From the name of David Tao’s concert, it is obvious what he wants to showcase in his concert. Just simply his music.
Tao kept his words on the 3 “No”.
1) No Guest Singer
2) No Dancing
3) No Stripping
Not much visual effects, not many surprises. Just a Solid Voice, a Multi-talented Band and Quality Music with a clear message.
The concert kicked off with display of animations on how humans evolved from apes.It is clear that Tao is reminding us how simple we humans were. I was rather impressed with the visuals, very sleek. In fact, the visuals on screen are very much the only element that satisfies one’s eyes in this concert. Tao’s ‘live’ is really no difference from what you hear on CD. He sounds great either way. The band he has is a solid one and almost every member has the ability to cut a vocal album (almost half of them are from Singapore mind you). One of the backup singers can play more than 3 instruments. She played the trombone, violin, flute and I forgot what else. Each time the lights lit up on her, we see something new in her hands. Both backup singers were given time to shine on stage, they were given the opportunity to sing a number of ballads with Tao. And everytime they did, Mich will be gritting her teeth and making lots of noise. With folded arms and face of charcoal, “I’m jealous! Hrmph!”. It got worse when he wrapped his arms around the 2 gals as they groove to the lovey dovey songs. Tao tweaked the tunes of most of his songs, although it took me some time to figure out which songs they were till very much near the chorus, I must say, Tao has the ability to perform them with such conviction. I bet those who heard the song for the first time would have thought this is the way the songs originally sound. And they are wonderful. There is a part of the concert which I really liked too. It’s like a short musical, pre-lude of 《今天你要嫁给我》, the drums of Indian music then Arabic singing, belly dancers started sprouting and dancing around Tao, stopping him from approaching the girl he loves, when he finally got to her, they started singing. This makes it even clearer to me that a concert does need a trick or 2 to add as plus points to entertainment. He worked in the unique music identity of different races into his songs. It was smooth. Cool.
Tao went, “I’m gonna invite one of the girls up on stage”, the next thing I hear from Mich is, “Me me! 就是我liao!” *puke* People around us were giggling lo... The unplugged performance made Tao especially charming.“认真的男人最有魅力”. Indeed. Mich was squeaking “好帅哦！”everytime he whipped out the guitar. … He is the perfect Boyfriend for her, talented, rich, plays the guitar well, great sense of humour and a strong believer of Christ. But sorry, no chance. Haha… Though Mr Tao did say he is seriously thinking of moving to Singapore.
I like the fact that the concert not only revolves around music but also a positive message put across to all. He said, “Love can move mountains.” And the flip side of the world is displayed on screen. Riots, wars, fights, the World not in peace. Such things makes him sad, he said. Awww…. There is a part of the concert that I didn't like though, what's with the Ah Lians dancing on stage suddenly?!!
I realized Tao spoke 80% in English throughout the concert. He seemed to be most at ease while speaking in English, and he must feel really good that he can speak all the Ang Mo he wants without having to worry that there will be no response. I guess Singapore is the only Asia country that gives him the opportunity to do that. Oh! He even did an English dance medley just for us, Singapore! He didn’t dance, but we did. The audience on our side seems to be a little shy and not too responsive sia. But I decided to heck care and stood up! No guts leh Mich…... The other 2 on my right stood up too! They followed suit only when I bravely stood up! Heez… Someone needs to start the ball rolling lah. And of course its me!
I must stress that I was damn relieved when I saw Mich empty-handed when we met up before the concert. Cos she did mention about banners and all. The experience with her on seeing Wu Zheng Yu at Star Awards red carpet about 2 years ago, created some phobia in me. LOL.
Oh! And my tixs are free btw. It’s the most expensive seats…. Jeolous bo?
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