Kings of Convenience @ The Esplanade

it's not even eleven yet and i'm here at home, listening to Kings of Convenience on my headphones - i'm really trying my best to retain the experience.

why, oh why did the concert end so quickly?

"and i'm watching you now,
i see you building the castle with one hand,
while tearing down another with the other..."

i nearly melted in pleasure when they played I Don't Know What I Can Save You From, Little Kids and Cayman Islands back to back. and the point where they got us to stand - the beautiful lull of their voices moved a little faster while they encouraged us to sing along (which we did, mostly quietly) and snap our fingers.

everyone and the 2 men really enjoyed singing Boat Behind together. at one point alvin turned to me and sang softly in my ear; his voice had never sounded so good... i was so shocked i stepped back just to check if it was KOC or really alvin.

i loved it when they let us sing parts - it's like allowing us to take a peep into how they create their music with simple notes and a guitar. watching them play was a treat in itself, it just looked so effortless... with 2 guitars/a guitar and a piano/one single guitar they managed to recreate what they had recorded. the only thing missing was a violin, but as alvin said 'it's pretty amazing when you watch how they do without.'

they played these songs:

second to numb
cayman islands
little kids
peacetime resistance
mrs cold (this was my favorite performance; watching them play the guitar just made me gasp over and over)
24-25
boat behind
me in you
rule my world
my ship isn't pretty
renegade

on the piano! i has a huge happy! *plink-plink!*:

singing softly to me, which then led into...
the girl from back then

encore:

i'd rather dance with you (he ran into the crowd and wriggled his bum! adorable.)

extra, as in they were prepared to leave with their guitars off their backs when they stared at the crowd and decided to do just one more:

homesick ('but i can't stop listening to the sound... of two soft voices blended in perfection...')


thinking about it now, i wish they'd played Scars on Land. no matter, i loved that Kings of Convenience rounded up concert season for me.

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i've got to get alvin to sing in my ear again. i don't know... it felt like i fell in love with him again at that very moment.

from a mess to the masses

this children's choir is fantastic! they did Lisztomania so well!




i still remember raising my eyebrows the first time i heard Phoenix performing Lisztomania on SNL last year. i poked alvin immediately and asked him to get a copy so we could check them out.

we got their album the same time we received Yeah Yeah Yeah's 'Fever To Tell' which sat better with me the first few listens. so i stopped listening to Phoenix and was pretty immersed in the YYYs for quite some time. but alvin totally loved 'Wolfgang Amadeus' and did not love Fever To Tell at all. he was as confused at Karen O's yelling just as much as i was confused by Phoenix's beats and tunes that ran all over the place.

for a few months we'd be going to church and he'd be humming a track from Phoenix... even after we leave church, the same tune is stuck on his lips. each time i turn to him and ask, 'is it really that nice??!?!'

'YAR. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LISTEN.'

after a really long time, i finally did. alvin was right (as always). by the end of 2009 we loved the album so much we declared it album of the year. haha. and now they've won a Grammy!

i really hope they come. *crosses fingers*

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been wanting to write this down for awhile now, but put it off for around 3 months now. sometimes a bit shy to share la... teehee.

also, because i took a listen to Wolfgang Amadeus again, alvin decided to give Fever To Tell another chance. i think he's okay with it now... i remember him saying, 'it just takes awhile.'

Lisztomania is super fun on rock band! i can finally play it on Hard... T_T

A/S/L?

sometimes, when i don't get alvin, the results are bloody hilarious.

a context for the following incident - my tweet in the morning:

"My boss did a doubletake when she saw me this morning. Maybe I look like a grandma after my bid to go vintage for casual Fridays?"

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[13:11] Me : hewoo
[13:11] Me : am back
[13:12] diremeow: hai hai
[13:12] diremeow: good lunch?
[13:48] Me : yeah hehe
[13:48] Me : at my workplace every lunch is a good lunch
[13:48] Me : as long as we go out
[13:48] Me : HAHA
[13:48] diremeow: haha man
[13:48] diremeow: so...
[13:48] Me : hey dear can u help me find the link to a free winrar unzipper?
[13:48] diremeow: tell me what you're wearing.
[13:48] diremeow: oh 7zip
[13:48]Me : WTS
[13:49]Me : my original response: ASWTSG
[13:49] Me : coz i was flustered
[13:49] diremeow: haha
[13:49] diremeow: A/S/L ah
[13:50]Me : wts
[13:50]Me : srsly
[13:50]Me : why u wanna know. -_-
[13:50] Me : (se peh peh)
[13:50] diremeow: cos you say your boss was shocked
[13:50] Me : OH HAHAHAHAHA
[13:50]Me : CHEH
[13:50]Me : my twitter msg?!
[13:50] Me : tsk.
[13:51]Me : thought u were hitting on your own gf through the interwebz.
[13:51]Me : grossness.
[13:51] diremeow: oh
[13:51] diremeow: dunlike to be hit on by meeeee
[13:51] diremeow: T_T
[13:52]Me : IT'S JUST THE WAY U PUT IT LA, COME ON.
[13:52] diremeow: hahahahaha

awesome!

Sweet Valley High Score: 73% (8 out of 11)