Encore! Encore! Encore!
After the crazy rock session, we went into the first encore of the night - I was very amazed by her fans especially Mr 爽(小煜). This guy should be Cheer's most diehard fan I guess? I think by now you know who I am referring to right - 爽~~ Her diehard fans were really pro lor, they did many Encore banners and distributed them out to the audiences around the premium zone. Armed with a loudspeaker and the cameraman focusing on him, 小煜 leaded us to the first encore of the night(nevermind that it was sort of "prearranged")!!! Everyone was so high and standing to shout "encore encore encore" continuously. But I was very tired and breathless after 1min hahah.. I think I am really getting old! But the younger fans at level 2 and 3 were power!!! they were even louder than us at the premium zone!!
Our all time favourite "機車帽"!!!
Finally after some time, Cheer and Tiger came out with the song "太聰明".. So sweet!! It was always very nice to see the two of them performed side by side with Tiger playing his Martin for Cheer. Then her whole band came out with the legendary "機車帽"!!! How could Cheer not sing that famous "機車帽" version for "旅行的意義"??? The TV screen then showed Cheer's mum who was in the crowd wearing a "機車帽" - Awow!!! Such a supportive mummy!!! She must be really proud of her daugther!! The focus was then shifted to a fan holding on a red 機車帽. She was really cool - slowly she picked her helmet up and wore it in front of everyone haha!! Then the strings of the legendary song began - Wah everyone was so HIGH!!!! I thought Cheer will not be singing this version since they did a new version during segment 1!!! But I guess the fans won't let her off if she didn't sing the "機車帽" version!!
That's how garang Cheer was - Playing the Piano and singing in the crowd
After this "Gala encore" song, we went into the second round of encore. As usual, 小煜was still very high to lead us on with his loudspeaker haha.. While the encore was on going, there was a commotion on the left side of my area, At first I thought "did someone fainted or what?" I saw alot of people rushing toward my left side where the intersection of the 4 premium blocks was. Then finally I saw it - Wah garang!!! They were moving a piano across to the intersection!!! - "Don't tell me Cheer is going to get down stage like Immortal and perform with the piano in the crowd???" Faintzzz!!!! I really got nothing to say about this!!! But the commotion did not last too long as once again, Cheer came out - this time alone with her hummingbird. She told us that she knew that it was not easy for everyone out there to get the ticket for the concert and she would definitely do her best to satisfy us - Someone from the crowd then shouted "秒殺"!! - So comical but yet so true haha!! She presented us with 張雨生's "天天想你" as the next encore song.. Wow wow wow!! I knew that alot of people are dying to hear her sing "天天想你" - That's my first time listening to Cheer's version and it was really touching!!! (If only 張雨生 did not meet with the fatal car accident that ended his life so early) In the midst of the song, a girl from the upper level shouted "陳綺貞 我愛你"!! My neighbour's friend teased her and say "要不要叫一下?".. She very funny, she smiled and shyly rejected "不要啦! 好害羞唷!" - Are all Taiwanese girls so "Teh Teh"??? And soon one of the most chaotic moment came, Cheer announced that she will be going downstage to perform with that piano!!! I saw that almost everyone was rushing to "chop" an auspicious space near the piano but I was being blocked by my very shy neighbour ahah.. And I guess it would be useless by then to try to squeeze through people. I resigned to the fate of just listening and watching her piano performance via the TV screen. She sang the song "告訴我" while she played the piano - Wah!!! First time lay!! Cheer performed piano solo !!! Really very cool!! The fans that surrounded her were very so fortunate but they were super obedient and quiet, they just kneeled down quietly beside her and enjoyed!!!! It was another round of chaos when she returned to the main stage to perform the last song for this encore "孩子" with her band members. I really love Cheer very much that night - She performed almost all my favourite songs(eg: 孩子)!!! After the song, she leaded her band and mini-orchestra members to thank all the audience for their support before leaving the stage again. I remembered there were 10 members in total excluding Cheer but I din't manage to snap a photo of them as everyone was standing and I was blocked hahaah!!! Kudos to all the band and orchestra members of APOSII - YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
I still prefer the simply Cheer in Jeans and Tshirt with her hummingbird
Finally the last encore - Which I guess was the "real one"(so in total there's only one encore for the first night). We were jumping and screaming for Cheer to come out again. It was already 10.45pm and Cheer did not disappoint us. For one last time she came out with her hummingbird!!! Then she "scolded" something shocking at us - "你們這群神經病!!" (you guys are crazy!!! How much longer do you want me to sing?) Usually you wont expect such a 氣質person to say something like that but the crowd liked it!!! In fact I was very happy to be labeled as "神經病" by Cheer ahaha!! She once again thanked the fans sincerely for the continuous support regardless of what she did for her music and that it will continue to be the strength for her to do her own music!!! Yeah Cheer, I will still continue to support your music!!! She even teased the fans by saying "you guys can do whatever you like now. I dont care!!" and "I will give you all some time to "form" and tidy up your position before I sing"... Hahahaha... That's very mischievous of Cheer!!! Just before she performed "九份的咖啡店" she teased the crowd for one last time "Are you all done?? Can I sing now?"... Muahahaha!! So rude yet so sweet!!!!! I thought she would leave after this song as she kept thanking us but last minute, she changed her mind. She decided to sing one last song "距離" for us before the concert wrapped up - So nice of her! She still have 3 more days to go but yet she was willing to stay put with us as if it was the last day of the concert. But this last song, she made a blunder - She forgot the lyrics at the second part hahahaha!! For the first time, Cheer forgot her own song's lyrics!!! She suddenly "dalalalalalada" and everyone bursted into laughter - I could tell that she was slightly embarassed... But as a "seasoned" performer, she managed to pick up the momentum and resumed the song quickly. As the song came to an end with the last guitar chord played, she stood up and bowed sincerely at us for one last time before leaving the stage. 小煜&gang did not initiate anymore encores which I believed could be due to concerns that Cheer still needs to perform for the next 3 days - sure considerate fans haah!
陳綺貞 ROCKS!!!!
The first two encores were "sort of" preplanned but overall, Cheer and her team did a great job for 3 solid hours!! Not many singers are willing to perform on their own without special guest for that long!!! By the end of the 1st encore, I could hear that Cheer's voice was geting hoarse but she was still willing to do her best to satisfy us!! Although there were no sophisticated and elegant stage designs, I could feel the "sincerity" throughout the whole night.. I believe every fans that attended her concerts before will have the same feeling as me. This concert was really meaningful and worth my efforts to travel all the way to Taiwan.
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