Represent Review: John Legend !!!
Running Represent can be pretty thankless work but every now and then someone gives us a lovely pressie (you know who you are) with an article, review or suggestion that we can use. Sharpile! Thanks to Linda for doing just that despite being so busy. Now that all the hype has died down we can tell you that sadly we never got to see John because of family commitments – we’re blue about that. But her review brings us just a bit closer. Enjoy.
John Legend is sooo sexy-cute! When we heard about the concert a couple of weeks back, my sister and I figured it would be a great opportunity for us to take her new car on its first out-of-town drive and also get to watch an artist we both enjoy.
So off we went to Sun City last Sunday afternoon. It took a while to get on the road, given that I had guests to be seen off at the airport, and she was somewhat *ahem* indisposed after a night out on the town…but we eventually left Jozi around 1pm. As we drove I tried to ignore the growing “spare wheel” feeling within me (we were with her boyfriend). Got to Sun City well after 3pm.
I guess John Legend knows a thing or two about African time, because the concert hadn’t started when we arrived. When it did start – opening with “Get Lifted”, he walked out in a fine suit that looked like it was constructed on his body. I screamed like the groupie I am (no shame in my game) and started taking pictures. Got a lot of shots of raised hands, and people’s hair, before I got any decent ones of John. He started off with songs from his first album. Had a kick-ass band, complete with a horn section and hot backing singers. My sister’s boyfriend felt compelled to mutter something like “he’s alright (or more precisely, “yeah, he aight”)” when we wouldn’t stop screaming, especially after he had pulled one girl from the crowd and slow-danced with her. Sister’s boyfriend’s comment was “yuck, he’s all sweaty”…. Sweaty was no deterrent to us; I don’t think either of us would have minded going up on that stage!
I got teary-eyed when he sang “Ordinary People”, it was an awesome performance. It also doesn’t hurt that he’s just soo cute – I can imagine him as the kind of boyfriend who writes letters and likes walks in the park… but might just want to get freaky in the park (“we just don’t care, we just don’t care”). He’s romantic without being corny…sexy without being sleazy… arty yet funky. OK OK, ‘he aight’!
All in all, a tight concert, and a Sunday afternoon well spent!
