What makes a band? What makes a successful band that can touch the hearts of the listeners, that can"high-ify" the listeners, that can make listeners drown in their music?
I would think:
a charismatic lead singer + brilliant music arrangement + talented musicians including all the instrumentalists & lead singer + music that can tug at your heartstrings + camaraderie between the band members + simple but sincere interaction with the audience + tribute performance to their music influences + pure music enjoyment
and I believe 苏打绿 sodagreen last night fulfilled all my so-called criteria to be a successful band!
I didn't know about them only until this year, I never bought their albums until recently, I didn't know the band members' names (now I know very well!), I didn't attend their autograph sessions in Singapore the other time, I haven't watched a single of their live performances, but I just felt drawn towards them and daringly bought a concert tic with my friend, and voila! I love them so much now!
3 hours of live 苏打绿 made my Saturday night truly memorable! Now I feel that I am drawn closer to them, to their music world, and understand them better!
青峰's voice is amazing! His vocals are so powerful, and he never goes off-pitch, and his falsettos were hit so beautifully and resonating throughout the whole auditorium! His vocal range is terribly huge - I think most females can't reach those ultra high ones! Also, he injects so much emotions into his singing, especially the ballad-style songs. 背着你 was my favourite! It was so touching, we almost cried... But when he sings those fast songs, it's like 脱胎换骨 - he's so super high and is able to 带动情绪!
The keyboardist -cum - violinist - cum- dancer 阿龚 - I don't know what to say! His piano & violin skills are so 神, but his dancing - haha quite funny la!
The acoustic guitarist - 阿福 is very cute also! The banters between him and 青峰 were so cute and funny!
The bassist - the only female in the 6-man band, 馨仪 is super cool and chio la! So stylo lor!
The electric guitarist - 家凯 is so 帅！He looks so good playing the guitar!
And lastly the drummer - 小威, although he's blocked by the drumset, his drumming skills are incredible, and he was so pitiful when he was "chided" by 青峰 haha...
So now on to the repertoire of songs they performed. Mostly from their 2 albums & singles, a lot I'm not familiar with, but I enjoyed songs that I've heard such as 背着你，是我的海，你喔，小宇宙，小情歌，频率，you are you will, OH OH OH OH! I also enjoyed the covers they did. They made the songs theirs la! Some English songs that I'm not familiar with, 1 by Radiohead and Toxic by Britney Spears, some Chinese singers who influenced them musically, 我只在乎你，天空 (王菲 's version la!), 夜太黑，旅行的意义，女爵. Superb! & during 夜太黑 they actually invited a saxaphonist who was as superb as them! Cool!
The best part I believe was a 2nd encore that was impromptu where I truly felt like I was at a rock concert, probably in Taipei haha..After the official encore, the music and lights came on, and some people have already left, but mostly sayed back. hoping that the band will pop up on stage again, and indeed they did, and everyone rushed to the front! We were just like below the stage, so close so close to them! And they did requests from the floor. Ended off with 我的未来不是梦 which left me with some strong feelings.
他们勇于追求梦想，所以才有今天的成就，所以才能让我们欣赏，享受他们的音乐， 而我的梦想又是什么呢？我也不清楚...
Tonight they'll be performing again at an original composition competition organised by NTU, but I decided not to go, as school starts tomorrow... sad...
必须整理一下心情，为最后一年的新学期作最后的冲刺！
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