And so when I learned from a friend that Swing Out Sister is set to perform in Manila this April 2008, I told myself that this time, I will be a fan. I will set aside work, even though my work involves music.Swing Out Sister's music has been one of my favorites since the '90s. I first heard the song "Breakout" when my cousin played it in her car cassette player while we were on the way to a beach in Batangas. All my older cousins were singing to it and there I was, unfamiliar with the song, but liking it's catchy beat.
One of the very first CD's I bought was a Swing Out Sister CD. I still have it and it's one my most played CDs in my collection until now. I have 10 out of 18 of their released albums and I remember I had a hard time trying to build my SOS collection. Most of the CDs are rare and hard to find. I found two albums on Ebay and won the bid. I had to place a special order on the Swing Out Sister Live At The Jazz Cafe album (Japanese release) and wait for 6 weeks for it to arrive. I am happy with my collection cause I know it took a considerable amount of effort in building it. Then I knew that I was a true fan.
Funny thing, I lined up at the ticket booth of the Araneta Coliseum where everybody else in the line were buying tickets to watch Ne-yo in concert that night. I was the only one who lined up to buy tickets for the SOS concert more than a month in advance.I may be too nervous to say anything coherent if I may happen to meet her in person (which has a considerable amount of probability since I cover music events). So as early as now, I am going to rehearse what I'm gonna tell them. There's just too much to say being a fan and so little time to do it. Anything longer than a minute is certainly going to get security's attention. I just want to let SOS know how a huge fan I am.
I am so ready to enjoy my personal Swing Out Sister experience.
ayayayaya! kakainggit! try ko talaga bili ng tix this week or the next...haay...
ReplyDeleteso did you have fun last monday at the Breakout concert? i was there too. :-)
ReplyDeleteHey Dyosa ! I had so much fun ! It was a dream come true to hear SOS perform live ! I knew almost all the songs...
ReplyDeleteei ! you were there too ? Cool ! It's such a nice feeling to be with others who share the same music interest when I was there.
Ahhh, alas they are not stopping in Dallas,USA; that I know of. Been scraping cuts of Beautiful Mess here and there. Enjoy whenever I can
ReplyDeleteawww sad to hear that. I don't know why they don't tour the US regularly. Then again, I wonder why they aren't as popular to the American audience than to the Asian and European audiences. Japan adores SOS a whole lot.
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