THE CONCERT I MOST WANT TO SEE

I have seen music legends in concert. The list is too long to even start naming all the artists and bands I've seen in concert. It is well over 500 concerts by over 200 artists or groups. But there are some notable absences of artists whom I would LOVE to see in concert. My Top 3:

#3 - Michael Jackson. Yes, we would be getting the 50 year old Michael Jackson, but it would still be an amazing show nonetheless.

#2 - Whitney Houston. Hopefully drug free and just waiting for a diva comeback of epic proportions.

#1 - ABBA - the pop supergroup has said they will never get back together, but ABBA is definitely a concert I would LOVE to see. The Mamma Mia movie was terrible, the musical was not much better. And no one does ABBA like the original ABBA. And while I'm talking about Mamma Mia. Here's my theory on its popularity, especially in Europe. I was watching Mamma Mia on an early Monday evening in Munich, Germany in September. The cinema was mostly populated with middle aged women, all of whom were singing along to all the songs. Mamma Mia was terribly directed, close up when it should have been a long shot, a long shot when it should have been close up.....just poor direction overall. Back to Europe.....why the movie has done so well isn't so much because of the movie, it's because of the memories. Women all over the world were watching ABBA and remembering their youth (in this case their teenage years in the 70's). Music has such a strong connection to memories and Mamma Mia allows the moviegoer to remember their youth. And 2 hours of remembering your youth is more than worth the 8 euro price of admission.

UPDATE: on March 5, 2009, Michael Jackson announced he's touring beginning July 2009 in London: http://www.michaeljackson.com/

UPDATE 2: Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009 at 50 years old. May he find peace in death that he never had while he was alive.