january 14th, 2010
let me start off by saying, i really really didn't want to go to this concert and i was rather mad that dirk committed us to go. i had been working four straight days in a row and standing on my feet all day, each day. BUT! i definitely don't regret going now! it was one of the best concerts i have ever been too (i don't think anything can beat the rolling stones though, i have high expectations).
i am not much of a green day fan but i do enjoy some of their new music and most all their old music. they really rocked it though... the crowd participation was great. that is one thing singaporeans do right, they really get excited about concerts and really make the artist feel welcomed... i am sure this was a very different venue for green day. no pot smoking, no moshing, no violence in the crowd. just straight laced singaporeans enjoying the music, singing along, and laughing shyly at all the curse words. you know you are old when... you actually enjoy the concert because of all these reasons... and complain the next day that your ears hurt... haha.
the highlight of the show for me was... billy joe armstrong picked a singaporean that new all the words to one song and let him sing it on stage while the band totally rocked it... it was great! i am not sure you would get the same reaction in any other country! how awesome would it be to say you sang/rocked with green day?
some other amusing happenings... billy joe asked a singaporean her name TWICE while on stage and never asked another person their name... he had NO CLUE! don't want to make that mistake twice...
it was not surprisingly mostly ang mo's there (white people)... i don't think i have seen that many white people together under one roof in singapore. but he chose only singaporeans to go on stage. it was rather amusing too... he asked them to put their cameras away but he definitely forgot where he was... asians and their photography. so i had to bust mine out as well... don't get me wrong about the ang mo comment. their were plenty of people to diversify the venue... just it is rare to see so many white people... you kind of forget you live in asia for awhile... jamming out to american music :)
let me start off by saying, i really really didn't want to go to this concert and i was rather mad that dirk committed us to go. i had been working four straight days in a row and standing on my feet all day, each day. BUT! i definitely don't regret going now! it was one of the best concerts i have ever been too (i don't think anything can beat the rolling stones though, i have high expectations).
i am not much of a green day fan but i do enjoy some of their new music and most all their old music. they really rocked it though... the crowd participation was great. that is one thing singaporeans do right, they really get excited about concerts and really make the artist feel welcomed... i am sure this was a very different venue for green day. no pot smoking, no moshing, no violence in the crowd. just straight laced singaporeans enjoying the music, singing along, and laughing shyly at all the curse words. you know you are old when... you actually enjoy the concert because of all these reasons... and complain the next day that your ears hurt... haha.
the highlight of the show for me was... billy joe armstrong picked a singaporean that new all the words to one song and let him sing it on stage while the band totally rocked it... it was great! i am not sure you would get the same reaction in any other country! how awesome would it be to say you sang/rocked with green day?
some other amusing happenings... billy joe asked a singaporean her name TWICE while on stage and never asked another person their name... he had NO CLUE! don't want to make that mistake twice...
it was not surprisingly mostly ang mo's there (white people)... i don't think i have seen that many white people together under one roof in singapore. but he chose only singaporeans to go on stage. it was rather amusing too... he asked them to put their cameras away but he definitely forgot where he was... asians and their photography. so i had to bust mine out as well... don't get me wrong about the ang mo comment. their were plenty of people to diversify the venue... just it is rare to see so many white people... you kind of forget you live in asia for awhile... jamming out to american music :)
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Random Fact:
green day has been a band over 20 years and this was their first time to singapore... i wonder if they will come back?
we were wondering if before the concert they were smoking out in the back... but remembering where we are, probably not. death by hanging for illegal drugs was probably not what they were thinking their first time to singapore...
green day has been a band over 20 years and this was their first time to singapore... i wonder if they will come back?
we were wondering if before the concert they were smoking out in the back... but remembering where we are, probably not. death by hanging for illegal drugs was probably not what they were thinking their first time to singapore...
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