My friend and coworker Amber Stuart has some, well, questionable taste in music. Some of her music choices I like -- for example, Robin Thicke.
Not this one.
Recently, Amber bought the new Britney Spears CD, 'Blackout.' God knows why. And even worse, she admits it to the world in her new blog post.
I applaud her for the two other CDs she bought. Those are reputable musicians. Spears is not.
While we're on the subject of music, I want to talk about one of my favorite musicians. I saw Keith Urban in concert this past weekend at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center.
Urban is something else on stage. He's taken some hits in his personal life, and the tabloids bash him quite a bit, but they should stick to Britney Spears. Urban has talent and deserves a break.He seems happy, and much of that is probably due to his new wife, Nicole Kidman. I love the two of them together. Wish she had been there, but he did dedicate a song to her with his charming Aussie accent! I really hope the two of them make it. It's wonderful to see them both so happy.
Back to the concert. Mary Calurso of The Birmingham News posted this review of the concert, and I have to say she is dead on. Mary, I apologize if some of what you wrote bleeds over in to my blog. I don't mean for it to. I just think you and I agree on many points about the concert.
I don't go for grungy rock stars, but Urban doesn't fall in to that category. Some might say he does, but there are plenty of ladies out there who will agree when I say that Urban gives me goosebumps. He can sing.. play the guitar, piano, drums, and really rocks the crowd. Even the guys who attended Saturday's concert had a good time.
Urban was also very gracious to the crowd. You could tell it's been a challenging year for him, and he's glad to be back on solid ground, which I believe he is.
My friend and I especially enjoyed watching a cowboy with too-tight jeans slide back and forth across the aisle.
We also enjoyed the Bob Jones High School drumline, from Madison, AL. They joined Urban on stage at the end of the song "I Told You So", which has a heavy drumbeat.
They only played for about a minute, but were STELLAR. The crowd loved them! I was really looking forward to this part of the concert because one of our NewsChannel 19 photojournalists, Colby Knight, profiled the drumline getting ready for their performance a few weeks ago.The drumline's advisor says the students didn't actually get to meet Urban, which disappointed me a bit, but they did get to hang out with the crew. And the crowd made them feel very appreciated, too.
This is the second time I've seen Keith Urban live. He continues to get better.. because he has more songs in his repertoire now. He performed for more than 2 hours this time, as opposed to his concert in Huntsville last year, which was still good, but not as long.
Did I mention he is SEXY?????? Can't wait to see him on his next trip to Alabama.
