So last night my mom and I went to the True Colors concert featuring Cyndi Lauper and the B-52's. (Photos!) I was really tired before we left and not really sure what to expect due to being kind of out of it from my cold for the past week...We got there early, ate a little bit and settled in to our seats which were very close to the stage! (I was surprised - good job picking tickets Mom!) The opening act was a band called The Cliks - this was the first time I had heard their music and it was pretty awesome! Lead singer Lucas Silveira's voice is sooo good - a great mix of melody and harsh scruffy rock sound. The songs I liked best were "Oh Yeah", "My Heros" and their cover of "Cry me a river". I really recommend them - I want to go get their cd now!
Up after that was Tegan and Sara - which honestly...I don't care for their music - its a little too folksy for me. My mom really enjoyed it though, which a fair trade off since she seemed pretty bored during The Cliks...other than when she was trying to catch a glimpse when one of the guitar players did an awesome jump/spin move while playing. (She was looking down every time it happened!)
There was then some stand up from Rosie O'Donnell - and then the B-52's came out!! I have always really liked their music but I had no clue how fun they were live. Holy crap they really are a "party band" as they claim - they had the whole audience going bananas dancing/throwing beach balls/screaming & singing. It was totally hilarious. That and Kate Pierson was looking super cute and her hair looked awesome. I had a blast dancing to their songs!
Finally, at the very end Cyndi came out to perform. She began singing "Change of Heart", and while I knew I would be excited to see her live and singing in person - I didn't anticipate how good she would sound, or how cool it would be... I don't really remember what I said when she came out singing on stage - but it was something along the lines of "OH MY GOD!" and I covered my mouth in shock like a little girl because - there was my childhood hero in the flesh! :) I felt like a teenager seeing my idol - it was ridiculous. My mom found it really hilarious and said something to the effect of, "Did you ever think you'd get to see Cyndi in concert?" And then the next thing we knew, she was hopping down off the stage, walking through the crowd and came straight over a few feet from where my mom and I were at - stood up on a table and continued to sing. I managed to snap the above photo in between the OMGZ and goofy teenage-like gasps and tears of excitement. It was really really ridiculous how excited I was - I totally didn't expect myself to react that way :)
She played a lot of her hits and then a few songs from her new album, Bring ya to the brink. They were all very good - and the crowd was super jazzed through out the whole thing. She ended up having two encores - during one she sang "Money changes everything" with Lucas Silveira (which was really really awesome, I am curious now if I could find a recording on the internet...), another she sang "Everyday people" with the entire cast of performers, and then of course, "True Colors". During all of this, they released tons of multicolored gigantic balloons which floated over the crowd gently, falling a bit so we could push them back up into the air. It was a great finale, and over all an amazing concert. I'm glad I went, and so happy I was able to share the experience with my mother who introduced me to Cyndi's music as a little girl.
