Title: Aaron rocks their world
Date: Monday, March 1, 1999
Author: David Veitch
Source: Calgary Sun
Source: http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsC/carter_aaron.html
Topic: 1999 Article/Interview
Pick: Yes
I have seen the immediate future of bubblegum pop and his name is Aaron Carter.
OK, chances are slim that the blond, mop-topped singer will parlay his current phenom status into a long-term musical career. It's more likely Theoren Fleury will re-sign with the Flames over the summer.
But right here, right now, Aaron is the man -- well, the boy -- for millions of pre-teen girls throughout North America, including many of the 1,600 Calgarians who attended his two concerts yesterday at Cowboys.
While the chaperoning grown-ups stood around the bar's periphery, hundreds of youngsters swarmed the stage, many with signs that had messages such as "I love you" and "Aaron knows how to shake."
Lindsay Gerrish, 10, brought a sign that read "Aaron rocks my world." And, apparently, he really does.
"He's such a cute singer," she said, summing up Aaron's appeal. And if he asked her out for a soda?
"I'd say definitely yes!" she blurted.
The first of his two shows lasted less than an hour, but Aaron display boundless energy, racing from side to side and jumping up and down as if the stage were a trampoline. The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was accompanied by two adults dancers and sang to pre-recorded music (and it appeared some, though not all, of Aaron's vocals were recorded, too).
To apply a critical ear to Aaron's hip-hop-flavoured music is missing the point. Let's put it this way: As a singer and dancer, Aaron will never be confused for Michael Jackson or, for that matter, Taylor Hanson. Everything he said onstage was scripted. And his best songs happen to be The Archies' Sugar Sugar and The Osmonds' One Bad Apple, bubblegum hits of a bygone era.
(I won't even get into the artistic merits of Aaron's sister, who warbled one song. Will their parents start pushing the family dog into showbiz next?)
Still, when one of the dancers asked if the kids were having a good time, the roar of approval was almost deafening. That said it all.
