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Date Posted: 11:08:38 03/07/02 Thu
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>>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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