Coldplay Live @ Singapore Indoor Stadium 23 Mar 09
I don't have much to put in words, I will let the pictures and videos speak for itselves...not that they'd do much justice to what actually went down at the gig. Oh you should've been there. There's nothing I can say that will do it justice.
N.E.R.D Live @ Mosaic Music Festival, Esplanade 20 Mar 2009
It. was. a. blast. Pharell is a ladykiller and a crowd pleaser, it's too bad we missed Chad but I almost forgot about a certain Mr Hugo who is part of the N.E.R.D outfit during the one and a half hour spasms of beats and bounces and people being pulled up the stage. It's like the artiste-audience barrier got broken down and we were just all in one big jamming session with the boys. I've never seen so many girls unleashing their hoochie mama-ness on the esplanade stage during "She Wants To Move". Crowd went ape shit when "Everyone Nose" came up, and of course went into a tizzy with "Spaz", we also tried to become the namesake of the song "Popcorn" by bouncing up and down left and right - Pharell would want no less, as he kept urging the audience to continue going crazy, even spewing an across the border competitiveness, mentioning they want to tell Malaysia (as they head to sunburst the next day) that they ain't got the energy like Singapore did. Woot and what Woop of energy That brought out of the crowd. Plus, nice throwback to Franz Ferdinand as the band segue-ed into "Take Me Out" during one of the songs, it's okay if Pharell was "pitchy" at parts, his charm and aggressive stage antics more than made up for it, so says the girls....
I'm beginning to fall in love with watching shows at the Esplanade - awesome sound system, cozy intimate setting even amidst a loud-banging show, I LOVE IT.
More please.
Enjoy the vids below (includes new song, the reggaeton-infectious "popcorn")!
Jason Mraz Live @ Singapore Indoor Stadium Mar 05 2009
If Justin Tim brought sexy back, Jason Raz brought hippie back.
That boy's carefree and uninhibited nature on a big stage (which he claims its his first foray into playing at such big venues) was super infectious. "Do you feel like your life has been elevated?" he asks...oh yes. 'Specially when we get to belt out "I....ayyy ayyy...won't worry my life awayyy.." ad nauseum as he spins into an extended live version of The Remedy...oooh he's got the poison AND he's got the remedy.
Looked like he felt at home on stage, at one point taking his pet hobby of polaroids on the road with him as he snapped pictures of each band members and flung each polaroid film into the crowd. Nice souvenir for the one who caught the polaroid of Mr Mraz himself!
Even though at points, I wished I was in a cozier intimate acoustic setting with certain slow burners like "Mr Curiosity", the show was simply satisfying to watch a performer whose enjoyment of his own music reeks through the pores of each high note he reached, each "thank you's" in different languages after each song, each cheeky lil dance moves that seduces the crowd, each tune, each smile, each wonderment he managed to fill up the stadium.
Many more stadiums to fill and I hope he comes back!
Coldplay Live @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
