It was another awesome show - full of memory-making moments... I made the mistake of calling
home just before the show started and found out that my favorite uncle has lung cancer - but
as usual, Barry can erase the rest of the world while he's on stage - and even when he leaves
the stage, the world still feels a little better.
It was a lively crowd - very vocal. Barry made a comment about it being a wild crowd. He got
a lot of standing ovations, and I feel very guilty for not getting up for every single one of
them - he deserved it. But I must be getting old - sometimes it's really a struggle to get up
out of those seats - by the time I get up, it's time to sit down again! You know, at a charity
event a few weeks ago I won a raffle prize of half a dozen sessions with a famous personal
trainer (here in Vegas) - I think maybe I need to take advantage of that! Barry deserves it!
And I have to say right from the start, regardless of what some other people are going to say
(you know who you are!) - no, Barry does not need a haircut! He's perfect! Including the
sideburns! LOL!
Oh, and I believe I said that the new 70's jacket is one of the most beautiful Barry has ever
worn - well, the one he opened the show in last night is even more beautiful! It was all I
could do to take my eyes off of it. It was black and sparkly - and beyond that I don't know
how to describe it. At least, it appeared to be black to me. I did notice that at one point
during the 70's segment, the lighting made that black jacket look purple.
Besides memory-making moments in terms of things that touch the heart, this show had some hilarious
moments. First one was when Barry was talking about his latest CDs. He started off by saying
that the 50's CD was his favorite, then he said, "I did a 60's CD, that one was my favorite...
And my favorite CD is the 70's CD..." LOL That's my decision and I stand by it!
The ballad tonight was All the Time. It seemed especially beautiful to me tonight for some reason.
After he finished, Barry went straight into Can't Smile Without You.
The guys are still playing around with New York City Rhythm, including Barry. In fact, there were
a couple of songs where Barry seemed to be showing off his piano skills more than he usually does.
I enjoy seeing the musicianship.
Barry did mention last night's mess up during Bandstand Boogie. Luckily there was no repeat
tonight! Except that everyone was still kind of giggling about last night (including me).
The 50's segment continues to get funnier. Barry hams it up more than ever. And when Keely and
Melanie were struggling to get closer to Barry, Keely slung Melanie almost all the way across the
stage (pretend, of course). And as someone else mentioned, instead of trying to pick Kye up
after he screams and faints, the girls started dragging him off stage.
Barry sang Brooklyn Blues again as a prelude to New York City Rhythm. One thing I keep forgetting
to mention is the lighting during Brooklyn Blues. It's darker, but it sets a great mood for the song.
I Write the Songs was very beautiful again. It seemed that Barry was going solo on it longer
than he did last night - but maybe not. I'm not sure of that - there's so much to soak in during
this show, and some things mean more on one night than they do on another. At any rate, it was
beautiful.
My favorite song of the night was Copacabana - strictly because of one of those memory-making moments.
The conga line was still there during the It's a Miracle reprise. I don't know who came up
with that idea, but it's a great one.
One more night - can't wait for it to start and don't want it to end.
