Date: 27 Feb 10Time: 3:00pm
Location: Esplanade Recital Studio
Kaki: YD
Rating: 3.5 stars
Language: Chinese
Synopsis:
Her lovely little ballads about balloons, finding Neverland, snow in Germany and imaginary friends may have a touch of childlike whimsy. But listen closely and you’ll find in Taiwanese singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Peggy Hsu’s songs a blossoming of mature beauty.
This will be Peggy’s first concert in Singapore in eight years. Fall under her spell as she performs, with a full band, songs about life, love and magical dreams
Review:
It was surprisingly, entertaining. It could be because she is more mainstream and less of the eclectic underground musician, compared to the other taiwanese performances I have attended, but it was great, in my opinion, at least for $25, I do not feel shortchanged.
Her voice was good and clear, and I am seriously considering the slightly off pitch moments as... being on purpose? Cuz it does seem like she is able to control her vocals pretty well. In addition, the band she brought along was pretty good, and drums and bass always adds depth to a live performance. As compared to those that are pre-recorded, although I can understand that this would largely be an issue of budget. How many people do you want to fly over, provide accomodation and pay for...
Considering that I was feeling extremely lethargic, the perkier tunes towards the end did a lot to help me wake up. Of course, being an "old" person, her tunes like 气球 and 白色婚礼 reached out to me a lot more. I am not quite sure I like the new rendition of 气球, but I appreciate the effort to rework it. And of course, my all time favourite is 白色婚礼 which even made it into the "repeat mode" tune for about a day my Uni days, no easy feat... *Damn, have I just revealed how "matured" I am?*
Anyway, there were two runs of this performance, with a later evening slot, and I am sure the evening performance would be a tighter and better one. :)
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