25 September 2009 Friday | 19:27 | Concerts, 遇見
盛况空前。砸的钱很多、看的人很多。
状况也很多。
第一次在搞不清楚状况的情况下被推上台。一边说大嘴巴还没有彩排，不能表演。另一边却说大嘴巴十分钟后正式表演。什么跟什么？！我上台到底是‘暖场’还是‘开场’？说完话到底是先下台等待，还是直接请艺人表演？
第一次亲眼目睹歌神发飙。许多资深唱片宣传与媒体人都曾和歌神接触。你／他们都只看过他和蔼的一面，没见过‘神’发火吧。阿妹唱最后第三首歌曲的时候，制作单位叫我standby. 我就这样站了超过半个小时。我是小咖，发不发火才没人理。Fine. 见学友哥缓缓走向舞台，我跟他打招呼。除了那短暂的微笑，歌神基本上就是一脸的不悦。
意想不到的事在几分钟后发生。舞台上的准备工作还在进行，歌神亲自走向台中央问个究竟。香港一票工作人员都睁大了眼睛。随后，有英国籍技术人员上前请歌神回后台。那一刻，我不知道歌神如何回应，我只看到歌神在三米以外的肢体语言带着几许的不满与不耐烦。歌神骂人？（注意：那是问句。谁要是有机会见他，请帮我问一下。）
‘神’为什么会骂人？是他脾气不好？（不会吧⋯⋯脾气不好的话，会有今天？）还是因为当下他没获他应得的尊重？（注意：同样的，那是问句⋯⋯）
第一次被阻止上台。技术故障。我从冷气休息室冲到舞台。不到五秒。顾不了穿高跟鞋的嘉蕙，也还没想到要说些什么。反正就先抓麦克风：“叫他们开我的mic，我上去！”
“不行！你不能上去。导播没说你能上台。你不能随便上台。”身旁的巨乳阿嫂用女王英语说到。
HUH?
就这样，苏打绿很尴尬地看着观众、看着彼此。
主持人不能随意上台，那技术人员也要获得批准才能上去是不是？就让艺人站在那里，一同期待奇迹的出现吗？再折腾了一会儿，终于有人上去把他们带下台。吴青峰的那句FUCK YOU讲得铿锵有力。（我一直再想他为什么不以华语或闽南语说‘干你x’之类的话⋯⋯我猜他是担心那群工作人员听不懂吧⋯⋯）
又过了一会儿，导播通过对讲机允许主持人上台。
我愣了一下。因为我上台后面对的是我职业生涯中从未经历过。“BOOOOOO!退钱！BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO！”
我当然知道观众对事不对人；他们只是在发泄当下的情绪。（又不是我把插头拔掉，你嘘我干嘛？）那一刻，站在台上的人就必须为整个制作单位（暂时）扛下一切。
我认为，我要是能第一时间上台，青峰见到救兵，就不会那么尴尬，之后也不会因为一股怒气而影响表演。突发情况发生，舞台上谁有‘操作正常的麦克风’，谁就最大。我要是能第一时间上台，观众的注意力就会集中在我身上。我瞎掰也好，死撑也好，让艺人台上台下走几回也好，大家都不知道发生什么事，就等着我一下个动作。
罗索一番之后，我的重点是：我要是能第一时间上台，观众就’来不及‘酝酿不满的情绪，我也就不会被几千人嘘了。你知道我当时有多难受、多难堪吗？
当然，以上是我个人的想法。可能在西方，观众不会动不动就嘘人。可能在西方，主持人被嘘没什么大不了。可能是我太小气了，被嘘而已嘛⋯⋯
据说，这系列演出明年将再度举行。谁认识主办单位？新加坡有很多比我优秀的主持人，你们就帮个忙，推荐一下。我想我不太适合主持具国际规格的演出。我和亚洲地区的团队合作就行了。至少在新加坡、马来西亚、上海、台北等地方，从未有人阻止我上台做我该做的事。
谢谢。
Hmm…,this is very unfair to you.If you were given the chance to go on stage this will not have happen,at least not leaving the artistes standing on stage looking starlted.Nevertheless,you have done a great job!!So do give yourself *a pat on the back*…:)
I was thinking how come so stupid don’t know how to use the emcees to help the situation? Anyway, I was part of the boo-ing crowd but personally I boo-ed the poor sound system and the bad handling. Not you. Cheer up!
了解。 也替你觉得委屈。 希望写了这篇东西后，你的心情也好多了。人生太短，五十年后回首，这也许会是很精彩的回忆？ （注意：同样的，那是问句⋯⋯）
一直觉得你是位很专业，有责任心，很 tactful 的主持人，这篇中肯的文字不就是很好的证明？Stay good!
Either the organizers (foreigners?) are using Asians Stars as testing ground to prepare for the “big shots” in the next 2 days or they have mental block, A = A, B = B.
Feel so bad for sodagreen, ah mei and jackie. 1st super bad experience in the 1st Singapore F1 Concert. Maybe they should use look into getting the Locals to organize next yr concerts (if going to have).
oh mine!!! i was listening to the morning show and i desperately wanted to know wad happened. well sucks man first time in sg and first time so xia suay!!!
Understand why u tweet 太委屈了！
I guess the audience didnt meant to boo u but i know is hard to shake off the thoughts.
dont put it to heart, u are still the best =))
Well… situations do happen… I wasn’t there at the concert but judging from what my friends who went (their experience), I think they might host the next F1 rocks somewhere else other than Fort Canning next time?…
And from the bad publicity from this first concert, who would want to attend again next year?
Blame it on the organising committee for the bad light. Not on the hosts and the kings and queens of pop.
OMG ! Why so many things happen during the F1 Rocks Concert… It should be a happy event where you can hear all the song sang out by 大嘴巴， 苏打绿，阿妹和张学友 but why it become a angry event ??? Didn’t the production team do some planning before the concert… I think it’s unfair for you kenna scolded and boo by the audience… Don’t worry you are still the best DJ in Yes 933 de… You still got so many 听众 who will support your morning show de ! Don’t care about all those negative comments as you have done your best for F1 Rock Concert. Just cheer up k and go play some mahjong with your friends during the weekend and win some money back to cheer yourself up… =)
這也是我第一次看到有這么多好歌手跟大牌可是卻辦的這么爛的演唱會，只能說主辦單位沒有那么大的頭不要戴那么大的帽，我其實在當下有在想怎麼主持人都不出來打圓場，原來是有一位大阿姨當著你的去路，我不知道你說的女王般的她，是不是一身紅黑裝扮的，可是我覺得重點是主辦單位居然一直躲在自己的烏龜殼中不敢出來面對觀眾，至少派一個人出來道歉，大家的情緒也會好一點，至于學友哥的生氣肢體我也有看到，他一直搖頭，看起來真的是很失望與無奈，我真的不敢奢望明年的F1 rocks在這次“聲名遠播”之下還有甚麼藝人敢來挑戰，我也完全支持你不要再接這種吃力不討好的工作，最後想跟你說的是觀眾絕對不是Boooooo你，而是你不幸的成為主辦單位的代罪羔羊。
P.S。我真的很想知道制作單位是哪一家公司，我會盡可能避免去參加他們主辦的活動。
it’s such a disappointing situation for both the artistes and audience… think it’s really not easy to manage the situation well… *cheer up* it’s really 对事不对人 on the audience’s part…
The problem lies in the choice of location, the choice of organizers. Maybe the agency pushing for all this should have given it some though. Concentrating everything in the Central Area, great. But make sure such glitches doesnt happen, since it would affect the impression of others as well. Perhaps, they should have held it elsewhere where there’s better equipment. We are well connected by public transport anw. Just hope that the artistes and audiences will not take it too hard.
You too, Cruz. Cheer up
It is definitely not your problem. Everybody knows that 
Hi! I was at the concert! i was not at the front, but was quite disappointed with the flow of the concert…BUT! You did well! i was sitting in front of the glass room and didnt hear any booing at you…i guess they didnt meant to boo you…don’t take it to heart…
Well Done despite the terrible mess….Soda Green also have done well…
Jiayou oh!!
觉得主办方。。。。很丢脸。。那些外国艺人和观众会对新加坡留下什么印象？？ 我们不是以高效率，zero mistake闻名的吗？这些负面新闻已经流传到网路，看到那些评论我心在滴血。。。
青峰那句F其实我在心中已说了无数遍~最气的是可以在一万观众前抢救了40分钟，去不愿花40秒道个歉。还得劳烦张歌神~~ 看到你说的对艺人的幕后对待， 加上我可以看到的幕前情况，很为这些敬业的艺人难过。。。
客观的说，你的表现已经很好镇定了～～被嘘的目标不是你啦，放心！！祝你心情愉快！！
gosh…when i was reading i feel so bad for you cruz….your just an innocent party caught in the crossfire…and it was all the stupid organisers fault for not allowing you to do what you could have done….damn. they made all the super awesome legends and super awesome bands angry, and they made you feel bad. lousy unprepared dis-organizers.
cruz we’re on your side!! it was by no way your bad….you could have salvage the situation easily and charmed the audience. just feel so indignant for you and the mega stars and bands of the night whom we love.
cruz jia you!:)))
I was there too, was standing quite in front
They dont meant to “boo” you, more like “boo-ing” the organisers for being so inefficient
Really dont understand why they are so not prepared
I think many people are pissed off the moment they reached fort canning, the location is really…. …
In fact, like what you mentioned, I was thinking why you never come to stage to save the situation (ok, at least now i know why)
Was really excited to see A Mei and Jacky Cheung, end up in this kind of situation
But no worries, cheer up ya =)
the location was ok… i just couldn’t understand why they had to make us walk up and down the hill just to get to the stage. And imagine having to pour away or drink up all the water in your water bottle. I can understand the no outside drinks policy but no plain water??? and we had to stand for so many hours!!! Did they want us to kenna dehydrated???
it’s not your fault. Take it as a lesson learnt that some organisers just dont have the experience to handle unforseen circumstances. It is all part of the experience in hosting.
as it happened that you were there at that point.
as it was just a wrong place at the wrong time.
as it was the professionals meeting the whatever-term-you-name-it.
u have done your best.
PS. if this gonna be a yearly event,
organizer shld hv professionals to execute
the events logistics, which is equally
important as the F1 race itself. and the
organizer shld at least convey its apologies (and learned)
when the after-action review is conducted.
I was at the concern, the audience are very unhappey with the organizer, not you.. dun worry, you did well. You are right, you should copme out the the time, nott leaving sodagreen on stage!! Honestly speaking, We we so shock at that moment,, just like someone pooring the cold water to us.. 气死人了！！！！
I totally agree with Ang Ku Kueh. I think the organizers are using OUR Asian stars to test the stage for the ang moh stars… Totally disrespectful and shitty!
It’s not your fault Cruz and none of the artistes’ fault. I wouldn’t want Jacky to return for this show anymore, I know he made special efforts for this performance and left super disappointed!
Cruz, Hope you are one of the three who won the TOTO 9.75M yesterday . Then you can dun need to suffer such thing next year if you are ask to host again. You can reject them no matter how much they offer. By the way, Can you DJ reject any hosting job or not. if can black list this organizer.
We were definitely not booing at u. Just upset at why the organising was so lousy and why weren’t u and jiahui allowed to come out and entertain us. At least the atmosphere would have been lightened if u and jiahui were there to joke us us while waiting. If it wasn’t because the last performance was by jacky cheung, i would have left already. As if it wasn’t enough that we had been standing for 5 hours plus. Don’t be too upset ok? Definitely nobody blames u and jiahui. All the while the thoughts on our minds were ang moh plan events also so lousy one ah? Though they were supposed to be good in everything???
全国最文静DJ, 还是那句话. ‘挺你到底!’
說實在的，我對主辦單位這次的安排感到很失望也很不滿。
就算按照國際標準也該有個限制吧。
主辦單位該負起大部分的責任。
你的心情我們能體會。
我想說儘管明年的演出陣容再強大，若還是同個主辦單位舉辦的話，我會三思而行。
志勇，不要因爲這一次的失誤對自己的主持失去信心。
你是個很棒的主持人！加油！！
i waited and waited until my legs were aching lor!!
they should hold the f1 rocks concert at S’pore Expo…
gt aircon and seats.
pple buy $150+ for the ticket,ended up hv to stand & wait…
furthermore,gt hiccup for e performances…
somemore,a-mei’s mic wasnt working..
she sang for e 1st song entirely,yet didnt settle e mic’s problem.
like nt worth it lor!! >.< the management was really suck!!
they did things v…….slow!!
care for themselves,instead of care for others!!
they said entrance starts at 5pm.
since they can only start the concert at 7pm+, then they shuld state 7pm wah~~~
at least the audience can take their time to hv makan or wadsoever.
i went there with an empty stomach lor!!
somemore e management didnt state tat “dont bring foods,drinks,umbrella etc..” beforehand.
i heard people complaining at the entrance.
i gave negative comment on the pink survey form!
hahahahahas! suck till e core.
ur hosting is real good.
they refrained u frm gg up to e stage.
no wonder i was thinking how come the hosts didnt “救一下”.
u knw wad i mean?
ang-moh has their own style of dealing
and i seriously dont like.
since they r in singapore,they shuld do “asian-style”..
when i read ur post,
that bad experience came to my mind again & im fuming mad again….
thanks for telling us the 幕後的點點滴滴.
how i wish i can 親自 hear 青峰 said FUCK YOU & 歌神’s gloomy look.
just my own p.o.v and experience .
not saying this to help anyone.
normally concert entrances will open 2 hrs or more prior to the opening of a concert ,
so its not wrong of them to put entrances open at 5pm ,
even at Singapore Indoor Stadium and Expo ,
doors open at least 1 1/2 hrs before the show starts to facilitate with the crowd coming in ,
what more this is an outdoor concert ,
all the more doors must open earlier .
as for the food and drinks part ,
imagine if you guys had been able to bring in food and drinks ,
with all the unhappiness that you guys experienced ,
i won’t be surprised some pple will start throwing bottles and stuff like that,
so it was for the safety of everyone that this was enforced ,
as i said ,
its the same for Indoor Stadium and Expo .
I was too happy to see all the 4 performers & the great MCs to boo the “only want your $$” organiser. Hope the singapore government fine them kaw kaw for the delay, then they will pain & scare. Keep up the good work mr DJ. Look forward to a better tomorrow.
It’s not your fault…we know you did your best to help to revive the situation…cheer up, Cruz! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!! Really…
We are always here to support you!!! =)
Yo! cheer up! Everyone was BOOO-ing the poor sound system. Nobody is blaming you and i think you have already did a great job!
trashy organiser.
at least we know you’r a professional dj,only obstructed by those inflexible ang moh. (:
soda粉丝们，请告诉他们我有尝试要救他们⋯⋯但⋯⋯
苏打绿团员们都是明白事理的人。青峰也没有怪你。你看了青峰的部落格了吧？ 可以放心了？XDD
yeah, i tot it was somehow a very important event and that it would be very organised too.
but.. it turns out like this..
well, i know it’s not your fault ok!
dun be too bothered abt it..
cruzzie is still the best! =)
since they had to publicise this as the “FIRST” F1 Rocks concert ever in history (quoted from Da Mouth), the organisers should have planned it better. (who are the organisers by the way? its really bad organising)…anyway dont feel too bad about the booing, they were definitely for the lousy organisers.
like since Da Mouth started singing everything was uber wrong =.= couldnt hear aisha, then sodagreen blackout, then couldnt hear amei, then 40 minute interval for jacky cheung.
and yeah….they should have told us that we couldn’t bring drinks or what, so i could have drunk more water before going in! the stupid softdrinks were so expensive!
dont worry, all of us know that you are more professional than those dumb organisers! jiayou!
青峰的那句fuck you應該會鏗鏘有力吧.
The organisers are blind man! You’re such an experienced host, of cos u know the best way to handle situation. It’s was so depressed being stop to do the right thing at the right time! Totally understand how u feel. Don’t take it to heart, the audiences are not kids, they can tell.
i was there cursing “where the hell are the hosts? they get paid to do nothing?” when the hiccups happened.
…… ooohhh now then i know is the organiser’s problem.
After listening to the morning programme, I was looking forward to what you are going to write in your blog so I went looking for your blog and now its in my favourite list.
I was there for the F1 rock concert on Thursday and I was actually very disappointed with the performance. The organiser actually used Asian stars to act as guinea pigs now all I read in the papers are how good the Western performers are. Try having the Ang Mos performers there on the 1st night and see how good they are.
But overall, I actually think you and Jia Hui did a great job that day. Yippee….
我当天也是其中一个观众。。。当看到那么多的技术上的问题时，其实很失望。。台下的烦躁绝对不是因为主持人。。而是我们在台下等了那么久，也没有人告诉我们发生了什么事情。。要离开，还是继续等下去。。其实我们在那里都不知道要怎么做。。人那么多，我觉得。。主办单位真的欠缺考虑到观众的心情。。说真的，如果当时马上有主持人出来跟我们哈啦。。我们一定不会那么烦躁。。更不会有人发出那不礼貌的“嘘”声。。。在那么拥挤的空间，要观众乖乖的等待。。其实真的有点困难。。而且在最high的时候断电。。。更是。。。真的！@＃¥％＃¥％％。。。但是，这都是主办单位应该要负责的，而不是让主持人来承担。。
当时，看到苏打绿在台上一脸惊讶，却不知道要怎么做的表情。。真的替他感到尴尬。。因为他们不知道要继续在台上做些搞笑的动作娱乐观众还是直接走到后台才好。。。真的是。。。
在等待歌神的那将近40分钟里，很多人离开了。。。看到大家的表情都是失望的。。无奈的。。而我们。。也在歌神演唱没多久就离开现场了。。希望明年。。不会再有这样的事情发生吧。。。
Hi.
I was one of those booing!! I shouted ‘Tui Piao’ I think. But it was targeted at you at all. Just that we were all very angry at that juncture. I paid $153 to suffer this.
Cruz, can you tell us who is the organiser? I heard its ‘All the world limited’. I tried searching for the company online but they don’t even have a website. Does it mean this is like their first concert?? Is LG so poor to just invite a lousy CMI company to set up the sound and lightings?
Next year, I hope everyone will boycott the concert. I doubt A*mei soda, jacky and da-mouth would come back. And I hope no Asian stars will attend.
I wish I could have capture QING FENG’s fuck you. He really speaks our mind.
error!! it wasn’t targeted at you! paiseh!
I think the sound and lightings were 2 different issues. The sound really cmi but the lightings were pretty ok.
今天我报有专访主办单位All The Worlds CEO/Chief Creative Officer . 解释是状况很多是因为跳电问题。 从头到尾都不见道歉这两个字~~ 算了， 我决定凡是这家公司办的项目，我都不去了！！
that’s really not ur fault lah!!!
that boooo…really not for u!!!
juz the audience want to make some sound…才有气氛!!!coz very boring@@!
its really not boo~ing u!!!
very sorry!!!
Hey, it’s not your fault!
You were good in deflecting the “退票” shouts by pointing to your t-shirt which showed 933. I was one of them boo-ing too, but definitely not targeted at you! We all know that it was the organiser’s fault. It has been made known nationally already, that the first day’s concert system sucked.
Of course, we all feel indignant that the Asian stars were used as “guinea pigs” as well. Well, I’m sure the singers will understand that it has nothing to do with the hosts.
I left a msg on Qing Feng’s blog about the cock-up in the concert, apologised about it, and he replied:
“真的要謝謝你們
雖然有斷電的無聲時刻
但是你們的歡呼熱情
才是把這場表演填滿到一百分的關鍵!
謝謝你!”
His “FUCK U” is probably just something very direct and very “him”. Haha. Anyway, as a musician, this is probably one of the most embarassing moments, so I guess I’d be pissed off and say the same thing if I were him. They probably already had pent-up frustration during the sound check which took so damn long.
Yeah agree with Cheek, wish we had captured Qingfeng’s vulgarity. Haha. Well this is what we love about him right. =) that he can speak things freely. =)
So please continue your good job and don’t feel bad again ya! I’m sure the soda fans will transmit your good intention to sodagreen! I will try!
It is a big Shame
The organizer is damn stupid, and dun even respect us! At least you must say sorry to all of us, but non of them said so.
My poor Sodagreen, was forced to stand at the stage for doing nothing, just u look at me, i look at u, then everyone look at them.
I fully support & understand why QingFeng said FXXX, I will be very angry too.