2Unlimited @ Kansas City Gay Pride 2008

When I heard that 2Unlimited, a pop dance duo from the 80's, was going to be at Pride, I got very excited. I could not wait to see them. However, when the performance started, I was immediately disappointed.

The flashback to the 80's was great and all, but the singers were still stuck in that decade themselves. The female dancer kept dancing "The Robot" and "The Running Man" (ish) while attempting to vogue and run all over the stage. The male singer did a bit better and played more to the crowd.

The other thing I did not care for was the fact that the singers sang along with a CD track of their songs. Meaning, you heard the vocals (NOT just background vocals) from the CD and you heard the live singing on top of that. Ugh! Only when they did new material, did it seem that the only voices you heard was from the live vocalists.

The performance reminded me a bit of the time that RuPaul was here a few years ago. It was just him on stage. No band. No back up dancers. Just her and an audio track... and 126 costume changes.

Tonight is Deborah Cox in concert... I hope it is much better.