多倫多演唱會報導 來自傑迷rebecca
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http://forums.cinple.net/davewong/index.cgi?read=2228
Dave's Toronto concert - summary and review
Posted By: Rebecca <becky_49@hotmail.com> (CPE0060673a4015-CM014080007556.cpe.
net.cable.rogers.com)
Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2003, at 9:29 p.m.
I wrote this partly because I want to share my experience with you guys
(I realize not everyone is lucky enough to see him live) and so that I can
look back at this experience later on. It's really long and some parts could
be boring (you guys can skip the first 3 paragraphs to get to the rundown
of the concert). Sorry for the bad translations, bad formatting and the
confusing explanations. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy it.
Here it goes:
I (along with my mom) attended the concert on Sun Sept 14, 2003. It was
held at the Grand Ballroom in Sheraton Convention Centre, which is adjacent
to Casino Niagara at Niagara Falls, Ontario (about 1.5-2 hrs west of Toronto)
. It was scheduled to start at 7:30pm and we didn't get there until 7:40pm.
We didn't drive there - it costs too much to park and uses too much gas
(we live about 1 hr 15 minutes away from Niagara Falls). Instead, we took
the bus provided by the organizers (which we had to pay for, but it was
pretty cheap). They were late picking us up and therefore, we got there
late. Since the venue was kind of far (most Chinese people live even further
east of Toronto), and it was raining heavily for a bit, most people didn't
make it on time either. When we got there, we found our seats (GA 18 &19
- the first row of the $88 tickets), and then I went to the bar to buy a
bottle of water. The lady there (who happens to be Caucasian) told me that
the concert would be very good and that she heard it earlier in the afternoon
(she probably heard Dave rehearse). I was thinking - boy, she has great
taste in music! I was really ecstatic as I went back to my seat.
As time passed, more people came. That place seats about 1200 people (I'm
really bad at guessing - I might be wrong), and it was pretty full. I was
worried that ticket sales were bad - there were ads running everywhere (in
newspapers, on the radio) to promote the concert and the organizers were
still telling people to buy tickets to the Sunday show on Saturday at the
autograph session. What if Dave doesn't want to hold a concert here again?
I'm glad it sold well - maybe Dave will come back again in a year or two.
By 8:15pm, the doors closed, the lights dimmed, and then came a message
from the organizers regarding the prohibition of flash photography and any
form of recording. Then the curtains opened, music started playing and Dave
came out.
Here is a rundown of the concert:
1. 忘了你忘了我 (track 1 from Dave's second Mandarin album)
2. 酒醉酒醒 (Cantonese version of "Let Me Love You
Forever")
3. 可能 Maybe
4. 為了愛夢一生 For Love, Dreaming for a Lifetime
5. Elle Choi sang 3 songs.
6. I'm Willing (originally sung by Faye Wong)
7. 惦記這一些 (track 4 from Dave's first Mandarin album)
8. Pinyin of song title (in canto): lei dzam mor se dak ngor nan gor***
9. 沒有煙抽的日子 The Days Without Smoking
10. 最後的溫柔 The Last Gentleness
11. Elle Choi sang 3 songs.
12. 在你背後 Behind Your Back
13. 我比他好 I'm Better Than Him
14. Hello
15. 她的背影 Her Receding Figure
16. 故事的角色 Roles of a Story (Mandarin)
17. 幾分傷心幾分癡 How Much Heartache, How Much Infatuation
***song is in Mandarin. Not sure if this song was originally sung by Dave
- can't find it in any of Dave's albums.
*hopefully you guys can figure out the song titles - once again, I'm really
bad with translations.
*I don't know how to type Chinese - I just cut and paste the titles.
Dave made it very clear that there wouldn't be an encore. The fans were
pretty good - no one yelled encore or anything. Dave even asked us to sing
the last song with him if we knew the lyrics.
Interesting tidbits:
The stage was T-shaped. The vertical part of the "T" runs along the middle
of the VIP section, ending just in front of the first row of the general
admission section. This way, people sitting further back can still get a
good look at Dave (like me), which was good since Dave spent a large part
of the concert standing at the very end of the "T". However, the seats were
not raised (since it was held in a ballroom and they basically just set up
chairs), so if you were sitting in the very last row you would have a hard
time seeing the concert.
The no-flash-photography rule stuck for about 30 seconds. Then everyone
brought out their cameras (myself included) and started taking pictures.
The organizers didn't do anything about it and Dave didn't say anything.
In fact, Dave stood relatively still (until he started shaking hands with
the fans) so people can take pictures. I took some pictures (once again,
not the best ones because of my poor picture-taking skills) and I'll upload
them once my sis has time to help me (probably not until next week). The
battery started dying - again, even though I put in new ones after the autograph
session, so I stopped taking pictures about 2/3's of the way through.
I can't believe Dave actually shook hands with the fans! The fans were pretty
tame - they just walked to the bottom of the stage (no pushing or shoving),
and Dave pretty much shook everyone's hand. I was surprised that he wasn't
pulled down from the stage! I shook his hand twice, once during the middle
of the concert and again during "Roles of a Story". I went up a second time
since it was near the end the concert, and I probably won't get to see Dave
again for a long time.
I was surprised that not too many people gave him flowers (maybe 3-4 people).
At Leon's Toronto concert in November 2002, there were at least 10 people
who did.
Elle Choi gave away gifts (T-shirts, CD's posters) as she was singing her
last song. A lot of people (myself included) ran to the bottom of the stage
and fought for the gifts. I was pushed and almost knocked down, but I didn't
end up with anything (not that I care since I'm not a fan of her).
Dave messed up a couple of times during the concert:
The first time was when he was singing "Maybe". When Dave got to the chorus
for the very first time, he forgot about one line's worth of lyrics. He
kept apologizing for it afterwards. It's just funny to see him mess up.
The second time was during "I'm Willing", in which he mixed up the lyrics
during the chorus. He covered it well; probably nobody else noticed. However,
I did, since I'm a huge Faye fan and I know the lyrics inside out. His
rendition was much better than Daniel Chan's version and almost as good
as Faye's (I might be a bit biased here, but to me, Faye's version will
always be the best.). He sang it with a lot of emotion and he gave another
feel to the song which wasn't expressed by Faye.
Dave introduced his next song, "Her Receding Figure". He even talked about
how he composed the song as well as written the lyrics for it. However,
he sang "Hello" instead! Afterwards, he said that he occasionally does this
kind of thing and apologized for it. He did sing "Her Receding Figure" after
"Hello" though.
Dave talked A LOT with the fans during the concert. I didn't expect him
to be so talkative - I thought he was pretty shy and he's the type of singer
who "sings a lot and talks very little" (like Faye). He was pretty funny
too! He spoke mostly in Cantonese during the first half of the concert and
in Mandarin during the second half. He told a few stories:
This one he told in Mandarin, just before he sang "The Last Gentleness"
(I don't understand Mandarin, so my mom translated it for me):
After he graduated from high school in Hong Kong, he traveled to Taiwan
with only a backpack. Over there, he met several musicians (guitarist, percussionist,
etc.) and they formed a band. However, since it was mandatory for Taiwanese
citizens to serve in the military, one by one the band members left. Eventually,
only Dave was left, so he learned to play the guitar and got a job as a
singer in a lounge. During his first day on the job, he played and sang
"The Last Gentleness". But since his Mandarin was horrible back the
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