Jann Arden Concert
Anne and I went to the Jann Arden concert at Massey Hall last night. It was an absolute blast. She sang most of her popular songs, as well as a selection from her new album "Uncover Me". It left me feeling kind of guilty that I actually only have one of her nine albums, and that all I know about her music is based on what they play on CHFI. I was a little disappointed that she didn't sing "Bring the Boys Home", as I remember interviews where she was disappointed that her record company didn't want to release that song to radio.
The format was best described as casual. She interacted well with the audience, though at the end, we couldn't help but wonder if some of it was a setup, all part of the show. She singled out a guy in the audience who was sitting beside 3 empty seats in the front row, and tried to play matchmaker, getting 3 girls from the upper decks to come and sit next to him (and after promising that she would "neck with [him] later". She did a good job in coming back to him throughout the concert.
Also, all throughout the concert, I could see flashes from cameras going off left, right, and centre. There was no announcement at the beginning of the show about not using flash photography, so I guess everyone was taking advantage of that. Everyone, except for people like us, who decided it would be best to leave the camera in the car. Then about a third of the way through the show, a lady with a giant SLR was singled out by security and had her camera taken away.
Jann comes back to this incident, and invites the camera lady and her friend onto stage to apologize to them, and to encourage people to use flash photography because she was more pissed off about "those f-ing lights". She sang "You're So Vain" and got the camera lady and her friend to participate, and then had pictures taken with them. Conveniently, this was right after the stage crew had placed a table and chairs on the stage, and after the show, we wondered if they had taken that lady aside (as they escorted her from the room) and told her that they would take her camera as part of the skit (for lack of a better word).
Overall, this concert confirms that Jann Arden is the perfect woman. She's musically talented, and really, really, really funny. Apparently, she owns a restaurant, is probably wealthy, but comes across as down-to-earth. And for the Star Wars geek in all of us, her outfit was basically one light sabre short of Obi Wan with ample cleavage. What more could you ask for?
The format was best described as casual. She interacted well with the audience, though at the end, we couldn't help but wonder if some of it was a setup, all part of the show. She singled out a guy in the audience who was sitting beside 3 empty seats in the front row, and tried to play matchmaker, getting 3 girls from the upper decks to come and sit next to him (and after promising that she would "neck with [him] later". She did a good job in coming back to him throughout the concert.
Also, all throughout the concert, I could see flashes from cameras going off left, right, and centre. There was no announcement at the beginning of the show about not using flash photography, so I guess everyone was taking advantage of that. Everyone, except for people like us, who decided it would be best to leave the camera in the car. Then about a third of the way through the show, a lady with a giant SLR was singled out by security and had her camera taken away.
Jann comes back to this incident, and invites the camera lady and her friend onto stage to apologize to them, and to encourage people to use flash photography because she was more pissed off about "those f-ing lights". She sang "You're So Vain" and got the camera lady and her friend to participate, and then had pictures taken with them. Conveniently, this was right after the stage crew had placed a table and chairs on the stage, and after the show, we wondered if they had taken that lady aside (as they escorted her from the room) and told her that they would take her camera as part of the skit (for lack of a better word).
Overall, this concert confirms that Jann Arden is the perfect woman. She's musically talented, and really, really, really funny. Apparently, she owns a restaurant, is probably wealthy, but comes across as down-to-earth. And for the Star Wars geek in all of us, her outfit was basically one light sabre short of Obi Wan with ample cleavage. What more could you ask for?
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