Sunday, March 08, 2009
I enjoyed myself and forgot everything else..
Yup, finally got the chance to blog about JASON MRAZ CONCERT and RAYMOND LAM at the E Awards.
Let's start with Jason Mraz. Sad to say, I think I enjoyed myself more during last year's Singfest than this. I think it has got to do with his song list, which was a little too slow in front and was too high at the end that made his ending a little abrupt. Also, I think it is also the seats that Adeline and I got. We sat right at the side of the stage, which means restricted view. -_-''' But that can't be helped, because we were already lucky to get tickets in the first place since it was sold out within the first week of sales. And I think the reason why the tickets were sold out so fast is because a lot of expats and their kids bought a lot of those tickets... we saw a lot of ang mohs ard... Adeline thinks it is because the crowd is not as high as last time. Maybe that is true as well, but maybe again got to do with our seats. Those high high people are likely to be sitting (or standing) right in front of the stage and not where we were. But it's also no wonder that he is totally booked till July because he is so popular now.
But then again, Jason is a great live performer, so his concert has definitely some great moments. When I meant he is a great live performer, I really meant GREAT. He changed up the melody of the songs, got the audience to interact with him, mashed the song list up so that 2 songs can be joined together as one song. My theory is that if you are neutral about him before, you will be a fan after watching him live. That is what I did. He started with one of my fave songs (Dynamo of Volition, really my fave) and ended with another one of my fave (Butterfly), so I have nothing to complain about. Adeline was grumbling that he wasn't singing his earlier materials, which means not singing her fave songs. -_-''' Haha... but at least she saw him again, got nothing else to complain about.
And I think a pleasant surprise was that Jason sang with Joy Chua on the song Lucky, which is REALLY NICE. At least he didn't get those superstars singers to sing with him or else I may have died.
Well, leave you guys with some of the vids I took. I purposely did not shoot I'm Yours, because confirm chop a lot of other people will shoot one loh, probably with better seating too. Can find them easily on youtube. Haha...
And this is what I found on youtube... I wanted to post this because I always love the way he opened this song... I esp love those songs of his with trumpets and a cool vibe on them (which is why I love Butterfly and Dyanmo of Volition, which is the song in the above video) A bit too small for showing his 'dance' for this song, but if you guys are interested, my video of him doing this song at Singfest is rather clear. I posted it below again.
Btw, I purposely did not take a lot of his pictures because his concert is not about visual but more on audio. But then again, it's hard to capture the mood on vids too =) And also, there is a lot of switching from the real live him to the big tv screen at the side because of where we are sitting.. But I took a few.... (some with Adeline's...)
This shot is really funny... I was trying to shoot the tv screen at the top but ended up shooting an ang moh's guy bald head instead... haha... kept this picture cause I thought it's pretty funny...
Me and Adeline at the end of the concert...
And Adeline and I had a hard time trying to get home... it was raining after the concert was over, then ALL the cab phonelines are engaged. When we got through one, the operator said it was fully booked.... we were very cold and wet before Adeline's brother fetched us =(
And then I went to this E Awards thing with Jul on sat. She wants to see xiaozhu, I want to see Lin Feng so it is just nice. I think it's really hard that we both want to go to the same event because whoever she likes are not who I like =) She got what she wanted (a great xiao zhu performance) but I only got 10 mins of Lin Feng -_-''''
I am like totally surprised that he did not sing live lah! Only talk and get award then go liao. Almak... I so wanted to see him sing live cause I never did lah! It is like, he is not good enough a singer to sing live meh? Yup, his songs are all canto but got one chinese song what! Get some chinese girl singer to sing with him or ask him to sing his canto song lo! Sigh... but he is so cute lah. He got this shy thing going on with him which is like so cute =)
After he came out, I got a little bored with the show. Nv really know much chinese singers anyway. Got to ask jul who is this and who is that during the show... yes I know I am pathetic but ask me ang moh singers anytime! I bet I know more of them than the chinese singers! But I saw the Yang Zhong Wei (with his english name as Aska which I don't understand) and I have to admit, I always admire him because he really got a good voice and it's nice to see him sing live too. And saw xiao zhu live too... I remember I intro him to jul when he was hosting some taiwan shows... I moved back to ang moh but jul is literally hooked on him liao. Haha...
Sigh, I was there only for my Raymond and was thinking at last I can finally hear him sing. Paid $50 for it. So in short, I paid $5 for 1 min of him talking... -_-'''
The video of him talking is with Jul with her super high power zoom. Thanks to jul for shooting him talking man... he got this funny thing of him whether should speak in canto or chinese (which he is also fluent in) and when he was speaking in canto, I understand EVERY word! I am so happy! I think I really upgraded my canto le! Will post vid when I got them. But here are some pictures (Lazy to post the others...) and a video of Raymond Lam's intro video...
Ok, so in short, I went to 2 very expensive events and I owe people $210 in just this week. -_-''' But I think it's kinda worth it (though not for the E awards thing...) because I felt that all my frustrations within this week are gone. Spending time with friends that cares about me, cares about having fun and seeing your fave stars are great stress reliever. Not to mention about to dance to great live music and sing your heart out till your voice is hoarse (I have a voice that easily go hoarse though) is really awesome. And to hear encouragement from friends... I am truly happy now. No more nonsense anymore. This is a priceless week. Though actually in the first place the week is already pricey... haha...
And da jie is dangerously going to get a very cheap meal from me because of all the money I have spent within ONE WEEK...
I bet a lot of you guys are laughing at me now...
And during the E awards show, they played this promo vid of Aaron Kwok's concert which is like so super high and left me and jul in a daze... jul ended up asking me how much is the tix cause now she wanted to go! Almak.... I told myself that I should limit myself one concert per year (I did it last yr with Singfest) but now it seems like I am going to break my promise! I told myself too that I would go for Grasshoppers' first before thinking abt Aaron's because I enjoyed myself more with Grasshoppers the last time but now I am confused! Sigh... Aaron's is really expensive ($248 the most ex) due to his stage design (centre rotating stage). How arh??
Okokokok, I think this post is really super long liao. I shall update again =)
Cheerios.
P.S. There is this interview Mraz did ith CNA and the link is here... I hope it still can work. Got to click on 6 Mar and scroll to the 3rd last vid for it...
Btw, I read form wikipedia that the lyrics to the song Dynamo of Volition came from a songwriting contest among some famous people and the phase given to Mraz is "blind man's bike". If this is true, it's amazing!
Let's start with Jason Mraz. Sad to say, I think I enjoyed myself more during last year's Singfest than this. I think it has got to do with his song list, which was a little too slow in front and was too high at the end that made his ending a little abrupt. Also, I think it is also the seats that Adeline and I got. We sat right at the side of the stage, which means restricted view. -_-''' But that can't be helped, because we were already lucky to get tickets in the first place since it was sold out within the first week of sales. And I think the reason why the tickets were sold out so fast is because a lot of expats and their kids bought a lot of those tickets... we saw a lot of ang mohs ard... Adeline thinks it is because the crowd is not as high as last time. Maybe that is true as well, but maybe again got to do with our seats. Those high high people are likely to be sitting (or standing) right in front of the stage and not where we were. But it's also no wonder that he is totally booked till July because he is so popular now.
But then again, Jason is a great live performer, so his concert has definitely some great moments. When I meant he is a great live performer, I really meant GREAT. He changed up the melody of the songs, got the audience to interact with him, mashed the song list up so that 2 songs can be joined together as one song. My theory is that if you are neutral about him before, you will be a fan after watching him live. That is what I did. He started with one of my fave songs (Dynamo of Volition, really my fave) and ended with another one of my fave (Butterfly), so I have nothing to complain about. Adeline was grumbling that he wasn't singing his earlier materials, which means not singing her fave songs. -_-''' Haha... but at least she saw him again, got nothing else to complain about.
And I think a pleasant surprise was that Jason sang with Joy Chua on the song Lucky, which is REALLY NICE. At least he didn't get those superstars singers to sing with him or else I may have died.
Well, leave you guys with some of the vids I took. I purposely did not shoot I'm Yours, because confirm chop a lot of other people will shoot one loh, probably with better seating too. Can find them easily on youtube. Haha...
Lucky
And this is what I found on youtube... I wanted to post this because I always love the way he opened this song... I esp love those songs of his with trumpets and a cool vibe on them (which is why I love Butterfly and Dyanmo of Volition, which is the song in the above video) A bit too small for showing his 'dance' for this song, but if you guys are interested, my video of him doing this song at Singfest is rather clear. I posted it below again.
Btw, I purposely did not take a lot of his pictures because his concert is not about visual but more on audio. But then again, it's hard to capture the mood on vids too =) And also, there is a lot of switching from the real live him to the big tv screen at the side because of where we are sitting.. But I took a few.... (some with Adeline's...)
This shot is really funny... I was trying to shoot the tv screen at the top but ended up shooting an ang moh's guy bald head instead... haha... kept this picture cause I thought it's pretty funny...Me and Adeline at the end of the concert...
And Adeline and I had a hard time trying to get home... it was raining after the concert was over, then ALL the cab phonelines are engaged. When we got through one, the operator said it was fully booked.... we were very cold and wet before Adeline's brother fetched us =(
And then I went to this E Awards thing with Jul on sat. She wants to see xiaozhu, I want to see Lin Feng so it is just nice. I think it's really hard that we both want to go to the same event because whoever she likes are not who I like =) She got what she wanted (a great xiao zhu performance) but I only got 10 mins of Lin Feng -_-''''
I am like totally surprised that he did not sing live lah! Only talk and get award then go liao. Almak... I so wanted to see him sing live cause I never did lah! It is like, he is not good enough a singer to sing live meh? Yup, his songs are all canto but got one chinese song what! Get some chinese girl singer to sing with him or ask him to sing his canto song lo! Sigh... but he is so cute lah. He got this shy thing going on with him which is like so cute =)
After he came out, I got a little bored with the show. Nv really know much chinese singers anyway. Got to ask jul who is this and who is that during the show... yes I know I am pathetic but ask me ang moh singers anytime! I bet I know more of them than the chinese singers! But I saw the Yang Zhong Wei (with his english name as Aska which I don't understand) and I have to admit, I always admire him because he really got a good voice and it's nice to see him sing live too. And saw xiao zhu live too... I remember I intro him to jul when he was hosting some taiwan shows... I moved back to ang moh but jul is literally hooked on him liao. Haha...
Sigh, I was there only for my Raymond and was thinking at last I can finally hear him sing. Paid $50 for it. So in short, I paid $5 for 1 min of him talking... -_-'''
The video of him talking is with Jul with her super high power zoom. Thanks to jul for shooting him talking man... he got this funny thing of him whether should speak in canto or chinese (which he is also fluent in) and when he was speaking in canto, I understand EVERY word! I am so happy! I think I really upgraded my canto le! Will post vid when I got them. But here are some pictures (Lazy to post the others...) and a video of Raymond Lam's intro video...
Ok, so in short, I went to 2 very expensive events and I owe people $210 in just this week. -_-''' But I think it's kinda worth it (though not for the E awards thing...) because I felt that all my frustrations within this week are gone. Spending time with friends that cares about me, cares about having fun and seeing your fave stars are great stress reliever. Not to mention about to dance to great live music and sing your heart out till your voice is hoarse (I have a voice that easily go hoarse though) is really awesome. And to hear encouragement from friends... I am truly happy now. No more nonsense anymore. This is a priceless week. Though actually in the first place the week is already pricey... haha...
And da jie is dangerously going to get a very cheap meal from me because of all the money I have spent within ONE WEEK...
I bet a lot of you guys are laughing at me now...
And during the E awards show, they played this promo vid of Aaron Kwok's concert which is like so super high and left me and jul in a daze... jul ended up asking me how much is the tix cause now she wanted to go! Almak.... I told myself that I should limit myself one concert per year (I did it last yr with Singfest) but now it seems like I am going to break my promise! I told myself too that I would go for Grasshoppers' first before thinking abt Aaron's because I enjoyed myself more with Grasshoppers the last time but now I am confused! Sigh... Aaron's is really expensive ($248 the most ex) due to his stage design (centre rotating stage). How arh??
Okokokok, I think this post is really super long liao. I shall update again =)
Cheerios.
P.S. There is this interview Mraz did ith CNA and the link is here... I hope it still can work. Got to click on 6 Mar and scroll to the 3rd last vid for it...
Btw, I read form wikipedia that the lyrics to the song Dynamo of Volition came from a songwriting contest among some famous people and the phase given to Mraz is "blind man's bike". If this is true, it's amazing!
