Whoosh. It had been a hell of a rollercoaster ride today, emotionally.. So last night I was just doing nothing, burning pics onto CD and watching Little Mosque and then sleep.. But cannot sleep again, too excited and paranoid.. I somehow expected something bad to happen..
Got up at 7am for no reason, slack online, Youtubed.. Then watch Food channel until almost time to go class, then went to SOCI.. But didn't pay attention at all.. Helping Amos proofread Chinese homework and doing crossword =.=
ECON was quite boring, then finish le went to lunch.. Got A&W.. So funny, I took out the coupons to decide what I want, and this guy behind me was interested too.. End up we share this 2-meals-for $11.. So he paid me $5.50! YAY CASH!
Then ate with Selina and Sharon.. 12:30+ went to meet this guy to sell him movie voucher.. $20, I sold to him for $15. YAY MORE CASH!
Went home, watch Little Mosque, and then watch Food channel.. IT STARTED SNOWING AT 2:30pm+!!!! OMG. Then later on called Amanda and she thinks we wouldn't be able to go.. So I frantically called/MSNed everyone I know to ask around who would go with me..
NOBODY WOULD. Everyone was busy doing homework or studying for midterms. This search took me more than 2 hours. Finally I was contemplating about bussing there myself. But then came a snowfall warning, so I decided not to.
And I seriously was on the verge of crying. And if I didn't manage to go I would probably curl up and cry the night away.. It kinda stopped snowing but Amanda didn't answer the phone. End up she call me at 6pm and we decided we can still go, half drive half bus.
So I hurriedly got ready (I had taken a shower around 5) and packed my stuff, then went to get a pizza from the caf then meet Amanda at bus loop.. We bus-ed to Sasamat Street to where she parked her car, then drove to her home.
She changed cars, to her dad's which has snow tires, so we ended up driving all the way there. Drove from like 6+, and we reached perfectly in time, 15 minutes before 8pm. Oh yes, I have to mention, I very stupidly forgot my camera memory card so I had to make do with minimal pictures, which turned out to be quite enough, so not so much of a disaster..
We went in and the theatre was surprisingly small! As compared to Indoor Stadium in SG lor.. And we found our seats and it wasn't even that bad.. It was like, 15 rows from the front, and that was about 3/4 back.. You can just imagine how small-ish it was..

From the back of the theatre

Same, with flash

I swear to you, 99% of the audience were at least over 40 years old. I think Amanda and I were one of the few young people there. Such an amusing thought.

Me and Amanda~~

Stage behind me! That's how close we were..
So they came out and I really didn't expect them to be so
OLD! LOL I guess I didn't really know what I was in for.. They sang a medley of
Sweet Dreams,
Young Love and
Even The Nights Are Better.
I was extremely disturbed that these slow-ish, romantic soft rock songs turned into rather hard rock, remixes of the originals. Totally unexpected.
*Excuse me for the upcoming tsunami of criticism, but that's all I have to say about them, not necessarily in a bad way, but just stuff that I noticed.
I was taken aback when I saw
Russell Hitchcock (RH). He looked like a mixture of Einstein and an old grandmother with his puffy white hair and sparkly earring! He wore a white shirt with a maroon coat, making it look rather silly.
What threw me off track even more was the way he pranced around when he sang slow or fast songs. Usually when you sing slow songs you sway to the music. But RH is hilarious. He kinda shuffles his way across the stage. That's what Amanda calls it. I call it folk-dancing, you know, like line-dancing steps.. Extremely amusing. It got annoying after awhile, but got used to it..
And
Graham Russell (GR) was.. Lefthanded, so I noticed. He plays the guitar with his left hand and he switched guitars just about after every song, probably a total of 5 or 6 guitars rotating..
So they sang
Just As I Am, a song I didn't know,
Here I Am.. They talked a little bit in between and then sang
Chances.. It sounded soooooo powerful. RH's voice was exactly the same as that in the albums..
Oh yes, at this point, GR was inviting the audience to move forward, because there were quite a bit of empty seats and he wanted it to be more personal, so we moved down about 10 rows, now we were like in the 6th row and could see much better!
They sang another song I didn't know, and then GR did a solo.. Then they sang
The Power Of Love..
I Want To Give It All.. And then my favourite song of all:
Two Less Lonely People In the World..Some songs they invited the audience to sing along.. And then
The One That You Love..
Lost In Love.. Everything sounded more hard rock than usual.. At some point they came around the audience and shook hands, people went mad taking pictures but I didn't.. Then it was
Every Woman In The World..
Making Love Out of Nothing At All.. This song they got the audience to come crowd around the stage and they shook hands and everything.. And then it ended.. Last song was the classic hit:
All Out of Love..
It ended at around 10, much earlier than expected.. But it was great.. The backup band was also quite good. I didn't like the drummer cos he looked too hardcore, and then I kinda liked the punk guitarist cos he looked a little bad yet cute at the same time.. And the keyboardist was amazing, especially when he played a slow song, I think it was Lost In Love.. He was cute too..
Also, some of the fast songs, some girls on the left about our age started dancing in front of the stage.. LOL so surprised. And I was too lazy to go to the front of the stage.. But yea, it was a good concert, except RH keeps pointing at the audience and doing the same actions for every single song. And I seriously think they need a better costume coordinator.
But I guess comfort is best. However it was weird seeing them wear skinny jeans. Gosh, SKINNY JEANS! They are both so thin.. At least RH does not have a visible tummy or anything.. And he's much shorter than GR.. And I think GR's legs are so thin they look like sticks! I bet his thighs are skinnier than mine =.=
Time for pictures!!

GR..

RH

RH through my binoculars..

Mr Einstein prancing around..

They were this far away before we moved..

And then we were this close..

RH likes our side..

Humongous disco ball on the ceiling..

GR sits on a chair and sings his solo..

He decides he does not like the chair..

They were talking about how they are always mistaken as a couple, and it has been going on for 30-odd years now. I can definitely see why. Because when they sing standing up, they face each other and stand so close you would think they ARE together.

RH comes around..

See, doesn't he look extremely Grandma-like here??

Look at the crowd gathered at the front of the stage! Geez, if it was Jay Chou or something I doubt they would allow such a thing; he would just be mobbed or something, dragged off the stage..

GR doing a crazy cymbal stunt with the drummer..

The last song.. All Out Of Love...
And that's it! Couldn't really get a picture of all 5 of them together.. But yea. That was a great concert! But still, soft rock turned into hard rock. A tad too heavy.
Hehe, I am so glad it turned out well.. And we both got home safely.. Good thing the tickets were not wasted!!!! :) Okay it's 1am and time to go to sleep..
I LOVE AIR SUPPLY'S SONGS!!!!!! But I am very amused by their performance.