S'pore's Electric newspaper review on Jay's concert 1/13

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

13/01/03, the electric new paper, singapore
wow, jay, what a blast
(by wendy teo)

my arms and shins are aching, from waving and tapping my feet, for 2 1/2 hours straight. but, boy, am i deliriously happy!
like the rest of the crowd of 9,000 at the singapore indoor stadium last night.
in short, the opening night of jay chou's 'the one' concert tour was a blast.
as the lights were turned off, people started screaming hysterically. teenage girls in the first rows also started jumping up and down.
when the 24-year-old jay appeared on stage, the girls shrieked and

waved to get his attention.
and while they waved their glow sticks in the air to the rhythm of 'shuang jie gun', jay showed off his nunchaku twirling skills. there was not much audience interaction ('let's go on to the next song, i don't know what else to say'), but the crowd didn't seem to mind. they were all there to see him sing, and they were not disappointed.
having been to two other jay concerts last year, i can say that this performance was by the far his best.
his singing was flawless, his dancing has improved quite a bit and the visual thrills were stunning.
in keeping with the content of his songs, the concert is a martial arts demonstration, sports event and sinister fantasy sequence all rolled into one. there were dancers dressed up as monsters trying to bite off jay's head as he sang 'half man half beast'. when he defeated one particularly ugly one with a swing of his sword, the crowd cheered.

engrossed
then jay showed off his drumming skills with the song, 'dragon fist'. the crowd went crazy when the stage was transformed into a basketball court, and jay's shot went neatly through the basket on his first attempt. i was so engrossed that it was painful to tear myself away to meet my deadline. outside, i could still hear the chants for 'zhou jie lun' and feel the vibration from feet stomping in unison.

p.s. to the man sitting next to me, i'm sorry for waving my glow sticks in front of your face throughout. but i can't promise it won't happen again.


source: jay rendezvous
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lol the P.S part is funny haha. i think my neighbor was annoyed with me too.

[BiG^rOn]

LOL......

Cool... first time i hear of Jay playing the drum :)

[mUShy]

sigh..if only the shot (083 jay drumming) had turned out well.. :wacko:
( http://photos.yahoo.com/jmf_sgconcert )

[NiknJay]

i think he did a lot of new things in this concert..like more dance moves...eg : in Ye Ye Pao De Cha where he danced with the old grandpa....quite funny

which costume u guys liked the best in the concert? i think every single one is nice but the white suit he wore and the high collar one he wore during the piano segment was the ultimate!!! lol~

[mUShy]

agree with the costume :)
but i think he din dance much with the grandpa...mabbe not as much as we see on the VCD. i think he looks best in his casual attire..i.e. black singlet and jeans haa...

[hongdou]

ya i do agree wif the author of the article. although i went for the 2nd nite concert n the response might nt be as gd but nevertheless my fren n i were standing thru'out and jay really cracked a lot of jokes tt nite. he was so cute n sweet....

[sPd_hIrO]

seems to me the first night concert is cool!.. but well.. boy am i glad that i am able to go to his 2nd night concert coz his first concert was a straight SOLD OUT! even though he did not show off his drum skills on 2nd night.. but i like one of the song he sang.. the yo-ah-yo song.. it's cool n i like it.. heh.. once again it shows how talanted he is.. :p

[NiknJay]

i heard that jay cracked funnier jokes on the 2nd night right? like asking the guitarist to sing his song since he knows the chords already lol~
agree with mushy, his black singlet and jeans is his signature look...casual but still very suave too!

oh and the guy who acted as the grandpa on stage? he was walking down the aisle near my seat with this camera thingy filming all of us!! it was right after his performance for "Ye Ye Pao De Cha" wonder did u guys see him too?

[mUShy]

woah...besides cracking more jokes...what else did he do on the 2nd nite? if only i have attended both but i think my parents will think im crazy :p
also heard from my fren that he missed his first shot at the basket on the 2nd nite? hee...

[hongdou]

since i did not go for the 1st nite, i will juz briefly say wat he did on the 2nd nite. He came up in his "dragon chair" and after singing a while, he told the audience tt he would like to c us wave our lightstick. The ambience was gd. I think he din dance quite a lot.
i think he sang the same songs but he played shi jie mo ri on his guitar.

During the basketball segment, he seems to lose his footing also n almost fell bt then he was in a gd pose n everyone was cheering for him. Like last year, he did missed some shots but nevertheless he was still cool...

Ya he was funnier tt nite i think, he cracked jokes with the audience n guitarist, changed the lyrics of Jian Dan Ai to Yo-yo-yo n also changed part of long juan feng lyrics to ask the audience to sing along etc. he also asked the audience if we would go n c his concert next yr & of cos the ans was yes.

[mUShy]

ic ic...cool....thanks!

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

mm.. best outfit for his concerts? i like him in his karl kani gear. ^^ all of the karl kani stuff he wears.. the jean jacket and pants.. and the jersey..

haha basically i like it when he dresses hip hop style.

[QueEn]

i heard frm my fren too the 2nd nite his jokes very funni....
i went for the first nite...wah dunno how to describe.....realli best....he played the drum well.....i love him singing in cantonese....i love everything abt him

[NiknJay]

i think him singing the cantonese version of "Zhui" was power....even when he's singing cantonese songs he sounds really nice...with alot of emotions...plus whilst he was singing the platform he was standing on with his piano behind him started rising....W-O-A-H....speechless.

[oaky]

hmm i think his costumes were a little different from the 1st nite too?
he was wearing a sort of jap school uniform when he was playing the piano, but apparently he didn't wear it o the 1st nite.. heh
KAWAII~!

[XiaoQueen]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!! erm.. here i wan to say sorry to tht girl beside me on 12/01/03 too ($129 seats).. i was the crazy girl who kept jumping up and down... frantically waving my snap light... i hit her head twice!!! she was abit irritated? i don noe. when i woo-ed, she covered her ears... so sorry la.. but i jus couldnt resist him
heh heh ppl~!~! my jielun pix is so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee right!!!

[Ziwei]

wow... i din know that the ist nite n second nite concert quite different eh?? i oni saw at the other forum tt he played guiter while singing shi jie mo ri... n missed his footing duirng the bball..... the costumes oso different ah....... :unsure: ayaya.... if oni i can go to both concerts! but my family will think i "siao"..... already now, my sis thinks i abit crazy liao orh.... :|

but i really love his "zhui" ah...... so nice..... :roll:

[dazzlette]

hey i went for the 2nd nite too... when he first strummed the guitar i thot he was gonna sing hui dao guo qu.. but when i heard it was shi jie mo ri i just screamed like mad.. it was really good too..
and i thot his cover of wang fei's 'wo yuan yi' was extremely heart melting.. ohmigosh.. and i think that jay doesn't really need to dress up in all those fancy costumes to impress.. just a simple tee and baggy jeans is enough to look so cute!!