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Reality TV loves bad boys. Boston's own rascal, former r & b star Bobby Brown, aired his Bravo show "Being Bobby Brown" this summer, giving viewers a peek at the 36-year-old Roxbury native interacting with his superstar wife, Whitney Houston, and his family while trying to put his trouble-plagued life back together.
You had to smile at the bad boy's cheeky comeback performance Sunday at Foxwoods. During the soft soul of "Every Little Step," Brown bent down toward a police officer standing guard at the front of the stage and held the microphone up to the man's mouth. The cop delivered the requisite line, word perfect!
Backed by a six-piece band, Brown's slow-jam-and-funk set eventually built to a showy cover of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" and a fun finale featuring his signature hit, "My Prerogative."
Brown did more than give the curious an up-close celebrity badass sighting. The 20-year veteran, who started out as a teen star in New Edition, can really sing when he wants to. During the slow, romantic "Rock Wit'cha," Brown momentarily stopped posturing and stood still at the mike stand. Refraining from antics, he lost himself in the song, his raspy voice swirling like a refreshing icy mist.
Wouldn't you know it, minutes later he was out on the floor, thrusting his pelvis like a mad dog in heat, the artful moment lost to Brown's infamous bad boy prerogative.
bostonherald.com
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