Date : 30th June 2007
Song list : 311 - Love Song, Incubus - Wish You Were Here, Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure, Incognito - Ancients, All-American Rejects - Swing Swing, My Chemical Romance - I Don't Love You.
Overview : This is going to go down as one of our worst gigs ever, by sheer dint of the fact that we had the worst crowd ever. Non-responsive, separated by a language barrier (barely anyone spoke English, and few could understand my town-style dialect of bahasa sarawak), not a shred of appreciation for anything shown.
None of the acts that night got any worthwhile applause. None of the bands, or solo singers got any recognition.
The one thing that I was happy with though, was our debut of our original song, Ancients. It sounded awesome live, and the backstage crew loved it (who actually went to the front to cheer for us after we played it). I pray to high heaven that we never have to play Taking Back Sunday ever again, because it never sounds good played live, and theor songs are just... >.< My bassist wouldn't like to hear me say that, but he already knows what I think.
The rest went okay. But the highlight of the show for me would still be Ancients. I wrote the lyrics for it a few months ago, and the tune was dreamed up by my guitarist around that time as well. We finally worked out the kinks properly, and finally debuted it. It's basically about looking at someone swim around in their own frustration and anxiety, as you look on, wishing to show them they are not alone, and that their fear, does not make their world any lonelier.
Next show : August!
