Okay, let's go with one of my more recent favorite subjects....John Legend!!! Countdown to JL in Memphis is T-minus 10 days. I feel like the movie Brown Sugar "When did you first fall in love with Hip-Hop?" I first fell for John Legend on September 17th, 2004. My wondereful husband knew that I was totally digging Usher at the time, and he bought me tickets to see Usher and Kanye West for my birthday. We went to the concert and I really wasn't feeling Kanye West before the show. I hadn't really listened to his CD before that. We almost missed Kanye West's performance and in hindsight, I'm glad we didn't.
Kanye (i'm talking about him like I know him) performed with a keyboardist name John Legend. About halfway during Kanye's performance, he introduced a guy who was going to be releasing an album on his label - John Legend.
John moved to the center of the stage and said that he wanted to perform his first single, Used to Love You. When he started with the "holla, holla, holla" I was out of my seat. He was hitting chords that I wasn't really expecting. Now, let me explain. I do not play piano, but I have been a musician since the age of 10, playing the violin and french horn. John sounded like 'old soul'. 1960's soul, Temptations, Smokie, Motown-soul. He was infusing classic 'Marvin Gaye" R&B with some gospel. You could tell that he was brought up in church - no matter how much you train and take lessons and practice, you can't learn 'church'.
I think almost immediately, I turned to my husband and said, "mark my words, he's gonna be huge!!" Not to take away from Usher - he put on a fantastic show - I couldn't stop thinking about John Legend.
That following Monday, I searched the internet for anything John Legend. I made a mental note to buy his CD as soon as it dropped. It got pushed back to December 28th, I attempted to buy it online because the site said that it would be delivered on the 28th. I didn't get my CD until January 10th. I was so mad, but once I finally got the damn CD opened, I was cool. I listened to that CD so much, that by the middle of March, I had to buy another one.
In March, my husband and I traveled to St. Louis to see John Legend and Alicia Keys in concert. If I already wasn't in love with John Legend, I definitely was after the concert. He was great.
I found out later on that John Legend was going to launch his solo tour during the summer and that he was coming to Memphis on August 5th. I cannot wait until August 5th to see this show. I blocked out time on my work calendar to purchase my tickets online as soon as they went on sale.
I know what I'm gonna wear - I'll post pictures later.
Anyway........that's my soapbox about John Legend....."Let's Get Lifted".
3 comments:
Ok, it seems as though my sister is a stalker, just for the record, she suffers from "Fandomonium" (she is simply a supporter of this mans musical abilities & has paid her money to obtain his musical compositions on 2 occasions).
I am here to represent her in this and any matter that may arise from her 'DEEP DEEP DEEP Appreciation' of John Legend.
I have numerous witness' to the fact that she has not called him, nor has mshe attempted to find his home number and address on zabasearch.com.
She has never attempted to determine who was performing security duties when he went to Memphis, as she has no inside friends within the fine Memphis Police Department.
She also has never attempted to find out which hotel he was going to be relaxing and lounging in, the many calls to EVER hotel in memphis and the surrounding cities from her cell phone and the pay phone across the street from her house are in assistance to her sister who is looking for the best hotel rates for her upcoming wedding.
I demand no remand your honor, as my client has not committed any crime (of a Heinous nature) and all evidence is purely circumstancial....
You are going to submit this to what magazine for publication? It sounds like you are his press agent or publicist. Why are you managing a musician? Don't let me hear about you sneaking in a back door somewhere to meet this joker!! My connections at the police department aren't what they used to be.
Amen Sister.... You need to write for somebodies music column... hmm is the date on this...'Mark my words, that girl gone make it big!!!"
PS: just get him another tailor for the next BET Awards, his suit was just a wee bit comfortable.. like it was from his 1st Easter speech when he was 6.
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