Breanna's Concert Review
The concert started at 7:30, with Mandy Moore, 3rd Storee and then Shanice (And some other guy, but I forgot his name) by that time, it was 8:30 so I
thought by now *N Sync would be coming on cuz of the time, anyway on our radio station they were announcing that it was gonna be Inoj, Jordan Knight and *N Sync, but as you can see, Inoj wasn't even there! Back to my story, so the crew started setting up, but I wasn't sure for who, but as soon as his poster went up, there wasn't a quiet girl in the pavilion! I swear I was
holding back tears! (Jordan was always my favorite New Kid, so seeing him in concert was like 15 years in the making!) His dancers came out and did their thang! And then finally Jordan himself came out and performed "A Different Party", he rocked! After that he asked who watched "Making The Video" on MTV, so of course that led to him performing "I Could Never Take The Place
Of Your Man" (My favorite song!), then he needed a well deserved break from all the dancing he had done, so he let a dj spin some turn tables, anyway he came back on and attempted to try and tease us by saying that it was really hot in Phoenix and he was just about ready to take his shirt off! So the dj joined in and said "If I take mine off, he's gotta remove his, right?" and
Jordan replied by saying "I'll get around to that a little later!" (ohmygosh!) He went on to perform "Close My Eyes" (his dancers actually sing backup for the live version!) Then he said "Now what was it I was supposed
to do?" So he removed his shirt and had a skin tight muscle shirt on! He performed "Give It To You" (They get pretty graphic with some of the dance moves on stage!) He said thank you for all the support and to enjoy the rest of the show (*N Sync) and he'd be back soon!
The QFJ Album review
Well this definatly has been worth the wait. We're not just saying this out of bias. The groovin' tunes diplayed in Jordan's "Jordan Knight" album are enough to get anyone dancing. The tracks vary from fast paced dance to soft melodic ballads. The variety is what makes this an album to have in your collection.
While Knight is known to be a pefectionist he certainly proved that here. Every song sounds like it could be a hit. It fits with the music of today, but with a fresh twist. He has broken from the cheesy bubble gum of the "New Kids" and spiced up his music to show his maturity. Watch out this "Kid" has grown up and in a big way.
The Right Stuff
By Aidin Vaziri
Jordan Knight
Jordan Knight
(Interscope)
By the time their careers came to a crashing end five years ago, New Kids On The Block's legacy had less to do with their disposable body of music than it did with bedsheets, lunchboxes, and action figures plastered with their faces.
A decade after the manufactured Boston vocal group infected the pop charts with mind-numbing hits like "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" and "Please Don't Go Girl," former members Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre are both back with solo albums that attempt to make hearts flutter all over again.
While McIntyre resorts back to the mawkish balladry of the New Kids on his debut, Stay The Same, Knight takes a considerably different approach on his self-titled disc. Enlisting Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the same hit-men that helped bring Janet Jackson out of her shell on Control, as the album's primary producers, Knight emerges from his years in the wilderness with a sleek and funky new adult identity. On the gorgeously addictive first single, he spells out the transformation in full: "Anyone can make you sweat/ But I can keep you wet."
Knight then proceeds to prove his point, prowling through the sticky guitar grooves of "A Different Party" and falling to his knees for an earnest rewrite of Prince's "I Can Never Take The Place Of Your Man." He then keeps the hair-raising hits coming with "Broken By You" and "Close My Eyes."
What's truly amazing is Knight makes it all seem so effortless. Unlike most artists banking on commercial rebirth, he never sounds cheap or desperate. Instead, he confidently navigates one of the most satisfying comebacks in recent memory, giving up a solid, sophisticated piece of work.
