Tadanobu wrote:
An Italian singer (Spanish Concert) asks permission to sing to her Italian flag-waving fans in Italian (acapella).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnKCSXoOyScHi Art, I saw all the vids and all of the flag waving there are all perfectly fine. The jamaican flag during a reggae concert, the bulgarian flag In Bulgaria, the Nova Scotia flag In Nova Scotia, the dutch flag In Netherlands. Nothing wrong there.
But I agree that the waving of the Philippine flag in the Journey concert in Vegas was a bit misplaced. And this is not a problem with my patriotism either. I would wave a flag in a boxing match, in olympics or in beauty pageants. I would even drape a Phil flag in front of my house.
I won't say that the waving of the flag in the Vegas concert was nakakahiya, coz it's not really a biggie. I cant think of any other similar situation coz Arnel's case is really unique, but I can picture a Rivermaya concert and a person from the audience waving a poster that says 'Make us proud Rico! Mama and Papa loves you'. It's cool alright, but it's not appropriate for the situation.
I placed the vids because some posters said flags should only be waved in sports events not in concerts.
If Arnel will sing an OPM or a tagalog translation of a Journey song in a Journey concert like what the Italian singer did (its a Spanish concert, Spanish band members) to
flag waving filipinos, some pinoys will find it inappropriate and will find him shameful and bash him and the flagwaving filipinos on the internet.
Agree?If the concert in Bulgaria is a Journey concert, Filipinos will say that Arnel is a shame, insulting the Bulgarians by displaying their flag upside down and desecrating it by using it as a towel by draping it on his nape wet with perspiration. some pinoys will find it inappropriate and will find him shameful and bash him on the internet.
Agree? They put almost everything under close scrutiny: accent, height, looks, color of skin, stage presence, wardrobe, did not hit the right note, flag waving, etc. setting too high a standard for the artist so they can call them failures.
World Music (Journey) forums never mentioned anything negative about the flag waving.
If there is, I'm sure the poster
is a Filipino.
Arnel did his best during the concert and what did we do.....negative comments on flag waving?
Instead of making positive threads, we always find fault........
This is what makes our race unique on planet earth. We somehow always self-destruct.