Penn for Obama
The first thing Sam told me when I woke up this morning was that John Legend was putting up a show in Philly. For a second there I wondered if he had saidJohn Lennon or John Legend. Obviously it was Legend duh! it would have been kind of spooky if it had been the former.
I met Julian, a good friend of ours and one of Sam's classmates, he too told me about the show and reminded me that it was free. I thought why not. Picked Mich up from school and headed straight for the auditorium. There were only a few people waiting in line by the time we got there but it turns out we were early. Students started flocking in after a while. It was well organised, no pushing or "fixing people", every one stood in line and waited their turn to enter.
First on stage was Kal Penn telling us why we should vote for Obama. I thought he had an Indian accent judging from the movies he'd acted in but no, it's all American. Students were excited to see him but after a while they begun shuffling in their seats. That was a sign to say - "dude, it's nice to see you and all but can we now have the 'legend'?".
Kal went on to introduce the five time Grammy award winner - John Legend. Wooooow!!!
Students cheered real loud. Then some fat guy walked onto the stage, headed straight towards the keyboard and adjusted the microphone. For a second there everyone was like 'huh?!' but shortly after that Legend walked on, we cheered again.
I was so excited "it's him, it's him, it's Legend, he's here, he's for real, this is so cool!!" the only thing that was missing was my camera.
Mich on the other hand was bored, what was all the fuss about? A man walking onto the stage? At least if he was making funny faces or doing something interesting, he was just walking and people were cheering so hard? Spoosh!
He greeted us and said he was here to rally votes for Obama, encouraging us to vote for change. Without wasting time he sat down at the keyboard and played his first song. It was fantastic, his voice is crisp, clear and loud, it filled the entire auditorium. Every one was silent, listening intently.
I loved the way he played the keyboard, like it was his second nature, like the keys was part of him and him part of the keys. His voice blended very well with the notes he played, it was neat!
Mich fell asleep ( he'll probably kick himself in the foot when he is older and I tell him how he slept through a "free" John Legend concert).
After singing two songs he stopped to drink some water and the students cheered and clapped like that was the coolest thing, I mean he was just drinking water but... the life of celebs!. They can make you buy tooth paste with so much zeal, just because they said they use it.
Legend is an old boy of U Penn, so he was certainly the best Obama representative.
He played about 7 songs before it was all over and students had to go for lectures. We went out on "Ordinary people".
I met Julian, a good friend of ours and one of Sam's classmates, he too told me about the show and reminded me that it was free. I thought why not. Picked Mich up from school and headed straight for the auditorium. There were only a few people waiting in line by the time we got there but it turns out we were early. Students started flocking in after a while. It was well organised, no pushing or "fixing people", every one stood in line and waited their turn to enter.
First on stage was Kal Penn telling us why we should vote for Obama. I thought he had an Indian accent judging from the movies he'd acted in but no, it's all American. Students were excited to see him but after a while they begun shuffling in their seats. That was a sign to say - "dude, it's nice to see you and all but can we now have the 'legend'?".
Kal went on to introduce the five time Grammy award winner - John Legend. Wooooow!!!
Students cheered real loud. Then some fat guy walked onto the stage, headed straight towards the keyboard and adjusted the microphone. For a second there everyone was like 'huh?!' but shortly after that Legend walked on, we cheered again.I was so excited "it's him, it's him, it's Legend, he's here, he's for real, this is so cool!!" the only thing that was missing was my camera.
Mich on the other hand was bored, what was all the fuss about? A man walking onto the stage? At least if he was making funny faces or doing something interesting, he was just walking and people were cheering so hard? Spoosh!
He greeted us and said he was here to rally votes for Obama, encouraging us to vote for change. Without wasting time he sat down at the keyboard and played his first song. It was fantastic, his voice is crisp, clear and loud, it filled the entire auditorium. Every one was silent, listening intently.
I loved the way he played the keyboard, like it was his second nature, like the keys was part of him and him part of the keys. His voice blended very well with the notes he played, it was neat!
Mich fell asleep ( he'll probably kick himself in the foot when he is older and I tell him how he slept through a "free" John Legend concert).
After singing two songs he stopped to drink some water and the students cheered and clapped like that was the coolest thing, I mean he was just drinking water but... the life of celebs!. They can make you buy tooth paste with so much zeal, just because they said they use it.
Legend is an old boy of U Penn, so he was certainly the best Obama representative.
He played about 7 songs before it was all over and students had to go for lectures. We went out on "Ordinary people".
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