Brody’s first concert!
On the one hand, it wasn’t the resounding success of the Straight No Chaser concert in Baltimore with Kevyn, Lisa, and Hark. I knew too few of the songs, they played almost nothing from their first Christmas albums, and an event with a three-year-old remains a slog. A seat without a strap is still a tall order.
That said, Brody was definitely better than he was during Frost Shrek and Woodson football, basketball, and chorus. The band also played a bunch of cool new songs and thrilled us with “12 Days of Christmas” by the end. Here’s a live blog of the rest of the show…
--- Loved hearing flight-attendant tidbits from James Porter on the way to the show. Some people are crazy…
--- Brody insists he won’t explode if he takes a nap in the car. Explodes the moment we park -- on schedule. Recovers a minute later as if nothing had happened. This is my life.
--- Brody, upon arrival at MGM: “Daddy, it’s so BIG. It’s so BIG!”
--- Brody meets Brady! A Frost student of mine comes up to us to say hello. He’s such a good kid.
--- The unannounced opener, T3, plays “Into the Unknown”! I love that Brody’s first concert features a song from his first movie!!
--- Thank God for chicken nuggets. Parceling them out one by one is critical for toddler and parent survival.
--- The filmed montage is funny. It gets a bit strained, but LOL at ending with the pope saying the band’s name!
--- Wow, Jerome Collins is incredible during The Jackson Five’s “Don’t Blame It on the Boogie”!!
--- HA at the Commanders riff. “I thought it was mean that they made the Commanders change their name like that. Based on that product on that field, could they really have been called a football team? Ok, that was mediocre.” I disagree – great joke!!!
--- “One Love”: so smooth. Hahaha, I have Danny in my head asking: “Is this reggae?” Aww, at Brody bringing up King Triton’s Rainbow!!
--- Heh: “absolute silence between intros please.”
--- Louis Armstrong’s “La Vie en Rose”: Aww, Brody keeps repeating “press me.” Nice transition into Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E.” The singer’s voice is a bit strained though.
--- Lol at the caustic descriptions of tenor, baritone, and bass. I can’t type fast enough to transcribe them, but HA.
--- Awwww at Brody during the vocal percussionist -- full wonder!!!!
--- Harry Styles' “As It Was” happened.
--- Heh: “This is what I call the African American portion of the evening. There’s about 15 of us in here.”
--- “Proud Mary”!!! It works with Trenyce, it works with Taylor Howard, and it definitely works with Jerome Collins. What talent.
--- “Any Etta James fans out there?” Brody, to the world: “YES!” Lol.
--- I actually Their “Tennessee Whiskey” brings me back to Will Baskin's version in Poetry Club -- so smooth.
--- Love the straight singing of “Creep.” The earnest approach is powerful!!! Heh at a band member describing it as “a real toe tapper.”
“Please support our military and your local PBS station.” Amen.
Brody does the “ooh” and motion along with the "Thriller" / "Uptown Funk" mashup!! He then raises his hand mid song, all serious, and adds “Daddy, it’s so big.”
--- Heh at their Nutcracker takedown and the Tetris during Home Alone.
--- It was only a matter of time: the toddler attention span is starting to rear its head….
--- Wow, the vocal on Kenny Rogers’ “Mary, Did You Know” is incredible!!!! Jerome Collins is by far the best. I need to YouTube it on the way home.
--- There’s a concert first: the last five songs spent at the potty. MGM has a great setup though: full audio in the bathrooms! Plus, no accidents. WIN!
--- We made it back for “Play That Funky Music” and…..“The 12 Days of Christmas”!!! So glad they fit it in.
Grade: B/B+
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