Word from Billboard.com that Alicia Keys and Jordin Sparks will be touring together in April has me running to the phone for tickets!

I'm lying. I might have to slit my wrists if forced to attend this. In all sincerity, it has to be a life-changing show for me to attend if it involves crowds and parking and money.

If Amy Winehouse ever comes to Oklahoma City or Tulsa, I will pay top dollar to see her. However, I wouldn't dole out the $50 to go see Ben Folds two years ago, and I revere Ben Folds. However, so much of his crowd is made up of skateboarding punk-minded poseurs.

I would rather have been mercilessly beaten by two midgets and stepped on by a bull.

I'm just not a concertgoer. Never have been; never will be.

But news of this pairing brought to mind just how down I've been on Keys for her most recent work and how optimistic I've been for Jordin. However, lest we forget, in the world of 2008 pop music, Alicia is still pretty special.

Take You Don't Know My Name from 2003, which was written by Keys, Kanye West and Harold Lilly. I love this song. Love it. But do you want to know why?

That 1970s soul vibe.

Oh, wait. There's a reason for that soul vibe. This song samples a 1976 hit called Let Me Prove My Love To You by The Main Ingredient.

OK, I'm bitter again. Glad they at least had some taste in picking out a song to use for their new creation. Enjoy The Main Ingredient, er, Alicia Keys.