Justin Bieber's show last nite

Yes, I did it.  I took my 14 year old daughter to see Justin Bieber on the My World Tour because, of my wife and me, I pulled the short straw. Plus my wife took her to see Aly and AJ a few years back so it was my turn.  Since my daughter was so excited beforehand, I was getting excited for her.

I'll get right to it.  All of the acts were talented with the singing and the dancing. Sean Kingston had most of the recognizable songs (to me) and was quite good for a mainly studio/video performer.  The scariest part of the night was when one of the opening acts told everyone to stand up and jump on the count of three until I realized the average weight of everyone there had to be roughly 68lbs, except me of course, but I wasn't jumping anyway.

By the time Justin Bieber came out you could cut the tension/excitement with a knife. They did it right by putting a timer up after Sean Kingston to let everyone know that, in 15 minutes, "the Bieb" would be taking the stage. By the time it got down to one minute I wasn't sure if people were going to start passing out or screaming or jumping off the balcony. Unfortunately, they all started screaming. And guess who forgot to bring earplugs?

By the time it was all said and done, I was impressed with Justin's (can I call him Justin, or should I say Mr. Bieber? I'm sticking with Justin) overall talent. He dances ok, he sings quite well when he's not singing over a sing along track, he plays guitar well, he plays the drums ok (I'm a drummer so I'm trying to not be too critical here). All-in-all, I was impressed with the overall quality of the show.

Would I recommend this show to my friends? Uh...no. When I was 14 or so, probably not then either. It's just not my type of music. I have sat through several JB songs on the computer while my daughter was listening but I can't see myself searching out his music. He did have one song called "Never say never" that I thought I might like to download.  After listening to it online this morning, I changed my mind...just couldn't do it.

If this review was for the Sean Kingston part alone, yes, I'd recommend it.  And Sean's drummer was pretty close to the best live drummer I've ever seen.  And I've seen quite a few.

Oh yeah, who's this "shawty" that everyone keeps singing about?