Monday, October 06, 2008
Superband II finals
Had a rocking good time yesterday night, watching Superband finals from 730-11pm.
大风吹,三月,异世界,兔子~
The 4 finalists battle it out to be the champion of the 2nd season of the show.
It would have been better to watch them live in action, though i aren't an ardent fan of any of the finalists. Unlike 2 years ago, i was rooting for 迷路兵 =D
I missed Qinobe's unique style of performance, 1 guy will put on a mask and wave a big flag and prance around the stage (to create the super high atmosphere --other than that, i can't think of other reasons why he's in the band) and another (the rapper) will paint his face.
Lucify's the japanese virtual kei influenced rock band, i remember them donning heavy makeup and super nice outfits. The vocalist (i rmb him slaughtering a few songs in the competition in 2006) sounded good now^^
When Qinobe and Lucify joined forces to sing an Energy's song, it's super high (^o^)
But the stage's really small and looked cramped when all of them went onto the stage. Haix, when the show started, i was thinking 'this season, the organisers got little budget is it? How come they hold the finals in the mediacorp studio instead of indoor stadium this time round?'
Okies, after talking much about the first season Superband, time to talk about the 2nd season 'newbies'. Hehe..
The band兔子, an all-girl trio led almost all the way in the popularity rankings and went on to win the competition. I wanted to put some of their cute photos here, but the official superband website dont allow people to rightclick and save pics.. But in order not to make this post look boring without pics, i checked out the contestants' blogs to kope some pics^^
Their round nerd specs, mushroom haircuts and colorful coordinated outfits =DDI like the drummer (centre), cos i find girls who can play the drum well uber cool~ The only gripe i've about them is they don't sing that well. However, they are young and there's surely room for them to improve in future..
Next up, is 异世界aka Yi shi jie or just YSJ for short..
One pic says it all, they're similar to Lucify in terms of music influence..But more nice pics wouldnt harm right?
LOLs..
Sam and Kenn aka Kei.. Kei's face look exceptionally white.. Or did Sam just get a tan? Hehe..
They have the most interesting outfits in this season of Superband..
That week's theme was retro.. I reckon they looked a lil funny~
But what made me laugh was the caption written by Kei (the one with the hat)
From left: Mr Minute, Chucky, 18th Century Composer, Auntie, Circus Lion Tamer.
I love Kei's unique hat!!! SO COOL!~
He said in an interview 'I didnt borrow it from a policeman, neither did i steal it from somewhere, i got it from.......'
Darn i couldn't catch the rest of the sentence either cos my tv set's speakers are cranky or it's cos he was just mumbling to himself.
Whee.. Spot the difference!~
Kei was trying to be creative and did something to the original picture above..
AMAZING wor!! Wonder how he did it^^
I'd love to watch them perform 2 more songs, unfortunately they were eliminated in the first segment of the grand finals.. Nevertheless, i like both songs they sang, a super HIGH song called 抓狂--don't ask me, neither have i heard of this song before.. And 'Waiting For You' in the unplugged segment. Prior to the 2nd song, i was wondering (perhaps everyone else too) how the heavy metal rock band can carry off a slow soothing song. It's a lil weird watching them sit down in a row (instead of jamming & jumping about) and vocalist Kunio played the guitar while guitarist Kei sang the majority of the song. Hmm.. i think Kei sings better than Kunio leh.. Got more 'feel'.. Hehe..
Cos Kunio's weak vocals & poor diction had been the most criticised part of the otherwise strong band throughout the competition. *dodging stones from Kunio's fans* And one of the judges think likewise and asked a surprised Kei whether he would be singing for the next 2 songs & looked disappointed when a dazed-lookin Kei shook his head. Well.. Think i'm getting more & more pro-Kei already~~
Then as for 三月 --i like vocalist Fion who has an unique alto voice & she could carry off rock tunes really well^^
Haiz.. But they got eliminated together with YSJ. Didnt get a chance to listen to 2 more songs =x
As for 大风吹, i don't think they belong there in the first place.. Hmm.. You know what i mean.. *dodges again for flying pots and pans from 大风吹's fans*
Quite surprised that they got through to the final stage.
Kkz, i'm running out of time, shall cut the post short, lest i wouldn't be able to finish it today~~
The BEST PART OF THE SHOW
When Mayday came onstage as Superband's ambassadors =DDD
Absolutely brought the house down with 孙悟空and离开地球表面.. That's what they call 天团^^
I still remember watching Mayday once many years ago.. It would be a real good experience if i can go to their concert... *dreams*
阿信!阿信!阿信!阿信! Yipppeeee~
yunn. at 4:12 PM