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1s time at a concert where I can see the band so clearly!
Bro told me Jimmy Eat World is coming to Singapore in late Jan after he saw it on 8days. I squee'd but was broke so I didn't buy tix then.
Feb came and went.
Late Mar, while filling in stuffs into the log book retrospectively (even though we shouldn't), I had the radio on and they were doing some promo on Jimmy Eat World Live in Singapore. The next day, I heard 3 different instances of people referencing "the middle".
...I had to buy the tix now! XD And I bought it the day after. Had to pay the booking fee even though I was buying it at the Sistic counter in Tampines One. Zzz...
Managed to keep it from The Mother for a day before she found the tix. She said she was about to commend me on my restraint... Until she saw those $100++ tix. /sheepish grin
So on April's Fool 2011, bro and I made our way to Vivo, had Carl's Jr coz we haven't had them in a while and left for Resort World Sentosa, Hard Rock Coliseum. I wanted to go earlier but we ended up arriving only half an hour before the concert. Bro had to dump all the bottles of water I had him carry coz they serve food in there and wanna rob us blind ($3 for a cup of Coke?!?! OMG rip-off!).
It was a small place and the turn out was surprisingly little.But thanks to that, we managed to get quite close to the stage. I picked a spot slightly left of center of the stage (or on the right if you're facing the stage) coz that's where they usually plunk the bass players. I'm totally addicted to bass
Guy started to squeeze me out of my spot even before the concert started. Told him to move away. Urgh... Don't he know that you only start squeezing when the band comes out? Basic concert rules people!
Even though the turn out was less than what I imagined, the crowd was pretty energetic and super "on". Had my bag up in front of my boobs and I'm all set to mosh! Was trying my best not to get stepped on and sprayed with sweat from other bouncing and moshing people. Found a sweet spot where there was a visible dip in heads before me. That dip was formed by a crowd of girls and for that I thank them. Unfortunately, I had to keep dodging the long pony tail of a group of middle eastern teen beauties. Was really tempted to cut it if I have a pair of scissors on me but I don't think I'll do it even if I have a pair of scissors on me. /coward XD Even the band commented on the large percentage of girls that turned up. Why are they be surprised? They are such chick magnets!! :D
They also commented on the humidity. They're from Arizona so the heat is okay but the humidity isn't what they were used to. Frontman Jim Adkins was literally dripping with sweat by the end. We could totally see the sweat roll off his face. It's that close!
They played a few songs from their new album and many old ones. This guy standing behind us knew them all. Amazing! He's such a fan... They sound surprisingly good live too. One of the songs they played was 23 and that made bro very happy (he turns 23 this year).
And good times came to an end. During encore, a bunch of idiot guys started pushing and shoving each other around instead of jumping on the spot like everyone else and they started bumping into people left right and center. Even the bouncers/security guy couldn't get them to stop. Bro was good enough to come and block some of them and I started elbowing and punching anyone who came close to me. Accidentally punched a befuddled guy who was victim to their shoving and got too close to me. Oops... But I apologized to him after the concert so all's good. Bro's bag's zipper was a bit loose and it slid open during the close to 2h of moshing. My PSP and various other stuffs fell out and he stooped to get them. Was really worried he might get crushed by them violently moshing idiots but he came up okay. My PSP was okay too. The casualty of the day was the 2-pin adapter thing and a packet of tissue went MIA. I almost fell over after being bumped by one of them idiots and was offered a slightly safer spot to mosh on by a pair of guys behind me. So kind! /grateful
Throughout the concert, as with any concert, the view was blocked by arms doing fist pumps/finger pointing/ILU signs and arms attached to cameras and phones taking pictures/videos. One good thing about those was that if the view was completely blocked and I couldn't get a direct line of sight of the stage, I could just look at those cameras' and phones' display and watch it there instead.
...I sincerely apologize to the band for having to witness my armpits. Lol...
So after the concert, I wondered if those rolled up bundles were posters and asked someone who had them. Yep, posters for $10. I also bought the album at $25. OMG what was I thinking?! Then again, the booth selling the posters and CD, Macbeth, they helped me get $10 off each tix so I guess I could count the CD as costing $5...? /self-justification
When we left, there were still a lot of people sitting around in the Coliseum so I wondered if there was some special private meet-and-greet thing or they just don't wanna go home yet. The concert did end quite early. Not used to concerts ending before midnight... XD
7-11 at Waterfront station didn't sell Big Gulps coz the place is too small for the machine so we left and went back to Vivo. 7-11 at Vivo didn't sell Big Gulps coz the machine broke down so we bought a box of ice and a bottle of Coke instead. Poured the Coke into the box of ice and drank from the box. They sold cups of ice but we didn't know how much those cost... The box works fine too. XD
...In conclusion, I just hope the band don't feel too bad the turn out was pretty bad and be entertained by our energy and involvement as much as they entertained us with their songs and polite concert banters. It is really one of the best concerts I've been to (not that I've been to that many...)--minus the idiots who think people shoving them away when they got too violent and close were playing with them in return.
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