Mission #1:
29th Oct 2008
Camera Obscura Live @ Esplanade 7:30pm
This was a real warm warm-up to the night - chill pop served with a syrup of great acoustics and a dash of Scottish charm...
They played all my favourites - Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken (lordy, tracyanne forgot the lyrics! but it's okay!), Let's get out of this country, Razzle Dazzle Rose, Super Trouper, Tears For Affairs and If looks could kill. Hoorah!
Plus a treat for all us quiet fans (only coz we were soaked in the lake of chillout-ness), they played some new songs, namely "French Navy", "You told a lie" and this one I've got on my bootleg cam, which I'm pretty sure I heard Tracyanne name it "Swans" but I can't go on the record for that, the Scottish accent might've gotten lost in translation....But Enjoy anyway, plus a vid of "Tears for affairs" following that...it was like my rainy day sunday playlist came to life at the esplanade!
Camera Obscura (new song sneak peek!)
Camera Obscura - Tears For Affairs
As most esplanade gigs go, the whole affair ended promptly at 9pm...as predicted. Which was why I was able to fit Kanye West's Glow In The Dark Tour into the night's itinerary. So off I went to Singapore Indoor Stadium...
Mission #2:
29th Oct 2008
Kanye West Glow In The Dark Tour
Live @ Singapore Indoor Stadium 8pm
Technically, the gig started at 9:20pm - that's when Kanye came out after the opening acts. I made it there at 9:30 (missed out 3 songs including "Through the wire". Hotdamn!)
But the rest of the gig was satisfying enough. Especially the encore - "Stronger" is one ape shit stadium song. There wasn't any glowing in the dark except those technicolor lights (did they borrow Kylie's setup??)
But if you paid moolah to watch this hyperbolic character in person on stage then you got your money's worth. He f*cked up, apologised and continued, he freestyled(?) about some fishes in the sea and pinocchio and turned his performances into the exorcising of his inner demons from the tragedy of his mother's death and the heartbreak from his breakup. And we had front row seats to watch all that entertaining attention-seeking drama to the tunes of rap (and some auto-tuned singing)! So no complaints, I enjoyed myself. Here, have some of it...
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Kanye West - Flashing Lights
And so that's how the story goes...I don't believe in shooting stars, but I believe in shooting cars..(whatever that means)
It was one kick-ass night to remember. Woooot! Wooot!
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