MIA...or TIA?

wadya think? am i a MIA or a TIA?

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MIA = missing in action. lols. am i?? i think i WAS. e.g. when matchbox twenty came and i didn't know! (refer to previous post) how upset was i??!! VERY.

but nooooo, im not a mia!! im a TIA!!! (totally in action) hahaha. reason? matchbox twenty returned for a THIRD show, and this time, i KNEW!! they advertised it on tv 2 days before the event.




SOOOO....




i spent the whole night last night with...*drum roll please* MATCHBOX TWENTY!!!!!! hahaha. they were SOOOO good i tell you!! i'll post the opening song and u can compare his voice here to the original recording. he (ROB THOMAS) is just amazing!! the rest of the band is as well! ♫♫

Meant to say 20!! but my fist is missing

opening act : THIRSTY MERC

MATCHBOX TWENTY!!!

well, u can tell they're THAT great from the fact that on their third show, the stadium was JUST AS FULL! they're just way way way good. so worth the money!! (thats what my sis and i thought the minute we stepped out of the arena)


oh, must tell the story of how i came about to go see MATCHBOX TWENTY (greatest band in the world! haha)


as i mentioned, i saw the advert for matchbox's third show on tv 3 nights before...and i was SOOOO excited. at least i knew they were coming, right?? so my sis kinda knew i wanted to go so badly lah (cos i kept saying i LOOOVE rob thomas and how i loved matchbox twenty since i was a stupid pri skl girl, LOL) and...omigawd, bless her heart, she did THE greatest thing in the world! haha, what else?


well, she chose a VERY good time to break the news...when i was in my math 2 lecture. received a text that went 'you're going matchbox tonight. bring a friend, or i'd go with u' hehe. i almost ALMOST screamed in class ok! lols. but i kept in under control and just squeaked uncontrollably. haha. think my friend almost wanted to choke me.


so, it was held at Rod Laver Arena. where all the tennis happens, and their opening act was....THIRSTY MERC. i had ZERO IDEA who thirsty merc was. but then they played the song '20 good reasons' n i'm like...oohhhh. well, to those who do not know, 20 good reasons is a SUPERB song. they're an aussie band, and apparently all their songs are really really good. oh they sounded good live as well! that's what i like =)


oh, one thing i was SOOOO annoyed about, was the guy in front of me!! i think in all my video frames, u can see an elbow pop out of nowhere, an arm or...worse...a butt. lols. but no butts, i think. heh. well it was annoying lah. but i think he did the right thing. we shouldn't have been sitting there the whole time!! i know i felt pretttyyy dormant there. so stewwpid! should've got down and boogied!! dang.


one thing i SOOOOO loved: matchbox twenty played ALL my favourite songs!!!!!! i was so afraid (prior to entering the arena) that they'd play all their new songs from 'Exile on Mainstream' cos i hadn't downloaded it bah (sorry, too kiam to buy) plus i had 1 day's notice till the event. so i couldn't prepare by brainwashing myself with their songs. lol. but LO AND BEHOLD, they played all their ultimate best songs!!! and luckily most of the new songs they played, i knew. hehe. like 'How Far We've Come', 'All Your Reasons'.


they even played my ringtone!! which is 'Downfall'...also, Bent', 'Disease', 'Could I Be You', 'Hand Me Down', 'If You're Gone' and others lah. lols. they saved...'UNWELL' and 'PUSH' for last! omigosh those, can hear EVERYBODY singing along. soooo cool! well, the most amusing was one of the encore songs. they sang.....KYLIE MINOGUE'S can't get u out of my head! hahaha. SO funny! but it was danged good lah. of course, nth else short of SPECTACULAR can be expected of MATCHBOX TWENTY!! sigh. im so happy =) =) oh but was a liiiitle disappointed they didn't play 'Rest Stop'. kept hoping (during the encore) that the nxt song would be it. or the nxt song. or the nxt song. but when they started playing 'Push', i so knew that wouldn't be the case. =( hahaha but nevermind! there's always nxt time (hehe!!)


well, all in all, the show was GREAT! of course, of course. it's like any typical ang moh style concert lah. lols. not fancy pancy like jay chou's or smt. haha. no artsy costumes and elaborate dance moves. just them, t-shirts and jeans, and the instruments, and ROB THOMAS'S VOICE. haha. but like Rob Thomas said, 'forget about the lights, its ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC! so let's go play more music and shit'. hahaha.


more about the band, they're just the greatest, most united band i've ever seen! no1 short of talent either! rob thomas may be the great voice contributing to matchbox, but even the guitarist, kyle cook, can sing as well! he did a whole singing segment and we all thought it was rob thomas...until we were told it wasn't him lah. lols! of course, rob thomas is the voice/pianist. paul doucette, former drummer and current bassist wrote songs for the band. which song, i forgot. LOL. think it was 'Could I Be You'. well, the drummer's the drummer. HAHA. write his name lah. ryan maclillan =)


oh my goodness, how could i EVER forget to mention, they played 'LONG DAY'!!! i SO almost cried when i heard it. ok no, that was for the song 'Could I Be You'. haha. well, Long Day's like their 1st song from their 1st debut album in 1996. =D it's just...sigh. so good.


Well, enjoy the vid!!!

p.s. howww could i forget also...'3 A.M.' AS WELL!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥

p.p.s. the upload of this video took ALMOST 12 HOURS!! omigosh