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Janet Jackson Ignites Tacoma Crowd
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Angela Winbush Electri
fies Portland Audience
y Angelique Sanders
material done was off her latest LP The
Real Thing. One had to witness this
event to believe the energy that was
generated. In the duet with Ronald Isey:
Lay your troubles down, brought the
by Tony Washington
The very talented Angela Winbush ap
peared at The Starry Night June 9, 1990.
She did more than appear: the talented
vocalist put on a clinic. Most of the
crowd to its feet many times. Angela
Winbush easily joins the likes of Janet
Jackson, Anita Baker and Whitney
Houston to name a few. I highly recom
mend R&B listeners to get a taste of her
music. Energetic, classy, talented, she
was a treat to watch. In the event she
comes to your town don't miss it! Thanks,
Angela, for visiting the Rose City. Also
a special thanks to NewStarr, B.E.A.N.
Productions, and the Starry Night for
providing first class seating; the organ
izing and coordinating was excellent
Portland Memorial Coliseum
Wednesday, June 13 through Sunday, June 17
Tickets on sale NOW!
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'These Sesame Street Live
shows are as entertaining
and happy a couple o f
'
hours as I spend each
year. You'll enjoy
yourself with or with
out kids”
u n te r
—Philip Elwood. S.F. E:.¿m iner
By
Janet Jackson kicked off the
econd leg of her 1990 "Rhythm
lation-Summer Escapade" world tour
a Tacom a last W ednesday and
'hursday nights, with R&B singer
'huckii Booker.
Jackson's energy was powerful,
loving the crowd to singing and
ancing. The special effects were
remendous, in that they coincided well
/ith the emotion of the concert.
At the opening o f Jackson's
onion of the concert, a concentric -
quare stage lifted Janet while the
ipening music of "Control" unfolded in
he darkened Tacomadome. Suddenly,
ights from her right and left found their
vay to Jackson, as she stated: "This is
i story about control. My control.
Zontrol of what I say, control of what I
lo. And this time I'm gonna do it my
vay. I hope you’ll enjoy this as much as
do..." And the crowd did, showering
ter with praise in the form o f applause
ind screams. Even Chuckii Booker's
nention of her name brought security
jut in full force, in response to the
:rowd's tremendous reaction.
The crowd found Janet's passion
tnd strong emotion endearing. At one
joint, she smiled out at the crowd and
vas so moved, she paused from singing
tnd cried for a moment...this proved
hat despite rumors, Janet was not just
lip-syncing, though background voices
were not other singers, but canned
versions of her.
Jackson tearfully told the crowd,
"I love you all so very much"; she
proved it with her strong show.
Ignoring her older work, she focused on
her more popular recent material from
"Control" and "Rhythm Nation 1814".
For most songs, Jackson and her
accompanying dancers re-enacted her
videos to the "t", including outfits and
dance moves, and even some props.
Her performance in "All Right"--
which was very much like her video-
reflected her similarity to her brother
Michael (who canceled a scheduled
Tacoma appearance last year).
The dance pace slowed when
Jackson sat down fora heart-wrenching
version of "Come Back To Me". The
audience was also treated to a never-
before viewed video for "Black Cat",
which deals with the problem of a
spouse with a drug problem. The song
opens with the line "Ain't no acid in this
house" and the shriek of a leopard.
Janet took the stage for an encore
in military drag, and illustrated her
tradem ark
industrial,
choppy,
energetic dance moves to "Rhythm
Nation". She and her fellow dancers
were highly visible—even from a poor
vantage-as concert-goers were aided
with a huge television screen.
Chuckii Booker, Janet's musical
director and band leader, performed 45
minutes of cuts from his album
"Chuckii".
Despite poor stage
equipm ent and hampered sound
quality, Chuckii's energy and strong,
danceable R&B were the perfect
com plem ents to Janet Jackson's
concert
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