Posted by Cheryl on 5/8/2003, 1:19 am ============================================== William So-rrow orchestrated ... at Friday's three-hour KTV-therapy session at Indoor stadium Monday August 4, 2003 by Tor Ching Li ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAN shouldn't let women cry, Don't want to be happy alone, Loving someone is so hard, If this is the best distance to love you
All signature chart-toppers of William So. And now, they're also theme songs of his love life. "Each was just another track in my albums," the soulful 35-year-old crooner from Hong Kong said in Cantonese at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last Friday. "Now, I'm living my lyrics." Indeed, William's recently confirmed check-in at "Heartbreak Hotel" had set the tone for his three-hour concert here which consisted of a selection of 23 ballads and blues numbers. Referring to ongoing divorce proceedings with Jane Foong, 36, his Singaporean wife of five years, William told the 7,000 fans: "Tonight, I hope you'll be able to enjoy the concert and forget all your worries. May the same apply to me." With that, he belted out in his powerful baritone voice (with a twist of angst), heartfelt renditions of karaoke favourites mostly his own and some re-interpretations of others'. Accompanied by the 40-member strong Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, William injected new life and soul into pop candy such as F4's Meteor Shower, Teresa Teng's evergreen I Only Care About You and Korean soundtrack hit, I Believe. But it wasn't just a sponsored KTV-therapy session with sympathetic Singaporean fans. There was also a touch of Hollywood and Broadway, with intermittent comic relief courtesy of William's wry wit. Donning a (disastrous) white tux and black jeans, matching white specs and a spiky, David Gan-coiffure, William reprised the "Play it again, Sam" a la Casablanca routine. Though not quite Humphrey Bogart, 18 years of showmanship don't count for nothing. William had the audience mesmerised as, to the accompaniment of a grand piano, he delivered the soundtrack hit from his 1993 TVB drama series, File of Justice II It Never Happened Before. But it did his wife's previous marriage, that is. Did William know about it before Hong Kong's entertainment tabloid hounds sniffed it out? "Everyone has a past," said a subdued William at the post-concert press conference. "Besides, it doesn't make a difference now." The singer said his marriage was "already on the rocks" when he was arrested for possession of Ecstasy last June, during a pre-dawn raid at a Taiwanese nightclub. "We were happy for only two out of the six years we were together," he confessed. "We both tried, but failed. Fate is hard to grasp
perhaps we've run out of it." He now finds some solace in Buddhist teachings and friends some of whom came for the concert waving heart-shaped light-sticks. William may be just half the man he used to be worth when the divorce is finalised come August 30. But as frank as he was off-stage, William was as Frank as Sinatra when delivering New York, New York. Despite self-deprecatory jokes about his looks, William looked broodily fetching in a sleek, full-length black gown and gloves as he sang the classic. And, of course, when there's a Will, there's a Way: My Way. Sinatra's lung-popping favourite was chosen as the concert finale. "My father once told me, it takes a man with enough experiences to carry this song off," said an emotional William, who has sworn off relationships for now. "I never claimed to be a good man. What I can guarantee is good music."
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Now, at least this sounds more like a review of the concert....and with much fairer comments....have a read.....=)
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