I am amazed that this is 2007 and ONJ will be staging her first ever concert in Singapore! We used to listen to her records at my grandma's house when we were kids. Ok, let me see, who else from days of yore has yet to hold their first ever concert in Singapore? Have Billy Joel and Elton John ever performed here?
I only remember attending two English language pop/rock concerts. One was the Osmonds' and the other, believe it or not - and much later in life - Paula Abdul's!
As someone who grew up watching Donny and Marie show, I thought the Osmond concert was great. I remember reluctantly leaving National Stadium while they were singing 'I Believe' because my dad said we had better leave so that we wouldn't get caught in the human crush at the very end of the show. Anyway, I found out recently that Donny Osmond is still performing!
Incidentally, I used to have this Donny and Marie plastic thermos flask. Some of you will know the kind I'm talking about. They are about 13-15cm in diameter, maybe 18-20cm tall (I'm bad at estimating) and have pictures printed on the body. The coloured screw-on cover has a little handle so it can be used as a cup. Of course the cover was purple.
As for Paula's concert, I'm not even sure why I spent my money on it as I'm not a fan of hers. You know how people say that concerts here are so mild and I've heard of people being told to sit and behave when they get up to dance. Well, the strange thing is I remember that my friend D, who is a dancer (i.e. not a dancer by profession but someone who dances), stood up to dance, I stood up half the time, not dancing (and D was looking at me with this 'eh, what's wrong with you' look), and many people around us were dancing and jumping and no security personnel told us to sit.
Going back to ONJ, I'm sure they won't have problems selling the tickets, though she should have come 20 years ago or something. Look at how successful ticket sales are for singers like Cliff Richard and Fei Yu Qing. By the way, I thought she and John Travolta DID NOT look like high school students at all in Grease, though I enjoyed the show very much. My favourite song from there was Beauty School Drop-out by Frankie Avalon, not exactly one of the show's most famous songs. I guess I liked it because I liked the character Betty Rizo played by Stockard Channing, even though she didn't look like a high school student either.
On a totally different note, well done, Canas and Djokovic, for keeping men's tennis alive by ensuring that it's not a one- or two-man show.
I only remember attending two English language pop/rock concerts. One was the Osmonds' and the other, believe it or not - and much later in life - Paula Abdul's!
As someone who grew up watching Donny and Marie show, I thought the Osmond concert was great. I remember reluctantly leaving National Stadium while they were singing 'I Believe' because my dad said we had better leave so that we wouldn't get caught in the human crush at the very end of the show. Anyway, I found out recently that Donny Osmond is still performing!
Incidentally, I used to have this Donny and Marie plastic thermos flask. Some of you will know the kind I'm talking about. They are about 13-15cm in diameter, maybe 18-20cm tall (I'm bad at estimating) and have pictures printed on the body. The coloured screw-on cover has a little handle so it can be used as a cup. Of course the cover was purple.
As for Paula's concert, I'm not even sure why I spent my money on it as I'm not a fan of hers. You know how people say that concerts here are so mild and I've heard of people being told to sit and behave when they get up to dance. Well, the strange thing is I remember that my friend D, who is a dancer (i.e. not a dancer by profession but someone who dances), stood up to dance, I stood up half the time, not dancing (and D was looking at me with this 'eh, what's wrong with you' look), and many people around us were dancing and jumping and no security personnel told us to sit.
Going back to ONJ, I'm sure they won't have problems selling the tickets, though she should have come 20 years ago or something. Look at how successful ticket sales are for singers like Cliff Richard and Fei Yu Qing. By the way, I thought she and John Travolta DID NOT look like high school students at all in Grease, though I enjoyed the show very much. My favourite song from there was Beauty School Drop-out by Frankie Avalon, not exactly one of the show's most famous songs. I guess I liked it because I liked the character Betty Rizo played by Stockard Channing, even though she didn't look like a high school student either.
End of reminiscing.
On a totally different note, well done, Canas and Djokovic, for keeping men's tennis alive by ensuring that it's not a one- or two-man show.
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I remember also watchig Bonny M at National Stadium. The lead singer practically begged the police to take it easy becos they moved in on some members of audience who tried to get near the stage and dance. I think they really did not enjoy performing in Spore of the distance from the audience and the (yes) metal barriers!
I used to be a fan of the Osmonds too. Anyway, i was surprised to learn that there was a Paula Abdul concert.I could only remember one song sung by her that was popular.
Hmmm... I think they still have metal barriers, even at the Indoor Stadium, if I remember correctly.
Hey Working Mum,
You are back after a long silence! Ya, till today, I still think it's odd that there was actually a Paula Abdul concert and that I, of all people, went to it! Early 1990s.