Firstly, Yonghao (the guy I go to know through Ye Wei) GOT TO MEET KT TUNSTALL IN PERSON! Like, she actually came out after the show and he got an autograph and pho-freakin-to!
***I’M DAMN JEALOUS CAN!!!***
Makes me kinda sad that I didnt follow the Concert-Goers’ Rulebook of Musts rule #16: Always stay around after concerts in case the artiste is bored backstage.
Anyway, yes, this post is to update you guys on what’s happening in my life recently (at least things which are HAPPY and WORTH DECLARING, because trust me, many sadder things have been happening recently).
Yeah, so I went to KT Tunstall’s Drastic Fantastic Tour, and can I say it was amazing!!! Went with Rui Ling, met Walter, Derek and Joan there, and had one of the best nights of 2008 so far!
The amazing thing about KT Tunstall’s concert was the fact that the audience can see how much she loves her music. Compare her with Gwen Stefani. There are no Harajuku Girls, no antics, no hands-on-hips pose. Compare her with Christina Aguilera. She doesn’t belt, and she actually comes back out for an encore when the crowd asks for it. Compare her with Avril Lavigne. Definitely less attitude, and if you can believe it, more fun.
She opened with Little Favours, Miniature Disasters and when she came around to Other Side of the World I nearly cried because the last “Full of tired excuses” was so amazingly heartfelt. She continued with songs from Drastic Fantstic like Hold On, White Bird, Funnyman, Paper Aeroplane and Hopeless (which had a funny joke about her concert in Australia related to it).
I also finally got my first listen (LIVE, mind you!) of KT Tunstall’s famed Wee Bastard, which she utilized prominently in Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. More hits followed, like Under The Weather, Someday Soon, Another Place to Fall (I’m pissed, and I’ll tell you why), If Only, Saving My Face and the big hit Suddenly I See, which had a cool close-to-a-minute intro of the opening rhythm.
She went offstage, returned when the crowd roared deafeningly, and finished off the show with four more amazing songs. My fave, Universe & U, featured the most amazing high note I’ve ever heard from KT ever, Rui Ling’s favorite Stoppin’ The Love was also performed, and in between she even squeezed in a rendition of The Bangles’ Walk Like An Egyptian, which saw more than half the crowd doing the weird Egyptian head-bob-strut thing. Finally she ended with a crowd-rousing I Don’t Want You Now, complete with a powerful guitar solo at the end.
Even though the crowd roared great at the end, they were rather muted. Fine and all when KT’s telling her stories and interval-fillers, which included jokes about no one decaying because everyone eats preservatives, her take on plastic surgery (which involved a massive hand), and a childhood fear of letting her parents see/hear her work (“It’s a dogshit”).
But I still can’t believe the crowd actually SAT DOWN for Another Place to Fall! Are you kidding me?!?!?!
That song is one helluva high-energy, full-of-attitude-and-spunk song, and everyone sat down! And when I stood up, Rui Ling was like, “Eh, people behind may not be able to see.” So I turned around to assess the situation, and the two middle-aged freaking aunties behind me glared at me angrily like I was some spouse-stealer or something.
GOOOOD, I WAS SO ANNOYED! Precisely because the crowd was so freaking old! Like minimum 30s can! And that’s not so bad, IF THEY ACTUALLY KNEW WHAT TO DO AT A CONCERT!
I tell you, people over 30 SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INTO CONCERTS unless they can prove themselves worthy. So what if you pay money? So what if you pay Mastercard? So what if you’re Donald Trump or Bill freakin’ Gates? If you don’t know what to do when the artiste performs, you don’t deserve to go in!
Plus ah, in front of us got this ang-moh guy, super tall, then everytime I clapped or raised my hands over my head to whoop, he would actually flinch. Like he was going to duck to avoid being slapped by my so-totally-missing-the-mark hands, but decided not to in the last minute. He kept looking at me disdainfully.
UNBELIEVABLE.
I’m going to dedicate a whole post to that man.
Anyway, today went on my first CIP (for the whole year! Wooo!) with Kennedy, Chinks, Marcus, Changzhong and Shenghao (a mini-Canoeing thing) to Bishan Park Secondary School for the first in many-to-come weekly Friday afternoon Maths tutor session!
Yes, I know it’s very ironic and I’m really REALLY not qualified (as Marcus and Changzhong have pointed out to me repeatedly…=.=). I wanted to teach English/ Literature first, but unfortuately (for me, and MAYBE the students) it wasn’t an option. Right now it’s still easy, ratio and percentages, so it’s okay… WHEW, thankfully.
The kids there are really great, and they’re fun and really high energy. Some might say they’re rowdy or hard to control, but damn, when you’re in a world this bleak, and you’re around people who are dark, emotional and too damn depressing, and everything is all about grades and achievements, having these guys around really changes much of my outlook.
OK, very lastly, do not forget tomorrow is…
*drumrolls*
EARTH HOUR!
For the uninitiated…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour
For the EVEN MORE uninitiated… http://www.earthhour.org/
8 pm to 9 pm Singapore local time!
TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS, wherever you are! (Unless, of course, you’re out in Orchard Road)
I’ll be doing it at home, and I’ll be patiently just sitting around the house meditating, perhaps with a bit of candles and a spot of tea. It WILL BE FUN!
Save the Earth! We all need to play parts!
P.S. ***STILL JEALOUS OF YONGHAO***
P.P.S. Btw, KT Tunstall has so many guitars, and they ALL look so nice. I love the black-and-white Gibson one best… and I’m sure the concertgoers who read my post will agree with me!
