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bjork_concert.jpgfinally went and see bjork tonight! oh, she's so awesome!! she sang mostly from the "homogenic" and "vespertine" albums, but there were also some old favorites like isobel and of course, hyperballad.

i managed to persuade a couple other people to go with me to the concert, so i didn't have to go alone. it was a good thing, too, cuz even though we arrived a good 2 hours before the show, the line was already like a couple of miles long. it would really suck if i had to wait in that line by myself. there was this guy who painted himself all white and wore a feathery swan dress (like bjork's) with wings. but i saw that he got a seat in the back, which was too bad, cuz then he couldn't show his painstakingly-made costume to bjork.

oh, but here's a really random coincidence that happened. me and my friends were just chatting in the red line train on our way to the concert, when suddenly the white guy that sat by my friend said, "mau kemana?" in indonesian. quite shocked, we looked at him, and he continued," saya dari malang." and he explained that he was a harvard student working on his phd in medical anthropology, and in the past 3 years had been going back and forth to various places in indonesia for his research. turned out that he was also on his way to go to the bjork concert. so we ended up being friends with him and went together to the concert and exchanged emails afterwards. he he... now how weird is that?

so anyway, back to the concert. the venue was changed at the last minute because of some production restriction issue, so i guess the preparation was done in a hurry. the lighting was just so so, and the fireworks (which was supposed to be part of the show) was canceled. but in the end, bjork was... well, bjork.

the string octet showed up first, and then the woman who played the harp. and finally bjork herself showed up skipping and jumping from the right side of the stage wearing a black swan dress with pink stockings and spiky green ear accessories and immediately launched into hunter.

me and dewi tried to go up closer to the stage, and we were not the only ones, of course, but then got shoo-ed away to go back to our seats... *pout* i couldn't get a really good look of the stage because since the first time bjork entered the stage, everybody got up to their feet and just stood all the way through the concert, and i had to stand on tiptoe the whole time and tried to see her through the heads and hair of two people in front of me.

anyway, she sang all my favorites, and i was almost beside myself with euphoria when, after she sang bachelorette so beautifully, she continued with hyperballad. she sang 18 songs in total, for less than 1.5 hours. i wish it could've been longer, and she would sing more than a couple songs in the encore, but oh well... go here for a complete list of songs from last night's concert.

there was this really cool video playing on the big screen behind her when she was singing... oh what was she singing then? desired constellation, maybe? anyway, this video showed some fish-looking creatures swimming around, which later became arms with hands that function like tailfins that propelled the arms to swim around. it was really great. i wish there's a place where they archived all these concert clips for people to see (i heard the videos played in the radiohead concert were awesome, too).

last night the summer officially ended. it was really chilly, with a temperature in the low 60s and continued through today. it was a good thing i bought a bjork t-shirt in the concert. i ended up wearing it on top of my clothes to get warmer. oh how sad... goodbye summer, bye sandals and tanktops, bye summer concerts... even though i didn't get to see radiohead, at least i'm happy enough to finally see bjork. :)

Comments

huahuahuaaa! aduh congrats yah des, kayanya elo hepi abissss yah!!

wuaa ... enak banget .. I miss going to live shows ... kayanya sudah bertahun tahun gua gk nonton konser .. hiks .. hiks

tuh dews!! coba lu dijakarta.. mana bisa nonton konser kaya gini
mana ada paul van dyk, bjork,

dews=des kecepetan ngetik jadinya kaya gitu tuh

wen, iya gue masih hepi berat gini... padahal skrg udah hari selasa...

mon, bukannya di LA lebih banyak live show?

rud, tapi kan gue nonton konser2 kayak gini paling berapa kali sih dlm setaun? gue kayaknya kalo disuruh milih antara nonton bjork 2 taun sekali sama easy access to gudeg (misalnya) tiap hari, gue bakal milih gudeg deh!

wah sirik.. i've always wanted to see bjork, tapi kali ini gak sempet nih.. i have too much going on last weekend.. or even the weekend when she was performing in ny...

but hey.. i am going to see radiohead.. hihih..

seru yaaa.. ada foto2 gak des?

huaaaaaaa... you lucky girl, shin! gue pengen banget nonton radiohead, tapi cepet banget tiketnya sold out. yg di ny juga udah abis kan? hiks hiks... :(

sayangnya gak ada foto2, kan gak boleh bawa kamera ke dalem...

udah punya baby .. udah gk bisa pergi sendiri sendiri lagi .. :)

hehehehe gue ampe lupa mo komen apa pas baca lo ngebandingin konser sama gudeg. LOL.

iya tuh cepet banget radiohead abis.. gue nunggu pagi2 udah online di ticketmaster.com, untung dapet, di depan pulak.. yaayy..!!

pvd mo ada di jkt. acara renaissance di mbc. tau kapan.. :P

oya? asik donk! pvd 2 minggu lalu baru maen jg disini, tapi gue gak pergi gara2 kecapean wkt itu...

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