rocket man

elton john...sucked...

it was like a piano recital.

the night i said "u forget what it's like to hang out americans, crack 'must see tv jokes', respond with simpsons rhetoric, laugh john madden-esque, all whilst maintaining a constant level of sarcasm" i hung out with ray. the night after that, i met ji. my long lost noona.

there's an obvious connection btwn asians and asians. there's an even more blatant kindred fervor btwn american asians and american asians. then you compound that natural affinity with my hak-won/HOT/DJDOC/KTOWN upbringing....u've got 2 slanty-eyed people on their 8th bottle of wine discussing jews and gongju byung, smurfs and conjunction junction, george bush and mandoo....etc....that night set the precedence for elton john.

if u've read this blog since 2004, u've read me complain about singaporean sterility just about everyday since my move here. u've also read me complain about singapore indoor stadium
as the absolute worst venue for concerts due to its uninspiring stale audience and ridiculously immaculate stadium where food/drinks are not allowed into the seated area. but when u've got a peer that's been sharing the haterade, it makes mocking the locals part of an uplifting concert experience and i haven't even factored in the hilarity of her potty mouth. thanks ji =)

elton john and the band are aged rockstars that look completely ridiculous stuck in a time warp. which really just makes them musicians. and that's what they are, elton john included. such GREAT musicians, and still so much energy in that classic elton john voice, but the reality of entertainment is that if there's no upkeep in vanity, the aging reptilian look isn't so great to look at, isn't so great to watch perform.

a great encore, a funny crazed middle aged woman dancing front row and that was that.