Review: Human
Nature (Las Vegas Show)
Performance: Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ The
Imperial Palace, Las Vegas, NV
by P. Kristen Enos
(Originally posted March 7, 2010.)
What It's About:
Australia's number
one vocal group is now performing in the
Entertainment Capitol of the World with a nightly
concert at a hotel in the middle of the Strip.
A singing group of four Caucasian men who belt out
Motown songs with incorporated choreography.
My Real Thoughts On It:
I had absolutely no
exposure to this group until I had one of my Vegas
trips at Christmas time, when I saw all of the
advertising and a couple of promo clips. Since
I love Motown music and good singing performances I
dug a little further and decided that this is a
group that I wanted to check out. And I'm very
glad that I did.
Though a relatively
tiny theatre compared to some of the bigger (more
well-known names for US audiences), it's wonderful
to see a Vegas show that has a foundation of talent
and nostalgic, novel marketing, rather
than lots of padding with the artificial show glitz
that can be the hallmark of a Vegas act. These
men are definitely showmen, who know how to get a
crowd to their feet, dancing, singing, and yes,
screaming along. And the choreography is
non-stop, giving you plenty to watch, both with the
lead singer of the moment or the "back up"
singers doing smooth steps and turns in the
background.
By the end of the
performance, the men were understandably and
deservedly tired but the crowd was definitely
wanting to keep the show going, myself included.
With that, they were
promoting the fact that their CD of Motown songs has
been officially released in the US, along with a DVD
of one of their concerts.
Now while I admit
that I was very impressed with the group, it wasn't
enough for me to want to shell out some bucks for a
CD of their covers of Motown songs when I'd rather
just buy the originals. HOWEVER, I really
liked their stage performance, so with that, I very
eagerly bought the DVD for home viewing (and
reviewing).
I would definitely
see them again when I'm back in Vegas, and am
planning to give a lot of good word of mouth to
friends and coworkers that I think would be
interested in such a show. A casino staff
person told me that the band had signed a two year
contract and had just finished their tenth
month.
Update 3/9:
Okay, after watching and rewatching the DVD concert
(which is the base of the Vegas show btw) and some
sampling on YouTube, I decided I needed to purchase
their albums "Reach Out" and "Here and Now, Best Of
Human Nature" which is available on Amazon.
Another addition to my digital music player.
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