The voice boomed from behind a closed curtain, " Everyone remembers to take his heart medication because I 'm about to go!”
The stage was only partially lit, but there was no doubt whose body was attached to the voice. That would be Cher, an icon of American popular music for over 40 years and even at age 67, a pop star capable of filling a space the size of First Niagara Center without even a false eyelash.
In a subsequent farewell tour , this time in support of her album 26 , " Closer to Truth" , Cher came as the reigning queen of pop kitsch , a diva with serious credentials, and incredibly , a voice that has stood the stones of years with such vitality as the body that houses that voice.
Upon reaching the top of the stage, tied to a high pedestal and wearing what looked like a Cleopatra costume of the time with a headdress of peacock feathers invented plucked, Cher spent the rest of his show a set that shows that although the flesh may be weak, the heart endures.
The only female artist can boast of number one hits in five different decades, Cher sang most of them, but the songs seemed to be secondary to the countless costume changes and generous chunks of saucy banter between songs. Was he charming?
Yes, so abundantly. How was your age? No, not even a little. Was the whole thing a striking presentation of Vegas-style cheese? Well, yes, of course. Duh.
"The world of women,” a bit of electronic dance music punctuated with touches of self-empowerment of women in the lyric department, came as a current dance club banger, and rather abruptly rubbed itself up against an ode to the 70's disco as "Strong Enough”.
The crowd - an interesting mix of age groups , unified in what sure looked like a love all consuming to Cher - was on their feet from the start , even when the object of affection of high same mass of glue an outfit change before "Dressed to Kill " as a troop of dancers started a series of style Cirque du Soleil highly impressive moves , wearing a slightly smoothed version of the kind of gear modern slavery Malcolm McLaren and Vivien Westwood could " have been selling in his shop in London , circa 1977.
Cher stopped a little simplistic with people gab, but insincerity did not last long, despite the fact that his joke has not changed much from night to night on this tour, according to the revisions to the date. (Yes, I am suggesting that the interaction with the public Cher is a hyphen. ) Can you say the same, night after night after night, and still mean? I think so. Cher certainly seemed to enjoy the back and forth with the audience on Wednesday.
Things had gotten a little heavy on the side of the dance music of the scale at this point, but Cher wisely withdrew, bidding us to bask in nostalgia - or false, if we were too young to have been there - as she ventured back to life with Sonny Bono.
A " duet" on " I Got You Babe" , with the late Sonny Cher singing as he rises above it on a massive video screen , which could have been embarrassingly schlocky , but somehow seemed sincere . A medley of solo hits after the first Sonny was marred by ridiculously exaggerated theater sets, choreographed dance, and for "Half Breed”, a little introduction Native American-themed stretching the limits of credulity.
And yet, to hear Cher singing “Gypsys , Tramps and Thieves" , "Dark Lady" and " Half Breed" We were offered a visceral emotion, everyone around me seemed to be willing to indulge in.
Opener Cyndi Lauper definitely stole the show, if we were to decide these things based on musical merit alone. FNC Wednesday's concert was the first in the tour Lauper, and some technical difficulties pushed back his start time, and made it all work a little late.
None of this seemed to faze Lauper or her group , which led to the tables as they are experienced professionals , and the 30th anniversary of the album 's breakthrough celebrated Lauper , " She 's So Unusual " , playing most .
Lauper has lost none of his ability to sing - along her set, she nailed the high notes of the 80s pop classics as " She Bop ", " I kiss you ", "Time After Time" and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun " with what sounded like domain effortlessly With just a bit of reverb on the voice - . no auto- tune or Backing tracks - Lauper presented a master course in pop singing a bis soul . “True Colors “with Lauper in dulcimer provided high musical night.
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