Originally Posted by
lucky2012
I was there, too, Vgalindo! I had posted in another thread that I would be one of those who would be there to just enjoy being in her presence. [All the negative comments and “critiques” of her 78 year old self and voice from some here ignored and banished! !]
This was a birthday gift from my beloved. I was touched and moved remembering the first time hearing Stop! on the radio at age 11 as I now saw the whole sold-out Hollywood Bowl singing and doing the iconic hand gesture with her. And so it went with every song. It was especially wonderful to see many young people.
She did full renditions of Stop!, Come See About Me, Baby Love, You Can’t Hurry Love and Love Child. All her solo #1s except Touch Me & Endless Love. My favorites were It’s My House, Don’t Explain [for Berry Gordy] and Beautiful Love [for Evan’s birthday, not mine].
My beloved is a Chaka fan but he enjoyed it all as much as I did. Everyone stood up as soon as she appeared and we were all pretty much up, moving and singing and celebrating most of the time. My beloved & I did have to sit sometimes because of our baby-boomer hips and feet.
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