Monday, November 21, 2005

Anna Nalick opening for Rob Thomas

OMG, it was an absolutely fantastic concert! Anna had a very simple, unelaborate opening set - just her and her band of 3. But she absolutely rocked. She was incredibly genuine and real. She laughed on stage. Not a rehearsed laugh, but a genuine laughter like she was enjoying performing.

Midway through one song, she saw something, and her voice broke slightly as she tried to stifle a laugh. After she finished the song, she walked to one of the guys sitting in the front row and said, "Your t-shirt made me laugh". Then she turned to the audience and said "He's wearing somethign which reads Ronny Rocks. That's Ronny" and pointed to her drummer. Then she continued joking around saying, "Yeah, Ronny really rocks. Anna, she's just ok".

After another song, she turned to a lady sitting in the front row and said "I noticed you had your cellphone out the whole time". The lady said something, then walked up to Anna and gave her the phone. Anna laughed and started talking to the person on the other end who was apparently a big fan but couldn't attend the concert.

She talked for a bit, then said "Actually, I'm in the middle of something right now, I gotta go. Oh wait, say hi to everyone here". Then she held the mike to the phone, and you could hear a very excited young girl say "Hiiiii!".

At the end of her act, Anna gave a few curtsies and then pranced off the stage. Her whole act was so spontaneous and real that it really gave me a warm tingly feeling.

Rob was... Well, he was good, but he didn't have anywhere the same connection with the audience. And anyway, I'm not a big Rob fan... Carrie liked him. But she's ready to jump him and drag him away in her car.

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