European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aught in the a Tobby rown time was you could t turn on the radio without hearing one of Bobby Browne shit songs Don t be cruel my prerogative Roni or Rock with Cha from Brown s Multi Platinum album Don t be cruel. Even Oprah Winfrey got the Brown Bug when she had the Singer As a Surprise guest Quot on a show that featured the hottest pop stars of the recording Industry. But that was More than a year ago and in this age of fickle manhood a year is time enough for stars to fade just As quickly As they Rose to the top. Not so with Brown. American fans came out in full Force Friday when Brown played his Only concert in West Germany at the fest Halle in Frankfurt. Some like Joan Ricks came from As far away As Berlin to catch Brown in action. And according to Ricks the show was Quot Worth every single  Quot he kept me on pins and Needles the whole time Quot Ricks said after the show. A former member of the Boston teen pop sensation new edition Brown 21, appeals As much these Days to teen age girls a who screeched and squealed in Frankfurt and fought Over the sweat drenched towels he threw into the crowd a As to older fans who know a Good entertainer when they see one. And Brown most certainly is Good or As his fans would have it he a live. His soul inflected radio hits Are tame compared to his stage show and he a a far cry from the wholesome bespectacled boy next door he portrayed on Oprah Winfrey. Browne a concert contains All the earmarks of a Las vegas style show from the grand opening with swirling spotlights smoke explosions and pyrotechnic Al effects to the grand finale Complete with a min fireworks display inside the Hall. But the spotlight is on Browne a dancing. Music becomes almost secondary As virtually All attention is paid to his riveting movements and antics not to mention his hard Lithe body. On stage Brown combines the soul histrionics and sexual aggressiveness of James Brown with modern rap dancing marked by flailing arms gyrating hips and pumping Knees. For purposes of this family newspaper let s just say that Brown engaged in a strenuous 80-minute aerobics routine in Frankfurt he ran continuously Back and Forth across the stage did knee crouches while making Eye Contact with select members of the front Row performed Pelvic thrusts that would make Jane Fonda envious and did a lengthy set of slow push ups the likes of which got him arrested in Georgia once. Every now and then he would wipe his sweaty hands slowly Over the front of his silk pants. The men in the audience weren to Short changed. Brown occasionally gave the spotlight to two spandex Clad women dancers dubbed Brown sugar who did some fancy rap footwork with two male dancers called hot soul. Brown is no Michael Jackson when it comes to dancing he a in a class of his own. If Jackson s routine is based on Gene Kelly and Hollywood Browne a is based on James Brown and the Urban ghetto. If Jackson is asexual on stage there a no mistaking what Brown is. Yet for All his apparent narcissism on stage Brown took a few minutes in Frankfurt to give credit where it s due first and Foremost he thanked his fans then the radio djs and the music press All without whom he said there would be no Bobby Brown. Not Many performers consider that these Days. A by Anita Gosch staff writer Hardtop a singles 1. It must have been love a Rosette 2. Hold on a Wilson Phillips 3. Poison a Bell big Devoe 4. Step by step a new kids on the Block 5. Vogue a Madonna 6. All i Wanna do is make love to you a heart 7. Alright a Janet Jackson 8. U can t touch this a . Hammer 9. Ready or not a after 7 10. Do you remember a Phil Collinston a up s 1. Please Hammer Don t Hurt pm a 2.1 do not want what i Haven t got 3. I m breathless a Madonna 4. Pretty woman a soundtrack 5. Brigade a heart 6. Poison a Bell big Devoe 7. Shut up and dance a Paula Abdul 8. Violator a Dereche Mode 9. Soul provider a Michael Bolton 10. Wilson Phillips a Wilson Phillips . Hammer a Sinead o Conno country a singles George Strait. She came from fort Worth a Kalt Athy Mattea 1. Love without end amen 2. 3. Pass it on Down a Alabama 4. Walking shoes a Tanya Tucker 5. Walk on a Reba Mcentire 6. I be cried my last tear for you a Ricky Van Shelton 7. The Domino theory a Steve Wariner 8. Runnin with the wind a Eddie Rabbitt 9. Walkin away a Clint Black 10. The dance a Garth Brooks Lack a singles 1. Tomorrow a better you better me a Quincy Jones featuring Tevin Campbell 2. The blues a Tony Toni tone 3. Why you get Funky on me a today 4. U can t touch this a . Hammer 5. It s time a the Winans 6. Don t Wanna fall in love a Jane child 7. Good love a Kly Maxx 8. Ali do is think of you a troop 9. Ghetto heaven a the family stand 10. Hold on men Vogue Ltd Ludo 0 h Ltd 0 0 cd cd la 0. 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