The Lowdown on the Black Eyed Peas Concert
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Here are the ups and downs of the Black Eyed Peas Concert:
DOWNS:
- Opening acts who can't perform.
- Opening acts who just scream into the mic as if the lead singer was transforming into a werewolf while riding the Space Shuttle at Enchanted Kingdom.
- The hosts were DJs from the sponsor radio station and they sounded like Fil- Am mice!
- The hosts who came out to host a game unprepared. One of them kept chanting in a high pitch voice "Where are the cuuueeee cards?" for a good 2 minutes. She finally decided to go backstage herself and get them.
- Opening Fil- Am acts who were flown in from the US and Canada. Apparently, these acts were being built up in the US in hopes also that they would bring pride and inspiration to our countrymen, just like Allan Pineda of BEP. One opening act reminded me of Andrew E. Along with him was a tall, blonde girl who was made to walk around the stage while the rapper chased after her. He'd be rapping in tagalog and she'd make all these "talk to the hand" and "whatever!" gestures as if she understands what he's saying. Sadly (for him) and fortunately for us, his stint was cut short because they had to give way to the next front act.
- Although it seemed like they were rushing the next two acts, BEP was still late.
- The organizer eventually went up on stage to host. If it came to a point that the organizer had to do that, it's obvious how disorganized an event was. To make it worse, the organizer had to explain that BEP has finally arrived but they need to rest for awhile, to catch their breath.
- The next act was of a teeny bopper who looked like a chubby Stacy Orrico (isn't she chubby already?) minus the mole, singing pre- 'Centerstage' Mandy Moore songs like "Cotton Candy" (because she "wears cotton candy, smells like cotton candy, tastes like cotton candy and melts in your mouth" Everybody, all together now, "Eeewww!") It was so sad that when she got out on stage, the first few words she said was "Now, don't 'boo' me just yet, hear me out first.." All these because people were getting annoyed and pissed off wanting to see the main act. Lucky for her, when she exited, people clapped, and some even cheered, for her. If I was her and people didn't clap or cheer, I would have been like, "Earth, swallow me na!"
- The boring, plain, "get to know him" video presentation of DJ Rocky Rock, a well- known Fil-Am DJ from San Francisco, California. If you had to dazzle the crowd with the accomplishments of this DJ, at least add some pizzazz to it! But honestly, the DJ was really good.
- In the middle of the main act, the sound system experienced technical difficulties. Thus, the concert had to stop for a good 20 minutes!
- Will.I.Am declaring the Philippines as the best mo' fo' country they've been to so far. Makes you wonder, is this bull?
- When Allan was giving his thanks to Will.I.Am, saying how grateful he was to have him in his life (or something to that effect). It was such an emotional moment that you could tell there was this uncomfortable silence on the audience. Obviously, they weren't homosexuals but you could almost hear someone from the audience make some joke about it. That must have been embarrassing for the two artists and the audience as well.
- No encores!
- One large venue, one tiny exit.
UPS:
- Only the main act was the saving grace!
- Allan speaking in Tagalog. He tried giving a speech in Tagalog but he ran out of words after three sentences. He was embarrassed but the crowd cheered him on.
- Damn! Fergie's got great abs! Not only is she pretty, she sings and dances well too! Some girls are so gifted!!!
- Will.I.Am speaking in Tagalog without any American accent. He kept saying, "Babalik sa yo! (It will come back to you)." During the technical repairs, he kept chanting over the mic, "Babalik kami... (We're gonna return!)" None of those fake "Mah- hel kohw kah-yohw! (Mahal ko kayo!) (I love you!)" shit!
- When the sound system went haywire, Fergie, who was performing solo, kept on singing. She didn't even throw a tantrum or flare up, at least, because of the inefficiency of the inefficiency. Yup, the show did go on and she was professional about it.
- When she realized that problem wasn't going to be fixed anytime soon, she stopped while Will.I.Am took centerstage. Even though the microphone made him sound like a chipmunk at the edge of a cliff, he still entertained us. "Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you see me?" and "Maybe we should just rap in sign language!" and he proceeded into sign language while rapping. At first, everybody was just giggling and eventually, they cheered him on, raising their arms, shouting, "Yeay!" and "Whoo-hoo!" everytime he turned to look at a certain section of the audience. After that, Allan came next and we played charades. One of the acts we had to guess was "eating balut (unhatched chick)."
- Will.I.Am asking, "Anyone here from the providence?" You could hear people snickering and giggling. Then Allan interjects, "Province!" So Will.I.Am corrects himself. Nobody answers. Then he goes on to asking if anyone from the audience is from Manila. Everybody cheers. (Notice how this crowd is easy to please?)
- When they finally got back on stage, they gave each member of their band a chance to do a solo.
- Fergie doing a solo, showcasing her singing prowess. Her voice escalating until she's out of breath and already laying on the floor. After she belted the last note, she pretended that she died out of tiredness. The crowd went wild but she didn't get up right away and laid still on the floor. When the crowd quieted down, Apl came up from behind saying, "Huy! Anong ginagawa mo diyan? Ang dumi- dumi diyan!" and he helped her up. That was so funny and so sweet. She sweetly said, "Thank you, Allan!"
- Will.I.Am admitting that he likes Pinays. His ex-girlfriend is even a Pinay and "She broke my heart," he said, "and that's the truth." This statement brought out an "awww..." from the audience.
- That admittance segued into a skit between Fergie and Will.I.Am as a couple fighting except that they were singing/ rapping their lines. Cami's friend swears that she heard Fergie say "sinungaling! (liar)." It wasn't heard clearly because she had difficulty pronouncing it. Doi! Of course, it wasn't a skit for nothing, it was the intro for the song "Shut Up." When Fergie finally shouted, "JUST SHUT UP!!!" People went wild. It was as if they didn't even see it coming!
- Everybody singing "Where is The Love?"
- Everybody swaying their arms from left to right in unison.
- When they brought up Allan's mom on stage and they hugged. It was just so emotional. While they were singing "Where is The Love," they showed Allan's mom on the wide screen and she was crying tears of joy. You could tell that she was so proud. After the song, they introduced her, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the woman who gave birth to Allan, Ms. Christine Pineda!!!" and everybody clapped and cheered for her. It was just so heartwarming!
- Allan launching into an emotional speech how his mom had to send him to the US at 14 years old and have him adopted in hopes of giving him a better life. It was such a difficult decision to make but he was so grateful to her. He also said thanks to Will.I.Am who took care of him and made sure that he lived straight, that he gave his friendship. Will.I.Am said that when Allan arrived in the US, Allan didn't even know how to speak Tagalog. Two years later, he was rapping. Five years later, they formed Black Eyed Peas. Six years later, they are the best mo' fo group in the world! Everybody cheers again!
- Will.I.am declaring the Philippines as the best mo' fo country they ever been to. Okay, give him benefit of the doubt.
- Allan's speech on having confidence in one's self to be able to achieve dreams.
- Will.I.am saying that the Filipinos are like one big family.
- Will.I.am asking "Are you proud to be Filipino?". Everybody cheered. It was amazing. These days, I was beginning to think that nobody, including myself, was proud of being one.
- Taboo saying that seeing the Filipinos together, being so united, cheering for their countryman who has made it big elsewhere, made him feel hope for himself and his own countrymen... The Mexicans.
- Allan giving words of advice about the choosing the right President (too late for that now!), equality (no rich, no poor) and good and evil.
- Taboo shouting, "On the 2014 elections, vote for Allan Pineda!!!" Everybody cheers once again!
- Because it was such an emotional moment, Fergie was moved to tears. She actually cried!
It was a great concert! I liked Black Eyed Peas' songs but now I'm a fan.. as my sister is an even die hard-er fan! She bought the album, Elephunk, the next day and it has been in rotation since. She even claims that once, while Fergie was on our side of the audience, they had eye contact. Cami took this opportunity to wave at her and Fergie waved back! She later tells me, "I could just die! (giggles)"
Read her blog and see how the concert was in her eyes.
DOWNS:
- Opening acts who can't perform.
- Opening acts who just scream into the mic as if the lead singer was transforming into a werewolf while riding the Space Shuttle at Enchanted Kingdom.
- The hosts were DJs from the sponsor radio station and they sounded like Fil- Am mice!
- The hosts who came out to host a game unprepared. One of them kept chanting in a high pitch voice "Where are the cuuueeee cards?" for a good 2 minutes. She finally decided to go backstage herself and get them.
- Opening Fil- Am acts who were flown in from the US and Canada. Apparently, these acts were being built up in the US in hopes also that they would bring pride and inspiration to our countrymen, just like Allan Pineda of BEP. One opening act reminded me of Andrew E. Along with him was a tall, blonde girl who was made to walk around the stage while the rapper chased after her. He'd be rapping in tagalog and she'd make all these "talk to the hand" and "whatever!" gestures as if she understands what he's saying. Sadly (for him) and fortunately for us, his stint was cut short because they had to give way to the next front act.
- Although it seemed like they were rushing the next two acts, BEP was still late.
- The organizer eventually went up on stage to host. If it came to a point that the organizer had to do that, it's obvious how disorganized an event was. To make it worse, the organizer had to explain that BEP has finally arrived but they need to rest for awhile, to catch their breath.
- The next act was of a teeny bopper who looked like a chubby Stacy Orrico (isn't she chubby already?) minus the mole, singing pre- 'Centerstage' Mandy Moore songs like "Cotton Candy" (because she "wears cotton candy, smells like cotton candy, tastes like cotton candy and melts in your mouth" Everybody, all together now, "Eeewww!") It was so sad that when she got out on stage, the first few words she said was "Now, don't 'boo' me just yet, hear me out first.." All these because people were getting annoyed and pissed off wanting to see the main act. Lucky for her, when she exited, people clapped, and some even cheered, for her. If I was her and people didn't clap or cheer, I would have been like, "Earth, swallow me na!"
- The boring, plain, "get to know him" video presentation of DJ Rocky Rock, a well- known Fil-Am DJ from San Francisco, California. If you had to dazzle the crowd with the accomplishments of this DJ, at least add some pizzazz to it! But honestly, the DJ was really good.
- In the middle of the main act, the sound system experienced technical difficulties. Thus, the concert had to stop for a good 20 minutes!
- Will.I.Am declaring the Philippines as the best mo' fo' country they've been to so far. Makes you wonder, is this bull?
- When Allan was giving his thanks to Will.I.Am, saying how grateful he was to have him in his life (or something to that effect). It was such an emotional moment that you could tell there was this uncomfortable silence on the audience. Obviously, they weren't homosexuals but you could almost hear someone from the audience make some joke about it. That must have been embarrassing for the two artists and the audience as well.
- No encores!
- One large venue, one tiny exit.
UPS:
- Only the main act was the saving grace!
- Allan speaking in Tagalog. He tried giving a speech in Tagalog but he ran out of words after three sentences. He was embarrassed but the crowd cheered him on.
- Damn! Fergie's got great abs! Not only is she pretty, she sings and dances well too! Some girls are so gifted!!!
- Will.I.Am speaking in Tagalog without any American accent. He kept saying, "Babalik sa yo! (It will come back to you)." During the technical repairs, he kept chanting over the mic, "Babalik kami... (We're gonna return!)" None of those fake "Mah- hel kohw kah-yohw! (Mahal ko kayo!) (I love you!)" shit!
- When the sound system went haywire, Fergie, who was performing solo, kept on singing. She didn't even throw a tantrum or flare up, at least, because of the inefficiency of the inefficiency. Yup, the show did go on and she was professional about it.
- When she realized that problem wasn't going to be fixed anytime soon, she stopped while Will.I.Am took centerstage. Even though the microphone made him sound like a chipmunk at the edge of a cliff, he still entertained us. "Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you see me?" and "Maybe we should just rap in sign language!" and he proceeded into sign language while rapping. At first, everybody was just giggling and eventually, they cheered him on, raising their arms, shouting, "Yeay!" and "Whoo-hoo!" everytime he turned to look at a certain section of the audience. After that, Allan came next and we played charades. One of the acts we had to guess was "eating balut (unhatched chick)."
- Will.I.Am asking, "Anyone here from the providence?" You could hear people snickering and giggling. Then Allan interjects, "Province!" So Will.I.Am corrects himself. Nobody answers. Then he goes on to asking if anyone from the audience is from Manila. Everybody cheers. (Notice how this crowd is easy to please?)
- When they finally got back on stage, they gave each member of their band a chance to do a solo.
- Fergie doing a solo, showcasing her singing prowess. Her voice escalating until she's out of breath and already laying on the floor. After she belted the last note, she pretended that she died out of tiredness. The crowd went wild but she didn't get up right away and laid still on the floor. When the crowd quieted down, Apl came up from behind saying, "Huy! Anong ginagawa mo diyan? Ang dumi- dumi diyan!" and he helped her up. That was so funny and so sweet. She sweetly said, "Thank you, Allan!"
- Will.I.Am admitting that he likes Pinays. His ex-girlfriend is even a Pinay and "She broke my heart," he said, "and that's the truth." This statement brought out an "awww..." from the audience.
- That admittance segued into a skit between Fergie and Will.I.Am as a couple fighting except that they were singing/ rapping their lines. Cami's friend swears that she heard Fergie say "sinungaling! (liar)." It wasn't heard clearly because she had difficulty pronouncing it. Doi! Of course, it wasn't a skit for nothing, it was the intro for the song "Shut Up." When Fergie finally shouted, "JUST SHUT UP!!!" People went wild. It was as if they didn't even see it coming!
- Everybody singing "Where is The Love?"
- Everybody swaying their arms from left to right in unison.
- When they brought up Allan's mom on stage and they hugged. It was just so emotional. While they were singing "Where is The Love," they showed Allan's mom on the wide screen and she was crying tears of joy. You could tell that she was so proud. After the song, they introduced her, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the woman who gave birth to Allan, Ms. Christine Pineda!!!" and everybody clapped and cheered for her. It was just so heartwarming!
- Allan launching into an emotional speech how his mom had to send him to the US at 14 years old and have him adopted in hopes of giving him a better life. It was such a difficult decision to make but he was so grateful to her. He also said thanks to Will.I.Am who took care of him and made sure that he lived straight, that he gave his friendship. Will.I.Am said that when Allan arrived in the US, Allan didn't even know how to speak Tagalog. Two years later, he was rapping. Five years later, they formed Black Eyed Peas. Six years later, they are the best mo' fo group in the world! Everybody cheers again!
- Will.I.am declaring the Philippines as the best mo' fo country they ever been to. Okay, give him benefit of the doubt.
- Allan's speech on having confidence in one's self to be able to achieve dreams.
- Will.I.am saying that the Filipinos are like one big family.
- Will.I.am asking "Are you proud to be Filipino?". Everybody cheered. It was amazing. These days, I was beginning to think that nobody, including myself, was proud of being one.
- Taboo saying that seeing the Filipinos together, being so united, cheering for their countryman who has made it big elsewhere, made him feel hope for himself and his own countrymen... The Mexicans.
- Allan giving words of advice about the choosing the right President (too late for that now!), equality (no rich, no poor) and good and evil.
- Taboo shouting, "On the 2014 elections, vote for Allan Pineda!!!" Everybody cheers once again!
- Because it was such an emotional moment, Fergie was moved to tears. She actually cried!
It was a great concert! I liked Black Eyed Peas' songs but now I'm a fan.. as my sister is an even die hard-er fan! She bought the album, Elephunk, the next day and it has been in rotation since. She even claims that once, while Fergie was on our side of the audience, they had eye contact. Cami took this opportunity to wave at her and Fergie waved back! She later tells me, "I could just die! (giggles)"
Read her blog and see how the concert was in her eyes.
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