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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Goddesses On The Mountain Top!

WTF! How did Bananarama became two hot young men? LOL! Nah....They were just the dancers!

"Last night I was dreaming, I was locked in a prison cell!!!"....Bananarama began the show with a very familiar tune. I, of course knew all the words to the song and sang along shamelessly!

The hot mamas getting hotter with the dancers. Wouldn't you want to be one of the Nana dancers? LOL!

I have a headache! Opps! No...It supposed to be "I heard a rumour"...

Wow! Is that bulge on him for real or what? LOL!

The Bananarama bringing sexy back. Grrrr....

Bananarama are Keren Woodward aka Mrs Andrew Ridgeley of WHAM and Sara Dallin.

They performed Venus, Love In The First Degree, I Heard A Rumour, Nathan Jones, Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro's Waiting and ended with a very apt, Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye).

Monday, March 24, 2008

Only You Can Set Me Free!

Look at the dancers go....Gunter (dark hair) and the Down Under dirty dingo, Jason.

Confession - We did all the hands movements to perfection for "I Heard The Rumour"! LOL!

Yeah! The Bananarama sure got it! They're on fire!

Time to Say Goodbye Already? Boo! Hoo!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye? No..Let's Dance!

It was FUN FUN FUN all they way! Thank you for Genting Resorts for bringing the 80's back! I enjoyed the show very much and hope they will bring back more retro acts to Malaysia.

The 80's where life was carefree and the hairs are big! I miss those days! SOB!

The show ended but the party had just begun! The DJ amazingly brought back all those familiar tunes. Tunes that I grow up with. All retro hits back to back! I thought I died and gone to retro heaven. LOL!

Everybody was dancing..OK at least tapped their feet to the beat.

The hit list included Looking for A New Love, Coldhearted, Conga, How Will I Know, Together Forever, She Drives Me Crazy..etc. Party lasted till late!

A Little Present from The Past

I managed to get Mike Nocito (of JHJ)'s autograph. Caught him wondering off stage after the show. Got a nice picture together with him too.

Too bad, we didn't get to mingle with the rest of the stars. The Bananarama has splitted befofe we could say "Love at first degree!). LOL!

Who is coming to Malaysia next? The Vegas Diva herself - Celine Dion! I can't wait for April 8! (Insert bated breath here!)

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Party With All-4-One

What? ING Grand Prix VIP Party
Where? Pulse Ultra Club, Grand Millennium Hotel, KL.

When? 9pm onwards on 19 March 2008

What a party! What a night! I won two passes from a local daily, The Sun to attend the ING Grand Prix VIP Party which was held at The Pulse, an Ultra hip club in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. My friend Kevin also won himself two passes. So, it was really a party time for us....Oh yeah! It was Kevin's Birthday on that day as well.

Guest were entertained by local dance Diva - Camelia, Reshmonu and All-4-One, the highlight of the night.

All-4-One have piled on weights. Their harmonious vocals are still there I guess. Can't really judge with bad sound system.

They started with I Can Love You Like That, followed by a couple of new songs, a Stevie Wonder medley (see video), acapella rendition of So Much In Love, She Got Skillz and ended with everyone sing-a-long tune - I Swear! The new songs they performed were possible tracks from their new studio album. The songs are "Green Light" (No! It's not a cover of Beyonce's song ) and "The Most Beautiful Girl" (No! it's not a cover of Prince's song). How imaginative! LOL!

I don't think those new songs gonna make it as big as "I Swear" or "I Can Love You Like That".

I Just Called To Say...I Love You....(Please click play)

The crowd just love sing-a-long and turned this joint into a huge karaoke! LOL! Yours truly's voice can also be heard in this recording. (Insert blush here!)

I was quite disappointed when the Renault team drivers - Fernando Alonso, and Nelson Piquet Jr didn't turn up for the event. However, the third driver, Lucas Di Grassi came. (He's the one holding the mike..Not sure who the other bloke was)

The guys were very friendly when I approched them for photo and autograph. I managed to have a short chat with Delious. According to him, they are working on their 7th album aptly called 7 (wow! seventh already? Where have I been all these time? Heheh!!).

With the free flow of alcohols and great music, it was indeed a night to remember, I swear!!!!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Meeting ToTo

This is a slightly different post from the usual music upload. I will write longer than usual. Gonna blog about Toto.

Got a chance to meet Toto, the legendary rock group from USA. The invitation was courtesy of a friend to meet and greet them at Hard Rock Café (HRC), Kuala Lumpur. Thanks Marianne!

I turned up at the place around 2:50pm. The meet and greet session was scheduled at 3:30pm. I found HRC was quite empty. We waited and chatted with other fans and winners of the contest.

At 4:19pm, Toto made their appearance. There were no swooning girls and screaming boys. Just a bunch of, shall I say matured and well-behaved fans like us? LOL! Click play to view the video.

Toto, formed in 1976, featured a line-up comprising Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Greg Phillinganes, Bobby Kimball, Leland Sklar and Tony Spinner. If you counted, there were only 5 of them on the stage. I am not sure who was who on the stage there. The organizer didn’t introduce them individually. LOL!

Toto apologized for the postponement of the concert, which was scheduled the day before. The delay was attributed to logistic issue. I heard their equipment was stuck in Indonesia. Oh well! At least they turn up, right?

Famous for hits in the early 1980s like I'll Be Over You, Rosanna and Africa, the band is on a world tour in support of its critically acclaimed 2006 release, Falling In Between.

I thought there was a press conference but nobody asked any questions so they group proceeded to sign autographs. So, I took my “The Best of Toto” CD and some concert flyers to be autographed.

That guy in blue is Atsu. He is from Tokyo and in town for business. He is a huge fan of Toto. According to him, Toto is huge in Japan.

Yippee! My signed Toto CD and concert flyer.

Well, I got what I wanted and more. There were food and drinks served to the contest winners. So, I saved on dinner. LOL!

It didn’t occur to me before that Toto is another household name in Malaysia. I noticed this when I was about to take a leak after the meet and greet session. LOL!

I hope those who went for the concert enjoyed themselves. I was at home last night listening to The Best of Toto CD.

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

Africa (12” Mix) - Toto

Note: Thanks to Retro Wonderland for the link.