Weekend

It's no secret that I have very eclectic taste in music. For instance ... my iPod has Billie Holiday, Led Zeppelin, Pink, Hothouse Flowers, Joss Stone, Linkin Park and Rachmaninoff... just to name a few. I'm aware of this quirky part of myself and am very O.K. with it.

This weekend my Hubby and I watched two concerts on t.v. (We don't go to concerts because we have children that have grown accustomed to eating on a regular basis ... we just can't bring ourselves to spend $150 to buy each ticket.)

The first one was Friday night ... Garth Brooks. I initially wanted to watch because my cousin and her hubby attended and (get this) I wanted to watch for them. I knew they had seats right in front of the stage but once I saw the size of the crowd I realized just how insane I was to think I'd see them. I was going to switch over the the new "Monk" episode ... but then he opened with "And the Thunder Rolls" and I was hooked. Wow! He puts on an amazing show ... and seeing Trisha Yearwood and Huey Lewis also was just icing on the cake.

I admit it. Once upon a time in my previous life (translation: single and looking) I was very into Country music. And Country bars. And (gulp) line dancing. But mainly cowboys. (Tee-hee)
And wouldn't you know it ... when he launched into "Papa Loved Mama" .... something very strange happened. I was sitting on the couch but my feet were dancing! So, I got to my feet and tested my "dance memory" and discovered I remember about 85% of The Tush Push. If you know what I'm talking about and remember it too from approximately 1991 - you're blushing and giggling. If you don't I can't explain it. You just had to be there.

Hubby and Daughter were upstairs but, sadly, my 7-year old son caught me. You should have seen the look on his face! The next thing I knew I was following him up the stairs as he ran to tell his Daddy all about it ... Sloppy Joe bits spraying from his mouth in excitement (or was that fear?) as he ratted on me.

Ahem ... well, moving on ...

The second concert we caught was Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics concert from Down Under. It was amazing!! She has such fantastic range, never mind the musical tastes she and I share ... Coltrane, Davis, etc...
I really appreciate a concert where the performer, the band, the back-up singers and the dancers actually look like they are having a good time. The most impressive part for me was the fact that this petite little woman can dance, and sing with that incredibly huge voice, and keep the audience there and at home riveted for so long. We even stayed up and watched the encore performance they broadcast at midnight just to see it one more time ... it was that incredible!

Well, that's My Weekend Update. It's Sunday night and time to make sure the kidlets are ready for school tomorrow.
Cheers!