Blog 9: A Memorable Night in Clark Quay

This week is really an amazing week because I took part in a lot of activities. 
 My hometown is located in the northern part of China where not many concerts are held there, especially those concerts performed by pop stars. Before coming to Singapore, one of the reasons made me appreciate the place very much is that a lot of concerts will be held here. The first time I watched a real concert was invited by Ms Jenny Gan and it seems that after one live performance, I have already get addicted to live performances. Luckily, last few days, I had a chance to see a free pop concert at Clark Quay and it was a really wonderful night.

This concert is called “Music Matters” with “Singtel” as the sponsor. Two hours before the concert started when we got there, that square had already been filled with people. Those fans were shouting. It seems that they were all in really high spirit. At first, I felt too shy to show my excitement, but gradually, influenced by the environment around I no more pretended to be calm. We clapped our hands, waved our armed with the rhythm. It was the singers’ happy face made me realize that these actions are really meaningful to those singers. In the past, I watched some interviews of BigBang. In that interview, they shared their true feelings before performing concerts. They said that instead of being afraid or stressed out, surprisingly, the feeling is a mixture of gratitude and excitement. The feeling is so strong that it will drive them cry and change them to another passionate person. And that night I think really felt this kind of feeling. Some pieces sounded really different from the CD versions and sometimes I was so moved that I couldn’t help burst into tears. I don’t know why I can be such a fragile person in front of music. Although I may not understand what the original meaning the singer is delivering, I nearly had my own feeling about every piece. Sometimes, I think neither the lyric nor the melody is important because if it is really a good song it would be easy to guess the meaning from the atmosphere it creates. Maybe that is reason I like the band BigBang so much. I don’t understand Korean or Japanese and almost all of their songs appears to be really happy. But after searching the lyrics, those songs drove me cry actually have really sad stories behind. Music is really magic for me. I still remember in one song called “Play” of Khalil Fong he said that no matter where you are from, another country or another universe, music will always be the right way to get to know each other.

 Through this live performance, I talked to a lot of people and happened to find a person who has a music taste really similar to me. It is always really exciting to meet new friends. Besides, while shouting and jumping, I felt as if I have a real myself. All of us are living under a mask. We need to find a situation to let out our true feeling. And now I feel so lucky to have such a way to find myself.