The word for tonight must have been "Murphy's Law" - LOL. (sorry, guys! I had to!)
Bouncy, bouncy! Barry was so bouncy! I love to see him in this kind of mood. He's "up" and
it's contagious - he brings the entire audience up with him. Not so much impish tonight, but
lots and lots of cute little dance steps - all night long!
The backups have new outfits - they look great. I'll have to let someone else describe them -
I'm not really good at that. But next to the costumes they're wearing for the 70's segment,
these are my favorites.
I'm not going to list all of the Murphy's Law moments, but I'll relay this one since it was so
obvious and so funny. When it came time for Kye to slide Keely between Barry's legs (50's segment,
Bandstand Boogie), it looked like he lost his balance and fell forward. He recovered, but that
threw the timing off. He managed to grab Keely's hands to start pulling her through but it just
fell apart from there. It ended up with Keely about halfway through, her hands on Barry's knees,
she's laughing uncontrollably, and Barry is looking down at her as if he were thinking, "What
the heck just happened here?"
Did I mention that Barry was priceless on Wednesday night during his Barry Avalon-ilow moment?
Well, never mind last night - he outdid himself tonight. It was so funny as he played with his
hair. And, of course, it just added to the moment that he was still laughing from the failed
between-the-legs routine.
A funny moment during the 60's cigarette routine... The audience was very vocal tonight. Almost
everything Barry did resulted in whoops and hollers and audience. When he slipped into his Nehru
jacket, the audience was very loud. Barry said, "Yes, I know...I'm fantastic," then he muttered,
"Please!" LOL We've been trying to tell you that for 30 years Barry!
Ballad tonight was I Am Your Child - a beautiful version of it. That segment did seem a little
rushed - not that song in particular, but just the segment as a whole. He went right into Can't
Smile Without You.
They did Brooklyn Blues as a lead-in to New York City Rhythm again. And the guys *really* played
with the piano tonight during their solos.
The 70's segment is still just blowing me away! How could I ever have doubted it? Bad Dana, BAD!
There's just such a feel-good atmosphere with that entire portion of the show. Everything from
the way the songs are arranged, to the way they feature the backups, to the costumes, and even to
the positions on the stage that the backups take during each portion of the segment - it's just
put together so well.
The song I hated the most on the 70's CD (or thought I did) is now the one I love the most -
in fact, other than If, I like The Way We Were best on the entire CD. Tonight when Barry got
to the part of the song lyrics that ask if we would do it all again, the audience started yelling
"yes" - and Barry chuckled.
Something that was either different or I just now noticed it... When Barry started off I Write
the Songs, all I could hear was Barry and his piano - the rest of the music joined in quickly,
but for a short time that's all I could hear. And it was beautiful.
The gang treated us to a nice surprise during the It's a Miracle reprise. As they closed out the
song, they joined up for a short conga line dance, and then moved into a Rockettes style line
dance. It was so funny!
During the group hug at the end, it looked like everyone was trying to kiss everyone tonight. Ah,
to be in the middle of that lovefest!
