The Star: 阿密特-张惠妹 (《阿密特》首次世界巡回演唱会)

It's such a WOW. You see, the response was so good that another concert was added on the 29th. All in all, 15000 people watched her performance over 2 nights.

I really must admit that I was a tad disappointed when I researched for the songlist for the China concerts, because the list was mostly filled up with songs that I wasn't very familiar with. Hence, Homework needed to be done--I started to listen to those songs at the beginning of the month, and by the concert, I was more familiar with the songs than ever, and could sing to the lyrics on the big screens.

A rock concert has been something I had wanted to experience. Someone said "there's a rocker in everyone", and yes, I did enjoy it, and was really glad that I 'mugged' the songs before attending--I could appreciate the songs and could shout/scold/wave/bounce with them.

I'm now so used to calling her "阿密特" instead of 张惠妹, so for the rest of this entry, the former shall be used.
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-I was awed by the very first song 阿密特 sang. Nothing more can be said about the power of the song, even though none of us understood. The CD version of this native song can be heard here: THIS.

-当我开始偷偷的想你、冲动、薇多利亚的秘密 came next, and these immediately revved up the atmosphere.

-分生 was next, and judging from the cheers once the music started, it showed that the audience looked forward to it. That's good news, since 分生 is the signature song of this revolutionary album.

-你好不好、水蓝色眼泪 were slower songs, and they were not as popular as some of her other K songs. 相爱后动物感伤 came, and then it was a violin solo by someone else.

-And the big surprise came: She sang the opera "Nessun Dorma" and the pitch-perfect high notes gripped everyone in awe. Really, she deserved a good standing ovation for this.

-It followed by a series of High songs like 不要乱说、永远的快乐、将爱、黑吃黑.. It was pretty interesting how the organisers tried to censor the "IT's BULLSHIT" in 黑吃黑. "It's Bullshit" didn't show up on the lyrics on the big screen, and whenever it comes, 阿密特 only sang "It's BULL..." and then she pointed the microphone outwards. But the 合音s sang out the "Shit", together with the audience. It was great fun shouting with the rest, and "Bullshit" resonated in the stadium!

-我可以抱你吗、趁早、哭不出来 would probably be some audience's favourite segment, as these were the most K songs she did that night. The power of "万人KTV" could be felt in these 3 songs.

-寂寞保龄球 is quite a lame song that plays on the rhyming of 'boring' and 'bowling'.

-She sang a meaningful 灵魂的重量from the newest album. 掉了was next, and though it is from the newest album too, but as it is the most K song, it was much to everyone's liking.

-An English song was next, followed by a series of High numbers, like "So good"、发生什么事、发烧、瞬间、火.

-好胆你就来 was one of the songs that I looked forward to, and her way of singing her rare Hokkien song was gooood. The atmosphere was quite High too.

-The last slow songs were "彩虹"--a song dedicated to all kinds of love, including gays, and "爱，永远不会消失".

-The final songs were extremely High. People were jumping and screaming with "因为有我"、" OK"、"三天三夜". I knew 三天三夜 is a very High song, but had never expected the extent to be so much.. If anyone still had a working throat, that song would have hoarsed it.

-The ENCORE segment only had "开门见山", a new song in the album, which equally maintained the very HIGH atmosphere after 三天三夜. I noticed they didn't show "混帐" and "笨蛋" of the lyrics on the screen too. Er, but these aren't vulgar eh?

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I must say, I like how the concert excluded fanciful dresses and over-the-top stage designs that are common for solo concerts. I guess people pay to watch 张惠妹 not for the physical decorations and effects, but to experience the blasting vocals Live. By removing all these redundant things, she drew all attention to her stage presence and the performance itself, which did not disappoint at all.

And a very laudable thing is, she actually gave the background singers and the band (especially the electric guitarist) very very very much air-time. In other solo concerts, you would probably not see the background singers nor the Live Band, until the end, when the singer is giving thanks. BUT, for 阿密特's concert, the background singers were standing IN FRONT, and towards the end, they even took the centre stage, while 阿密特was standing at the side, away from the limelight. The electric guitarist was also given so much 'Face' to do many solo jammings.. it goes to show how 阿密特 wants to share the stage with them, instead of dominating the stage alone.

Before I end the entry here, I shall share 3 youtube videos, that very adequately compiled the best of the concert on the 30th. Catch them!

1. Part 1 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUf7dbFkqIA
2. Part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAEyiZsJpwQ&feature=related
3. Encore here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sevSDUL3JM&feature=related