Post by janebse on Sept 26, 2004 16:09:21 GMT -5
Saw the Temptations twice, Friday and Saturday nights. Fantastic each night. The place was packed both nights; it held over 2,000 people.
The audience was really enthusiastic and their response to the Tempts was tremendous. The first night they wore new lavender suits, really good looking. My surprise was to find new outfits the second night, outfits which were as fantastic as the Tempts. White pants and red jackets. The jacket material was a sort of suede, velveteen. The jacket had no collar, sort of a V neck, but the white shirts formed a jacket collar.
The jackets were either zipped up or buttoned up with invisible self-covered buttons. Anyway, the result was beautiful. The audience just gasped with pleasurable awe when they came out. It was definitely a WOW! situation.
They sang and danced every second. Afterwards one man was muttering to himself, "They sang every single second they were on the stage," in utter amazement. Their dancing was lively and synchronized. Their practices show in their performances. Otis no longer on a stool and dancing the whole night long.
Everyone had leads at some time or other. Terry did an excellent job on "Since My Baby Left." His emotional rendering of the song made me think of Paul who always made one feel a song.
The program changed the second night but don't ask me to give a list. Every time I promise myself I will write down every song, and every time I am so spellstruck by the Temptations that my mind and heart are with them every second, and my pen and paper stay in my purse.
They sang "Standing at the Top" in memory of Rick James. The choreography was the same as on the video of the Reunion video. The crowd went wild over the song and choreography.
Interestingly, a man who sat next to me and is a long-time fan said, "Joe sounds just like Blue." And the eerie thing is, he does.
I ran into Ron Tyson outside the casino. I had just come out the door and walking toward me was Ron. I was so surprised I merely said, "Hello." After all, they all deserve their privacy. He was by himself talking on his cell phone. No matter how nice it is to be recognized, there are times you want privacy. Having to meet a public all the time must be exhausting.
WEIRD. I came into the casino the second night a couple of hours before the Tempts were scheduled to perform. (There's only so much money I am willing to lose.) I was listening to an excellent jazz band and singers which I had also enjoyed the previous night. The casino is only a few miles outside of New Orleans so jazz is the name of the game. And I do like jazz.
Walking into the Casino and coming towards me to listen to the jazz band was a tall, very slim man with a beautiful wife/girlfriend. And here is the eerie part. He was built exactly like Eddie Kendricks. He was as tall as Eddie. He had a quiet demeanor. And he looked like Eddie; the high cheekbones, the hair cut and the beard were the same. He and his friend/wife stayed for a rather long while listening to the band and then disappeared. The eeriest thing of all is that he was dressed as I have seen Eddie dress on casual occasions. He wasn't wearing a current fashion style. I can't say he was wearing old-fashioned clothes, but they were rather timeless and vague in their relationship to a time period. The weird thing is that I have seen Eddie in clothes just like that.
The place is in the south Alabama, Mississippi area and close enough to Birmingham that one automatically thinks of a relative of Eddie. It could be a cousin or something. It was a haunting experience.
In the recorded music prelude to the Temptations show were songs by Eddie Kenricks and David Ruffin from their solo periods.
Oh, I forgot. The Temptations sang a song, and Otis announced it as having been written by the "late, great Eddie Kendricks."
The audience was really enthusiastic and their response to the Tempts was tremendous. The first night they wore new lavender suits, really good looking. My surprise was to find new outfits the second night, outfits which were as fantastic as the Tempts. White pants and red jackets. The jacket material was a sort of suede, velveteen. The jacket had no collar, sort of a V neck, but the white shirts formed a jacket collar.
The jackets were either zipped up or buttoned up with invisible self-covered buttons. Anyway, the result was beautiful. The audience just gasped with pleasurable awe when they came out. It was definitely a WOW! situation.
They sang and danced every second. Afterwards one man was muttering to himself, "They sang every single second they were on the stage," in utter amazement. Their dancing was lively and synchronized. Their practices show in their performances. Otis no longer on a stool and dancing the whole night long.
Everyone had leads at some time or other. Terry did an excellent job on "Since My Baby Left." His emotional rendering of the song made me think of Paul who always made one feel a song.
The program changed the second night but don't ask me to give a list. Every time I promise myself I will write down every song, and every time I am so spellstruck by the Temptations that my mind and heart are with them every second, and my pen and paper stay in my purse.
They sang "Standing at the Top" in memory of Rick James. The choreography was the same as on the video of the Reunion video. The crowd went wild over the song and choreography.
Interestingly, a man who sat next to me and is a long-time fan said, "Joe sounds just like Blue." And the eerie thing is, he does.
I ran into Ron Tyson outside the casino. I had just come out the door and walking toward me was Ron. I was so surprised I merely said, "Hello." After all, they all deserve their privacy. He was by himself talking on his cell phone. No matter how nice it is to be recognized, there are times you want privacy. Having to meet a public all the time must be exhausting.
WEIRD. I came into the casino the second night a couple of hours before the Tempts were scheduled to perform. (There's only so much money I am willing to lose.) I was listening to an excellent jazz band and singers which I had also enjoyed the previous night. The casino is only a few miles outside of New Orleans so jazz is the name of the game. And I do like jazz.
Walking into the Casino and coming towards me to listen to the jazz band was a tall, very slim man with a beautiful wife/girlfriend. And here is the eerie part. He was built exactly like Eddie Kendricks. He was as tall as Eddie. He had a quiet demeanor. And he looked like Eddie; the high cheekbones, the hair cut and the beard were the same. He and his friend/wife stayed for a rather long while listening to the band and then disappeared. The eeriest thing of all is that he was dressed as I have seen Eddie dress on casual occasions. He wasn't wearing a current fashion style. I can't say he was wearing old-fashioned clothes, but they were rather timeless and vague in their relationship to a time period. The weird thing is that I have seen Eddie in clothes just like that.
The place is in the south Alabama, Mississippi area and close enough to Birmingham that one automatically thinks of a relative of Eddie. It could be a cousin or something. It was a haunting experience.
In the recorded music prelude to the Temptations show were songs by Eddie Kenricks and David Ruffin from their solo periods.
Oh, I forgot. The Temptations sang a song, and Otis announced it as having been written by the "late, great Eddie Kendricks."
They are just amazing *s*
