Most of the new ditties discuss finding true fulfillment in a loving partner (rather than, say, a quickie in the heat of the night) soft, string-laden arrangements abound and the cover shows the 48-year-old London resident in a slim-fitting suit.īut here, Adams strode out in a black shirt and jeans and let loose on 15 songs in the marvellously reverberant church. Promoting his 11th studio album (an 11-track outing entitled, yes, 11), Adams has been criticized for not recapturing the urgent energy of early 1980s pop-rock landmarks like Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless. With just a guitar and a harmonica, the Vancouver-raised rock icon did his best to convert any doubters among the 600 or so who packed his invitation-only homecoming show at a downtown house of worship. If Bryan Adams feels like making his next CD an all-acoustic effort, he should go right ahead.
Andrew’s–Wesley Church on Thursday, March 20 The pace is all what you make it.Bryan Adams. “There is nothing better than making music, seeing the world and making people sing and dance,” Adams told Action. Adams worked the crowd by transporting them to another time to be young at heart, with less concern over the realities of adult life. Throughout much of the concert, Adams didn’t need a backup, as the crowd recited many of the lyrics. He called up the song again Saturday night and credited Turner as “one of the greatest singers of all time.” During one of Tina Turner’s tours, Adams joined her for their smash hit, “It’s Only Love.” It’s not the first time Adams performed a duet. At one point, a man hopped on stage in the middle of a song to take a cell phone photo next to the singer.Ī woman jumped up to kiss him, and another sauntered on the stage during Adams’ duet with a woman identified as “Lisa, a dietitian from Reno.” He invited Lisa to sing “Baby When You’re Gone,” a song she learned after seeing Adams last fall when she was eight and a half months’ pregnant.īut clearly she knew the words, even if she didn’t know what key to use. The crowd responded as he worked the stage with a spring in his step like a teenager dancing in a bedroom. He seemed to have as much fun performing as the audience. “In some ways, (this song is) personal ” all songs are, but that song is more of a nostalgic look back at making love in the summer,” he said.Īnd even at 48, Adams didn’t tire at belting out rock ‘n’ roll as the levels bounced on the sound board. The anthology read like a Billboard top 40 ” from “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Please Forgive Me” to “Somebody” and the crowd favorite “Summer of 69,” a song he told Lake Tahoe Action had nothing to do with the calendar. Even with a new album ” “I Thought I’d Seen Everything” ” due out next month, Adams has the wherewithal to know what a cross-generational fan base comes to see. At the Saturday performance, the British-Canadian opened alongside his four-member band with “One Night Love Affair,” providing a clear indication of where the evening was going.
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