Kansas City, 2/2/07

[Farrah]

I'm terrible with remembering details, but I wanted to post a quick review of the KC show.

The first thing that really struck me was how great Lindsey's vocals sounded. I last saw him in Atlantic City back in October (my schedule doesn't allow me to follow him 'round the country anymore), and I remember Not Too Late sounding a bit "weak" vocally. This time, his voice was strong and clear from the first note.

I was back in the 15th row, where not too many people were standing. Until GYOW, it was pretty much me and two or three other women a few seats over. But some audience members behind the 10th row did get on their feet for SHN and IKINW. He was also very chatty, teasing one audience member who yelled "NEVER!" when Lindsey talked about growing up. Then, when he was giving the standard "fight with my wife, she was right" intro to Castaway Dreams, the guy yelled something else, and Lindsey said something like, "see, that was the same guy who said he'd never grow up." And during the intro to Red Rover, he said he needed a new intro because we seemed to have heard the old one before.

He got the whole audience barking during Holiday Road, which was very amusing -- "Bark like a dog! Bark like a dog!"

SMAP! He didn't do this one in Atlantic City, so I was excited to hear it live. The MP3s I have from previous shows do not do the live-in-person SMAP justice. It was sweet and wistful, so much so that three or four couples in my section were slow dancing to it in the aisles!

Shut Us Down was GORGEOUS. I wasn't a big fan of this song, but his live rendition was amazing, especially the last section. It's difficult to describe exactly how beautiful this sounded, so I hope someone caught it.

I'm hoping that I get to see a show or two on the next leg, because he seems to get better and better with each show.