the ANBERLIN concert
3 local bands kicked off the long wait for copeland and anberlin.
first up was The Fire Fight, whom i absolutely loved. it's very rare ok, that i even enjoy a local band...
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explaination: the local scene that was introduced to me at the tender age of 16 was... not good. well, i didn't like it. if u did, i am not insulting you, i'm just saying we have different tastes. you don't judge me, i don't judge you, alright? :D
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i bopped, tapped my feet and nodded to all their songs (about 4 to 5, i forget.) coz they have a good strong beat which was very tight, thanks to their solid drummer. he's not all flair and fancy, i wouldn't know about technique, but hey, it was good music to me. even alvin was quite o_O and recorded their entire performance.
good stuff.
then i noticed after the 1st song (it might've been the 2nd, but my memory is failing me; i am bushed after anberlin... more about that soon), the lead tore plasters off his fingers. i noticed it but thought nothing of it - maybe he had plasters to reduce friction, but they were getting in the way?
but nooo... after the 2nd song, he paused and apologized... didn't explain why but probably for any mistakes in his guitar bit (but i couldn't tell, it's not some jarring mistake anyway), explaining that they had a disastrous performance last night which left his fingers bleeding.
as an audience, 1, 2, 3!
'AWWWWWWW...'
then he grinned and continued on to the next song. i think everyone thought it was no big deal... until he reached the last verse of their last song, when alvin tapped me hurriedly on my shoulder and gasped,
'he's bleeding!!'
and so it was, with blood spraying onto his guitar with every single strum. i was so disturbed, while alvin was desperately shouting at the lead to draw attention to the fact that he was bleeding, but he just kept going on!
gahhh. thank goodness it was already the last song of the set.
next up was vertical rush, which i didn't have much of an impression of because the lead's mike was faulty. oh and they have a drummer who's pretty showy, which made a few girls behind me snigger loudly because, well, he looked kinda retarded. eep. i'm not mean, it's true!
which led to this odd situation at the end of the concert... the opening bands were helping out in crowd control for the autograph session so i was actually quite weirded out when vertical rush's drummer came up to alvin and i, and told us politely that we were cutting queue and that we ought to move to the back of the line in perfect, normal, english. with a very straight face, too.
heehee.
oh marchtwelve was not fun for me at all, it just reminded me of any random bad local band i must have been exposed to when i was 16 and not liking the local scene. they had this 'creative' use of a 'DJ' who seemingly did nothing but use his laptop to play annoying sounds while the band played.
i'm sorry, too arty farty and 'creative', miss loon don't get. *shrug*
then, a 30 minute interval. damn long lar... everyone was obviously not too happy.
then copeland came up!! XD
alvin had sent me their songs beforehand, but i totally forgot they were to be performing in today's concert, which is an Anberlin/Copeland showcase, not an Anberlin showcase. completely slipping my mind, i was a Copeland noob in the crowd of about 200. haha.
wah they are goooooood. after their first song, stephen christian (lead of Anberlin) came out to watch Copeland from the balcony. i was one of the first few to notice, and kept prodding alvin rather enthusiastically, then pointing to the balcony. i tried waving too, but to no avail.
oh well. i'm such a groupie.
anyways! copeland was good, and i am looking forward to finally listening to their album which has been sitting in My Music folder for ages. heh.
oh, oh, before i get on to the Anberlin set, i need to talk about the concert crowd.
they were so young. i even saw fcbc's drummer and joel (yes, rachel and joanna's bro) there, with separate groups.
alvin was so tickled just by watching the kids and kept on poking me and sniggering, 'hahaha look what he's wearing hahahaha.'
well, yeah all the emo kids were there with their cousin id hair-dos and plastered fringes. *rolls eyes*
then i was also rather annoyed with a pair of chicks (one in a diluted goth get-up and the friend attempting to dress nerdy fashionably, but kinda ended up just looking nerdy without the fashionable bit) who kept going on and on, at the top of their whiny voices, '*gasp* there are so many kids! yucks! look at all the 16 year olds!'
they couldn't have been more than 20. most likely 18. *rolls eyes again*
and that silly goth one kept squealing at the cute guitarist/drummer in Copeland/Anberlin. VERY, VERY, LOUDLY. *sigh* she didn't even know their NAMES.
hurhur, here's where i got abit vengeful for all the ear-splitting shrieks: i separated the watered-down goth from the nerd during a particularly rowdy part of the concert, and made sure they had to get out of the crowd just to reunite. at some place FAR FAR AWAY FROM ME, WAH LIAO EH.
when anberlin came on, it was... raucous. and it got really rowdy.
it was as if everyone was saving their energy JUST FOR anberlin's set which was around 930-11pm. a lot of energy right? so guess how the crowd let it off?
BY BLOODY MOSHING.
it was bad. it started off when Anberlin played their high energy songs which got the crowd going, but some idiots started to push people around, which obviously pissed people off who then retaliated by pushing BACK. so push here, push there, like yo-yo, cannot enjoy my music, extremely irritating and unnecessary.
there was even a really angry confrontation where one of the guys got so peeved, he had his hand wrapped around the other's throat. but wah lau eh, by then i was so fed up, and so darned angry i turned to both and quelled them with my 'look'. it's the same dangerous no-nonsense look that i give my kids.
wah, quite handy man, coz they stopped, thank goodness.
but the moshing resumed. sian. then kena push until suddenly! i see joel! in front of me! then suddenly! joel's friends disappear! then suddenly! joel gives up and leaves! mosh, mosh!! mosh somemore! glasses go askew!!
actually, a lot of people left halfway, for safety's sake. which provided us with more space, and more non-moshing areas in which alvin and i could take refuge, and bloody listen to Anberlin, which i came for.
i have to say man, alvin really took care of me. he was the one-handed security guard of miss loon, and rather like an immovable boulder at certain points. but it was really ok for him too, because he could also tell i could fend for myself (elbows! all out!!!) so he could do his video-ing/ phototaking/bopping/singing along.
wah he sings damn loudly. at the Anberlin set i let him have full rein, but before that i had to do damage control before the people around him became deaf. heh-heh.
ok, enough about stupid-ass moshing.
anberlin... was GOOD!! high energy, crazy singing along (apparently the lead was surprised and stoked that the crowd could sing along to every song), and they chose good songs!! i loved the set simply because they played Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen, which is my favorite track in all 3 albums. yeah, i just needed them to play that, that's all.
hmm, they played 'Ready Fuels', 'Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen' (encore), 'Godspeed', 'Hello Alone', 'Dismantle.Repair', 'Adelaide', 'The Feel Good Drag' (encore), 'Time and Confusion', 'A Day Late' (it's me and alvin's song! we held hands, but didn't sing it to each other because it is a song about regretting not coming clear about feelings, hahaha), 'A Whisper and A Clamour', 'Never Take Friendship Personal', and 'Paperthin Hymn'. that's... 12 songs, without break, with an insane amount of adrenaline.
when they played adelaide, everyone went nuts, and i had an exceptionally great time shouting 'adelaide! adelaide~!' and swinging my head, hence plastering my hair all over my face.
i will remember this day. for all the moshing and blood spray, and most of all for the great show Anberlin and Copeland put up.
*heart*
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edit: haha, i forgot to mention this bit. i was hanging around the end of the autograph table, waiting for alvin to be done, so i guess i was looking a little odd standing there with nothing to do.
it so happened that Stephen Christian, the lead of anberlin, was just waiting around too (we were both waiting for alvin) so he looked up, saw me standing around and extended his hand. :D
i was abit flustered for a moment. sorry la, 24 years old already; i wasn't about to scream and die because i touched his hand etc. but it was a good firm handshake, and with a very broad smile he thanked me for coming. then i thanked them for coming and we both expressed abit of 'wow' because i couldn't believe they came, and stephen was like, 'hey we are so welcome here and the crowd knows every song!'
haha... they are such nice people man. very grounded. can't wait to have them perform again! XD
first up was The Fire Fight, whom i absolutely loved. it's very rare ok, that i even enjoy a local band...
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explaination: the local scene that was introduced to me at the tender age of 16 was... not good. well, i didn't like it. if u did, i am not insulting you, i'm just saying we have different tastes. you don't judge me, i don't judge you, alright? :D
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i bopped, tapped my feet and nodded to all their songs (about 4 to 5, i forget.) coz they have a good strong beat which was very tight, thanks to their solid drummer. he's not all flair and fancy, i wouldn't know about technique, but hey, it was good music to me. even alvin was quite o_O and recorded their entire performance.
good stuff.
then i noticed after the 1st song (it might've been the 2nd, but my memory is failing me; i am bushed after anberlin... more about that soon), the lead tore plasters off his fingers. i noticed it but thought nothing of it - maybe he had plasters to reduce friction, but they were getting in the way?
but nooo... after the 2nd song, he paused and apologized... didn't explain why but probably for any mistakes in his guitar bit (but i couldn't tell, it's not some jarring mistake anyway), explaining that they had a disastrous performance last night which left his fingers bleeding.
as an audience, 1, 2, 3!
'AWWWWWWW...'
then he grinned and continued on to the next song. i think everyone thought it was no big deal... until he reached the last verse of their last song, when alvin tapped me hurriedly on my shoulder and gasped,
'he's bleeding!!'
and so it was, with blood spraying onto his guitar with every single strum. i was so disturbed, while alvin was desperately shouting at the lead to draw attention to the fact that he was bleeding, but he just kept going on!
gahhh. thank goodness it was already the last song of the set.
next up was vertical rush, which i didn't have much of an impression of because the lead's mike was faulty. oh and they have a drummer who's pretty showy, which made a few girls behind me snigger loudly because, well, he looked kinda retarded. eep. i'm not mean, it's true!
which led to this odd situation at the end of the concert... the opening bands were helping out in crowd control for the autograph session so i was actually quite weirded out when vertical rush's drummer came up to alvin and i, and told us politely that we were cutting queue and that we ought to move to the back of the line in perfect, normal, english. with a very straight face, too.
heehee.
oh marchtwelve was not fun for me at all, it just reminded me of any random bad local band i must have been exposed to when i was 16 and not liking the local scene. they had this 'creative' use of a 'DJ' who seemingly did nothing but use his laptop to play annoying sounds while the band played.
i'm sorry, too arty farty and 'creative', miss loon don't get. *shrug*
then, a 30 minute interval. damn long lar... everyone was obviously not too happy.
then copeland came up!! XD
alvin had sent me their songs beforehand, but i totally forgot they were to be performing in today's concert, which is an Anberlin/Copeland showcase, not an Anberlin showcase. completely slipping my mind, i was a Copeland noob in the crowd of about 200. haha.
wah they are goooooood. after their first song, stephen christian (lead of Anberlin) came out to watch Copeland from the balcony. i was one of the first few to notice, and kept prodding alvin rather enthusiastically, then pointing to the balcony. i tried waving too, but to no avail.
oh well. i'm such a groupie.
anyways! copeland was good, and i am looking forward to finally listening to their album which has been sitting in My Music folder for ages. heh.
oh, oh, before i get on to the Anberlin set, i need to talk about the concert crowd.
they were so young. i even saw fcbc's drummer and joel (yes, rachel and joanna's bro) there, with separate groups.
alvin was so tickled just by watching the kids and kept on poking me and sniggering, 'hahaha look what he's wearing hahahaha.'
well, yeah all the emo kids were there with their cousin id hair-dos and plastered fringes. *rolls eyes*
then i was also rather annoyed with a pair of chicks (one in a diluted goth get-up and the friend attempting to dress nerdy fashionably, but kinda ended up just looking nerdy without the fashionable bit) who kept going on and on, at the top of their whiny voices, '*gasp* there are so many kids! yucks! look at all the 16 year olds!'
they couldn't have been more than 20. most likely 18. *rolls eyes again*
and that silly goth one kept squealing at the cute guitarist/drummer in Copeland/Anberlin. VERY, VERY, LOUDLY. *sigh* she didn't even know their NAMES.
hurhur, here's where i got abit vengeful for all the ear-splitting shrieks: i separated the watered-down goth from the nerd during a particularly rowdy part of the concert, and made sure they had to get out of the crowd just to reunite. at some place FAR FAR AWAY FROM ME, WAH LIAO EH.
when anberlin came on, it was... raucous. and it got really rowdy.
it was as if everyone was saving their energy JUST FOR anberlin's set which was around 930-11pm. a lot of energy right? so guess how the crowd let it off?
BY BLOODY MOSHING.
it was bad. it started off when Anberlin played their high energy songs which got the crowd going, but some idiots started to push people around, which obviously pissed people off who then retaliated by pushing BACK. so push here, push there, like yo-yo, cannot enjoy my music, extremely irritating and unnecessary.
there was even a really angry confrontation where one of the guys got so peeved, he had his hand wrapped around the other's throat. but wah lau eh, by then i was so fed up, and so darned angry i turned to both and quelled them with my 'look'. it's the same dangerous no-nonsense look that i give my kids.
wah, quite handy man, coz they stopped, thank goodness.
but the moshing resumed. sian. then kena push until suddenly! i see joel! in front of me! then suddenly! joel's friends disappear! then suddenly! joel gives up and leaves! mosh, mosh!! mosh somemore! glasses go askew!!
actually, a lot of people left halfway, for safety's sake. which provided us with more space, and more non-moshing areas in which alvin and i could take refuge, and bloody listen to Anberlin, which i came for.
i have to say man, alvin really took care of me. he was the one-handed security guard of miss loon, and rather like an immovable boulder at certain points. but it was really ok for him too, because he could also tell i could fend for myself (elbows! all out!!!) so he could do his video-ing/ phototaking/bopping/singing along.
wah he sings damn loudly. at the Anberlin set i let him have full rein, but before that i had to do damage control before the people around him became deaf. heh-heh.
ok, enough about stupid-ass moshing.
anberlin... was GOOD!! high energy, crazy singing along (apparently the lead was surprised and stoked that the crowd could sing along to every song), and they chose good songs!! i loved the set simply because they played Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen, which is my favorite track in all 3 albums. yeah, i just needed them to play that, that's all.
hmm, they played 'Ready Fuels', 'Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen' (encore), 'Godspeed', 'Hello Alone', 'Dismantle.Repair', 'Adelaide', 'The Feel Good Drag' (encore), 'Time and Confusion', 'A Day Late' (it's me and alvin's song! we held hands, but didn't sing it to each other because it is a song about regretting not coming clear about feelings, hahaha), 'A Whisper and A Clamour', 'Never Take Friendship Personal', and 'Paperthin Hymn'. that's... 12 songs, without break, with an insane amount of adrenaline.
when they played adelaide, everyone went nuts, and i had an exceptionally great time shouting 'adelaide! adelaide~!' and swinging my head, hence plastering my hair all over my face.
i will remember this day. for all the moshing and blood spray, and most of all for the great show Anberlin and Copeland put up.
*heart*
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edit: haha, i forgot to mention this bit. i was hanging around the end of the autograph table, waiting for alvin to be done, so i guess i was looking a little odd standing there with nothing to do.
it so happened that Stephen Christian, the lead of anberlin, was just waiting around too (we were both waiting for alvin) so he looked up, saw me standing around and extended his hand. :D
i was abit flustered for a moment. sorry la, 24 years old already; i wasn't about to scream and die because i touched his hand etc. but it was a good firm handshake, and with a very broad smile he thanked me for coming. then i thanked them for coming and we both expressed abit of 'wow' because i couldn't believe they came, and stephen was like, 'hey we are so welcome here and the crowd knows every song!'
haha... they are such nice people man. very grounded. can't wait to have them perform again! XD
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