D for David Tao

It was definitely the concert of the year!!

David Tao was finally back in Malaysia for his last stop of "Love Can World Tour" concert. After half a year of waiting, the fans must have got so much crazier!

October 28, 2006. A memorable day of my life.

The concert started at 8.30pm. There was a video of DT piloting a copter which crashed. And out came DT from the sky!! He descended in a white glittering suit, like an angel, haha. Below him, were the musicians in white, too.

The concert kicked off with his hit, [Zhao Zi Ji] (Rain). He got the crowd really groovy with his hot number [Jin Tian Mei Hui Jia] (Shanghaied).

It was so much fun when he requested the audience to stand up and groove with his music. well, it felt better standing, you know. It's much more enjoyable to sway to the beat!

Surely, every number he sang was accompanied by loud cheers andhandclaps and whistles. Giving his best in delivering more than 25 songs, his power shone throughout the night.

The Uniqueness
If you think DT is just a singer who is quite aged (compared to other popular artists) and sing mostly ballads, you're wrong. He is part of that, but not all that.

In fact, he is much more energetic than so many other artists who had held concerts. Although not dancing, he could really rock the 12000-audience to their highest (including me, of course)!!

The concert was not just another concert. It was a huge range of music, with DT switching from lounge singer mode to hip hop artiste, rock star, rapper and even dabbled in some Chinese opera at one point. I especially enjoyed the rock segment, which he presented the songs [Gui] (Ghost) and [Hei Se Liu Ding] (Black Tangerine) and followed by [Sun Zi Bin Fa] (Sun Tzu's Art of War). It was completed with the drums and guitars and everything to the bright lights, which gave the atmosphere of a truly ROCK concert!!!

His performance of [Su San Shuo] (Susan Says) was begun with a few line of Chinese Opera style, treating the fans with his talent (probably?) inherited from his mother. Hehe... truly interesting!

The Stage
The stage was pretty eye-catching as we entered the stadium. It was in a rain forest theme, with plants ang groves and bushes, and there was even a wrecked helicopter in within all the... mess.

The Band
COncerts with live bands are truly amazing! The band members were all in white, which made them look angels in within the forest. Haha... They were very fantastic throughout the concert. DT had a lot of interaction with the band, the background vocalists as well as the Mosaic (erm...rite?), comprising the violin family.

The music director was Mr Goh Kheng Long. I found him a very talented musician. On stage, he played the keyboard and piano (very touching music~!!), and was even the conductor for the little orchestra.

The band was comprised of many Malaysians as well! And this included Mr Goh!! while some others were from Singapore, Thailand, etc. Looks like DT quite recognise Malaysian musicians. *If only I had a chance...*

For background vocals, there were girls this time, who were multi-talented as well. One of them, Ke Wei, dueted the song [Jin Tian Ni Yao Jia Gei Wo] with DT. Besides, she too played the "Er Hu" in a few songs, soemtimes accompanied by the traditional flute.

There was a medley session, kinda unplugged, where David Tan, guitarist and vocalist, joined in singing some parts. He has a good voice.

During a break, once, Mohd Nor (on percussion) gave him a bottle of water, but spoke in Malay. DT doesn't understand, as he said, but I guess he arranged for it! hah!

The duet
As promised, DT invited a fan on stage for a duet. He 'finally' chose a gurl, Celine, from the VVIP section. Later did I know that she was a 'banana'. No wonder she kept speaking ang mo to DT. She managed to keep the audience 'high' (of jealousy??) One thing was, she couldn't keep her hands off DT!! Right from the moment she stepped on stage! (Wonder what Joanne will say...? Oops...)
The song sung was [Tian Tian], a beautiful song.

Love Can vs Soul Power
I would say, the Soul Power concert was a better one compared to this. All because the SP concert was focused on music. Whereas, this one was a 'typical' concert, not only focused on music, but also other 'minor' stuff like his suits, the stage, blablabla... It's a pity I didn't attended the SP's, but at least got to watch the VCD of the one held in Hong Kong.
Well of course, this was far more better than other concerts this time around. Not regrets of a the rushing and arranging. ;) Realy hoping for a next time...

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I know this is late. Anyway, serves well for my reference, ;D