Tuesday, November 15, 2011
第17届新加坡金曲奖
I think I'm obliged to thank F&N Fruit Tree Fresh for letting me have the chance to attend this year's Singapore Hit Awards, without having to fork out money. It was a truly good night of quality performances, something that I wouldn't have enjoyed, if not for F&N Fruit Tree Fresh.
Here's the 10 most memorable segments that I can immediately remember off-hand now:
1. Michelle Chong came as a presenter for the 3rd consecutive year, this time as 阿娇 in her upcoming movie [一泡而红]. Once again, she brought the atmosphere up early in the event by her comical accents and funny quotes. Aunty Lucy, too, appeared in 金曲奖 for the 3rd time, and 'she' continued to draw laughter. 'Her' upcoming movie CNY movie [龙众舞] is also one that I'll be looking forward to.
2. 丁当wowed the crowd with her super strong [我是一只小小鸟]. Her [一半] and [我爱他] were well-received too. She even teared a little when singing the latter.
3. 胡夏's [那些年] was definitely one of the performances that I looked forward to. He did it pretty well, but it was not the full complete song that he did, probably because the full song would have lasted more than 6 minutes.
4. I looked forward to 严爵's [好的事情], but it was also not a full song, and I also think it was not his best performance possible.
5. I was happy for Olivia's win of 最佳本地歌手, and definitely loved the live rendition of [海枯石烂]!
6. I was a little surprised at 何维健's win of 最受欢迎男歌手. I certainly hope that there's no "分猪肉" behind this, but I think the fan base there last Saturday did convince me back a little. Ok, afterall, we should support local talents!
7. Other performances I enjoyed, included 林棋玉's [同花顺] (really good control of his falsetto) and 宇珩's both songs.
8. 林宥嘉 was very engrossed in his performances of [想自由] and [自然醒], and it brought me into the songs too. Probably also because I've memorised the lyrics of both.
9. 孙燕姿 was one major highlight. Probably if not for her, the turnout for the event will be very much lower. Her live band performance was CONCERT-standard. She was sick, but her vocals were in tiptop condition. She did [我要的幸福]，[我不爱/我的爱]，[世说新语]，[当冬夜渐暖]. Everyone was practically singing along during her last song. Probably the only thing that was lacking, was for the audience to shout "Encore!"
10. 伍思凯was this year's 流行乐坛荣誉大奖得主. But unfortunately, large crowds of people left the stadium the moment 孙燕姿 ended her last song. The main reason was probably because it was already past midnight by now, and I thought it really didn't look too good. The stage crew and musicians should really do the band set-up faster for the earlier performances, to avoid sacrificing one of the most 压轴 segments. But nevertheless, those who stayed on for 伍思凯 did get the best treat. He did 3 classic numbers [爱要怎么说], [分享] and [特别的爱给特别的你], and I agree that his vocals had never ever dropped in standard all these years. I definitely loved this last performance.
This is the Nth 金曲奖 that I attended, and I was quite glad that this trend didn't stop this year. It almost did, if not because of the free lucky draw tickets! And I can't imagine not attending and missing out on all these. It certainly helped to conclude many weeks of frustrations and stress in school.
May next year's Singapore Hit Awards be an even better event, with more big names!
人生是黑白的.
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第17届新加坡金曲奖