35/365 Positively dreamy!

Ah, me. I love him even more now than I did before, and that's saying a lot.

On Friday night, I saw the one... the only... Michael Buble in concert at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

And oh my, was he fantastic. Actually, fantastic isn't a strong enough word. It was more like fant-abu-zing or won-cred-velous.

Michael Buble is truly a class act, even aside from the fact that he sings the great classic songs just as well as Sinatra. He has a very natural voice that was just as good -- or better -- in person than on a CD.

I would have loved him even if he'd just stood still at the microphone and sang for two hours. But he added to his greatness with a fantastic stage presence, he was very engaging with the audience -- and he was funny! He mentioned that he was awake for the 5.2 magnitude earthquake we had at 5:39 Friday morning, and he said it was the most action he'd had in a long time.

He sang a variety of his songs from all of his albums, as well as his latest hits. During "Home", they showed video clips of sights from around Indy behind him. The crowd loved it, and it turned into a very telling snapshot of the current spirit of the city. When a shot of Peyton Manning's poster on the side of the RCA Dome made everyone go nuts, it actually made him turn around to see what was on screen that had garnered that reaction. It was the same for the next shot of the new Lucas Oil Stadium. But a few seconds later, when a view of the spinning Pacers logo at Conseco Fieldhouse came on screen, no one cheered. You could have heard the crickets chirping had it not been for the song. Even a shot of the Chase tower -- just an office building, mind you -- got some applause.


His opening act was great, too. They were an a capella group called Naturally 7. When they first came out, I was a little surprised, because they didn't seem like the kind of group that would fit with Michael Buble's style. Their first song was a little more hip hop than the rest of their set, but when they started singing some songs that showed off just how good they were, it made more sense. Here's a video of one of their songs at another Buble concert. Everything you hear is a capella!



I could go on and on here about how amazing he was. If he were to come back to Indy with the exact same show, I would pay to see it again. Two words sum it up for me: positively dreamy.

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