One of the highlights from Singapore Fringe Festival.
Back in 2005, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen started this project based on the idea for their art project which came of from the Finnish word "valituskuoro" which can be translated as "complaints choir".
So basically we're going to complain whilst singing!
Why I Decided To Participate...
Because it was stated clearly that: NO SINGING SKILLS REQUIRED.
So, I guess it really fit me well in a way, my friends always pick BENING's song - ADA CINTA- for me to sing during our kareoke time.
And the fact that I love bitching up about things. So, it's soooo... me...
Who Can Participate
Anyone, who lives in the city which the project took places
Complaint Choir in Hamburg, taken from www.complaintschoir.org
Birmingham --- unfriendly bus drvier, slow computer, dead banana
Helsinki -------- annoying mobile ring tones, people who smell on public
transportation, and the fact that Finland always loses to Sweden
in almost every competition
Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg ---- strong political content
St. Petersburg ----------------- deep basic human issue (go figure what kind)
Singapore----------------------- taxi driver, annoying neighbors, CPF, and so on (
Singaporean known to have this complaint culture)
Those are some example where this project since the go on…
Fact
Singapore is the first Asian city to join and perform this project
To find out more and to watch the video klik here
http://www.complaintschoir.org/choirs.html or
http://www.singaporefringe.com/
Where and When in Singapore?
To find out the complete and latest schedule, just klik
hereThe Complaints Choir Singapore Lyrics
Here are some of the lyrics, my fave are the ones in italic
We get fined for almost anything
Drivers won’t give chance when you want to change lane
The indoors are cold, the outdoors are hot
And the humid air, it wrecks my hair
Those answering machine always make you hold
Only to hang up on you
When pregnant lady gets on the train
Everyone pretends to be asleep
I’m stuck with my parents till I’m 35
Cause I can’t apply for HDB
We don’t recycle any plastic bags
But we purify our pee
What’s wrong with Singapore?
Losing always makes me feel so sore
Cause if you’re not the best
Then you’re just one of the rest
My oh my Singapore
What exactly are we voting for?
What’s not expressly permitted is prohibited
“oooh”
When I’m hungry at the food court, I see
People chope seats with their tissue paper
To the aunty staying upstairs:
Your laundry’s dripping on my bed sheet
Please don’t squat on the toilet seat
And don’t clip your nails on MRT
Stray cat get into noisy affairs
At night my neighbor makes weird animal sounds
People put on fake accent to sound posh
And queue up 3 hours for donuts
Will I ever live till eighty five
To collect my CPF?
