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Date Posted: 22:34:02 03/06/02 Wed
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's message, "Continue -------->>>>>>>" on 22:50:58 03/05/02 Tue
>The tight security may have been the cause of the
>show's late start. R&B loverman Ginuwine eventually
>opened and was well-received, though his sexed-up
>slow-jams were probably a little over the young
>crowd's head; further tour dates promise backup from
>the equally odd likes of Smash Mouth and P. Diddy.
>
>Following a short video clip featuring Joey, Justin,
>Lance, JC and Chris in full Tony Robbins mode ("Follow
>your dreams!" "You can be anything you want to be,
>just believe!"), the boys finally appeared in the
>flesh, after a series of pyrotechnic explosions a
>little too powerful for these skittish times.
>
>Seemingly outfitted for a dress rehearsal, all five
>looked like they'd just rolled off the bus (but
>grabbed a few shots of espresso on their way).
>Launching into "Do Your Thing," the final track on
>Celebrity, the quintet quickly galvanized a crowd
>already nearly ballistic with anticipation. "Bye Bye
>Bye," complete with the now-famous choreography, got
>the full treatment, as did "It's Gonna Be Me."
>
>Justin was quickly established as the star of the show
> at least as far as the Jumbotron cameramen were
>concerned with JC running a close second. Joey,
>Lance and Chris have all the moves down, but appear to
>be going through the motions at times; this is the JC
>and Justin Show, and the others seemed resigned to
>their supporting-player status. Justin especially
>reveled in his role, and played the audience like a
>Stratocaster, goading them into sing-alongs and
>putting in some quality time alone up front at the lip
>of the stage.
>
>Soon, all five disappeared down below, and quickly
>reappeared in coordinated black and white outfits and
>settled down on stools for "For the Girl Who Has
>Everything" and "God Must Have Spent a Little More
>Time on You." The ballads done, they jumped out of
>their seats and bounded across the stage like boy-band
>Tiggers, launching into a super-energized version of
>"Tearin' Up My Heart" before Joey introduced the live
>band. "Celebrity," a hard-driving, funkadelic
>extravaganza, followed, and "Up Against the Wall"
>brought up the rear with silly, spastic dancefloor
>fun.
>
>Once again the boys disappeared, and then they
>returned for an entire segment of covers. First, the
>Pre-fab Five took on the Fab Four, turning out the
>Beatles' "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand,"
>"Hey Jude" and "Twist and Shout" in quick succession
>while spread out across a semi-circular sky-bridge
>lowered from the ceiling and suspended over the
>audience. Harmonized versions of the Temptations' "My
>Girl," "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and "I Can't
>Get Next To You" followed. It was calculated, and it
>was kinda cheesy, but the boys were fully into it, and
>the crowd loved it especially the parent chaperones,
>who made up a good quarter of the audience.
>
>JC went on to say that as a band, they love "paying
>tribute," and continued: "We've made a habit of
>singing other people's music, like this one off our
>first album," as a segue into Christopher Cross'
>mammoth 1980 adult-contemporary hit "Sailing," which
>the boys unexpectedly turned into a revved-up two-step
>number a change that worked remarkably well, and a
>little better than an ambitious but almost
>unrecognizable New Orleans blues version of their own
>"I Want You Back." In between, "This I Promise You"
>and "I Drive Myself Crazy" got a full work-out before
>the band said goodnight.
>
>After the requisite fever-pitch screams for an encore,
>all five returned again for the ballad "Gone," pulling
>out a more bombastic take than the spare, haunted
>version found on the album. New single "Girlfriend"
>followed, before they disappeared once more. Everyone
>knew what was coming, and the guys didn't disappoint
>"Pop" brought down the house, and sent females from
>four to 40 into a swoon with its hump-the-floor
>choreography. As the girls screamed and the boys sang,
>"The thing you got to realize/ What we're doing is not
>a trend/ We got the gift of melody/ We gonna bring it
>till the end," you almost couldn't help but believe it.
>
>Leah Greenblatt
>
>
>(from mtv.com)
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