I had never been to a live concert before, Eason Chan Moving on Stage 11 was a zero-breaking experience to me!
I started to know Eason when I was in secondary school, if my memory does . Prior to that, I only knew that he was rather a popular canto pop singer in HK, following the 4 Heavenly Kings etc. The first Chinese song of him that touched my heart was "Hun Li de Zhu Fu"; watching the MTV of that song, i was amazed that he sang so well and the lyrics was also meaningful.
After the first encounter, i did not particularly take notice of his songs...what i knew is that he gained popularity throughout the years with his canto and chinese songs eg K-Ge zhi wang, Shi Nian, Ni de Bei Bao, Ming Nian Jin Ri, Quan Shi Jie Shi Mian, Xie Xie Nong, Di Deng Dong Wu etc etc.. I remember i bought a compilation CD of him, known as "qi", which included all his chinese songs throughout the years. When my brother was watching the HK drama series Chong Shang Yun xiao, I got to know the song "xiong mei". That song matches the drama so well, very contemporary and encouraging. (i mean the cantonese version)
My next encounter with him was only in the recent, just before i went for a trip to Cuba. I heard from my then housemate talking about his new song "Aing Qing Zhuan Yi". In fact i learnt about this song through radio 1003, which was then also my new radio of choice. (radio 1003 is still now my favorite radio station) I purchased my second CD of him, "Ren le bah"! This album is amazing, all my favorite songs especially Tao Tai, Bai Se Qiu Xie and Di Yi Ge Ya Pi Shi. Most importantly, when i travelled to Cuba and Paris alone, this album accompanied me throughout the journey. I remember i secretly switched on my handphone mp3 player on AirFrance just because i need some songs to relieve my boredom. I was warned by a air steward on my way to Havana because of that! When i settled down in the little hotel in Paris, the first thing i did after showering is to turn on my player and let his songs filled up my hotel room so as to keep myself calm after so many days of foreign language instrusion!
Back to the concert last night, it was fantastic. Although 80% of the songs he sang were Cantonese, it was good enough for me just to sit there and listen to his singing. His hairstyle was flamboyant, perhaps i would want to keep such hairstyle when my hairline is getting thinner? :)
He danced well with his dancers throughout the concert, his loud music activated me, his soft music went directly into my heart. He joked, the audience laughed, he yelled, his fans yelled back.
Perhaps majority of us, the audience, are still the quiet guai guai type. I do feel that the concert did not reach the 'high' that i expected. But again, perhaps most of us love his soft loving songs more, and prefer to sit quietly and listen to him.
Listening to a singer for the songs you enjoyed is simply a pleasure.
I believe Eason will sing more nice and touching songs in future and became a legendary singer of our era.
Last but not least, i must thank my friends JY who helped me to get a pair of tickets with fabulous seating!
