Attended Jacky Cheung's concert at the Indoor Stadium with my sisters today. :)
If my memory did not fail me, the last concert we'd attended was in 2007.
I'll keep returning to his concert until the day he cannot perform. What I like about his concert is that unlike others, he do not do fanciful stage acts such as weird clothes, plenty of dancers and all. What he offered was his voice, some dance moves, story theme, he interacts with the audience - chatting, making jokes, being very humble, nice and friendly. Not guest stars, just him. That's what I'd always enjoyed at his concerts.
Tonight was no different.
It started off with a movie-like clip - with help from a director and Shu Qi as his main lead. The purpose of doing that, as explained by him after the whole story was to tell people a story about love. How fragile it can be and all. Nicely done up with a lot of dance moves from Jacky and his dancers while he belt out songs relating to the different stages of love - from a free man to courting, marriage, the down period and getting back together. How I wish it was a movie then.
Next, he began to interact with his fans and concert goers. What I'd noticed about him was he'd always, without fail say "Thank you" after every songs / theme. He began to sing one or two new singles while introducing his new direction - bossa nova followed by some older goldies with the bossa nova feel to it.
Also, introducing his backup singers and his band which reminded me of Michael Jackson's last show where he let his performers shine - the female guitarist. Singing his new and old songs in Mandarin and Cantonese. An animated clip about his childhood - how he got that scar on his left cheek.
Improvements for this round was the addition of lyrics on the screen and that allowed us to singalong with him! I really love attending his concert for the personal touch which made my money all the worth. He sang almost twenty songs? 5 nights of show, it's understandable that he's tired too but he made it looked easy. He danced a lot. There I was wondering how did he manage to maintain that level of energy for 5 nights of an estimated 3.5hrs of performance. His encore wasn't just one or two songs, not just sitting down and sing but with some dance moves and more songs. One can't tell he's 50 unless you check out his age!
I don't blame him for leaving just after his last song for the heavenly king needs his rest. Just felt pity that the concert has to end so soon. Like da jie said, time flies when we were enjoying ourselves. This time, we get to see more up close shots of him, knowing that he do not lip sync because there were some notes that he did not manage to hit while singing the last few songs.
Tonight, I get to sleep with the sweetest dreams, with memories of the humble and humorous still fresh in my mind. ;)
Sharing this song - not related to my above post.
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