Maroon 5 LIVE IN CONCERT

Though we have not hit the ground
Doesn’t mean we’re not still falling…

Okay, here I am now in my room, kinda exhausted from the concert. But…yay! Finally I have the chance to see those guys perform live…and I tell you, they were great, especially Matt Flynn the drummer. He was very enthusiastic and full of energy. Sometimes he directly starts the beat for the next song after the previous song ended. In short, he was absolutely FANTASTIC!

And as usual, Adam Levine was very SEXY

These are the songs they played tonight:

• Harder to breathe
• Makes me wonder
• If I never see your face again
• Can’t stop
• Nothing last forever
• Shiver
• Wake up call
• Sunday Morning
• Won’t go home without you
• This love
• Little of your time
• She will be loved

Overall, the show was good, but it can be much better.
Let me state my points:

1. They only play 13 songs!
   For me, 13 songs are very very not enough. Maybe because Singapore is one of the latest cities on their world tour. Maybe the members are all tired leh…Somehow I also feel that this show is just another show for them. They’re not intend to make this show memorable…or maybe it’s just me?
   
   
2. The show has not yet reach it’s climax when it’s end
   Yes yes that’s very true! And I’m really disappointed. The show almost reach it’s climax when they take a short break. That break lower the excitement level. After the break, I expect something really booming, but they only play 2 more songs before they end the show. Very disappointing.
   
   
3. Singaporeans’ very low enthusiastic level
   I don’t know what’s wrong with Singaporeans when they watch a live concert. Some of them are very calm, they just sitting on their chair. Come on people, this is Maroon 5! If that was Josh Groban’s concert, I of course won’t expect anybody to stand, dance to the beat, and sing along loudly. In Indonesia, we are absolutely enthusiastic. We stand, jump, dance, shout, scream, and sing along. We shout together “we want more!!” when the show ends, so then the performer(s) will come out and perform one or two more songs. But here in Singapore, after all the members left the stage, the crowd also leave their seats…wew…
   
   
4. People who prefer to record the show to their camera than enjoy the live show
   need proof? Let’s see this pic:
   the pics are maybe too small for you to see them clearly, but I hope you see those tiny shiny dots…many of them. What are those? Well, you guess, those are lights from handphones and cameras which people use to record the show. Oh man, please, just enjoy the live show, would you?
5. Need more interactions from the band to the crowd
   Adam Levine was quite calm today. I don’t know if that’s his style or whatever, but I think the interactions could be better. He could speak more, asked the crowd to sing together, and maybe the other members can talk to the crowd also.

Some other things I noted are the sound mixing was a little bit off sometimes, especially when the members did some improvisation with guitar effects. Another thing was a compliment to the lighting. It was incredible! Really helped to build the atmosphere.

However, I really enjoy this concert. Not only because of the performance, but also because I came with my friends. We are all enthusiastic. Taking photos everywhere, keep singing and shouting, and even we bet for the songs which would be played (it ends up with a tie between Rhesa and me..so nobody wins =p). I also really proud of myself that I can capture Jesse Carmichael’s photo when he came outside to videoing us, the fans…

Thank you Maroon 5!

Hope you’ll come back! *and visit Indonesia also *

PS: for more photos, check out my Flickr site here or facebook here.

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