convinced than ever of BSB’s superiority over that other band called ‘N Sync. That fact is now written in stone. Also, Brian has impressed his square little head into me. He was just plain adorable at this concert and is rising in the ranks of the favorites, now coming a lot closer to the all time #1 Kevin. He was a cutie! Aaah, the darling Backstreet Boys.
And I’ll leave you will the picture of the hour…
You can judge for yourself. (Hint: Look at Howie.)
