2023-08-10 02:18:37
With fully assumed nostalgia, singer Lionel Richie served his most languorous (not to say sticky) hits to a crowd of already conquered admirers.
It was a resplendent Lionel Richie, despite his 74 years, who showed up in front of them on the Bell Center stage.
In the introduction, a summary in pictures of the great moments of his career set the tone, a bit like a time machine.
He started it off singing Hello. We have to admit that the voice no longer has the same power. And the pompous visual effects do not overcome the failing vocal inflections.
Photo Agence QMI, Mario Beauregard
But he still has the same stage presence. And he bets a lot on it. Because in Running With the Nightas well rendered by the group as it is, Lionel Richie spends his time challenging the crowd between the verses and the choruses in order to sublimate his shortcomings in singing with his talents “to entertain”.
Lionel Richie’s repertoire perpetuates two constants over the albums: “sticky slows” à la Hello or Truly or unifying anthems to get the party going like All Night Long or Dancing on the Ceiling.
On this point, we are served. Especially since Lionel Richie promises from the first minutes that his show will cover all the hits in its repertoire. From the Commodores to the 1980s.
The crowd reacted from the first notes of any of his hits. We were treated to his entire pre-1987 catalog. Very few singles released after this vintage have found a place in the evening’s repertoire.
Since the singer hasn’t produced anything new since 2012, or thereabouts, we can’t blame him for settling on older haunts. The crowd saw nothing but fire. In addition to forgetting that Lionel Richie’s voice is no longer the same vehicle that once supported his unstoppable melodies.
Earth, Wind & Fire : Let’s Groove en masse!
Before him, the disco troupe Earth, Wind & Fire more than assured. In fact, we’re not really talking about a first part, because the “Sing a Song” of the name of their tour comes from their repertoire.
They did not swing their cannons from the outset. They might have had an advantage in revealing their game earlier. It didn’t get off to a flying start as one might expect.
It started to really lift from Fantasy. Then it broke: Boogie Wonderland, Let’s Groove (we would have thought we were in a roulathèque in 1980), September. The Bell Center oozed profusely under the effect of these beasts of inveterate scenes. The 3 original members, Rob Johnson, Verdine White and Philip Bailey have lost none of their enthusiasm.
Earth, Wind & Fire opened for Lionel Richie’s show at the Bell Centre. Photo QMI Agency, Mario Beauregard
In short, fans were treated to the evening they could expect and relive some memories by rediscovering a repertoire of memorable songs.
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