Ashley's Mom paid an unreasonably large amount of money to get us into the 4th row at last night's American Idol concert in Baltimore. This incarnation of the TV show maintained the family friendliness one thousand fold. Everyone attending was either younger than 16, or older than 40. Little girls were wearing homemade t-shirts adorned with bubble painted banners expressing support for their favorite Idol. Mommies held homemade neon yellow posters while Daddies held the itty bitty digital cameras and the completely unnecessary cases they were stored in. During the concert Ashley and I were standing up just taking in the show when some older guy behind us barked for us to sit down cause he couldn't see, awesome.
From start to finish the entire show lasted about two and a half hours. At the halfway point there was a hilarious surprise... an intermission. Come on people, who can't hold it in for two and a half hours? Really now an intermission, really? Is it the 1930s at the cinema again? Then one more surprise, at the end the Idols joined up for a group performance of "Don't Stop Believing" (you know the song conveniently being showcased in the upcoming FOX series Glee, but I digress). The song built and built, there was a bubble machine, everyone was at their feet, all the piano playing Idols were banging away on the ivory, then disco ball starts going, it was feeling huge. Then the song ends and the house lights immediately turned on. Ashley and I look at each other with the 'what's happening face,' nope, no encore, no curtain call, no games, just get in and get out, the kiddies have school and the oldies have work in the morning.
I've giving the concert a hard time, but really it was fun. One of my more favorite moments was the reveal of Scott MacIntyre. Having always been amused by the awkwardness his lack of vision caused on the show, I frantically scanned the back of the stage to try and see him wander out. Alas, Scott MacIntyre majestically rose like a blind-piano-playing god from a trap door in the stage floor. At one point during his set, Ashley told me he looked at her, and I bet he did too. He was fun to watch and a very good sport by joking with the audience about the infamous high five with Ryan Seacrest.
Of course Adam Lambert was who people wanted to see, and of course he delivered. He was 65% hardcore and 35% totally gay with equal absolute perfection! He teased the audience by thrusting his junk all over the place and mock masturbating a microphone stand. Didn't quite match the wholesome nature of the family show, so god bless him.
All in all, I had a really good time. It was great to see all these people we spent so much time watching on TV.
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