We took ourselves to an outdoors concert last night, in celebration of the quarter being over. As it happens, Baaba Maal was in town, in fact he just started his summer tour. C has been to his concerts twice already, but me never, although I have some of his music. I have however been to Youssou N'Dour's concert and that was one of the most fun, vibrating shows I've ever been to.Some british guy warmed up for BM, I wasn't too much into him although I guess he was ok, the star Baaba Maal however started slowly with some traditional 'griot' type music, no percussion and I was beginning to wonder where all the fun was. He really wasn't measuring up to Youssou N'Dour anymore than one would wanta compare Johnny Cash to Michael Jackson. I just wasn't feeling any swing. But then, things started heating up a bit, and we finally got the whole package: rythm and beat, unresistable percussion, the bright colours of African costumes, and a couple of female dancers jumping around as if possessed by the devil. It was fascinating. It was just over too soon.
It's an interesting venue where the concert took place, down by the marina. We walked for a little while after the concert and admired the views of the sailboats and the San Diego skyline across the bay.
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