Let's get retarded

The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) concert on Sunday nite was mad. I loved it. It was at the horden pavillion, and the place was absolutely packed. Musta been like 5000 people in there. As soon as i went into the concert hall (300 metres from the stage), the music was so loud, I could feel my body trembling slightly. Seriously, i think they should have turned the volume down.

BEP came out first song slightly disappointing becoz it wasnt one of their huge hit songs. I reckon they should have started with something which everybody knew. Then they went into that "hey mumma" song. The biggest cheer of the night when they first came out went to Fergie, the female vocalist. I reckon half the audience came to see her.

Interesting side note: half the audience musta been aussie blonde females. As in jerry seinfield's words "not that there's anything wrong with that!". i think there must have been quite a few 5'11 blondes :P. Also, whenever someone put a girl onto their shoulders so that they could see better, it started raining down plastic bottles. Why? Cause some poor sap behind them couldn't see and you can't walk thru the crowd, tap them on the shoulder and say "can you please get down?". Apparently, the proper procedure is to dig around on the floor for some empty bottles and hail them directly at the offender in front. So when this girl next to me got up on her boyfriend's shoulder, I instintively tilted my head away from her to avoid the plastic bombs.

Getting back to the music, as I predicted, BEP came out with a lot of energy and hype. These guys are real entertainers. They did some exclusive tracks from their upcoming album such as "pump it" but these sucked. BEP then proceeded to all walk off the stage after a couple of songs. i thought what was going on???. But it was like one of the highlights of the show because then each one came back one at a time and did a solo performance. They each did freestyles and I was quite impressed with their flow, ability, and creativity. However, Fergie came out crooning ( i wanted a freestyle but it was not to be) and started making all these unintelligible weird sounds kinda of like Scatman.

There was also an instrumentalists section where each of the band members got their chance to shine. Some of these dudes are pretty talented but I think it went a bit overboard. Then William Apple.De.App (i think that's his name) came out on the drums and started banging away. Then he rapped the lyrics to Kelis "Milkshake" over it. Definite highlight. He further showcased his talent by then playing the piano, jamming with the other band members. he's prolly my fav rapper in the whole group.

The crowd was fully hyped when they did "where is the love" and "shut up, shut up". but the climax was left at the very end. They started playing the instrumental to "let's get retarted" for a couple of minutes and you could feel the excitement in the crowd building up. BEP members started running back and forth across the stage. You could just feel the tension in the audience. Then it just absolutely exploded when they screamed "let's get retarded" and everyone starts jumping up and down like crazy (including yours truly). But they did end right there, and stretched out the end of like a couple more minutes. That was prolly the best part of the show.

Side note 2: There was a guy rocking a BEP basketball style singlet in the colours of the chicago bulls. i got one word for you buddy, "gay". lol. I don't think I'd be caught dead wearing it. Street cred factor: zero.

Lastly before I sign off and do my litigation assignement, it was absolute hassle to get out of the car park. We were lined up in the car park for like 5 minutes, and there were all these idiots incessantly honking their horns. As if that achieves anything. Feeling frustrated, we parked the car and went elsewhere. Walking down the flight of stairs, the honking only multiplied and became more furious. Laughing at these suckers trapped in the car park, I said to Tim:

"Where is the love?".