Oh, Michael!!!

Last night, Celeste and I journeyed up to Baltimore during rush hour traffic. Why? To go to a Michael Buble concert. It was so worth the drive (which wasn't even that bad, and we didn't even get lost, surprisingly enough). His opening act was an a capella group called Naturally 7. They were uh-mazing. No joke, they sounded exactly like drums, bass, lead guitar, trombone, you name it. It was truly incredible.

And then Michael came out. Big sigh! He is so sexy, with the voice, and the suit, and the everything. He not only is an amazing singer, but he's funny too. I'll share some stories. A little ways into the concert Michael spotted a little kid in the audience and asked his name and age, which was five. Then Michael says, "I'm glad you're here, because it's kids like you that keep me from turning into Amy Winehouse in a second. No joke." Then he went down into the audience to meet the little kid. He took pictures with a couple people (sadly, we had the cheap seats and did not have this experience). On the way back up to the stage he sees an old woman, so he plants a big kiss on her, and she in turn grabbed his butt! And we're not talking a little pat on the tush, no she full on grabbed it with both hands. It was hilarious. The whole arena was roaring. When Michael got back on stage he asked her how old she was - 77. Then he said, "I haven't had 19-year-old girls grab my ass the way you just did. I have things to learn from you." They were showing her on the jumbo screen, and she gave this sly grin and then a huge wink. I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt. I'm totally going to be like that when I'm old. Awesome.

A little later in the show Michael said, "Now I know that there are men and women that glad to be here, but then there are some guys that got dragged here." Then he pointed at this big, macho looking guy and said, "Like you, she dragged your ass here, didn't she." The guy nodded yes. Then Michael said, "Okay, just get through this concert, and I swear in like three and half hours, when your in your bed smoking a cigarette, you'll say 'Thank you Michael.' Hey, can you two do me a favor - tonight when your, you know, doing it, can one of you say my name. Just softly, like 'oh, Michael.' I'll really appreciate it." Again the whole arena was cracking up. Then he says, "I'm sorry, this is me. I wanted to be a hockey player, but somewhere my life went wrong, and now I'm up here sing jazz."

Once some girl screamed, "I love you, Michael!" And he yelled back, "I love you stranger in the dark! But I'm still going to see other audiences, on the side." He's such a goofball. He also did this funny skit with his band members. He was telling us all how they are like brothers and let them play for awhile. Then he left the stage and one of the trombone players gets up and says, "Michael acts all nice and says we're brothers but really he's a jerk. We're not allowed to look at him directly or talk to him. My one speaking encounter with him was when I was looking at him and he said, 'Hey band guy, stopping looking at me or I'll fire you.' He's not nice. And I think I could do this singing thing." So he starts singing and Michael comes back out, acting all mad. Then he picks up the trombone and starts "playing." Really it was one of the other band members. The whole thing was ridiculous and comic.

He sang a variety of songs from all three CDs - most of his good ones, and a couple of new songs from his upcoming CD. My favorites that he sang - "I'm Your Man," "Feeling Good," "Save the Last Dance," "Sway," "Home," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and "Everything." He closed with "Song For You." All in all, it was an awesome concert, and if he comes back I would totally go again. Oh, Michael indeed.