Industry columnist Bob Leftsetz usually does a run down of album sales every few weeks with some biting commentary and when it came to Keith Urban, he filled it in with a email he received from a reader, it has been published below in it's entirety. Check out Leftsetz's blog here.162. Keith Urban "Greatest Hits"
Sales this week: 4,772
Percentage change: -1%
Weeks on: 20
Cume: 513,386
The reason they put out these greatest hits albums is because Wal-Mart
won't stock the catalogue!
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Bob:
Your email today got me thinking about this past Weds. night and an earlier email of yours.
Our daughter is 12 and we took her to the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore to see Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban. Of course Carrie did a nice job but you can see that she has some maturing to do with her stage presence, but all in all a nice show and my daughter loved it.
Then Keith Urban came out. I told my daughter to hang on as I had heard he was good. Now I am not going to do that rock and rock "cred" thing but suffice to say I am 54 and my first of many big concerts was Jimi Hendrix also in that same arena about 4 months before his death.
Keith Urban was fantastic, what a show! One of the best I have EVER seen. Many times over the years I have gone to see big name acts and I find myself checking my watch after an hour or so. When I left Keith's show, I felt I was leaving home after being on vacation, I was bummed out
it was over. WOW. I kept think about it yesterday. I think his audience rapport equals or even exceeds Springsteen's. He really made everyone in the arena feel that he was glad they were there. Great staging too. Went out into the crowd, gave away a guitar and did a nice surprise duet with Carrie (Stop dragging my heart around....they should release it, it was GREAT). It was too loud, but they all are nowadays (maybe I am just getting old!). I have tinnitus (too much loud music) so I wear good quality ear plugs (I know, I'm a dork, but I want to save what is left). His blend of rockers and laid-back acoustic country/rock makes for a nice dynamic. It blew my daughter's mind, she had never seen anything like it and I was glad to be able to share it with her. I listened to his albums for all of my 100 RT mile commute yesterday. $300 well spent.
Just had to tell you,
Denman Schmid
3 comments:
Keith is truly amazing!!!! He is such an incredible performer/artist! Anyone who experiences him live becomes a fan! That's how awesome he is! Keith rocks!
Keith is truly the BEST I've ever seen and I'm middle aged as well. I've even seen Elvis and I would put Keith above everyone! Dynamic entertainer and vocalist! I kinda went through withdrawals for a while after seeing Keith! I highly recommend one of his shows!
I haven't seen Keith since November 07 and I am dying of withdrawal! I don't know how I will survive the rest of this year without seeing him! I was supose to see him in March in San Jose but got ripped off by TicketsMyWay.com....don't EVER, NEVER buy tickets from these scumbags!
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