Alleycats Live at The Royal Lake Club
By Lintang Bob Yong
It was ‘Saturday Night Live’ on July 17, 2011 at 9.30 PM. I went to the Batek Bar and found myself staring at so many faces looking at one direction. All eyes were on the stage. Obviously, they were looking forward to watching Alleycats’ performance. Wow! I reckoned there were 300 or more people at the Batek Bar that night; many were seated comfortably; some were standing leisurely and others were happily hanging around chit-chatting. All of these people had one thing in common; they all were waiting patiently for the show to start.
The Alleycats is a Malaysian band which was formed in 1969, and gained popularity in the late 1970s. They consist of musicians from Penang, and became popular in their home state earlier on in their career. The Alleycats had produced all together 27 albums. Their first released album was “Terima Kasih”, with their first single Senandung Semalam.
They have played in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong. Over a period of time, the Alleycats’ band members had changed and the present members consist of David Arumugam (vocal), Glenn (vocal), Mike (keyboard), Jimie (Bass), Dina (lead guitar) and Boy (drum). Their music is classified to be of western folk and pop music.
The crowd roared as soon as the Alleycats made their appearances on the band stand. The first number they sang was ‘Sampai Salam’ receiving a thunderous applause, followed by ‘To Love Somebody’ and ‘Jasemin’. I enjoyed their subsequent renditions-‘Oye Como Va’ and ‘Andai-nya Aku Pergi Dulu’. Songs like ‘Pocho Pocho’ and ‘My Achy Breaky Heart’ got all the line dancers on the floor. Coincidentally, the Alleycats sang 27 songs during the three sessions. Each session was 45 minutes long.
The night ended at 12.30 PM with David’s famous trademark shout of, ‘Terima Kasih” and the crowd echoed with more ‘Terima Kasih’. I believed everyone went home happy that night.
“Terima kasih” to all.
Watch more videos on these links.
Pocho Pocho & Achy Breaky Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHvcFcyJws
Andai-nya Aku Pergi Dulu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5dxpwcqEE
Knocking on heaven’s door, All shook up & To love somebody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCxCOu9Nvxc
Oye Como Va
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxGGUR0tf8
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