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19/02/98 - SASKATCHEWAN PLACE, SASKATOON, SK Review by Leslie Perreaux (The
StarPhoenix): Bryan Adams delivers. Everywhere he goes, Adams is sure to rock the socks off the young and young-at-heart, and that's exactly what he did at SaskPlace Thursday night. A packed audience took in an energetic performance, which featured 10 dancing models from Saskatoon. A reviewer sits in the office at SaskPlace trying to write something about the concert. He unconsciously sings along to Run To You playing in the background and wonders why Bryan Adams remains so annoyingly popular. Suddenly, as the guitar riff in the middle of the song begins, the answer hits him. Could it be more obvious? Even if your not a fan, you know this man's music. It defined most of the 1980s for anyone between 20 and 30. And judging by Thursday night's big crowd at SaskPlace, it continues to touch people at far wider ends of the age spectrum. Like it or not, Shania Twain et al. owe everything they have to him. He was a pioneer in exporting Canadian music at a time when he shared the stage with few Canadians (Cory Hart?). The music is strictly a middle-of-the-road mix of two kinds of songs. There are the rockin' tunes like Run to You, The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You, This Time and Summer of '69. Then there are the wedding songs, defined by more recent hits like Everything I Do (would you believe that song came out eight years ago?) and Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. Adams is entertaining beyond the music. For Thursday's performance, several dozen local fans provide backdrop as they stand on a raised platform, listening. They love it. Several people are invited up on stage. Even the one 15-year-old-looking girl who somehow wandered passed security onto the stage is sent away with a playful boot in the butt, and a kiss. The fans eat it up. The show's first number features a troupe of local models strutting across the stage in front of Adams. They are reminiscent of a shooting gallery game at the Exhibition, where the ducks roll by on a conveyor belt until they mercifully stop marching and start dancing. One of the last songs begin. Summer of '69. Adams has recruited a bizarre mix of people from the audience to perform the song. Julie from Arcola on drums. Some guy in a blue plaid shirt from Sutherland sings. Of course he knows all the words. | |||
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