Im feeling the ache in my body, the![]()
pain im my throat but the satisfaction of yesterday.
BIG NIGHT OUT is my first ever gig ( yah sad..I know). Didnt know what to expect at first actually. Being in the mosh for the first time was surreal. Me n my sis was actually the third row of people from the front when Saosin play their set. Amzar once said to be careful when Saosin play and i thought why? I realized when Saosin plays the mosh became sooo crazy! I lost my camera in the process. We were basically falling left right center. Those matt the sailors (matsaleh) are rather agressive.
Saosin played awesome songs however unfortunately, im not really familiar with their songs and couldnt really sing a long and all however no doubt their performance was just as mind blowing. It was rough. But it was fun. I could only sing a long to You’re not Alone ( LOL) Then there was this painful intervals where ppl could relax. When rise against came out, we were so stoked! I personally listen to a couple of rise against songs..So i was extremely pumped when they belted out classics like Prayer of the Refugee, Audience of the One, War Hero and my favourite: GIVE IT ALL!
THEN!
MUSE took the stage and put on a mind blasting (not mind blowing), spectacular and EPIC show. People may think that the award they won in the NME’s for being the best live band in the world is so cheesy and corny. I beg to differ and there is truth in that. How can a three piece band belt out such songs and be so consistently good in their performance. What makes MUSE great too is the fact that they put in effort to create a great atmosphere through the use of lasers and strobe lights.
When MUSE started, everyone was jumping up and down without stop and pushed on despite being rather parched and tired from the mosh during SAOSIN and Rise Against.
The setlist was win. It was a damn good setlist tho my lovely Micro Cuts didnt make it. Crowd Favourites like Time is Running Out, Starlight and Plug In Baby was belted out with amazing energy (as always). To the haunting yet epic and (judging by the crowd, some didnt really feel the epic-ness of it all and songs that reflects Muse’s dexterity and skill with musical equipments and songwriting with Suppermassive Blackhole, Knights Of Cydonia. All in all Big Night Out 2010 was a success. The supporting act was great and lively and the headliner once again proves its worth and who cares if not many likes MUSE. Thats the thing i like abt them. They are not tooo mainstream like Green Day (tho green day has their great songs).
Big Night Out: Muse, 3 Feb, Indoor Stadium
Big Night Out? I wish. While working commitments prevented me from sampling the charms of Rise Against and Saosin, a conspicuous lack of public transport in the Kallang area almost stopped me seeing the main band, too – even though they didn’t come on until after 10pm. That cavernous, non-functioning MRT station called ‘Stadium’ gets more exasperating with every gig, and every costly taxi fare home.
When a band receives lavish plaudits as regularly as tonight’s headliners, there will always be naysayers. After all, Muse isn’t to everyone’s taste. They’ve rarely shown much originality or self-restraint; they don’t talk much onstage; they’re not loveable, Coldplay-esque everyman entertainers. They’re essentially three music geeks in an overblown, proggish hard-rock band. If you were being harsh, you could call them a little bit silly. So why are they routinely described as the world’s best live band?
Step forward, Matt Bellamy. Rodent-like and pipe cleaner-thin in lurid green jeans, he’s not your obvious rock god, but his versatility as a frontman is unmatched. He’s not content simply to be a hugely ambitious songwriter; he aspires to a concert pianist’s technical ability, Freddie Mercury’s vocals and Brian May’s guitar chops, too. Thing is, he actually pulls it off. When he holds that top note before launching into ‘Plug in Baby’’s still-thrilling arpeggios, you’re left awestruck. He dazzles at the white grand piano for ‘United States of Eurasia’, its chorus cry ‘There can be only one!’ inducing a mass breakout of fist-pumping reminiscent of Queen’s ‘Radio Ga Ga’.
No-nonsense, tattooed bassist Chris Wolstenholme holds court with Bellamy front of stage, dutifully harmonising and gluing together the strands of multifaceted marvels like ‘Map of the Problematique’ and ‘Unnatural Selection’. Then there’s the innovative drumming. ‘Resistance’ doesn’t translate live as well as stompathons like ‘Uprising’ or ‘Knights of Cydonia’ – the subtlety of the bridge feels lost in this aerodrome of a venue – but considering the complexity of these songs, Dominic Howard’s rhythmic dexterity is wondrous. Muse doesn’t cut corners in concert. Every song is replicated precisely as on record, and with electronic effects piped in, the effect is that of a three-man rock band summoning the expansive range and emotional reach of an entire orchestra.
“Okay, so there was no ‘New Born’, ‘Feeling Good’ or ‘Butterflies and Hurricanes’. Yes, the robotic R&B of ‘Undisclosed Desires’ still takes some getting used to as a Muse song. And at 90 minutes, the whole shebang was way too short. But I’m not gonna try to pick holes. Complete with state-of-the-art visuals, this was the six-star, super-deluxe, 2010 space odyssey, and Muse’s astonishing display of virtuosity made every other band this month look like flailing amateurs. They don’t just think bigger than anyone else – they play better, too. JE” (timeoutsingapore.com)
Spot on you are TimeOut Singapore
I already miss yesterday night. It was indeed by far the most amazing night of my life. Alrite time to relive it thru youtube!! :DD
Photos and videos will be uploaded soon plus the merchandises i bought! :DDD
