I Love You Ms. Badu!
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Ok, I'm finally posting about seeing Erykah Badu live. This past Saturday I went to the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, CA to see her. If you don't know about this festival, it's a festival that is more, um, natural. The emphasis is on healthy alternatives to mainstream stuff. I avoided going to it for the first 9 years I lived in the area since I thought it was a big hippiefest. I finally broke down & went to it last year to see Cake & Ozomatli(among others)& I had a blast. It wasn't all hippies, although there were quite a few, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I imagined it would be. Mind you, I'm into more natural, healthy things but I'm far from being a hippie!I saw a bunch of other groups while I was there since it was an all day thing(actually 3 days but I just went one day). Taj Mahal played a solo set which was pretty mellow blues but a good performance. Rickie Lee Jones played after him & she was pretty mellow too but it was good. I kept saying to a friend I was sitting with "Ok Rickie you can pick up the pace here anytime now."There were a few other groups as well that played but not interesting enough to talk about.When Erykah finally hit the stage at 8:25(40 mins. late, what a diva!)I was more than ready. She does this little ritual where she burns sage and bows to the east & west, which has something to do with her belief system, as her band vamps extendedly. She started out singing two songs I didn't recognize which might very well be off her forthcoming album to be released in Sept. They both were great, upbeat & she definitely got the crowd moving with her wonderful soul/hip-hop. Ms. Badu proved to be quite a showperson and had full command over her band. She would tell them to hold up as she would periodically sing/rap then kick back in when she indicated. She did extended versions of her songs and did quite a few of my favs including 'Tyrone', 'Green Eyes', 'Penitentiary Philosophy', 'On & On', 'Other Side Of The Game', 'Ye Yo', 'Bag Lady', 'Love Of My Life', 'Certainly','In Love With You','Bump It', 'I Want You', 'Sometimes. . .', 'Back In The Day' and a few others."Love Of My Life" live '06 in Barcelona:During the song 'Love Of My Life' Erykah busted out rappin' "Rapper's Delight"(she does it in the clip above)! It was f'n awesome & she did a great job! During the song 'Green Eyes' she's singing about her continued love for her ex & she started pulling down her tights down to crotch level but pulled her shirt down to keep her covered as she's singing about wanting to make love one more time! I don't think it was a usual thing cause her band members had rather surprised looks on their faces(since they were getting mooned w/that big ol' bootay), lol! She had alot of fun with the crowd, getting us involved singing along as well.And Erykah's voice live is as impressive as on her cds, if not more. She did alot of rap singing but also improvised vocally doing some amazing vocalization. I was also impressed that she performed until 10:00 pm, since I figured she would perform for 45 mins. to an hour tops, being the diva that she is, but she surprised me. So I was definitely in heaven, singing at the top of my lungs & seriously getting down to the songs.The previous groups/performers paled in comparison to Ms. Badu but she made it all worth going.
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