I had this review all typed out and messed the thing up trying to add the show in Danville. Bear with me.
Da Boyz opened with "House of the Rising Sun". When they came out on stage. Scott immediately acknowledged us on the front row by pointing, waving and smiling, as if to say, "Hey, you're here!"
Scott introduced "Moments of You" by introducing everyone. He introduced himself as "Lisa Marie". And during the dancing part, he played on the Elvis theme a bit by curling his lip and doing a few hip thrusts.
Scott: "We visited Graceland today so I'm a happy man. See the King. Pay our respects. What a guy, what a place. What a town! So who's seen Rockapella before?" At least the first three rows screamed. "Who was here last year?" Well, Krik and I weren't, but we'll be back next year, I'm sure. Scott: "We've been all over the world since we started. Japan...North Carolina...and everywhere in between."
"Here Comes the Sun" During this song, we held up George's sign "Lower George, Lower" when he sang his low note. He read it and gave us the sexy eyes and hip shake thingy. Wow! El seemed to be the one reading the signs most. It's almost like he started to look for them. *G*
"Dancin' in the Street" was next. When Kev said, "We're dancin' in Chicago", ONE person yelled...Brendaly. *G*
El gets up: "It's great to be back. It's an honor to be back two years in a row. Next time we play here, we'll be in the 'Rockapella' Wing." El gets tickled as usual. Then he talked about Jules being 6 months old and that they delivered in the tub. "We were going to do it in the bed, but the tub was so comfortable we decided to do it there. I have pictures."
"Don't Do It"
"Use Me"
Kev "I love the intimate feel of this room. This is our second show here, but the thing is we always save our best material for the third show. Third time's a charm!" Scott: "Why don't you tell them your Graceland story." Kev: "..I went to Graceland. It was happy and sad. You know you go to the grave and you know he's there." Jeff (in an ominous voice): "Or IS he?" Kev talked about how you could go to any room "Like the peanut butter and banana sandwich room." But you couldn't go upstairs. "But I wanted to go upstairs cause that's just like me..to go upstairs. I wanted to take my camera and go upstairs and I'd find the King sitting there smoking a cigarette and yelling, like the Wizard of Oz "You're not supposed to be up here! Oh I'm sorry sir, um. OOh wow!" Jeff: "You got BIG!"
"Change in My Life"
"Smile In My Heart" Scott forgot "Like a phoenix 'bove the fray you fly" on this. *G*
"Rockapella's Greatest Hit"
El talks about "WITWICS" and that "We don't do that song anymore." Suuure, El. "No." *G* He described it as the show where, "The kids lost". But he said that when they said "Parting Gift", he used to think they said, "party gift" and he thought, "How cool. They get a gift AND a party."
"Don't Do It". I held up El's sign during this: "El Don't you treat me this way." And he got down on one knee and sang a bit to me. *G* Then he hopped down and let Mallory rub his cute widdle bald head.
"Long Cool Woman". Scott took extra long on the warm up. I know it's funny, but he still has an amazing voice. When he did the "butt slap" and hurt himself, he pulled out his room key. Yep, Hampton Inn and Suites. *G*
Next up..."Pretty Woman". Kev had a hard time finding a way down into the audience. "You guys are making it hard on me to get down ther." Then he jumped down and grunted. "Ooh! I'm getting old." I was Kev's "victim" of the evening. To read more about it, go here
It was very wrong for them to sing "People Change" right after PW. It is my favorite song and I was still shaking so badly, I don't remember much of it. *G*
Next was "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". George did NOT disappoint. He does the SEXIEST hand movemens during the break in this song. I'm not sure WHY it's sexy. It just is. *G*
"Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" ended the show. When Scott, Kev and El do the "squat" thingy Kev accidentally SPIT on Scott. You could see this huge drop fly out of his mouth. So Scott makes a huge deal about wiping his face. *G* Jeff's solo just gets better and better. He always adds something new. Naturally Krik is her usual "puddle of goo" at this point.
After "Up On the Roof/Wonderful World", Scott said something about going on to Kentucky. Krik: "Can we follow you?" Scott: "I think we're flying...but you're welcome to try. How long does it take to get there by car?" Me: "Six hours." Scott: "It won't take that long by plane. But thank you for coming so far to see us. But none of that "grabbing" now. It's illegal in Kentucky. Did you guys go to Graceland?" Me: "No." Scott: "Did you get some Memphis Barbecue?" Me: "No. We spent all our free time driving around the loop." Scott: "Oh that's right. You just came to see Rockapella."
"Jenny Come Away". What a great live song! When Jeff did the "hot rod" sound at the end, I thought he was going to have a stroke. But still VERY sexy. *G*
"Zombie Jamboree". During one part of the song, Kev kneeled down in front of me and made a motion like he was calling me up to him. I didn't go though, cause I wasn't sure what he wanted. *G* Then when he lost his "eyeball", he asked, "Moe, did you see it?"
"Tempted" was next. I believe this was our first time to hear it. Again, Krik...puddle of goo when Jeff sang.
Second and final encore: "Shambala". What a great show!
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