The inner mumbles of the Mumbly Panda

Imogen Heap 27.3.06

So..last night i was at Imogen Heap's gig with bert,chrissy,phan and sam. and i gotta tell you..it was definetly worth the wait! it was absolutely mind blowing..
we started to line at 6:15pm and kept ourselves amused by not tryin to step on dried bird poo and stories of basketball...recent going ons...body system malfunction...and by every coupla minutes, the line would jus get longer and longer..it was amazing since we were like possibly the 5th group of people in line so that meant a better chance of standing in the front row...
doors opened at like 7 and we (well...im thinking more "I") dashed in to get to the barricades...mission accomplished. front row! this was because:

a) we wanted to stand at the front
b) we werent gaggin to buy beers
c) we were chinese people who werent gaggin to buy beers
d) we were chinese christians who werent gaggin to buy beers
e) we had no money for beer ... maybe money for a polo ... but phan had the mint area covered as she brought some...which the security guards thought could be a bomb...

i dont know how long we were standing there for, but man...temperature was rising...people started to push inwards...a 'lovey dovey' koala-bear lookalike winning competition couple standin right next to me were really 'provoking' and 'invading' my personal space...phan quickly pointed there is no personal space in a gig which was a true point. so, i had to deal with "butt to thigh","hair to hair" and "butt to butt" contact all evening which was a little bit weird...

imogen heap's guest zoe keating came on first...she played the cello with a loop machine! ive never seen a loop machine with a cello before and it was incredible...really felt like a troupe of celloists...but when it was jus one woman...the only song name i could remember was "tetris head" (which had nothing to do with tetris there ending me and bert's attempt at retrieving the tetris soundtrack from the back of our minds) ... i think sam was totally totally into that seeing as she said she used to play the cello...but yeah, awesome start...

after that...more time in between...played lil games like 'names all the countries in the world' , 'she's comin out in 10...9..8..7..6..5..' and in case she didn't, it went to 'overtime' ... a long version of the 10 countdown but u start from 24 seconds,i think we even tried 3minutes 30 seconds as well..

Then Imogen was next! and she started off with a vocal version of "Just For Now" with a loop machine and clapping...couldnt get no better! it was totally amazing...she had the loop machine...the drum computer..an imberia which is the coolest thing...keyboard piano...a mac laptop for different sounds...a keyboard guitar...man..id so love 2 hours with her equipment to have a mess around...
My favourite song of the eve was "Headlock"...that was absolutely superb...zoe keating came out to play that song with imogen and it was amazing...u could feel the bass kick in and make ur heart jump and align itself to the beat...

oh yeah..and there was this one guy...so, u know how before the song totally ends but the singer finishes singing..theres that 'moment'..that 'moment' thats so delicate and u jus remain silent to take it in? yeah..some DUDE at the back kept verbally applauding her during those 'moments'...like:

"BRILLIANT!'
"THANK YOU IMOGEN!"
"FANTASTIC!"

hey?! buddy?! we're enjoying the 'moment' over here...! say it amongst the claps or after the gig DUDE...FANTASTIC!

show ended at like 10:30...chrissy pointed out she was givin autographs and pictures...we were a foot away...A FOOT AWAY! but all these people like jus grabbin and waving and shouting and bullying their way to the front...man...for that 5 minutes, chris and i shoulda been more aggresive and much ruder...

but all in all...i think, best gig ive been to...yes, better than the Backstreetboys...

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 17:20