Okay. So here is the review of the SHINee concert in Singapore. It's not written by me. It's written by someone called akshita nanda. Now this person wrote some rubbish. Some information are definitely not true. For example, their ages. Anyways, this is what the article says:
Youthful antics make Korean boyband SHINee's show here a glowing success
One year ago, the five members of Korean boyband SHINee told this paper( The Straits Time, Singapore) that they hope to keep performing long enough to be called a "man band"
It seems an achievable dream, given the non-stop applause last Saturday(10 September) from 6000 fans at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, even when the five young adults spat water at one another for 15 minutes
Forget the $1.7 million budget for SHINee World, clearly spent on slick anime background videos, flame throwers, fireworks and harnesses holding the singers in mid-air as they shot green laser beams from X-Men-style claws.
The most memorable part of the group's first solo concert here was the boundless energy and relentless cheer of performers Lee Tae Min, 18, Lee "Onew" Jin Ki, 21, Kim "Key" Kibum, 19 and 20- year- olds Kim Jonghyun and Choi Minho. They leapt around the stage for almost three hours, singing their hearts out, when they could probably have phoned their performance in with little punishment.
The predominantly female audience was mostly of the age or stage of infatuation to applaud anything the lads did or said. Viewers even loudly cheered the short video films of the five that signalled the end of a set and came with words such as " A boy sends off a heartache".
Lesser bands might have taken advantage of this an fever, at the very least getting cover acts to give them a break. But SHINee owned the stage from start to finish, executing synchronised dance moves worthy of Bollywood while belting out 29 songs such as peppy hits Replay, Ring Ding Dong and Love Like Oxygen, as well as the dark and stylish Lucifer.
Occasionally, one singer would give the others a rest by coming forward to show off solo. Key wowed the crowed with a cheeky number, My First Kiss, but I could have done without Jonghyun's uncomfortably falsetto lament, Lost Love. It was almost as embarrassing as the schmaltzy Korean song, Lullaby, which involved band members in angel wings cuddling seven-year old Baptist Lim, a Singaporean child actor.
Still, the rest of the audience lapped it up, cheering and waving around $30,000 worth if limited-edition lightsticks. At least two thirds of viewers had queued up before the show for the $9 green wands.
The performers returned the love by prancing up and down the Y - shaped stage extension, throwing colorful balls into the crowd. They also cheerfully donned the gifts thrown at them in return, appearing honestly happy over headgear shaped like cows or reindeer.
Clearly accustomed to much colder weather, they ended the concert upending bottles of mineral water on one another and taking gulps of the beverage, only to spit it out on the nearest band member.
While the Merlion imitations were funny in context, it is hard to imagine how these five might continue in the future without youthful charm to make such antics palatable. Ah well, for now, it is still a bright SHINee world.
Na. Here is her email: akshitan@sph.com.sg
In response to whatever that I typed above, some people had some disagreements with it. Here they are.
SHINee concert review unfair
I read with surprise the review if last Saturday's SHINee World Concert (Boyish Charm Shines, Life!, Sept 12).
While I understand that everyone is entitled to his opinion, I was surprised at the sarcastic comments thrown at the boy-band. Those who did not attend the concert might have a bad impression of SHINee after reading the review. It does not do justice to the band, who have worked hard at pulling off an amazing concert for Singapore.
Teresa Elizabeth Koh
I refer to your review of the SHINee concert at the Indoor Stadium.
1. The title of Jonghyun's solo is This Woman's Work, not lost love as you falsely asserted. The song was written and performed by Kate Bush, and covered by Maxwell
2. The water parade that you referred to as " Merlion imitations" and "spitting water at each other for 15 minutes" is a tradition that artists from SM Entertaiment, the Korean agency that groomed SHINee, have at the end of their concerts.
3. There was no mention of Jonghyun's and Onew's exceptional vocals, Key's birthday event, or Minho's shirt ripping.
Coco Yap
Yours is a very biased account of the SHINee concert. I do not understand why you have to relate their dance moves to Bollywood. Can you enlighten me on which parts reminded you of Bollywood dances?
Wendy Yang
The review of SHINee concert was overly critical.
Jonghyun specially practiced that song for fans, but the reviewer said it was very embarrassing. Please, it was very touching.
Shermaine Low
As for me, yljh, I did not go for their concert. But all I know is that they certainly did do a very good job. :)
Youthful antics make Korean boyband SHINee's show here a glowing success
One year ago, the five members of Korean boyband SHINee told this paper( The Straits Time, Singapore) that they hope to keep performing long enough to be called a "man band"
It seems an achievable dream, given the non-stop applause last Saturday(10 September) from 6000 fans at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, even when the five young adults spat water at one another for 15 minutes
Forget the $1.7 million budget for SHINee World, clearly spent on slick anime background videos, flame throwers, fireworks and harnesses holding the singers in mid-air as they shot green laser beams from X-Men-style claws.
The most memorable part of the group's first solo concert here was the boundless energy and relentless cheer of performers Lee Tae Min, 18, Lee "Onew" Jin Ki, 21, Kim "Key" Kibum, 19 and 20- year- olds Kim Jonghyun and Choi Minho. They leapt around the stage for almost three hours, singing their hearts out, when they could probably have phoned their performance in with little punishment.
The predominantly female audience was mostly of the age or stage of infatuation to applaud anything the lads did or said. Viewers even loudly cheered the short video films of the five that signalled the end of a set and came with words such as " A boy sends off a heartache".
Lesser bands might have taken advantage of this an fever, at the very least getting cover acts to give them a break. But SHINee owned the stage from start to finish, executing synchronised dance moves worthy of Bollywood while belting out 29 songs such as peppy hits Replay, Ring Ding Dong and Love Like Oxygen, as well as the dark and stylish Lucifer.
Occasionally, one singer would give the others a rest by coming forward to show off solo. Key wowed the crowed with a cheeky number, My First Kiss, but I could have done without Jonghyun's uncomfortably falsetto lament, Lost Love. It was almost as embarrassing as the schmaltzy Korean song, Lullaby, which involved band members in angel wings cuddling seven-year old Baptist Lim, a Singaporean child actor.
Still, the rest of the audience lapped it up, cheering and waving around $30,000 worth if limited-edition lightsticks. At least two thirds of viewers had queued up before the show for the $9 green wands.
The performers returned the love by prancing up and down the Y - shaped stage extension, throwing colorful balls into the crowd. They also cheerfully donned the gifts thrown at them in return, appearing honestly happy over headgear shaped like cows or reindeer.
Clearly accustomed to much colder weather, they ended the concert upending bottles of mineral water on one another and taking gulps of the beverage, only to spit it out on the nearest band member.
While the Merlion imitations were funny in context, it is hard to imagine how these five might continue in the future without youthful charm to make such antics palatable. Ah well, for now, it is still a bright SHINee world.
Na. Here is her email: akshitan@sph.com.sg
In response to whatever that I typed above, some people had some disagreements with it. Here they are.
SHINee concert review unfair
I read with surprise the review if last Saturday's SHINee World Concert (Boyish Charm Shines, Life!, Sept 12).
While I understand that everyone is entitled to his opinion, I was surprised at the sarcastic comments thrown at the boy-band. Those who did not attend the concert might have a bad impression of SHINee after reading the review. It does not do justice to the band, who have worked hard at pulling off an amazing concert for Singapore.
Teresa Elizabeth Koh
I refer to your review of the SHINee concert at the Indoor Stadium.
1. The title of Jonghyun's solo is This Woman's Work, not lost love as you falsely asserted. The song was written and performed by Kate Bush, and covered by Maxwell
2. The water parade that you referred to as " Merlion imitations" and "spitting water at each other for 15 minutes" is a tradition that artists from SM Entertaiment, the Korean agency that groomed SHINee, have at the end of their concerts.
3. There was no mention of Jonghyun's and Onew's exceptional vocals, Key's birthday event, or Minho's shirt ripping.
Coco Yap
Yours is a very biased account of the SHINee concert. I do not understand why you have to relate their dance moves to Bollywood. Can you enlighten me on which parts reminded you of Bollywood dances?
Wendy Yang
The review of SHINee concert was overly critical.
Jonghyun specially practiced that song for fans, but the reviewer said it was very embarrassing. Please, it was very touching.
Shermaine Low
As for me, yljh, I did not go for their concert. But all I know is that they certainly did do a very good job. :)
