Sunday, April 1, 2012

Music Live in Malaysia Bosco (黄宗泽) & Sherman (钟舒漫) - 近距离音乐会 (KL Life @ Life Centre) - 31 March 2012



























Little did I realized that I would have multiple "first time encounters" on that fateful night. 1) First time attending live performance at KL Live Center. Verdict : Sucks like hell. 2)First time requesting to watch a concert from cheaper ticket zone despite having purchased a VIP ticket. The most befitting word to describe the organizer (Casa Retro) is freaking brainless ! Vip ticket holders' view were bloody blocked by a horizontal hand rail. Good view is only possible if you choose to be on your feet (which is forbidden) or you have a ziraffe's neck. 3) First time barred from entering the venue due to a small packet of "Jelly Belly" jellybeans in my bag. I tried reasoning with the pea-brain bouncers that the candies would not cause any bodily harm to both celebrities but nope, they wouldn't hear a word of it. Dispose them or get lost ! 4) The most frustrating bit is none other than the no photography rule (yes, again !), which was never printed on the poster. Just when everyone were happily snapping away, suddenly security personnels harassed us to halt photography. Hello ! This is just a mini concert but audience were charged with full blown concert rates ! A mini concert of this scale doesn't warrant this kind of stoopid ruling from the organizer. Like many others, I discreetly took a few shots when the bouncers were too pre-occupied with "barking" at other unlucky concert goers. Enuf about my grouses, let's talk about the show. Sherman's clear-as-a-bell vocal and heartfelt performance saved the day. Seriously, this lady is way too underrated. It's high time EEG allocates more resources to revive her career, which seems to have come to a stand still after the success of "給自己的信." With Meg Lam joining EEG's bandwagon, Sherman's career growth becomes even dimmer. Sherman's self composed duet with Ken Hung - "傻瓜" received considerable airplay recently and has led many to sing along when she belted this number with local artiste, Ling Ka Chun. Next, it was Bosco's turn. Frankly, even if Bosco had sounded like a frog, I would make it a point to catch his live shows. Yes, Bosco may not be the best singer in town and he took a calculated gamble by including all rock numbers into his repertoire. What he lacks in vocal, he more than made-up for it with his strong passion and energetic showmanship. Wonderful rapport with audience and fans has always been Bosco's strong point. That said, I have to agree with many critics that attempting to sing Tiger Huang's "没那么简单" was a grave mistake. Uh huh..I actually cringed when he tried with all his might to hit the high notes. Bosco brought along his own band (comprises of four good looking youngsters)for this event. It also serves as a good platform for Bosco to work on his live performance prior to Tang Chi Wai's 平行回憶演唱會 concert in May.

Natalie Tong 唐詩詠 and Him Law 羅仲謙 (“Astro Wah Lai Toi 2012 Presentation Party” 《Astro 华丽台2012节目巡礼派对》- March 30 , 2012







Despite Him Law's negative press coverage during his infamous break-up with Teresa Fu, it did not put a dent in his popularity one bit. If anything, this dude seems to be going places as TVB (facing serious poaching issues from new rival tv stations) is grooming him to be the next front line actor. Apparently, no news is bad news and negative coverage leads to more exposure (ultimately fame and fortune) for Him, who is signed with Filmko and not TVB's "biological child". The ironic part is when I handed him the dvd box set of "Hippocratic Crush", he signed on Tavia's picture !!! Coincidence ? Hahaha...go figure ! Ask Tavia and Him ! I had long suspected their relationship ain't merely a platonic one. Time will tell.... Natalie Tong is probably banking on her next big break, which is appearing in golden producer, Lee Tim Sing's swansong effort - "Detective Columbo" (神探哥倫布), to propel her into the limelight. Afterall, TVB seriously needs to fill-up the leading ladies void with the departure of Maggie Cheung and Ah Sheh. Although billed as the main actress in this series, rumours are rife that Sire Ma will have more screen time. I so hope this rumour is not true. Sire's Cantonese is still not up to mark. I'm definitely rooting for Natalie ! Just loose the kiddie & high pitch voice and she should be alright. At times, her too youthful look has somewhat stunted her career growth coz it tends to make her less convincing in potraying professional and mature/strong-willed characters. Then again, perhaps all she needs is just a chance to showcase the other side of her talent to the audience. It has never crossed my mind that she could play the role of conniving antagonist before but Natalie has lived up to the challenge. If I have a say on who TVB should promote next, it would be Natalie, Nancy Wu and Selena Li.

3rd My Astro Music Awards -第三届《MY Astro 至尊流行榜颁奖典礼》- 17 March 2012 (Arena of Stars, Genting)































MY Astro至尊流行榜頒獎典禮》張棟樑成為大馬幫最大贏家。

至尊金曲25(排名不分先后)

歌曲

歌手

MY Astro至尊金曲1

苦瓜

陈奕迅
MY Astro至尊金曲2

别再惊动爱情

张栋樑
MY Astro至尊金曲3

那个男人

杨宗纬
MY Astro至尊金曲4

金鱼的眼泪

纪佳松
MY Astro至尊金曲5

情人知己

梁文音
MY Astro至尊金曲6

你会不会

梁静茹
MY Astro至尊金曲7

金玉良言

张智成
MY Astro至尊金曲8

分隔线

李佳薇
MY Astro至尊金曲9

3650

TWINS
MY Astro至尊金曲10

因为爱情

陈奕迅/王菲
MY Astro至尊金曲11

我们都怕痛

潘玮柏
MY Astro至尊金曲12

下一个我

炎亚纶
MY Astro至尊金曲13

还是要幸福

田馥甄
MY Astro至尊金曲14 最最喜欢你 东于哲
MY Astro至尊金曲15 相爱不到老 吴彤/罗忆诗
MY Astro至尊金曲16

你不在 钟瑾桦
MY Astro至尊金曲17 势在必行 陈势安/Bii
MY Astro至尊金曲18 一半 丁当
MY Astro至尊金曲19 好的事情 严爵
MY Astro至尊金曲20 傻瓜 钟舒漫/洪卓立
MY Astro至尊金曲21 想自由 林宥嘉
MY Astro至尊金曲22 读心术 张诒博
MY Astro至尊金曲23 海枯石烂 OLIVIA ONG
MY Astro至尊金曲24 爱哦爱 廖语晴
MY Astro至尊金曲25 李小龙 AK
奖项

入围歌手/歌曲

MY Astro至尊单曲

陈势安/Bii《势在必行》

MY Astro至尊合唱曲

钟舒漫/洪卓立《傻瓜》

MY Astro至尊情歌

梁静茹《你会不会》

MY Astro至尊舞台表现大奖

潘玮柏

MY Astro至尊全新演绎大奖

马嘉轩《认错》

MY Astro全台主持联颁至尊专辑演唱奖

杨宗玮

MY Astro至尊新人(大马)

钟瑾桦、张诒博、李佳薇

MY Astro至尊新人(海外)

柯震东、严亚纶、胡夏

MY Astro至尊MV

梁文音《情人知己》

MY Astro至尊电视原创歌曲

郁可唯《指望》(犀利人妻)

MY Astro至尊电影原创歌曲

胡夏《那些年》(那些年,我们一起追的女孩)

MY Astro至尊大跃进歌手(大马)

(男)陈势安 (女)马嘉轩

MY Astro至尊大跃进歌手(海外)

(男)林宥嘉(女)郁可唯

MY Astro至尊专业表现大奖

(大马)东于哲 (海外)TWINS

MY Astro至尊组合/乐团

(金)TWINS (银)AK (铜)BY2

MY Astro至尊创作歌手

严爵

MY Astro至尊人气歌手

李佳薇

MY Astro至尊制作人

纪佳松

MY Astro至尊演绎歌手(大马)

(男)张智成 (女)梁静茹

MY Astro至尊演绎歌手(海外)

(男)林宥嘉(女)丁当

MY Astro全台主持联颁至尊歌手 (大马)

张栋樑

MY Astro全台主持联颁至尊歌手 (海外)

潘玮柏

MY Astro至尊专辑

张智成《你爱上的》

MY Astro至尊女歌手(大马)

梁静茹

MY Astro至尊男歌手(大马)

张栋樑

MY Astro至尊女歌手(海外)

丁当

MY Astro至尊男歌手(海外)潘玮柏

List of winners :-

Twins、钟舒漫、洪卓立、Denis 吴彤、Twins、钟舒漫、洪卓立、Denis 吴彤、潘玮柏、林宥嘉、丁当、梁文音、纪佳松、严爵、杨宗纬、AK 、Linda 廖语晴、郁可唯、梁静茹、张栋樑、张智成、东于哲、李佳薇、马嘉轩、张诒博、陈势安、Alvin钟瑾桦以及罗忆诗。、林宥嘉、丁当、梁文音、纪佳松、严爵、杨宗纬、AK 、Linda 廖语晴、郁可唯、梁静茹、张栋樑、张智成、东于哲、李佳薇、马嘉轩、张诒博、陈势安、Alvin钟瑾桦以及罗忆诗。 Surprisingly, obtaining the tickets turned out to be a breeze. I made it to the inaugural awards presentation in 2010.Last year's artists line-up failed to evoke any interest, so I skipped the event. I decided to make an exception this year for the sake of EEG artistes - Twins, Sherman and Ken Hung. When I reached arena of stars at 5.30 pm, the queue was as long as the railroad tracks. Majority were there to support the Taiwanese stars (especially up and coming rising star, Della Ding Dang). My sixth sense was right. The show was way too long and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that all were clearly "pork awards" (豬肉奖). Even the award titles were misleading and confusing. It sounds almost alike all the time. My FM had also added endless unnecessary gimmicks involving their deejays , supposedly to spice-up the show. Give me a break ! It's just a waste of time and damn boring. Most My FM deejays have over inflated egos. Out of the 4 hours, the show only managed to hold my attention for 10 minutes(that's time Twins and Sherman/Ken took to render two songs). LOL !