My girlfriend and I have been busy recently with work and all. But last night, we had a chance to go to a Norah Jones concert here in Osaka. It was my girlfriend's first concert, and it was my first in a few years.
The venue was a good one. The capacity was 3,000 seats. We were far away in the balcony, but even up there we felt an intimacy with the performer. The place was packed with people. I was surprised that so many Japanese like Norah Jones, but hey... I can't blame them.
The concert was great. Norah Jones is a great live performer, a great singer, and a great pianist. Her Handsome Band was pretty cool, too. What most impressed me was her sense of humor. On the CDs, she sounds very serious and low key when she's performing, so it was shocking to see her joking around with the audience between songs. Once, she noticed the two screens on either side of the stage and said, "These screens aren't good for me." Then she playfully and jokingly pretended to move her expensive-looking dress around on her body as if she were making it look better on her. Also, while talking between songs, she said, "This spotlight... you can't escape from it!" Then she ran around the stage like a little girl trying to escape the spotlight, but to no avail. I was in stitches. A great concert.
