Friday, April 30, 2004

Xin Jia Bo 5566 Dragon Yan CHang Hui 2004

Many thanks to: Pinji (for helping me to get the tix);Syl,Keith,She (for being sucha good hosts!)!!

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The report that you all have been waiting for (not all of you probably), but for every adventure I went, always tried to write up a nice report for memories's sake I assume. It will be divided to 2 parts: the concert and toro's review on the concert as a whole (and in parts maybe)

Part One: The Concert
Toro and nenek was already at the Indoor stadium from about 6.30 to meet PJ's friend to get our tickets, so we met her, then waited for a lot while, we were seating on PB Section Row 10 Seat 4 and Seat 5!We sat down near the premiere entrance wathing a lot of girls walking around, the number was growing at the hour..until around 7.30ish..the door is opened..but we need to queue up in front of the entrance ( along queue indeed, but quite fast), they checked bags and tickets (toro of course can smuggle one little camera, my wonderful pink bag has a secret unseen pouch inside).As we are entering the venue, the first thing that we saw was the quite big stage in front of our eyes and the 5566's songs blaring from the sound system also they were showing One More Try MV on the screen, toro and nenek at that point already had the "kebat kebit" feeling (jittery feeling)..so we went to find our seats,great seatings indeed among the Starlanders. After a while, I was in doubt that the tickets were actually SOLD OUT (sistic web said the first 2 class was SOLD OUT)..but then around 8.15 or so...more people still coming in from outside....and voila..the light went out..and everyone screamed!!! and the PA said the show is about to start and stated the rules bla bla etc. ah before I forgot, I saw Kym Ng in the front seats..around 9 rows in front of me,since manya local medias were taking pictures of her, and saw her standing and talking to the press too..(FYI: Kym Ng played TOny SUn's mother in Westside Story, she is a local Singapore actress!a funky woman...the image of her with so many Hello Kittys always printed on my mind hahahah). so nearing 8.30ish..the show started with K-One, they showed up on the stage using the hydrollic lift, they were all wearing white and Jr was wearing this bandana, they sang We're K-One and another 2 songs!One of the songs was the theme of their upcomong Ou Xiang Ju, written by TORO and sang with Shao Wei (they refered to him as Shao Wei Ge, this drama is supposedly somewhat similar to Mi Jia Le Zhi Wu).Most of the audience was seated during K-One's performance, not a lot of people standing up cheering them, only a few rows in front of...even I and nenek were seating down (saving some energy for the real show later on), but their dance was so so and ok lah...don't think they can replace Energy in the future >_< (good news for Energy fans rite)..

After K-one wrapping up their performance, they were telling the audience to yell out 5566...after screaming here and there...the stage was empty..and the dancers started to come out..then we saw the videoscreen telling a storiy about 4 knight that's going to save the earth from evil called 5566 (the theme of the year is Dragon!..so the costumes and the scenes were medieval adventure thingy!!).One by one the boys apparead on the stage wearing this somewhat warrior costumes! they started off with singing Easy Come Easy Go, followed by Shi Du Kong Jian. THe interesting part about singing the 2nd song, they were tied up in this big net...and the dancers wheeled them around when they took turn to sing their solo part in the song (very interesting)!Then they sang the remix of Ai Qing Man you and Wu Shuo Wei, it was very high at that point, even toro was singing alone and tried to the Ai Qing Man You dance . After the fast songs ended, they greeted the audience and interact with them but a short one, then they went inside...on the screen we can see Jason's video..He was in this KTV feeling not happy and bored..tried to sing some 5566 songs but still feeling wu liao...then suddenly he sang to Angela Zhang's song!!! Oh so funny especially with the rumors about the 2 of them..hahahah then jason said he was giving away his necklace to the lucky audience and he announced the seating number (lucky people). After the video ended, the intro for Shou Hou was played and one by one they came to the stage wearing a black outfits similar to the earlier costumes (silver and black)..and Rio Peng this time joined the other (I heard that Rio is no longer can dance..so He will be only in the slow songs for performance). Following Shou Hou was One More Try and Leng Feng Guo Jing..then they all went inside again! this time they showed Sam's video..he was getting his back massaged and screamed that it hurt!! (Sam now also has a problem with his back!)...then he was giving out his Hat for the lucky winner!....the next part is the 5566's solo parts (oh Boy have I been waiting for this or what).....



Solo parts
Zax was the firt one to open this part, he stood on the left stage and started to dance and singing to We Will ROck U, the audince sang along with the song especially the chorus part, then Jason's part was next..this time he suddenly showed up on the right side of the stage wearing a hat and a white tank top..then he came down and walked off to the center stage..the dancers put this white jacket on him and He started to rapped It Wasn't Me in chinese!...He was actually good!!!...the OH THE NEXT ONE: was Sam Wang's solo...he appeared on the center stage helped by the hydrollic lift wearing this red robe (for boxing)..then we can see all the La Mei dancing (or maybe grinding to be precise) around him!!! Sam was singing to Ricky Martin's Livin La Vida Loca! If you know Sam, well he has this very deep and scratchy voice (agak serak2 gitu)..and imagine that voice singing Livin La vida Loca..., but after the first chorus was sang...HE STARTED TO OPEN HIS ROBE AND VOILA VOILA..TORO AND NENEK LITERALLY ALMOST HUGGED EACH OTHER AND DROOLED!!!! , since inside he was wearing an open shirt which we can see cleary oh so cleary HIS BARE CHEST BARE BARE BARE BARE ....yup by then toro was already singing oh so loud the chorus for livin la vida loca (FYI: toro was a big fan of Ricky Martin too loh, i had his first 2 english albums hahahaha)!!!..then the stage went dark....suddenly we could see Tony's solo from the other side of the stage..he was singing Stephani Sun's song from her 1st album ( since It was one of my fave)..it was called Thian Hei Hei (cloudy Day), oh the audince can of course sang along with Tony, he was wearing this black suit veryu very handsome . He only sang the first verse and said goodbye and thank you ( only a minute or two),,,,then the video took us following TOny went backstage and sat down in the dressing room with the other boys looking at him~...Tony was like la la sitting there, sipping his water...and Renfu and Sam started to scold him saying it's not fair that his solo was so SHORT!..so the 5 of them started to arguing..and Tony still being cool answering all..lalalala..then he said..OKAY..I will perform again..the video went off...then TONY SHOWED UP ON THE STAGE WEARING A BIKINI, A SNORKEL AND A YELLOW DUCK FLOAT!!!!!!! WITH THE DANCERS WEARING THE SAME THING..THEN THEY ALL SANG YMCA..OMIAGUK....I WAS LAUGHING LIKE MAD WITH NENEK....IT'S JUST TOO FUNNY..espcially He did some dancing too for the YMCA....and toro and nenek sang along YMCA with the YMCA style too (you all know YMCA rite? it's the gay song sang by the Village People..very famous back then)..oh btw..his english quite good (or I just didn't notice it anymore perhaps)....Tony's solo followed by the 5566's party time when all the rest of the boys came out again to sing together to this song!!! (similar to SMAP's Five Respects!!!!).....after the solo part...we were presented yet again another video of Zax...prancing on the beach like some baywatch girl//with the fake boobs and bikini..so so funny.......zax gave out his pair of jeans to the lucky winner....R&B was up next with HUllahu and Ai De Bubble....all the audience was cheering them on..(not like K-One earlier I must admit, the audince was pretty histerical when R&B showed up on the stage).





Next part was 5566 and R&B...first Sam and Jason sang Bounce with the guys from R&B..then Tony and Zax sang Shen Hua with the girls from R&B (zaizai and xiao qiao) and they all together sang Chuan Shuo! great performance from all of them!!!....the next video was about TOny he was talking something about last year's concert, couldn't quite get it (due to my limited chinese)..but the last part after he announce who was the luck winner receiving some drawings of them, he made this so cute funny face......next one was their singing ballad songs again from For You, Boyfriend and mix of Wo Nan Guo and Without Your Love and Yi Guang Nian they were wearing a big white pants (like those samurais from Japan) and greyish and white top (with some furt)..in this part they did a lot of interaction with the audince....and also giving out some laptops for the 4 student they handpicked themselves (they did this win a laptop thing to encourage students to study hard..and gave them out for kids coming out from lower level income..asked them to write a letter why should they deserve a laptop...a very nice gesture from the 5566 boys)..they all teased the winners (winners were 4 girls invited to the stage..and each members personally gave out the laptop)..and Renfu was always stood beside this one girl...hugging her by the shoulders and teasing her....During one song..I forgot which song. the 5 of them mad a deal to race from one stage to the other side.....they were all running with their skirtlike pants (itu celana sambil lari diangkat2 gitu hahahahah kocak abis)....on the 2 sides of the stage there was a little stage that u neek to climb up the stairs. so they started to sing in the center then climbed up the stairs for the left stage..then climbed down again..then ran like crazy schoolgirls to the right stage...then there were 5 stools prepared for them in the middle stage..and they all climbed down again and rand for the stools....but Rio was so devious...he sat down on 2 stools!!! and Sam was hugging this one stool since he did not have time to sit on it..so it's kinda left TOny with no stool!>.he was scolding Sam for hugging that one stool!!!..but sam still holding to that one stool so tight..hhahah and Tony was saying: Pi Ku Hen Da!!!! (*LOL* your butt is so big!!)..so finally Rio gave the two stools he sat on....they were talking and joking around....and funny part was they were asking questions...to each member...first one off was....Zax brought his stool in front of the 4 guys...then..Sam was saying: QING WEN (it's just like one of those game they always played on Shao Nian)...Ni gen (Zax's GF name) zhai yi qi ma?..then zax..just laughed out and carried his stool back with the other 4!!!...then Sam also asking the same thing to Rio..saying Ni Gen (Evonne Hsu )Zhai yi qi ma)..while Rio just laughed...also Tony was asking about Sam too..I quite didn't get it! since I think there's rumour about him in Taiwan..and TOny was surprised that the SG audience knew about this..since he asked...Ni men wei she me ce dao? XIn Wen ma? Kan Dian shi? (pardon the bad pin yin). ah but the funniest part was......... Tony was saying...who's among them that has not talked at all!!!.....everyone was pointing to Jason of course..and TOny and Zax get off from the stool and started to sing Angela's Song (SO FUNNY) that Jason sang in the earlier video!!! hahah then Sam sternly asked: QING WEN, NI GEN CHANG SHAO HAN ZAI YI QI MA?...we were all busrting with laughter!! hahaha ---> this was just one of them funny conversations they had on stage hahahah

The last song they did was Zhang Fang before saying goodbyes!!! of course everyone saying encore! encore!..then after 5 minutes...they back on stage with their Matador suits (like the one in Dou Zhen Ju Le Bu Show) singing Zui Hou Yi Miao..very good and they all looked so handsome...they did another encore of Zhang Fang for the closing of the show with K-One and R&B...before that last song....they promoted this new giant figurenes especially made for the Sg audience...Jason was the first one to introduce his figurine (it's the exact same size as him) (these figurines will be sold in smaller size of course!)..then Tony said: Look...Yan Jing Hen Da ..then when it's Tony's turn..he teased his own figurine saying kupikupikupi ...Zax was kissing his own figurine and slapped the head tu turn around 360 degrees ....

total show was 3 hours..it just never ended..even 5566 saying It's so late and u guys still want to continue hahahha but of course lah!!!...but one great show indeed!!!

More on 5566...(the review...)

Dui Bu Qi, everyone!!!! took me a lot while to write another review for 5566 yes? me just being lazy nowaday to write a long winded blog!but today I will have another blogpotamus maybe?...hahahaha.. First is first....let's talk more about 5566..since some of you has been waiting for it actually....here goes...

so I don't think there is much too tell about the concert itself, but there are some conversation parts that I forgot to mention in the previous post...the first time they greeted the audience....Tony noticed the Kym Ng sitting in the first row...

TOny: oh Look....You Ya Yu de Ma Ma (You Ya Yu-->Tony Sun's charater in XJSN)
(the giant screen suddenly shoot at Kym Ng''s face sitting in the front row)
Tony: Ni Hao Lao Pan Niang ( You Ya Yu called his mama Lao Pan Niang in XJSN hahaha)
and the others started to greet her too...
Zax: Hi, NI Hao Lan Yi (her mom called Lan Lan in the movie...so Zax etc called her Lan Ah Yi in XJSN)
Tony: Ni Hen gao xing ma?
Kym Ng: She smiled and nodded her head!

it's a cute thing heheheh....always like You Ya Yu and his mom in XJSN, Kym Ng was there probably to support 5566, since last november when 5566 was guest for SHIN! concert, Kym Ng also there among the audience and shouted...Xing Kan...(something like Bao Bei yah hahahha)!!!..there was also the part when 5566 were giving out laptops for the winners of their concert (earlier they hold a contest where u can write a letter why u deserve a laptop from 5566, it's only for students from certain income levels)..there were 4 winners invited to the stage..and 5566 gave each laptop personally...but there's this one girl...who's so expressionless..(sedate looking)....but Zax was always putting his hand on her should and talked to her..hahahah so then Tony said that he called the girl the day before to say that she won the laptop..during the phone conversation, that girl didn't look so excited or maybe because of the shock....so TOny and Zax acted the girl's reaction on the stage

Tony: Wei, Ni Hao....Yi Lin ma? this is SUn Xie Zhi from 5566..Ni Hao
Zax (pretending to be yi lin on the other end): Hao (no expression at all...no happy tone either!!)
It was darn funny...hard to explain in here hahahahaha...........

but overall the concert was great! they had a nice flow alltogether...compared to last year's concert...when the theme was Play, so they did a lot of games to interact with the audience...but it kinda boring when u see it on the screen (VCD or DVD), this year was much better...they sang more songs than they talked...only toward the end they spoke a lot among each other and the audience..but the 1st half of the show was focussing more on the singing skills!...this time I saw Zax in a different light that last year I saw him in Jakarta. He was very quiet during 5566's visit to Jakarta. But when I saw him last in the concert, he was the exact Zax I know him as the wacky host of Wang Quan Happy or Wan Quan Yu le....he's just so wacky and funny and similar to SMAP's Nakai...and talking about SMAP!....well this is the sad part or more like the criticism from me!..there 3 occurance in the concert that they kinda copied it from old SMAP's concert!

1. 5566 giving out their attributed to the audience thru some video and announce the winner--> you can see this on Drink! SMAP! concert, where Kimutaku was giving out some concert merchandise with his signature thru the video too announcing the seating numbers and all!
2. 5566 Party Time= SMAP's Five REspect (from DRINK SMAP!), this was the song 5566 sang after thei Solos, at first I was kinda confused what are they rapping about, but then after a while I kinda caught they were rapping about the other member!!! (since I caught them mentioning their own names)..then nenek and toro just looked at each other and OMAIGUK..IT'S THE TAKUYA TAKUYA SONG..(the Five Respect also a song about other member singing about the other member personalities and screaming Goro Goro...Shingo Shingo..etc..)
3. Tony's rendition of YMCA singing with bikin and wearing the duck Float....= Nakai's solo on Drink Smap (the Morning Musuko part)..he was wearing some bra and a ballet tu tu and SOME DUCK COMING FROM HIS CROTCH (Swan Lake attire!!!0....Nakai = Tony=Leader of the group..the only difference is Tony is cute and can sing..Nakai is not cute and cannot carry a tune ...

come 2 think of it, they kinda copied it those acts from DRINK!SMAP ...don't know whether it's good or bad....well I just kinda hope they can have some originality..yes they can idolize SMAP...but well If they can create something of their own is much better sih....

but overall I still love the concert and no regret at all coming all the way from Jakarta to see them perform!...it's something you expected from 5566, althought I heard that they lip-synced the whole thing...except Tony's singing Thian Hei Hei....which in the part he still can sing very good!....(tidak fales atau apa2 lah...bagus like you heard him singing in the CDs)....