Saturday, February 2, 2008 | by nathan

Turns Out, Yes, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

I admit to having had some grave doubts about my plans for last night: as part of my mom’s Christmas present, I bought us tickets to see Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson at Tulsa’s Mabee Center. I wasn’t going to do it, actually, but managed to score 9th row seats through Ticketmaster and thought, ah, well, what the hell.

Now, a disclaimer: I like Kelly Clarkson. My uncle was Reba’s chiropractor when she lived in Oklahoma, so I’ve seen her more times than I even really remember. But I’d given up on this type of music for so long that I was sort of just expecting to spend the concert cheering politely.

So when the lights came up and I heard the first line of Patsy Cline’s "Sweet Dreams" from behind the curtain, I cheered, like you’re sposeda. Then, the next moment, this happened, and I was all in, for the entire rest of the show:

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson from Okay City Nate on Vimeo.

Though I have to say, for me, the highlight was when they did Patty Griffin’s "Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)", because, well, because I freaking love Patty Griffin almost more than life itself. All I’m saying really is that I’d take a bullet for her. That’s all I’m really saying.

UPDATE: After much wrangling, I managed to get the video of the MLK Song into YouTube (Vimeo wouldn’t take it for some reason). So here you go: