永遠的第一天

Last night, I went to Lee Hom's concert with A. A had bought a sony-ericsson phone a couple of weeks ago and had got complimentary tickets to the concert. Used to like him a lot in secondary school when I listened to a lot of chinese songs and radio. But I hardly listen to any these days and I only know one of his new songs i.e. Kiss Goodbye. So, I went there thinking I would be contented with hearing those songs I know and like. Like "Forever Love", "Bu Yao Hai Pa", "Gong Zhuan Zi Zhuan" etc. Well, I was really surprised by his ability to sing so well live and play so many instruments (he played the piano, violin, er-hu and drums). He danced only okay but his voice is so good! I can't really appreciate his "chinked-out" type of music and the rapping but listening to him and watching him play those instruments really just wowed me. Live singing is really very different from the recorded version; you can feel the songs so much more.

Last night, Kit Chan, Su Zhicheng, Taufik and probably other artistes were in the audience. Lee Hom was saying how he had a crush on Kit Chan when he first entered the scene and dedicated a song to her. He also said that Singaporeans can sing, judging by the number of stars it has produced, like Kit, Stephanie, JJ (and I can't remember). Disproportionate to the size of the country. Other than these things, he mentioned that he got a day off from Ang Lee to have this concert (his last for the tour) and would continue filming "Lust, caution" today. Tough life as a star.

I had the impression that singers would talk a lot during their performances so as to get some rest from the singing and dancing. He didn't talk much last night so I can only remember these things he said. Oh, and the video clip that his fan club made of his various trips to Singapore. It was really touching to watch. The other more interesting thing to watch during his concert was the kungfu and breakdance performance.

Anyway, I came home and surfed a bit on him. Came across this post in his fan forum that is pretty interesting. Click here So much of his inspiration for his songs comes from his own relationship. It's rather sad. Having a long-distance relationship which did not work out despite having been together for five years. When made to choose between music and her, he said that both were equally important to him but she chose to leave him. His feelings for her are evident in many songs and the ones I like more are "Forever Love" (which he wrote for his ex 'cos she was getting engaged and getting married) and "永遠的第一天"(which he wrote when his ex did not turn up for his brother's wedding. Like in the mtv, it was his wish that he had gone to the airport and she had turned up after all. And that their love was as strong as when it had first started).

I especially like 永遠的第一天 after last night's concert. Last night, I heard it like I heard it for the first time.