Anti Gravitying at Double Trouble
(Credits: To Mohd Zaidee Suman of DuniaSearch (Laman Eksklusif Peminat Kumpulan Search)
\m/(>.<)\m/ I love Search... I love Wings... \m/(>.<)\m/
Since I was a little girl until now (I'm 30....) I've been listening to their music... I didn't have the chance to buy most of their albums (well I'm not money independence yet, got to borrow from friends...but when I've had grow up it's kinda too late...) but I've still listened to all of their songs. Although I've grown to be a normal soft-hearted woman I know i am a Rockers at heart... hahaha...
I started to admired Search from their "Langit dan Bumi" album.. and my favourite was the "Fenomena" album.. a real phenomenon!! While Wings, I started to know them by their "Belenggu Irama" album.. but my favourite of all time was the "Jerangkung Dalam almari"...
I've met Amy Search and Awie Wings on separated occasions and heard them both sung but...
... I never been to any of their concerts... I never been to A concert even...
...ok I lied..
...my first concert was KRU (AWAS tour) but that's a different story...
\m/(>.<)\m/ ~ By Passing My Head ~ \m/(>.<)\m/
It all started spontaneously..., I'm planning to celebrate my 10years friendship with my friend... thought of a vacation together in Kuching only so I've started to surf in the net of hotel or places that might interest us. Come across to a forum name "Lagenda Rock Online" - read about a concert that will be held on the 1st May... Instantly I made up my mind... well it's a Double Trouble concert after all!! Both of us loves it so it might a great experience...
Bought the concert ticket 10days before the date and waited patiently...
Imagine..., 3 days before the concert - I was admitted to hospital due to high fever (no worries I'm negative of H1N1 and more story about it here) - I was almost giving up by asking my sister to offer the ticket to anybody interested to go... Luckily I am ok and was discharged 3 hours before departure time~! I personally think about it because of my high spirited to go to this concert...hahaha~! Actually thanks to Allah SWT for listening to my prayer...
So~
\m/(>.<)\m/ ~ The Concert... ~ \m/(>.<)\m/
I've planned to be there as early as 5pm.. thought that will be just the two of us (LOL that is so naive thinking...) Certainly, we are not alone... Hundreds of people are already there... Cars parking along the main road are the witness... (Anyways thanks to my sister for dropping us there...)
Don't know what to do first.., so we just go and grab some t-shirt and tag... merely as souvenirs...
After more than 20mins later we are allowed to enter the indoor stadium... (actually after we've finished our burger by force, seems that "outside food and drinks" are not allowed to bring in... also umbrella and camera... BUMMER!!)
i can proudly say that we are amongst the 'early bird' that grab the front seats... yep, the area that close to the stage... thanks to my friendly mouth - made a few friends in there...
Dj Isma Halil Hamzah was on duty - thanks to him - it seems worth the wait... hahaha... if not, we probably already start to move away or grab some more food and risked our 'hot seats'.. lalala~♥ (BUT why the camera keeps focusing on a beautiful woman.. so, an ugly woman like me doesn't stand a chance laa??!!! LOL...)
Anyways... after 7pm, crowds are multiplying... suddenly everybody stands up - so till then we started our standing position - temperature rising, situations getting more packed, the chest is getting tight ('thanks' to whoever smokes after that...) My wish to do a Mexican Wave with my friend came true when more people tried to join the standing crowd and pushing back and front... Honestly, I was a bit regret due to this situation... but when the first guitar solo came in... the lights are dimmed I know it's worth being in the seas of people...
After the curtains fall - more people start to rush in front which very very uncomfortable (well nothing comfortable in concert I've learned about it on the first time... hahaha)... I've parted from my friend (whom at the same time flirting with a guy.. hahaha...) so, here I am on the other side of people when My favourite song,"Gemuruh" is started!! I sang along out loud carelessly. (carelessly in terms of don't care what people next to me thinking.. hahaha...) Only managed to shoot a video on this song... I couldn't take risks when people started jumping and pushing...
Search starts off with "Paranoid
after that, Wings take over and sang "Puisi Merdeka" and "Gema Di Inderaloka".. I've sung along like there's a 'karaoke wordings' in front... LOL... not forgetting headbanging and do 'Bird Flying' gesture after that....
(also kept on bumping elbows or other parts of the anatomy to people who surrounded me but all forgiven easily... I remember a guy - he bumped his hand on my head - makes me lagged for few seconds LOL... but it's ok... So kind we are, yes? Hopefully, it will be practised outside of the arena... :) )
Finally, My friend joined back again. Too bad, I'm still in bad condition (recovery from my almost H1N1 fever) and somebody way bigger than me has overtaken me and block my view ever since... After Wings played the "Alam Barzakh" song - we have to swim out from the area... way out until outside of the concert... LOL~!! the moment I reach the other side of the arena - phewww~!! fresh air!!! No more tight chest! (and vow to help keep the air clean next time... hahahaha)
Nope. No regret there... Even though we just listening from outside the arena but we have no regret at all for not being in until the end... it's better than passed out inside... Beside meet more new friends who also big fans of the two legends...
While at it - I've signed up for Wings Fan Club and grab more drinks (which my mistake at first...) Sitting at the car park while chitchatting with other fans and sometimes sing-a-long again on medleys (Anyway.., some of the fans are unfortunate - not even have the chance to enter the arena..)
15mins before the concert is done - we've already at the entrance gate to go home.... and waited for our ride home (tried to get a cab was a 4stars difficulty...hahaha)
....once get into our room, both of us are too exhausted to even talked about it... hahahaa~ take a raincheck and postponed it on breakfast..!! that's how low our energy is...
\m/(>.<)\m/ Overall - on my view \m/(>.<)\m/
I can't comment on how skilled the other band members of Search and Wings because I am not a musician and didn't see most of it..but I know I love the music they've played - although I've heard on earlier songs - something like overrun music plus Amy seems to forget some lyric which doesn't matter to me.. we're human and tends to make mistake...
Awie should get more credit for his voice and showmanship.. which I kept thinking that he will not make it to the high notes (due to his physical change and his twice tonsil's surgery) but he DID IT! and did it really well... even though I'm sitting outside, I've heard him clearly (clearly?? LOL...) and I was turned back time when I heard him sang most of Wings songs... Hail to Awie~!!! *love you, bro...♥*
For Amy, I got no doubt on him plus I can proudly say in his fifties he still got the energies to rock on the night like he was back 17 years before. Salute~!!! *love you too, bro♥*
Both band members also should be acknowledged too for the great music.. and finally, both bands should be given huge applause and a standing ovation (which they already got for the last 2 and plus hours by the fans...) Sorry to say to the other concerts that night... Legends will always be the Legends...
Oh yeah, please next time - not this venue... too small for 20k people and the ventilation and aircon's or fans seems not doing it best and the location, well, I'm from Kuching so I don't know where else suitable but after trying so hard to get a cab back to the hotel - I think it's not the best place for a big concert like this...
As for myself....,
Moral of this story :
1. stand by at least a bottle of water...
2. wear
3. at least jogging maybe a month before the concert ( for stamina to jump with the crowd or even to be push by the wave of crowds.. :P )
4. take good care of health
5. booked or charted a taxi or transportation to send home... A MUST~!
6. practice standing for a very long period... (again...., jumping is an advantage!!)
7. practice smelling bad odour or sweat... Elevator or public toilets might be a good start (..and hopefully till then your nose might immune to that smell.. hahaha)
8. practice to seat on the floor for a long period
9. search for the lyrics or surf youtube for the song and try to remember it...
10.
NTGravity: Looking forward to next time... :) Oh yeah, remember when we tried to 'swim' our way out for fresh air...
Haiiit~~!!!
4 Rants Found
fren
ReplyDeleteinteresting report and great pics
p.s
Kru pun legend tau haha
@Deaf Angel
ReplyDeletethank you fren for visiting...
yes KRU memang legend tapi lain genre muzik laa... hahahha :)
dtg menyinggah..nice reviu sis
ReplyDeletekalo ada lg konsert diorg..bleh turun lg headbangin..hehehe
@Ayie...
ReplyDeletetenkiu...
memang nak dtg lagi.. hopefully stadium merdeka laa... hahahah...
tapi takut laa macam hari tuh... padat sangat... hahahha
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