Sorry, but I just got back from seeing Gladys in concert and I had to share!!


First of all...WOW!...Gladys Knight is one hell of a performer
Tonight's show was absolutely terrific

My mom and I lucked up when my aunt gave us her tickets to the show for free
because she had something come up.

The Mighty Dells were the opening act, and they were very cool
I love 'The Love We Had'

BUT then Gladys came on and SHOWED OFF!
She opened with a funky medley including: ' Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)', 'Don't Stay Away Too Long ', and more...

I can never remember complete setlists, but some more songs she sang:
Love Overboard
My Life Story
Keep on Keepin On
If You Don't Know me by Know
End of the Road
Stormy Weather
Midnight Train to Georgia

and alot more...

also, one of the Pips came out and joined her for a while (Bubba was his name?)
and he was HILARIOUS! making jokes and generally acting a fool!
Plus he did this superfunky version of Love and Happiness, with a bit a James Brown stewed in)

It was a very good show, and since I was probably the youngest person there, I can honestly say I feel sorry for my generation!


Come on guys! Love Gladys with me!

what are your favorite songs by her?
....I was sad that she didn't do my favorite (If I was Your Woman)

Gladys is the QUEEN to me. I adore her voice so damn much. Glad you had a good time.

Timmy84 said:

Wow, her voice was purrrfect! I mean, some people don't sound as good live, but she was not missing a single note!

I can highly recomend the livealbum from 1983
"Live at the Roxy".That album kick ass!

She's ageless... I love her and her soulful voice.

I`ve started plenty of Gladys threads, but people here just seems to ignore her

She's beautiful, unstoppable voice! Took my mom to see her live about 2 years ago, she was great

There are two women in the music industry that in my opinion, just blow the Patti's and the Mariah's out of the water. The first being Ms. Donna Summer and then Ms. Knight. These two women, just continue to get ignored in the industry, especially Gladys. Whenever I hear, "Neither One Of Us", or her version of, "The Way We Were", I lose my mine. I believe BET paid tribute to her on some award show and she came out and sang, "Neither", and tore the house down!! She is definitely, more credit.

when i saw kidsgirl started this thread, I JUST KNEW she went to the the show

i wanted to go but had to work late. i saw gladys a few years ago at the same venue, and she was awesome. glad you had a good time.


i remember back when anita baker was hot with "rapyure", for some dumb reason, she had gladys knight open for her. at that time, that was like having prince open for ne-yo. anita had like 12 songs to pick from, gladys like 4,000,000

btw, don'tr forhet anita's down there this month

and pssssst...bubba's her brother (and a pip)


youngins

and stay away from that virgin festival

Gotta love Gladys! She can sing me anything. I'd love to see her in concert.

My favorite would have to be "If I Were Your Woman."

As an aside, I also have to give it up to Gladys because she is always looking good.

Fury said:

So true!! and I mean Gladys didn't even play half of her songs, but she did alot of covers

too bad you couldn't make it

...and don't worry, I'm definitly not going to Virgin Fest!
I like NIN, and a Foo Fighters, but not enough to buy one of those expensive tickets and get lost in that crowd

AlexdeParis said:

seee! that's my favorite Glays song tooo
but she didn't sing it

manki said:

I'll have to check this out, but I might have it already among the cds and records my dad gave me....ps, which one of these guys is Bubba?

shorttrini said:

Dance said:

To me, Patti tends to over sing songs, when she does not have too. Ms. Summer, does not try to over sing...she just sings. This is just my opinion.

I'll be seeing her here on 9/20 with...



...Reverend Al



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

thekidsgirl said:

The dude to the left
/peace Manki

manki said:

thats what I thought, thanks!

theAudience said:

REALLY!? I mean the Dells were great, but I would have looooved to have seen her with Al Green

My favorite Gladys song has to be "Save The Overtime For Me", I play the hell outta that song.

Abdul said:

I love that one, too!

Gladys Knight is a fantastic singer. She has a nice, smooth voice and doesn't oversing!!

I love License to Kill.

Ms. Gladys Knight is the TRUTH!!!!!

Abdul said:

That's my favorite Gladys song too. I can keep it on repeat and NEVER get tired of it. Gladys Knight is nothing short of amazing and she deserves WAY more props than she does. When I saw her perform on the BET Awards in 2005, I was STUNNED at how incredible she was. What was amazing and in a way pathetic was that she showed everyone how a true performer does it on that stage. There was no one on that show that was even one-forth as good let alone great as Gladys. There is no one like her at all. NO ONE

All this Gladys love is so beautiful!

Gladys Knight is the DEAL.....can't be duplicated and WE (ORG) Folks know this, She can sing to me anytime and anything.....WOW....I love her unreleased song "Somebody Stole The Sunshine" on her motown anthology,My grandma may she rest in peace LOVED Gladys Knight, there was'nt a weekend where there was GLADYS KNIGHT on the HI-FI....Yes HI-FI.....LOL To Gladys Knight i tip my hat and thank you for ALL the years of DAMN good music with and without The Pips.

thekidsgirl said:

Yeah gladys will hurt ya. Her and chaka khan are my favorite female vocalists
from the 70's. Thanks for sharing the story with us. Don't know much about
the dells except a few songs and i was shocked to find out they recorded that
the love we had before dru hill and the dells version sounds excellent.

Oh yeah gladys should have been arrested for not performing
if i were your woman.
[Edited 8/5/08 19:20pm]

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah, I didn't know at first that they recorded The Love We Had before Dru Hill either

Saw her last night in Asheville

Amazing