Janelle Monáe Electrifies the Bronx at Super Bowl Concert
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At first, the venue for Janelle Monae's VH1 Super Bowl Blitz concert might have seemed surprising: A modest but upscale student theater at Lehman College in the Bronx. But anyone who's heard her new LP, The Electric Lady—one of our favorites of 2013—knows it's chocked full of booty-poppin', shout-a-long, soul-stirring jams. Were these thin rows of theater seats going to get in the way of our twerking?!?
Minutes before Monae's live broadcast began, the room's excitement was high, cheering as the instrumentalists took the stage dressed in uniformed black and white outfits a la her "Dance Apocalyptic" vid. A complete backing band with...take a deep breath...keyboardist, guitarist, bassist, trumpeter, trombone player, two backup singers, two percussionists and four string players (all looking genuinely pumped) played the "Suite IV Electric Overture" as Monae was wheeled out on a hand cart to her mic stand in a straight jacket.
Throwing off the restraint garment, Monae revealed a sleek black-and-white suit and moved into "Give Em What They Love," an Electric Lady standout that features Prince on the album version. While we held our breath thinking that every cameraman popping out from backstage was the Purple One himself, it really didn't matter: The Electric Lady was in full control.
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