要有被我吓怕的准备, 试问谁可, 洁白无比?"
To sum up Eason Chan's concert in 2007 - it was a riot, it was a disaster; it would be a calamity if you didn't go!
Nah, that would admittedly be a hyped up review by a hardcore fan. It could have done with a theme, like his "Get A Life" concert in Hong Kong, where he was dressed up predominantly in black and the entire backdrop like a typical Tim Burton's grim movie set.
This concert was just a LIVE delivery of his hits- both lukewarm and chart toppers all thrown into the mix, old and new all in a potpourri of classics in his very own right.
The media release cited Eason as the pop singer of the 21st century (but of course, the organizers brought him in after all!), with Jackie Cheung being the icon of the 90s, Alan Tam standing for the 80s and Sam Hui representing the 70s. These are obviously over-simplistic selections of the singers of the particular generation, and Eason is but one of the many success stories in Cantopop culture. Let's not forget Andy Lau, who scored as many awards as Eason can, and Leo Ku who does have a voice that soothes you as well.
But let's face it, the "vocal powerhouse (from the media release again)" has a way of capturing your attention as his basic level of skills, and then a higher order of skill that includes mezmerizing you into forgetting to snap pictures; shoving your camera aside and then gawk in awe as to how he can sing live so well. His ability to sustain the note and his near-perfect pitch just leaves you jealous at the end of the day. He had little to no backup vocals, and he can hold his own very well. I would be much more willing to fork out my money for that rather than watch people who release CDs but resort to lip synching or dancing to their songs that have little lyrical meaning. You know what I mean. By the way, Eason does not lip synch because he forgets the lyrics sometimes and fills in the blank with whatever came to mind.
It's not just his voice that has power. Prancing from side to side across the stage, you would worry for a moment there that the guy would fall down and hurt his other testicle. But that never happened, to my relief, and though it's not as big an area as the Hung Hom stadium where he performed many times at in Hong Kong, the energizer bunny kept bouncing and infecting many fans with his frenzy. Baby thought that as a 实力派 singer, there was no need for him to make a fool of himself, that it would be ruining his image instead. But watch the movies that he starred in, and you would see that his stage antics can't hold a candle dripping hot wax to the roles he plays! He explained it himself in "浮夸"- 我在场有闷场的话, 表演你看吗?
Mindful of the time, fans got to take the last train home. That means three solid hours of Eason (we would've wished for more), and that sure paved the way for a cheerful 2007! What else would you expect me to do?
