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Hey, the tickets were free! I couldn't resist.Jul 12 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Pop Odyssey Tour; Kansas City, MO; July 10, 2001; great show for kids as long as they're not epileptic.
When my roommate called me Monday morning shouting, “Who wants to see N Sync!?” I couldn’t believe it. Not just that she had actually won tickets off the radio, but at how excited she actually was. She’s 22 mind you, and she has reasonably good music taste, but when she got home she was jumping up and down singing “Dirty Pop” like a giddy 12-year old. “Oh lord,” I thought, “what has come over her?” But it was free, and I’m a sucker for anything free. Due to my constant internal rationalizing that I was only going to this concert because it was free, I was a little ticked when we had to pay $15 for parking. We found our seats, which were almost as far away as you could possibly sit, and sat down in time for the opening acts. The first group was Eden’s Crush, the group formed from the TV show Pop Stars. I don’t really remember anything about this group except they were all pretty and danced reasonably well. I don’t think I even recognized any of their songs from the radio. I was also busy thinking about how loud the sound was. I was sure my ears were going to start bleeding at any minute. Next was Dante somebody, the guy who sings “Miss California” that is on the radio a lot now. My roomie and I were completely shocked when he walked out on the stage because first off, he’s white. On the radio he sounds very black. And secondly, he’s a huge dork. Really. This guy is a tool. He looks like a hep cat from the 50s. The THIRD opening act was Samantha Mumba, who was pretty good. She sang her three radio hits, including “Come on Over Tonight.” Did you know she’s from Ireland? Finally, it was starting to get dark, and the words “30 Minutes” popped up on the monitor screens, starting the countdown. Girls everywhere started screaming. The girl in front of me had “Justin” written down her left arm. The anticipation quickly faded though as the monitors proceeded to play about ten minutes worth of commercials, mostly for Vorizon Wireless. They also played Brittany Spears’s “Stronger” video. Finally the thirty minutes were up and all the stadium lights went black. This was cool because many people in the audience had flashing glow sticks, so there was flashing blue, orange, and green lights all over the stadium. Suddenly there was a lot of smoke and lights directed at a large platform located in the center of the stadium. The screaming got louder and suddenly, amidst a cloud of smoke, the five members of N Sync appeared through the floor of the platform and the song “Dirty Pop” began. First of all, I have to say that I’ve never heard so much screaming in my life. I felt like I was in one of those old Beatles films. We were even sitting in the very back of the stadium, so I can’t imagine what the noise must’ve been like up in front. I did think it was funny when the 30-year old woman I was standing next to lost control and started screaming and jumping up and down, while her husband remained sitting showing very little emotion. The energy in the stadium was crazy. Granted, I’ve never been to a show with this many people (and I’ve been to a lot of shows), but usually when you’re sitting as far away as we were, the energy is sort of subdued. That wasn’t the case though. I’d also never been to a show where so much emphasis was put on the visual aspects. About halfway through I thought was going to have an epileptic seizure. There were showers of sparks, flames, colored lights, green laser beams, wires that allowed them to fly from the stage to the platform, smoke and fireworks. Also at about halfway through the show I started to get a little freaked out by this group and all their thousands of fans that were screaming for them. I started getting visions of them taking over the world. My roommate later commented that she thinks Justin Timberlake is more than human. It gives me the shivers. The median age of the crowd (excluding parents) was probably 13. This was apparent by the way the group members spoke to the crowd in between songs. After the cowboy song where they all rode mechanical bulls, one of the members stuck his head up one the bull’s rear end and then said “Hey! It’s not real! Did you see where I just put my head?” It was like he was talking to a 6-year old. They also showed many little short films in between the songs, starring who else but the members of N Sync. They usually had something to do with the song they were about to sing. The only good one was a silent film starring Justin about his love who rejects him. It was cute I have to admit. The concert ran about two hours, but with the films and costume changes, they probably only played an hour and a half. When it was all over I was glad I had gone. I never got to see the New Kids when I was in junior high, so it was like my 2nd chance. I still wouldn’t pay $65 to see them though. I think if I’d seen this show when I was ten I would’ve had a heart attack from over-stimulation, but I think kids are tougher these days, so parents you should take your kids. But as soon as you hear the little ones chanting something to the effect of “N Sync is God,” destroy all their N Sync CDs and paraphernalia. Be warned.  |
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