Comments on: A very busy weekend for everyone http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490 News, Translations, and Assorted Thoughts Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:06:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: y http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68673 y Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:42 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68673 lu guangzhong is coming to singapore in sept! :D yeah!~ lu guangzhong is coming to singapore in sept!
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yeah!~

]]> By: hobielover http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68660 hobielover Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:42 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68660 Pre-ordering, actually. For some reason, the Japan version is up for pre-order before anything else, even though there's no tracklist and no title. (I'm kind of hoping for "千山万水" and "秘密花园" to be included on it, though.) This is probably a dumb move on my part, since the Japan version is always $10 more, and the details are very sketchy. Yes, Jay has lip-synced before, just not well, and I suspect that if he were invited to sing, but knew he would be lip-syncing ahead of time, he would try to get out of it. When he did that "千山万水" performance 100 days before the Olympics, for example, it was extremely obvious that he was lip-syncing. As he does a lot, he recorded his own voice singing the background parts, and you simply can't sing two lines at the same time without backup singers! Also, he kept swaying back and forth. I guess his choreographer (Ice Cream, I think...) didn't teach him any kind of dance moves before he did that, and we all know that Jay can't sound exactly like the CD recording in live performances, not that his live performances are bad, of course. Most foreigners won't know that it sounds too much like the CD version, since they haven't heard the CD version and haven't heard Jay sing live before. Pre-ordering, actually. For some reason, the Japan version is up for pre-order before anything else, even though there’s no tracklist and no title. (I’m kind of hoping for “千山万水” and “秘密花园” to be included on it, though.) This is probably a dumb move on my part, since the Japan version is always $10 more, and the details are very sketchy.

Yes, Jay has lip-synced before, just not well, and I suspect that if he were invited to sing, but knew he would be lip-syncing ahead of time, he would try to get out of it. When he did that “千山万水” performance 100 days before the Olympics, for example, it was extremely obvious that he was lip-syncing. As he does a lot, he recorded his own voice singing the background parts, and you simply can’t sing two lines at the same time without backup singers! Also, he kept swaying back and forth. I guess his choreographer (Ice Cream, I think…) didn’t teach him any kind of dance moves before he did that, and we all know that Jay can’t sound exactly like the CD recording in live performances, not that his live performances are bad, of course. Most foreigners won’t know that it sounds too much like the CD version, since they haven’t heard the CD version and haven’t heard Jay sing live before.

]]> By: Merry http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68607 Merry Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:25:52 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68607 Well, Jay has been forced to lip-sync by mainland music authorities before (I'm thinking of at least one big Chinese New Year show) - I doubt that anyone in Asia, at least, thinks they were allowed to sing live, and I also don't think there is any stigma at all attached to it, because at certain performances the decision is made for you, based on a.) importance and b.) the sound system. For people like Leehom who are very reliable live, I'd guess it is not ever the preferred choice, but circumstance. Which Jay album are you buying now? The new one isn't out yet... Well, Jay has been forced to lip-sync by mainland music authorities before (I’m thinking of at least one big Chinese New Year show) – I doubt that anyone in Asia, at least, thinks they were allowed to sing live, and I also don’t think there is any stigma at all attached to it, because at certain performances the decision is made for you, based on a.) importance and b.) the sound system. For people like Leehom who are very reliable live, I’d guess it is not ever the preferred choice, but circumstance.

Which Jay album are you buying now? The new one isn’t out yet…

]]> By: hobielover http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68540 hobielover Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37:12 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68540 I'm really hoping for something better from Jay. Some of those artists you listed were beyond "meh" and more like "Ahhhh!" for me. For the rest, I'm cat-sitting in order to earn some money. (The cats are really sweet, and I love cats, so I'm getting paid an outrageous amount of money for something that I actually enjoy!) I had to narrow the list down to four albums, but one isn't on the list because it's already out. I ordered that one this morning, and pre-ordered the Japan version of Jay's album. I'm not sure why, since it's more expensive than any other country's version, but I wanted to get it in with my order of 南拳妈妈, from whom I have no other albums. For some reason, YesAsia doesn't seem to keep any of their albums in stock except for their debut album, which was before the band was reformed, so I wanted to get in my order before it ran out of stock. The best thing is, it's a 2CD set. Despite only having a few new songs, it has a compilation of songs from past albums (including the ones not available through YesAsia), including "Here We Go" featuring MC Hotdog and "小时候" featuring Jay Chou, as well as a bunch of my favorite songs by this band! Oh, yeah, and my 4-album list will be amended include Fusion if their album comes out anytime soon, for sure! I suspect that everyone lip-synced as well, since when LeeHom grabbed that one girl's cymbol, it didn't make a sound! I suspect the American media will have a ball with that when they find out! (Let's see, they've found fake fireworks, and the girl in the opening ceremony lip-synced to another girl's voice, so I'm sure the American media has built up quite a grudge against China at this point.) I recorded it on DVR, as I said I would. I suspect Jay didn't should up because he's not very good at lip-syncing. Seriously, the man looks like he's going to go into seizures when he isn't actually doing something! He gets rather fidgety. I saw someone else wearing cowboy boots, and for a bit, with the dodgey camera-angles, I thought it was Jay. Well, if it does turn out to have been a lip-syncing performance, which is quite possible, then it's probably best for his reputation that Jay Chou doesn't get remembered for lip-syncing. I was just scrolling down the page before I read this entry, and I was like, "Is that A-Yue?!" I'd never seen him without glasses and baggy clothes! Definitely a change from the Olympic ceremonies in which the people wearing the clothing of the ethnic minorities weren't actually ethnic minorities themselves! I do agree that A-Yue's music is mostly rock, not hip-hop. Hmm...I had never heard of Totem. Of course, that's part of the reason I always read your blog, Merry! I find out about all these good singers and bands I'd never heard of before! I’m really hoping for something better from Jay. Some of those artists you listed were beyond “meh” and more like “Ahhhh!” for me. For the rest, I’m cat-sitting in order to earn some money. (The cats are really sweet, and I love cats, so I’m getting paid an outrageous amount of money for something that I actually enjoy!) I had to narrow the list down to four albums, but one isn’t on the list because it’s already out. I ordered that one this morning, and pre-ordered the Japan version of Jay’s album. I’m not sure why, since it’s more expensive than any other country’s version, but I wanted to get it in with my order of 南拳妈妈, from whom I have no other albums. For some reason, YesAsia doesn’t seem to keep any of their albums in stock except for their debut album, which was before the band was reformed, so I wanted to get in my order before it ran out of stock. The best thing is, it’s a 2CD set. Despite only having a few new songs, it has a compilation of songs from past albums (including the ones not available through YesAsia), including “Here We Go” featuring MC Hotdog and “小时候” featuring Jay Chou, as well as a bunch of my favorite songs by this band! Oh, yeah, and my 4-album list will be amended include Fusion if their album comes out anytime soon, for sure!

I suspect that everyone lip-synced as well, since when LeeHom grabbed that one girl’s cymbol, it didn’t make a sound! I suspect the American media will have a ball with that when they find out! (Let’s see, they’ve found fake fireworks, and the girl in the opening ceremony lip-synced to another girl’s voice, so I’m sure the American media has built up quite a grudge against China at this point.) I recorded it on DVR, as I said I would. I suspect Jay didn’t should up because he’s not very good at lip-syncing. Seriously, the man looks like he’s going to go into seizures when he isn’t actually doing something! He gets rather fidgety. I saw someone else wearing cowboy boots, and for a bit, with the dodgey camera-angles, I thought it was Jay. Well, if it does turn out to have been a lip-syncing performance, which is quite possible, then it’s probably best for his reputation that Jay Chou doesn’t get remembered for lip-syncing.

I was just scrolling down the page before I read this entry, and I was like, “Is that A-Yue?!” I’d never seen him without glasses and baggy clothes! Definitely a change from the Olympic ceremonies in which the people wearing the clothing of the ethnic minorities weren’t actually ethnic minorities themselves! I do agree that A-Yue’s music is mostly rock, not hip-hop. Hmm…I had never heard of Totem. Of course, that’s part of the reason I always read your blog, Merry! I find out about all these good singers and bands I’d never heard of before!

]]> By: Merry http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68507 Merry Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:56:38 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68507 Oh... does Emil Chau count as Taiwan? I have him mentally filed under "Hong Kong," and one of the articles I read called Leehom the only Taiwaner there... I didn't check the list of everyone who sang with Jackie that carefully, but there were a lot of people from Hong Kong on it (i.e. Andy Lau, Joey Yung, etc.) Mich - I didn't run through the laundry list of things eating up my time, mostly because if I did, I'd never get to the Mandopop, and working my way down to that picture of A-yue was by far the key point of the post. :) Oh… does Emil Chau count as Taiwan? I have him mentally filed under “Hong Kong,” and one of the articles I read called Leehom the only Taiwaner there… I didn’t check the list of everyone who sang with Jackie that carefully, but there were a lot of people from Hong Kong on it (i.e. Andy Lau, Joey Yung, etc.)

Mich – I didn’t run through the laundry list of things eating up my time, mostly because if I did, I’d never get to the Mandopop, and working my way down to that picture of A-yue was by far the key point of the post. :)

]]> By: Mich http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68458 Mich Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:39:07 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68458 China's a week away, what about the massive family reunion that has been taking all of our spare time the last few days? Wow on the A-Yue picture, you had even warned me and I was not prepared. I hold you responsible to find us something interesting to see or listen to when I come to visit you in just over 6 months.... there's got to be a concert somewhere, right? (Kinda like the "it's 5 o'clock somewhere excuse used by people who drink East-meets-midwest cocktails at lunch time?) But seriously, how could you say little stone without making the baby rock joke? China’s a week away, what about the massive family reunion that has been taking all of our spare time the last few days?

Wow on the A-Yue picture, you had even warned me and I was not prepared.

I hold you responsible to find us something interesting to see or listen to when I come to visit you in just over 6 months…. there’s got to be a concert somewhere, right? (Kinda like the “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere excuse used by people who drink East-meets-midwest cocktails at lunch time?)

But seriously, how could you say little stone without making the baby rock joke?

]]> By: Livvy http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490&cpage=1#comment-68457 Livvy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:33:24 +0000 http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=490#comment-68457 Emil Chau was also present. Emil Chau was also present.

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