[Porcelain Doll]

Monday, July 11, 2005

Back to talk about Energy 2005 Goodbye Singapore Concert which took place at Indoor Stadium on Saturday. Was a night to remember for all Energy fans who came from across Asia. They came from countries like Singapore(duh!), Malaysia, Indonesia, China, HK, Taiwan and even Japan.

I reached the stadium at 7.10pm. While waiting for the show to start, I killed time by watching people. Haha... Can't believe that middle-aged men and women were there. But the most shocking audience was this elderly lady! Maybe she was there to accompany her grand-daughter or something.

The show finally kicked off at 8.30pm. The first song was Tian Yu Di. As A-di couldn't dance, they cleverly incorporated him by letting him sit on a 'throne' behind them and some scantily-clad female dancers(btw, all background dancers were from Milk's dance company ShowBiz) surrounded him. Basically it was a re-enactment of the video.

Initially thought I would never see A-di dance again but he actually danced for Wu Xie Ke Ji and some other songs! Though he only could do simple moves. Was quite worried that it would affect his injury but he seemed OK. By the way, they sang live for almost all the songs, except for Hey You(if I'm not wrong).

Shall focus on the solo segment now. Milk did a topless dance. But I thought he was too fair and looked better with his clothes on. Haha... Next was my fave A-di. He sang Faye Wong's Hong Dou and Jacky Cheung's Ta Lai Ting Wo De Yan Chang Hui. Was really heartwarming. Everyone just kept quiet and listened to his wonderful vocals. It was unplugged i.e. he was accompanied by a guitarist. My fave part of the whole show(OK, I'm showing favouritism).

Next was Shuwei. He played on the piano and sang his self-composed song called My Princess. Sadly, it didn't strike a chord with the audience and the response was lukewarm. I guess it's because it's a totally unknown song. And he sounded weak that night. Dunno why. Kunda sang Tian Kong Mei You Xia Yu. His vocals really cannot make it. Haiz... But the song is nice.

The real show-stealers were their classic ballads like Missing You, Mou Nian Mou Yue Mou Yi TIan, Di Er Ci Ai Shang Ni etc. It was like a mass KTV session cos everyone sang along. Though I'm still feeling sore that they didn't sing Yi Zhi Dao Zui Hou completely. A-di finally broke down during the song Wo Men. Poor thing.

But there were light-hearted moments too. Milk joked about his own weak vocals. He attempted A-di's falsetto to hilarious effect. Shuwei was his usual lame but cute self with his 'freezing point' jokes. And I almost fainted when they sang We Are Family for the encore. Shuwei wore a skirt! My jaw almost dropped!

Lastly, I hate to admit this but I think it's hard for them to survive without A-di. Maybe I'm biased but his vocals are the strongest. Anyway, regardless of what happens in future, would like to wish them all the best in their future endeavours. Hope A-di recovers soon and may he scale greater heights in the music industry.

@NGeL | 3:07 PM