Sunday, September 14, 2008

Enrique Concert


In July, I was so excited when I found out that Enrique was coming in concert. The last time he came to Las Vegas it was on my birthday and I didn't go, which I was so bummed about. I had heard from a couple friends that had been that it was so good. So I told myself that if he ever came again, I would buy tickets. I got some money for my birthday, found another Enrique enthusiast and another friend who just likes to get out of the house, and we bought tickets.

The night comes for the concert and we start off early. I needed to return some things to the mall and we all like to eat, so why not shop and eat before the concert? The night was going so well, good friends, good food, and then we got to Mandalay Bay for the concert. I all of a sudden felt like I was out of place. There were too many Latino women to count. Actually it would have been easier to count the white women! Not only were we the white girls, but we had clothes on too. There were many females that desperately needed the help of TLC's Stacy and Clinton, theWhat Not to Wear team. I felt very overdressed in my jeans and cotton t-shirt. Here are some pictures of the Enrique fans.





As we were trying to find our seats, Kristy has the thought of "What if the concert was in Spanish." I remember thinking to myself, "Yea, right. He has way too many good songs in English." Well... Kristy was right! Most of the songs Enrique sang were in Spanish as well as conversations he had in between songs. There were about fours songs that were in English. We sat down in our seats, while everyone stood singing. I pulled out my phone and started texting a friend in SLC who was going to come down for the concert.

The next thing that really bugged me is that Enrique seemed to be pretty full of himself. He was not the entertainer I was hoping for. He was actually very inappropriate! I won't go into details, but I was not impressed at all.

There was nothing to the concert either. Enrique just ran around on stage singing to his Latino women in the crowd. No dancers, pyrotechnics, nothing really worth writing home about. For the price that I paid, I wanted some serious entertainment and I got nothing!!


I like his ENGLISH songs and I still think he is very good looking, but I will not be attending another concert of his, EVER! The one good thing about this concert is that it gave us plenty of laughs, at least Kristy was having a good ole laugh fest, Angie too. I was just a little ticked. I can laugh about it today, but last night, I was glad to get out of there and go eat some U-Swirl. At least I had my gal pals with me to keep it fun.

11 comments:

derrickfam said...

Yes. I'm dying laughing over here. I can't believe you guys went to Enrique! Nice. You are awesome.

Kittyrunner said...

I have only been to one concert in my life and it was Enrique. Sounds like I had a better experience than you did though. They had some cool stuff they did with lights and that kinda thing--he even brought a mom up on stage and sang, "Hero" to her. It was cute. I think it was mostly English but I did have my Spanish speaking cousin with me to translate. I have been trying to find my pictures from the concert for so long now, if I ever find them I'll have to show you. Maybe he changes his show a little for the audience--I was watching him in UT and this is Vegas...I don't know. It was also about 5 years ago. That's sad that it didn't turn out very well for you guys though. Bummer! I have more Enrique stories for you though--my cousin was a die-hard fan. I'll have to tell you sometime.

Kittyrunner said...

PS. I like the fan pictures. Yes, Amy, you were wearing way too much clothing. How is Enrique supposed to notice you if you're dressed like that???

LaRae said...

This is hilarious! Apparently most of the concert attendees were hoping to catch Enrique's attention with their booty-hugging skirts!

Herlean Family said...

Can I just say that nothing was funnier than looking over at you occasionally and seeing your ticked off face during the concert! I thought it was hilarious, the nasty, drunk girls he would make out with. He apparently isn't too picky. He'll make out with any disgusting thing that jumps up on stage. Crazy.

Angie said...

It was still alot of fun, even if we couldnt understand 3/4 of what he was saying! He looked good and the music still sounded good! I love to people watch anyway and there was PLENTY to see at this concert!!! I'm up for a Justin Timberlake concert next time he comes, keep an eye out Amy!

Anonymous said...

This is so fun to catch up-- I can't believe you have 3 kids! Have that many years REALLY gone by? You got married pretty soon after Israel huh? Do you keep in touch with anyone else from our group?

I just added you to my blog so I can keep tabs on you. (spinsterstories.blogspot.com) Yes, I am a spinster. :)

Rosander said...

What a bummer. Sorry it was a let down. I'm glad that you still do fun stuff like that. That's awesome!

Jolin said...

That is hard when you have built it up and it doesn't turn out as planned - So Sorry.

Rosander said...

Enrique is no M.C. Hammer

Peace, Love, Happiness!!! said...

wow mom you must have had a lot of fun