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The Queens were fun
The Queens were fun. I’m glad I went, since it’s likely the last opportunity to see them live, given that Gladys and Patti are both in their 80s. Gladys is a little frail, but she knew what her fans wanted, and did a 30 minute set of all her greatest songs. She and her backups were all up front, and she sang almost every note of every song. Stephanie seems to hate singing all her songs after all these years, so she stretched and morphed them to the point that they were unrecognizable. And “Home” was a travesty. Patti’s wig was horrible, and very distracting. She did a costume change mid-set to an even worse wig. Mostly she screamed high pitched notes while her backup singers did all the heavy lifting. I think she may have dementia, as she seemed a bit lost, and just wandered off stage at the end, not even acknowledging the set was over. Chaka’s voice was amazing. She had really cheesy dancers, but she was mostly able to keep up with them. The arena was packed at the beginning of Gladys, and half empty by mid-Chaka. Stephanie, Patti and Chaka seemed to be competing for who could be louder. By 2/3 of the way through Chaka, I was nauseous from the subwoofers shaking my bones. At that point, we were three hours into the concert, and I was also deaf. So we left. It would have been nice to see the four of them singing together, but by then I didn’t care. It was still a good concert, but much better as an idea than the reality. My ears are still ringing this morning.