The Day That We Celebrated Earth Hour... errr... Not.

Okay I've never intended to become an earth-hater or something. But it was the MGMT & The Whitest Boys Alive's concert. How can I say no to that. I will make this night up by reducing my plastic consumption in the future, I promise. :P

I went to the venue with my husband and a couple of friends. We got in when the Whitest Boys Alive were already playing halfway. I already missed out their 1st show back in 2008, so I really wanted to see them now. They threw a great performance that night. The band was so entertaining, they really know how to communicate to audience. They all seem nice and Erlend Oye made people laugh throughout the show. The band made an honor to the Earth Hour by completely turning off the lights for a few minutes. So yeah, we're kind of celebrating Earth Hour - concert version. :P

Then after the long break, there came our bohemian heroes, MGMT. :) The band didn't wear animal costumes or stuffs like that, but our handsome Andrew Vanwyngarden was wearing a white shirt with a black jacket, combined with animal printed shorts and gray legging underneath it. And. still. looking. awkwardly. cute. :P

The combination of good music, great sound and eye-candy visual effect made that night my best psychedelic concert ever. And the most fun part is, the crowd was actually dancing and singing throughout the concert, doing the 'we don't care if we look ugly, as long as we're happy' dance. :D We were so hypnotized that we didn't realized it's over already.

All in all it was a great night. Of course as usual, the songs got stuck in my head up until now. Ha - Ha. :D And I'm happy I've finally got the chance to watch their live performance.
So. Happy. :D

PHOENIX LIVE IN JAKARTA!

This news is not only cheering us: the fans, but also giving people the fact that Phoenix is still going to Jakarta, even after the bombing in J.W. Marriot and Ritz Carlton a few weeks ago. OH YES! THEY ARE NOT AFRAID! :D

The concert took place at bengkel night park, which was immediately loaded by teenagers here and there. My favorite local band NAIF was opening the stage stunningly, continued by the performance of the S.I.G.I.T and RNRM. They were all spectacular, though I think the S.I.G.I.T was dominating the stage waaay to long and RNRM’s sound check was a total waste of time. I stand a bit to the right-front of the stage with one tall boy blocking my view. But hey, we’re here to have fun! It’s more productive to struggle for a perfect spot than to grumble in a cheering crowd. Hehe… Just a theory. :)

Phoenix finally showed up at 10-ish pm and breaking the stage with Lisztomania. Everybody’s cheering, singing and dancing. I can’t complain because I’m one of them :). There are many complains coming from my own friends, telling how they were bothered with the audience who were dancing and singing out loud hysterically. Okay, maybe they’re a bit too hysterical. But I don’t see any reasons to complain at them. I mean, c’mon! This is a concert, for God sake, this is the moment you can actually see your idols on stage, performing their stuffs… just for YOU! This is the place where you can sing out loud and dance through the music you like. If you’re expecting a well mannered and stand-like-a-stone crowd, maybe you should just listen to MP3 at home. Don’t get me wrong, I spend money for this night and I don’t want it to be ruined by some nonsense skeptical person. I just want to enjoy what I think I can enjoy there.

Anyways, all songs from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix were played except Fences... But they played my all time favorites like: If I Ever Feel Better, Funky Squaredance, Rally, Too Young and Run, Run, Run. And they’re also playing Playground Love by AIR, which was sung beautifully by Thomas Mars. 1901 was played at the very end of the show with a spectacular climax. Everybody’s cheering; I even felt the ground quaking.

All in all, Phoenix performance in Jakarta was beyond great! They’re a group of humble people who went down the stage in the middle of the show to greet their fans. And Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard. I’m not really a music maniac, but yet I can easily enjoy their music and sing along quite fluently all through the album.

Salute phoenix!

'til we meet again ;)

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