Monday, May 02, 2005

Emil Chau & Jonathan Lee Concert 2005

Went with Mum for this one. I enjoyed it thoroughly although I think Mum would have preferred it to be just an "Emil Chau (Zhou Hua Jian)" concert. Afterall, Emil Chau's the charmer, energetic mr funny man who sings mesmerizingly well - he's had 2 or 3 sell-out concerts here before.

Well, the singing 'prowess' of Jonathan Lee (Lee Zhong Sheng, better known as the famous songwriter who was married to Sandy Lam before) wasn't one that went down well for many. He can't really sing like the polished pros...but I thought his unique 'constipated' type of singing along with equally constipated looks on his face, singing his own rendition of the many popular songs his written before were simply captivating. What was absolutely gripping about him was the emotion he put into every song he sang. Almost seemed like a musical, his musical - singing his life story of heartaches, love's trials and tribulations through his lyrics. Many of these love songs made references to his thoughts and feelings at the time when he was married but was also, seeing Sandy Lam. Interesting. Even celebrities have issues.

Sitting there listening to them belt out every song, at blasting volume, it's almost like the words were being forced down into your ears. No, not that it was unpleasant, au contraire. The story behind these songs were very real...people can actually relate to them, representative of matters related to the weak heart. It became somewhat emotional for me at some point, but heck, at the end of it, I was glad I had Mum with me and that we went to see it together.

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