The Thursday Mornin’ “Nobody-Axed-Me-To, But-Here-I-Goes Anyhow” Concert Review – BARRY CLUCKIN’ MANILOW!!!

(or, Why I Will Never, Ever Be A Professional Concert Reviewer…)

Greetings, mammals!! Ole Charlie is still alive and kickin’ , and in Las pluckin’ Vegas no less! I left Huey, Dewey, and Louie with Cornelius, and stowed away with the world travellers. I got my pinfeathers inta the Barry Manilow: “Music & Passion” show!!

The tone was set going inta the showroom. We were all given Barry Manilow “Music & Passion” glowsticks, so it was gonna be a pretty elegant affair.

Before the show, I got to chattin’ with the mammal beside me, and she was darn-near overcome with giddiness. I hafta admit, I had a pretty bad case of poultry bumps myself.

When the lights when down, the place pluckin’ erupted. There was a standin’ ovation durin’ the prerecorded overture, and when the curtain rose, ya could see Barry’s silhouette in a smoky doorway. More shrieks and screams. It was Beatlemania, all over again…

The Man went straight into his gigantic catalogue of hits – “It’s A Miracle” .Yes, it was. A true blue Technicolor miracle wahoo. Blending self-depracatin’ humour with stories of his life, hit after hit exploded onto the lavish stage. What can I say? A huge backin’ band, back-up singers that also performed sketches and dance numbers – it was everythin’ I hoped it would be.

Now, to set the record straight, I travelled quite a ways, and the temperature swings here have been murder. I ain’t sweated so much since I layed under a heatin’ lamp one time for a gag. So, I happened to pick up a bit of a cold, which made me sniffle a lot, and my pluckin’ eyes wouldn’t quit runnin’. So that was all that was goin’ on there, during “Mandy”, and songs like that…

Although, when “I Write The Songs” started, a very burly man behind me actually shouted out “HOO-HAH!!”…

It was Sing-A-Long Central, humany peoples. Hit-O-Rama, mama. I can say I say The Man at the top of his pluckin’ game – at the Copa, Copacabana!! Music and Passion fer sure!!!

I can barely stand it…

Cluck for now!!!!!