Idol Mania

I love David in the bible. How not to? After all, God's word says that he was handsome, sang well, was very gifted musically that he composed so many songs of praise and worship in the book of Psalms and with so many different musical instruments as well. I very much want to marry a David.

Recently i brought rachel to Paragon to watch a violinist David Garrett. This David is only 26, very handsome, ex model and previously a violin child prodigy. Imagine he started performing for presidents from 6 years (very much like Mozart) studied music at the famous Julliard Music School and was given a US$4.5 million Stradivarius made in 1718. WOW.WOW.WOW.

Any way I watched all his videos in you tube and was pleasantly surprised to see myself carrying rachel in one of them. Hahaha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLJhQQ0UCkI

My favourites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMzysGZi3I and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zmBQAg87Y
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhwtZjZ5eU this is my definition of "David" a handsome musician.

Canto Pop Idols
As far back as I can remember I had always been captivated by "musical male beings" and apart from musical abilities, they also need to look good. My first Canto pop idol was Leslie Cheung. I do not know why but i liked his voice so much that i picked up Cantonese singing along with the lyrics in the cassette. (ya la...during those days its cassettes then big LD thingy then CD then MIDI then ipod now iapple). Later i included Andy Lau which i had the privilege to shake his hands with at a Fan club meeting at the former news centre. Of course, I washed my hands but my classmate did not do so for a week, she boasted. YUCK!!! Needless to say, I avoided her.

A few years later I went Fire Disco to meet Leon Lai. Hahah. I did blew several hundreds possibly thousands into concerts of Faye Wong, Leon Lai, Alan Tam, and Leslie Cheung. Only the Alan Tam concert was free, I won the ticket when i entered a VHS contest (ya la, those days we buy video tapes that you need to rewind to watch again, and they turn mouldy with time too. So it was VHS, then LD, then VCD, then DVD then superDVD???? then Youtube) I also collected the Idol cards and bought huge Idol magazines with great fervency.

I have a problem with Jacky Cheung though, he sang well, better than Leon lai and Aaron Kwok, however, he certainly lacked in the looks department. So he was not my idol though i liked his songs. Aaron was too BOYISH for me.

Ang Mo Pop Idols
Few knew but i was so captivated by Tommy Paige that i wrote to his fan club complaining that I hate A maths!!! Of course I did not get any reply. I still like his "A shoulder to cry on" and I loved Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue then, the hot couple. "Especially for you"

However, i was not as crazy over the Ang mo music like I did for Canto Pop which was fuelled by the Karaoke craze. Really, each week end, some of my friends and I, singing enthusiasts, pop idol wanna be belt it out in Karaokes all over town, Happy Hour till Supper time. That was before the Singapore Idol, Campus Superstar days. Now we can only participate in the latest..what is it called? Age limit up to 70. Living a Dream??

The Other Extreme
Changes came when I entered college and my Mandarin became redundant. That was also the time when the 4 Heavenly Kings started to market Chinese albums, for some reason it ain't cool to listen to Mandarin or Canto pop music any more. May be in church we are always singing in English I started to be a devoted Class 95 listener. Soon we sang mainly English songs in karaoke, my favourites Colours of the Wind, I believe I Can Fly, and celine dion songs. i love the divas, may be by then with some proper vocal training, I discovered to my sheer delight that i am a soprano not alto. Hip Hip Hurray!!!! So I went on listening and getting inspired by Charlotte Church, Sarah Brightman, Renee Fleming etc. I also threw away all the pop idol cassettes and cards and posters after an ex church pastor preached against IDOL worship.

Worship Ministry- A CALLING
Many changes came about when i started serving God in the music ministry. Some how, along with voice improvement, I came to appreciate song writing and song composition more. I have no problem writing songs but i find adding music a challenge. Many times I would have a tune in my head only to lose it as i have not yet memorised it or put in down in paper (which i cant) I need to understand music. I need to read music, i want to be able to compose my own music to praise and worship God.

Somehow I had the gut feel since my teenage years that i would marry someone MUSICAL, and that was when i was still with a brethen congregation that was against music and clapping in worship. I really believed I would be marrying a DAVID, a man after God's own heart. So when God placed in the worship ministry in the subsequent church I knew the time was near.

Eventually I married GUY #5, my "david", one of the church keyboardists / pianists and that confirmed the musical calling in my life too. Some how, for christian couples, God gave us common destinies. For yan, its classical music and teaching, for me, I know it remains in the worship and song writing arena, for which i need to learn music. Like wise, i believe Rachel is going to be blest musically too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmDePI6YpKs