Monday, July 02, 2007

Concert for Diana

As I sit here watching the Concert in Honor of Diana, I come away with a huge obstacle. Why do today’s popular artists need back up dancers? I just don’t get it. Personally I could care less who is up there gyrating along with the music. Just give me the singer, his/her music, the band and let me enjoy. Who needs this much extra stimulation? Not me. For the record, it is very distracting.

Perhaps it is a generational thing. So I am a dinosaur, I am okay with that. You don’t see a bunch of people wriggling about while Elton or Rod Stewart are out there doing their thing.

Hope you all are enjoying the concert.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prince has backup Twinz. So it must be OK.

Anonymous said...

I agree. I got a little distracted by all the hustle and bustle on stage too. I guess it just goes to show we are a society of the more the merrier, in more ways than one.

Your 40 somethin' friend,
Mellisa

Robin said...

I thought they were there to distract from the lack of vocal quality, originally. But now everyone (even strong singers) seem to have them. Well, everyone under a certain age.

MommaBoo said...

I totally agree with you. Why do they need them? I'm not a dinosaur, but it's distracting for me, too!

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Cattiva said...

Well you know, back in the day musicians actually PLAYED music.

I'm just sayin'

wallofdenial said...

Herky, jerky motion as a rule has a better place than on stage....I,m just sayin

pussreboots said...

I think Madonna popularized the back up dancer thing.

The Littlest Fish said...

its so that even when the people don't like the music it greatly amuses them to see people twirling in the bacround.