A Girl Needs Her Break

Monday, August 04, 2008

SINGfest in detail

Ok in detail now... Should be an extremely long post.... can skip to the end if you just want pictures.

Me and Adeline missed Stacie Orrico's performance because we were late.. The queue to enter was way too damn long (the entrance was way inside and the queue was almost reaching the carpark). It's so long that the organisers don't even have take to tear the tickets at the entrance lah! They just took it!! And dumb me never take a picture of the ticket and pick out the numbers for my mum to buy 4D... *dumb me* When we reached there, it's about 4pm and the sun is blasting hot lah... (my arms have two different shades now) Me and Adeline stood at the last row of the standing crowd while the people behind us sat on grass mats and our asses also kenna the sun... Wah liao...

Watched Jamie Scott, who is REALLY REALLY good. It's just too bad that he is not getting the fame he should be getting. I love his song called When Will I See Your Face Again (it's on my blog btw) and it's great to hear him sing live. Then when One Republic came out, the crowd really grew. And everyone is belting out Apologise and Stop and Stare... it's ridiculous! Then it's Panic at the Disco. The lead singer got teased the crowd a little when he sang a little Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.... lol. And they damn suay cause at one point the lead singer's mike was spoilt and there were no sound... and he just kept singing away. At first I thought it's because of the famous theory "The Show Must Go On" but after that song then realised that he really didn't know about it cause he was wearing ear monitors! Quite suay lah but at least it's not during those monster hits such as Nine in the Afternoon or else people sure shout about it one.

Then after that the artists that played after Panic were damn lucky cause the sun finally went down! Those artists that played in the sun were damn suay lah cos although the stage has a cover above, the sun still hits them! Jamie Scott even asked "Is it this hot all the time? Because this is ridiculous. I am drinking hot water which was cold __ mins ago." Cannot remember the time lah... Haha... get those not as famous artists to suffer the sun...

Before Mraz and after Panic, Adeline and I pushed forward into the crowd (for her sake lah. I was perfectly happy at my spot actually) Turn out that there were many people who LOVE HIM because there were a lot of people! And there were a couple who were drunk and almost fought with a Malay... (bad idea to serve beer there actually) And I was in an extremely uncomfortable most pit whereby there were too many sweaty people in the same area. But his performance was good! Very interactive and interesting... and he sang my favourite song Butterfly!

Then got some fashion show while we moved backwards and away from the crowd (it's really too horrible to stand at where we were standing for 4 more hours) and had a quick dinner with the snacks we brought and I head to the toliet (which was super long queue and stinky cause it's those portable ones) and I missed Rick Astley's Together Forever! Poor him man. Wrong target audience lah. Most people in the audience are coming not for him lah (although I did meet a woman who's in front of me during the toliet queue who came just for him...)And he tried his best to get the crowd moving. But I think there is a minor group of people that came for him lah. There is someone who threw him a tee-shirt (and he actually politely said 'thank you' to that person!!) and someone threw him a purple lacy BRA... (??!!!) LOL. The only song I sang along is Never Gonna Give You Up (lol!) But he is damn dumb also lah. He wore a BLACK SUIT WITH BLACK SHIRT AND BLACK TIE. In this weather??!! It's too freaking hot lah! No wonder he was sweating like a pig...

Then it's PCD!! But at that moment I kinda regreted moving a little too far back cos there were too many tall people in front of me to shoot nice pictures. Makes me a bit regret that I don't have Jul's 10x optical zoom camera to take pictures and record videos in... But their performance was damn hot! They even have fans in front of them to blow their hair like Mariah... And then it's Alicia Keys! Fantastic vocals man... must really hear her sing before you understand what does it means by great vocals. Her voice can be heard CLEARLY over the VERY loud music! And even her band and backup singers (who each have their individuals short solos) were fantastic!

So in conclusion

Favourite performances:

1. Alicia Keys (Like her vocals and her artistry in combining her act together even though it gets a little boring in the middle...)

2. PCD tied with Jason Mraz (Sorry adeline, but I really like PCD enough to tie with Mraz. PCD really know how to put up a performance, while Mraz interactive act and great songs is very nice. And I am loving Jason Mraz more and more. If PCD and Mraz is going to have a concert, I will go and watch them!)

Hated:

Did not hate any performance. Anything live will sound fantastic unless you really really cannot sing... and the atmosphere is good enough. So what I hate is...

1. The weather. It's stupid to have outdoor concerts at 3pm in the afternoon.... sorry lah, call me high maintenance girl or what, but it's really awful!

2. The toliets. There is no running water from the tap when I went there before Astley's performance. And it's stuffy and stinky... but I guess this problem will not be solved unless someone invented better portable toliets.

3. The merchandise. Nothing fantastic.

4. The super duper long sound checks and set up... the people should be more efficient leh. That was why the acts were delayed so so so so much... (Alicia was supposed to sing at 10pm but I think she starts at about 11pm)

For the next time...

1. Wear covered shoes for outdoor standing concerts. Best is those comfy shoes that you can stand for 8 hours. I was smart enough to do so, but those wearing slippers were kena stepped on the entire time. Haha!

2. Big sunglasses. I dun have one, and now I have the right mind to have one.

3. Cap for sun protection. Lucky Nicole gave me one on my birthday and that saves me a lot...

4. Shorts. I wore tight jeans, and although I folded the ends up to 3/4, it's still way way way too hot in them.

5. Waist pouch or pants with big pockets. It's to put your camera, phone and wallet in (basically those expensive stuff) At least all these things are within your reach when you need them. Lucky my jeans pockets can take in camera and phone and a little money but not the wallet.

6. Lotsa water. The water is expensive there.

7. Diapers, if you want to hold your pee in =D

That's it!

Wah, finished commenting on the concert le. Told you guys that it would be long. Btw, it is said that there is a possibility that Universal artists such as Mariah Carey and Bon Jovi may be brought to Singfest in years to come. Wah!

Ok, pictures and videos time. This takes freaking long time to upload ok... Note that most of Alicia Keys and PCD videos only last half song because my arms were simply too tired to hold up for the whole song lah... and some pictures are really blurry because I couldn't take really clear pictures. But I am going to post them anyway, to let you figure out... Btw, some of the pictures are with Adeline, so when I got them, I will post them again.

And btw, all the pictures and videos were taken from my own camera.