Fatgirltales

I think the problems all started when the concert organiser decided on a full stage instead of the usual 3 sided one. And coupled that with a poor sound system and even poorer concert choregraphy, even the best artiste will have a bad concert. A full stage does not mean a bad concert, Jay did it, his concert was fantastic and I would have thought S.H.E., with their fantastic fan rapport would have done an even better job! What more, there are 3 of them as compared to one Jay. (Now I finally understand why Jay's concert was titled "The Incomparable Jay Chou World Tour" and S.H.E.'s concert was titled "A Magical Enchantment", probably because I would have to have been seriously under a spell to have thought the concert any good!) Unfortunately, the choregraphy was so bad that I felt like walking out in the middle of the concert, and we are talking about my favourite girl group's performance here! And I have not even started to comment on the poor sound system which FAILED not once but THREE times during the concert, especially during the encore number! Sigh, what is the point of sound checks or were any even done!?!

For most of the concert, I saw the backs of 3 people and had to look at the big screen to actually watch the concert. I would have been better off with a $20 concert dvd at home. And for the times when the 3 members actually faced different sections of the stadium to perform, the same member would face the same side of the audience each time. So for the entire concert, I had Hebe facing me and Selina's and Ella's butts towards me. I mean, anyone with enough sense would have told them to change positions after all, people paid money to see 3 members and not one and the butts of the other 2! Lastly, whenever they stopped to speak to the audience, they seem to forget that they had 3 other sections of the stadium and for most parts, faced one side of the audience. I know its a full stage and I do not expect to have the 3 of them facing my direction for the entirety of the concert but hey, I am a member of the paying audience too, if I had wanted to look at their butts, I would have saved my money and bought a dvd! I had thought to enjoy myself after a tough week at work but how wrong I was. Instead of fun, I was lamenting on the time and money wasted.

Of course, this concert does not make me any less of a fan. S.H.E. epitomises the unique relationship every girl has with her own bunch of close girl friends. The at easeness with each other and knowing that we can never appear too silly with friends who are so close. That is what I like best about them. But I still have to express my disappointment at their concert. I wish I had seen more of the sincerity and consideration they have so often shown towards their fans and themselves on entertainment programs and backstage recordings. Those were the very elements that won them legions of fans and made them a girl group without parallel. Come on S.H.E., I know you girls can do better!