Post by Weak4Weeks on Dec 14, 2005 16:46:39 GMT -5
Here's a review of the Mistletoe Jam:
WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MISTLETOE JAM HERE IN DETROIT SPONSORED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND HOSTED BY TOM JOYNER AND JAY ANTHONY BROWN. THE SHOW WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH OVER 11,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE FIRST ACT WAS THE CHOIR FROM CASS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN DETROIT.
NEXT ACT:
CE CE WINANS. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. SHE SANG THREE SONGS.
NEXT ACT:
THE FIRST LADY FAITH EVANS!
SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL AND SANG TWO SONGS, "MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY" AND "TRU LOVE". HER VOICE WAS AMAZING. SHE GOT THE CROWD WARMED UP AND HAD PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR MORE! MEELAH WAS LOOKING GOOD AS HELL TOO.
NEXT ACT:
YOLANDA ADAMS
SHE LOOKED GOOD TOO. SHE SANG VICTORY, A CHRISTMAS SONG, AND ANOTHER SONG FROM HER LATEST CD. SHE GOT THE CROWD FEELING THE SPIRIT. SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE HURRICANE AND HAD THEM STAND UP. VERY MOVING.
NEXT ACT:
DENNIS EDWARDS AND THE TEMPTATIONS REVUE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THESE CATS MADE MY MOUTH DROP! THEY SANG SONGS FROM THE OLD TEMPTATIONS AND DENNIS EDWARDS HAS NOT LOST NOT ONE OCTAVE FROM HIS VOICE! I WOULD PAY MONEY TO GO SEE HIS GROUP JUST TO HEAR THEIR HARMONY. I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE BUT THERE IS NO ACT THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS THAT COULD COMPARE TO THEM. STANDING OVATION.
NEXT ACT:
PATTI LABELLE. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY. YOU ALREADY KNOW SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. SHE IS 61 YEARS OLD AND STILL WEARING 6 INCH HEELS! SHE WAS BACKED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR WITH HER CHRISTMAS SONG AND ENDED IT WITH SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
ARETHA FRANKLIN. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE MADE A WRONG TURN ON HER WAY TO THE PERFORMANCE AND TOOK HER XXX BACK HOME. SHE LOOKED HORRIBLE AND SOUNDED EVEN WORSE! SHE WAS A DISGRACE TO HER OWN TITLE AS THE QUEEN OF SOUL. SHE WAS OUT OF BREATH AND COULDN'T HIT A NOTE TO SAVE HER LIFE. SHE EVEN HAD THE NERVE TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE AFFAIR SHE USED TO HAVE WITH DENNIS EDWARDS. DENNIS WAS SO EMBARASSED THAT HE ALMOST DIDN'T COME OUT FOR THE FINALE. SHE DID A CHRISTMAS SONG, DR. FEELGOOD, WONDERFUL, AND HER RENDITION OF KIRK FRANKLIN'S "LOOKING FOR YOU". THE MUSIC SOUNDED GOOD BUT YOU COULD BARELY HEAR HER.
NOW HEAR COMES THE JACKED UP PART.........................
DURING THE FINALE ARETHA CALLED OUT ALL THE ARTISTS FROM THE SHOW TO DO A RENDITION OF "THIS CHRISTMAS". SHE INTRODUCED ALL OF THE ARTISTS BY THEIR CORRECT NAME BUT WHEN IT CAME TO FAITH ARETHA INTRODUCED FAITH EVANS AS FAITH HILL! NEEDLESS TO SAY EVERYBODY CAME BACK OUT ON THE STAGE EXCEPT FOR FAITH. NOW MY QUESTION TO ANYONE CLOSE TO FAITH IS WHAT IS THE REAL REASON SHE DIDN'T COME OUT FOR THE FINALE? I WAS BETTING THAT WAS THE REASON. I WOULDN'T HAVE CAME BACK OUT EITHER.
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN I WILL GIVE IT A 7. ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR FIRST ONE AND THEY HAVE SOME KINKS TO WORK OUT.
WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MISTLETOE JAM HERE IN DETROIT SPONSORED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND HOSTED BY TOM JOYNER AND JAY ANTHONY BROWN. THE SHOW WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH OVER 11,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE FIRST ACT WAS THE CHOIR FROM CASS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN DETROIT.
NEXT ACT:
CE CE WINANS. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. SHE SANG THREE SONGS.
NEXT ACT:
THE FIRST LADY FAITH EVANS!
SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL AND SANG TWO SONGS, "MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY" AND "TRU LOVE". HER VOICE WAS AMAZING. SHE GOT THE CROWD WARMED UP AND HAD PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR MORE! MEELAH WAS LOOKING GOOD AS HELL TOO.
NEXT ACT:
YOLANDA ADAMS
SHE LOOKED GOOD TOO. SHE SANG VICTORY, A CHRISTMAS SONG, AND ANOTHER SONG FROM HER LATEST CD. SHE GOT THE CROWD FEELING THE SPIRIT. SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE HURRICANE AND HAD THEM STAND UP. VERY MOVING.
NEXT ACT:
DENNIS EDWARDS AND THE TEMPTATIONS REVUE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THESE CATS MADE MY MOUTH DROP! THEY SANG SONGS FROM THE OLD TEMPTATIONS AND DENNIS EDWARDS HAS NOT LOST NOT ONE OCTAVE FROM HIS VOICE! I WOULD PAY MONEY TO GO SEE HIS GROUP JUST TO HEAR THEIR HARMONY. I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE BUT THERE IS NO ACT THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS THAT COULD COMPARE TO THEM. STANDING OVATION.
NEXT ACT:
PATTI LABELLE. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY. YOU ALREADY KNOW SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. SHE IS 61 YEARS OLD AND STILL WEARING 6 INCH HEELS! SHE WAS BACKED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR WITH HER CHRISTMAS SONG AND ENDED IT WITH SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
ARETHA FRANKLIN. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE MADE A WRONG TURN ON HER WAY TO THE PERFORMANCE AND TOOK HER XXX BACK HOME. SHE LOOKED HORRIBLE AND SOUNDED EVEN WORSE! SHE WAS A DISGRACE TO HER OWN TITLE AS THE QUEEN OF SOUL. SHE WAS OUT OF BREATH AND COULDN'T HIT A NOTE TO SAVE HER LIFE. SHE EVEN HAD THE NERVE TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE AFFAIR SHE USED TO HAVE WITH DENNIS EDWARDS. DENNIS WAS SO EMBARASSED THAT HE ALMOST DIDN'T COME OUT FOR THE FINALE. SHE DID A CHRISTMAS SONG, DR. FEELGOOD, WONDERFUL, AND HER RENDITION OF KIRK FRANKLIN'S "LOOKING FOR YOU". THE MUSIC SOUNDED GOOD BUT YOU COULD BARELY HEAR HER.
NOW HEAR COMES THE JACKED UP PART.........................
DURING THE FINALE ARETHA CALLED OUT ALL THE ARTISTS FROM THE SHOW TO DO A RENDITION OF "THIS CHRISTMAS". SHE INTRODUCED ALL OF THE ARTISTS BY THEIR CORRECT NAME BUT WHEN IT CAME TO FAITH ARETHA INTRODUCED FAITH EVANS AS FAITH HILL! NEEDLESS TO SAY EVERYBODY CAME BACK OUT ON THE STAGE EXCEPT FOR FAITH. NOW MY QUESTION TO ANYONE CLOSE TO FAITH IS WHAT IS THE REAL REASON SHE DIDN'T COME OUT FOR THE FINALE? I WAS BETTING THAT WAS THE REASON. I WOULDN'T HAVE CAME BACK OUT EITHER.
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN I WILL GIVE IT A 7. ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR FIRST ONE AND THEY HAVE SOME KINKS TO WORK OUT.