Simple Plan in Singapore, 15 January 2012
Simple Plan was, well, amazing. It’s an absolutely great feeling to finally see a band live when you’ve been listening to them for 7 years, especially when they’re the band you grew up with, through your childhood.
They played a total of 19 songs, including most of my favourite ones, old and new. Almost every song they played brought up a person or a specific memory in my mind. I honestly have so many memories associated with Simple Plan songs, some are of the littlest things, and it felt so surreal hearing these songs live, singing along to every single word. Their songs have been with me for such a long time, especially the old ones like Welcome To My Life. It was so great singing along to that. And I’m Just A Kid - “This song goes out to all of you out there, who are never gonna grow up inside.” Watching a SP concert just before my seventeenth birthday felt so apt. :) Besides the fact that I’ve been listening to their music ever since I was in primary school and it’s been with me all the way till now, what Pierre said before I’m Just A Kid was perfect. Priya and I agreed that we’re definitely always gonna be kids in our hearts. ;) (Priya, if you’re reading this, I bet I’ll still be going to gigs with you for a really really long time haha!)
Hands down, this was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Energy from both the crowd and the band was amazing. So much fun, so much dancing, so much jumping, so much screaming and yet so many emotions. They closed off with Perfect being the last song, which was phenomenal. Perfect has got to be THE Simple Plan song haha, and it was great with Pierre playing the acoustic guitar at the start. It was so incredibly intimate, everyone in the crowd that was in my line of vision had their hands in the air and were singing along, and I really mean EVERYONE. The crowd was the loudest during Perfect, and the singing sounded so great when Pierre held off on the guitar and let us sing the words. In the quiet venue that was Fort Canning, without the drums, without the guitars, without any sound at all in the dead quiet of the night and in the pitch black darkness except for the stage lights, everyone in the crowd sang the words loud and clear and with so much emotion, it was an amazing feeling.
This Song Saved My Life, has probably got to be the best song I’ve heard live though. I’m really really glad I got the chance to . :) When they started playing the chords in the intro, I turned to Priya and went, “Omg I think they’re gonna play This Song Saved My Life.” and from then on I already started crying like a loser even before Pierre started singing hahaha. Through his little speech about the song, till he started singing, till the end of the song. This song just gets everything right with the lyrics, it reminds me of someone and it reminds me of what music means to me, everything music has done for me, what music will always do to me. I love how music has grown to mean so much to me. I love what music does to me, and I’m so grateful for music in my life. Music is always there, and music is always going to be there.
I wanna start by letting you know this
Because of you my life has a purpose
You helped be who I am today
I see myself in every word you say
Sometimes it feels like nobody gets me
Trapped in a world where everyone hates me
There’s so much that I’m going through
I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you
I was broken
I was choking
I was lost
This song saved my life
I was bleeding
Stopped believing
Could have died
This song saved my life
I was down
I was drowning
But it came on just in time
This song saved my life
Sometimes I feel like you’ve known me forever
You always know how to make me feel better
Because of you my dad and me
Are so much closer than we used to be
You’re my escape when I’m stuck in a small town
I turn you up whenever I feel down
You let me know like no one else
That it’s ok to be myself
I was broken
I was choking
I was lost
This song saved my life
I was bleeding
Stopped believing
Could have died
This song saved my life
I was down
I was drowning
But it came on just in time
This song saved my life
You’ll never know what it means to me
That I’m not alone
That I’ll never have to be
I was broken
I was choking
I was lost
This song saved my life
I was bleeding
Stopped believing
Could have died
This song saved my life
I was down
I was drowning
But it came on just in time
This song saved my life
I’m so glad I actually managed to get a photo with Pierre (thanks Mel!). It’ll always remind me of listening to Simple Plan back in primary school, how music has been with me for such a long way, how music is so important to me and always will be. :)
So glad I finally got to see SP live! Had an absolutely great time that I’ll never forget.
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