Sun Feb 05 02:53:19 SAST 2012
Sun Feb 05 02:53:19 SAST 2012

Brothers do doesn't do it

Sep 2, 2010 | Akulalwa | 10 comments

Party night promise ends up being no great shakes

Jaziel Brothers

LAST Saturday evening, your two girls were invited to the Night with the Brothers concert at the Emerald Resort and Casino in the Vaal.

We braved the icy cold weather, put on our dancing shoes and headed off to the dooh. It proved to be an interesting start to the night, with the organisers giving us bad directions and GPS just not finding the address.

Despite the cheap drama on the way, your two girls finally arrived at the casino. At first we thought we had missed the concert.

Haibo, the place was so empty, clearly people from the Vaal do not understand the meaning of the words: party until the next day.

No celebs in sight, though the line-up of artists seemed promising. Theo Kgosinkwe, Ntando, Jaziel Brothers and the newcomer, designer-turned-musician Rjkay's Reggie Molamu, rocked the stage and the empty seats.

The concert itself was a boring, silly excuse to waste money. I mean we could have gone on a shopping spree in Sandton - the artists, however, tried to revive the handful of a crowd.

The sound equipment was bad, it was loud, you could not hear the artists.

Molamu was all black, short of being Goth without the piercings of course.

One has got to wonder if the crowd was cheering for the guy because they loved his sounds or is that people from the Vaal have this warped sense of music. They danced to every tune.

He rocked the stage with his afro-jazz tunes and his salsa dance moves.

Hunk Ntando wore a black suit, and looked all metro-sexual with his dreads neatly tied up.

He did rattle the girls a bit - they had to scream their lungs out for him.

Good to see he still has a following.

Jaziel Brothers were completely drowned out, you could not hear a thing - their bright blue jackets did not do them justice as they damaged the eyes when they came in contact with the lights.

When Theo came on stage, like they did for Ntando, the crowd screamed. But the guys were screaming more than the women, literally melting, I found this weird. Tjo, they should just be strong.

It's always nice going out and having a good time, though the concert was not really up to my standard.

I think I should look up a proper word to describe it.

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Sun Feb 05 02:53:19 SAST 2012 ::
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Sep 2, 2010

LadySkroof

Honestly i would never go to a concert with that line - up.I think afro pop is monotonous,they all sound the same ,the ladies are all trying to be like that boring whats her name oh ya Nhlanla and the guys are all trying to sound like ringo...BBOOORRIINNGG........
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Sep 2, 2010

Billionaire

Same with this so called Jazz festivals, with Big Nuzz ko Jazzing?
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Sep 2, 2010

mamoruti

I can listen to Jaziel brothers anyday
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Sep 2, 2010

LadySkroof

@ MAMORUTI .. YOUR NAME SAYS IT ALL.I cant stand them hey
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Sep 2, 2010

Starring

@Ladyskroof I think your the weakest link. You must be having all that Thomas Chauke and the Shinyori Sisters collection, shimatsatsa no: 1 to 16. Jaziel, Nthando, Theo.... Get to have money I would like them to perform at my private party hey
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Sep 2, 2010

Domkop81

No timing for the line up. @billionaire that's true, I wondered on whether Drakensberg is still organising to moretelle jazz or someone else took over. disappointed.
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Sep 2, 2010

I can listen to their music but won't buy it. I won't even buy a ticket to their concert...
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Sep 2, 2010

MissK19

What a waste of money!!!
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Sep 2, 2010

Nocomment

Luckly i ddnt hear of it....
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Sep 2, 2010

bantu

iyo ..who throws a party in the vaal?
ke kasie yajka i know mara they dont know how to party period..hope the orhganisers learnt their lesson...
@ billionare,,,the jazz fest ko moretele was happening bru,,i didnt make it to work on monday
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