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The best seat in the house was given to a rather lucky little mosquito. One who was able to buzz around Norah Jones’ face, and even got a quick kiss on her shoulder as she sang “The Nearness of You” for the throng that attended her concert in Araneta Coliseum last night.
Opening with a sultry “Turn me On,” Norah wowed fans with songs from her first and second album, and some covers from her favorite bands.
One guy from the upper box shouted a request for her to sing “Turn me on,” and Norah laughingly replied, “Turn me on? We already played that song! I already turned you on!” This drew laughter from the crowd. The guy groaned as if in anguish, “Turn me oooon!!!” to which Norah replied, “Don’t kill yourself, man.”
Anyway, back to our little mosquito, with it buzzing around her face, Norah laughed and said as she started singing, “This is for the mosquito.” No, she didn’t say it in a disgusted manner so I don’t think she will be banned from coming back to the country. When she stood up for another song she laughingly said, “Look, he followed me.” Up to now I still think that the way she swayed wasn’t really so much for swaying but rather to keep the mosquito from biting her. Unfortunately, I noticed her put her left hand to her right shoulder, so I guess the mosquito did take a little bite.
Norah brought her band along which she lovingly calls. The Handsome Band. The show wasn’t just of “Norah Jones” but rather of the band as well, as Norah sang songs which gave the members a chance to show off their expertise in their respective instruments.
She also shared that Daru Oda, the Chinese-looking girl who plays the flute, and sings back up for her has been her friend since they were 14 years old. “I think that’s pretty cool,” Norah shared with the audience.
After she sang the popular “Don’t Know Why,” she told the crowd about her stint at Sesame Street with Elmo.
“I had a date, though, with the Letter Y, but he stood me up,” said Norah. “No show.”
Somebody from the audience shouted ,”Why?” and Norah must have been waiting for this cue coz she said, “Did you say why?” and plunged on to the answer, “He was hanging out with his X,” to which the crowd dissolved in laughter.
“That’s a bad joke, but you wanted to know why,” Norah seemed to shrug.
“That’s ok coz I hung out with Elmo,” she continued. “We had beer.”
To this Elmo revelation the crowd cheered. And that’s when I realized that Elmo might be a bad influence to the kids. ;p
“Anyway, this next song is totally unrelated to Sesame street,” she continued and proceeded with the country song “Creepin In.” Boring crowd the people in the middle were. This song should’ve made most people stand up and do a little square dance (or something close to such as there wasn't really a big space to do a square dance in) with their partners as Norah and Daru danced a little on the stage while clapping. The most people could do was clap along without even following the beat. *Sigh*
“I can’t believe we’re here in the Philippines,” Norah told the crowd. She was apologetic about staying for a short time.
“Bad timing, I know,” she said. She told her fans that they hope to come back and spend time with the Filipinos a little longer.
After exiting, the crowd of course asked for an encore to which Ms Jones and The Handsome Band obliged to with 3 more songs and finally bid their last goodnight.
How I got to have my CD signed is another story. But there was a lot of kakapalan ng mukha involved which I am very proud of. I must've been one of the few people who got my CD signed.
I just love her concert. I can hug Sir Joey right now. Unfortunately I am not the hugging type. But I'll be grateful to him for as long as Norah Jones' songs stay alive in my mind and heart.
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