Yup.

Definitely a rock band.

That was probably the best time I’ve ever had at a concert, and I have been to many. Many, many, many. But wow, that was fantastic. They started on time (practically unheard of in the world of North American rock concerts, what with the egos and the dodgy opening acts) and performed for about two and a half hours. I count 25 songs that they sang, but I suppose I could have missed one or two. (Maybe. But I think I’ve got them all in the list below, though definitely not in order.) Ashin is right that no one hearing them live could think they aren’t really a rock band.

I know people always claim that performers were looking at them, but honestly, I think they noticed us. Because we were kinda obvious, in the third row – maybe eight or nine feet away from them on stage – and we were dancing, grinning… I was singing along… and we’re not Chinese, so although we were not the only non-Chinese people there, we were definitely the only ones down in front. We goofed on the stage right/stage left thing so Stone was right in front of us – though I am sure he was smiling at us. Or maybe laughing at us. But still…. (You can believe me on this, or you can humor me. These are your only two options.) We’re convinced Ashin and Monster noticed us as well – though I have no idea if Monster actually realized I was the random person who caught him off guard in front of his hotel in the afternoon. The only reason I care is because I think it is good for them to remember every now and then that not *all* of their devoted fans are Chinese. ;)

My only critique is that I don’t think they said anything in English all night. Masa sang a Taiwanese song, “我沒醉” – but nothing in English. (I absolutely did not recognize that, but I asked the girl next to me, who then was shocked to discover I spoke Mandarin. That can’t be that strange an ability at a Mayday concert, could it?) I was very busy translating all their commentary for Mom, but there were some jokes I just missed (too loud, too fast, etc. etc.). I tried. But c’mon, guys… it’s Canada. You can see that not all your fans are Chinese… throw us a bone, would you?

Ashin seemed almost giddy. He would try to be all serious, then he would start to grin and quickly turn around. (And he was right there… it was surreal, after all these years, to have them right in front of me.) Then he’d look out at the crowd and grin again. The concert venue looked out onto the lake, and Stone (I think) said something about how he could see people standing in the back and he hoped the next time they came they’d be standing all the way back as far as the eye could see; Ashin later joked that if that was the case, they’d be standing in the lake. We’ve been noticing that Ashin seems happy lately, and whatever it is, it has poured into his performance. He sang well (with the exception of one verse of “Contentment,” in which I think he might have been in a completely different key from the rest of the band), and I noticed a few flubbed lyrics, (he sang, “我跟別人不樣” instead of “我跟世界不一樣” on “Stubborn (倔強);” I’m not positive it wasn’t intentional, except he grinned right afterwards, making me think that he realized he flubbed the lyrics).

Mom was impressed by how many people were singing along with the band; I think she thought in Toronto maybe people would not know all the words, just have a general idea of the music. (I was surprised to learn that I can’t sing “Motor Rock” at all. I really thought that by now some of the Taiwanese lyrics – though unfamiliar – would have sunk in. I guess I’ll have to study up before my next Mayday concert.) Note to people attending future concerts: I am now convinced that “Another First Love (我又初戀了)” was created for twisting. I twisted my way through each chorus and had a lovely time doing so. I influenced others around me to join in. Highly recommended.

I quite approve of this tour’s costuming choices, and my, but Ashin really is looking svelte these days. He kept turning his back to the audience, and we really didn’t suffer for it. (Heh.) Two minor issues: Stone was sporting the headband (sigh) and Ashin’s jeans in the second half had denim suspenders. They dangled – they were not pulled over his shoulders at all – but still. Nix the suspenders and the jeans would be all “hubba, hubba.” Include them and it’s a bit, “80s dance party.” But that’s a minor issue, and I managed to block out both suspenders and headband, for the most part.

Songs they sang (yeah, in no particular order… I was too busy dancing to take notes, but I think this is all of them… don’t click if you don’t want to know):

Armor/Camouflage 武裝
When the wind blows 風若吹
Perfume 香水
People Life Ocean Wild 人生海海
Tenderness 溫柔 還你自由版
Embrace 擁抱
I love You, hopeless I love you, 無望
Contentment 知足
Love-ing 戀愛ing
Let it out 透露
Peter and Mary 志明與春嬌
Motor Rock 軋車
World Crazy 瘋狂世界
Loneliness Terminator 終結孤單
Masquerade 雌雄同體
Good Night Earthlings 晚安地球人
Garbage Truck Friends Version 垃圾車 朋友版
Angel 天使
Born to Love 為愛而生
Another First Love 我又初戀了
I’m not drunk 我沒醉
The Most Important Trivial Matter 最重要的小事
Jump 離開地球表面
Fool 憨人
Paradise/Stubborn Paradise/倔強

Seriously, that was fantastic. I was wishing I could go again… but I really can’t. (*sob*) I was also wishing I could attend an autograph session (just to have the chance to say hello in a planned, not caught-totally-off-guard, quickly saying the first thing that popped into my head kinda way), but maybe next time. I can’t help but think that the next time they are touring, I’ll plan to find a way to go see them in Taiwan just for the contrast.

To sum up: wow. Just wow. I’m glad to learn (finally!) that they are absolutely, completely worth every bit of the effort :D

Update: I’ve corrected the Chinese typos (heh, I cannot be counted on to type correctly in Chinese after a concert!), thanks TT for letting me know!

47 Responses to “Yup.”

  1. miss mo says:

    i saw you at the concert!!!! haha i don’t mean to say that i only did because you’re the only caucasian person there, but it’s true…i noticed you when you walked in with your mom and i wanted to go up to you later to maybe say “hi! i read your blog!! thanks for always providing me with such yummy information” but i didnt see you afterwards…

    “(he sang, “我跟別人不樣” instead of “我跟世界不一樣” on “Stubborn (倔強)”
    haha i noticed the grin afterwards too!!!! it was so cute!! and did you notice how he kept making little smirks and smiles???? hah sorry for sounding like a fan girl….i agree that it was completely surreal having him there and seeing him from such a close distance….

    did you follow when they got into the car to leave?? my friends and i were kind of following to wave goodbye and they were so nice about it…masa and monster were waving =)

    awesome concert!!!!!! =)

  2. serendipity says:

    AHHH! :D

    i finally understand what they mean when they say they are so “HIGH” ! awesome awesome awesome! and it is indeed so surreal to see them up close and well..if i reach out my hand and squint hard enough, it’s like i’m touching them? lol xD

    i couldnt sing motor rock either..nor could i sing most of fool..except the chorus…i MUST learn it in time for the vancouver session! and you guys are soo lucky! managed to bump into them! :]

    ahh i’ve always had a thing for guys in nice button shirts (ever since shane west in a walk to remember) goddarn you ashin!

  3. b says:

    !! i can’t believe you managed to meet monster & guan you face to face outside their hotel! that’s awesome!! pictures! concert photos! any chance of those? hehe! i’m surprised though that Masa didn’t try to greet you guys or sing in English at all, he did pretty well when they were in singapore..! but even with the lack of that… you and miss mo sounded like you guys had a rocking good time!! wish i was there too!

    and yes- i’m 1 of the many who have had the illusion that the performers(monster, ashin *coughcough) were totally looking right at them.. haha! delusions more likely :( but non-chinese faces in the crowd? im sure you guys stood out..! won’t be surprised to see news reports on the concert flashing your faces as proof of the extent of how far mayday’s music has reached. :)

  4. Andrew says:

    I saw you at the concert as well hahah. Maybe my friend did first, since..well…she was caucasian as well, but it didn’t seem to matter anyway. It was awfully nice of them to let the back row have the remaining seats for the night.

  5. hiakhiak says:

    Yeah I’m surprised that there weren’t any… English. And to think Masa blubbered Singlish to us. I’m really excited just by seeing your review (wth?), makes me impatient for the KL listing – which they may never list.

    Count me in; I have the illusion that they look at me too. XD But I’m definitely sure it’s just me hahaha.

  6. MiniBee says:

    g’ day guys,
    it’s nice 2 hear that u all r satisafied with the concert…
    i ve come back from Tianjin’s trip..on the way back 2 Beijing, i was thinking about reading this blog, how was the concert, etc…
    :)

  7. melody says:

    i love the concert too…it was so so so AWESOME!! i was waving and singing the whole time and didn’t want the moment to stop..it made me love them even more after seeing them perform LIVE~ i love them so so much~ just can’t put it into words, haha~ ah shin is so adorable with the grin and all..and everyone’s solo was GREAT!

    so glad to see someone who isn’t chinese love their music too, i’m sure they noticed u guys at the concert…i hope they come back next year, they said they would, rite? and hopefully we’ll all be at a bigger place, Rogers Centre maybe or at the ACC. can’t wait!!!!

  8. melody says:

    oh..and thanks a lot for the song list, i couldn’t note all of them down at the concert for i was too busy enjoying the moment!~~

  9. TT says:

    thanks a lot for your song list ^_^
    Though I wasn’t there,I think I can understand how you felt.
    Your article makes me think of the days I’m in Beijing about 3 weeks ago.I had a trip to Beijing and of course the most important reason is for Mayday’s concert.Now I am waiting for their concert in Shanghai!By the way,I’m in SHANGHAI.
    ok,now i realized that my english is really poor. i can’t express in english very well.so i have a decision that i must learn english well! and i hope oneday i can fly to other country to see Mayday’s concert.

    oh , the chinese name of two songs are wrong.should be “溫柔 還你自由版” and “我又初戀了”…but still thanks a lot…

  10. Small P says:

    thx for sharing~!

    although i was not there, i strongly feel how ‘high’ the concert was.

    Mayday always perform a good show!!

  11. Ronny says:

    Hi there. So great to read a nice entry about Mayday Concert. I’m a Mayday fan from Hong Kong and I’m wondering if you would like to meet Mayday fans from Hong Kong. If you do, you can add me in msn kenatic@hotmail.com or check out my blog.

    And wow Masa sang a Taiwanese song in Canada? That’s strange. I thought he’s gonna sing some English song coz he did that in Singapore JUMP. That song is like very classic Taiwanses song and TV host usually use that song as a joke.

    Hope you won’t find my comment too weird. I just wanna meet friends who love Mayday from all over the world. ^^

  12. janie says:

    the la concert was awesome as well! all the mayday guys were very sincere and Masa sang an english song that i’m guessing the person’s comment above mine is talking about. i didn’t recognize it but it was a very nice piano piece. the mayday guys said they are planning to come to n. america every year from now on so we’ll all have more chances to see them! ^__^

  13. MiniBee says:

    wow..wow….heaps replies
    (actually i m here 4 the update…but nth s been uploaded yet…
    anyway NVM …;)

    P.S. I – I ve just finished moving my stuffs to a new uni (which is
    also in Beijing). Once I could surf the internet..this is the first site
    I chose 2 enter! ^^

    P.S. II- Since now I ve been thinking about the future..I m lucky that
    Beijing is one of the venues in their worldtour’s list.. If next semester I
    wanna move to a new city..I might have to make sure that I’ll have a chance to go to see their “live”!

  14. Ronny says:

    To janie,

    I heard that the LA song is called “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton.

    Once again, I really wish I can be there to hear this song. T_T

  15. Frank says:

    Hey everybody! I went to the concert yesterday! It was such a great experience. You can tell they really prepared for this concert and the performance was great. My friends and I actually got to see Monster outside before the concert.

    Also I got to meet people from Singapore, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. It was so much fun hanging out with big Mayday fans like me!

    I hope they come again next year!

  16. janie says:

    -ronny-

    thanks! i’ll update it on my xanga site. :D

  17. Merry says:

    Janie, great LA concert report on your site! The song list is a bit different, I see – they did all the “people” songs they didn’t touch in Toronto. I wish I could have gone… Oh, and the “Oh my god” song is “Me (我).” Next year I’ll *have* to see them in the U.S. if they come – I can’t believe Masa sang in Taiwanese in Canada and English in the U.S.!

    I’m still hoping they’ll make a sudden decision to play somewhere in China around the first weekend in November. That would make me very, very happy.

    b – Didn’t take any pictures. They said not to bring cameras, and we listened. (Looking at YouTube today, we were perhaps some of the only ones who did!) We did pose for a picture in our t-shirts later, though. (I posted it here. I assume it is obvious which one is me and which is my mom… at least, I hope it is.)

  18. janie says:

    hey! thanks for telling me the title of the song i didn’t know. i’m *definitely* going again next year and sneaking in a camera into the venue. (i was obedient as well because it was my first time attending a concert -_-) btw, i think your mom is so cool for attending the Toronto concert. XD

    oh yes, and another thing… your website is so useful for me! i can only speak Mandarin fluently, my reading skills are… bad, so i find your translations very helpful. ^^ keep up the good work!

  19. Steve says:

    The Shrine concert was wonderful. The best sound of any Mayday show I’ve seen (the others were Taipei Farewell Concert ‘01 and San Jose ‘05) and an excellent venue. Band tighter than ever. The crowd was also better than in San Jose. I was in row 26 (were you too, Janie?) and a number of people around me were standing for much of the concert. Nothing like Taipei, but in San Jose no one ever stood except the people on the floor area. Guess it’s all relative.
    There was plenty to stand for, too. Just to start with the personal highlights for me: Hearing Armstrong live for the first time, then John Lennon. At that point, the show really popped. Yes, Merry, this is a rock band! Then to hear “Wo” for the first time live, I was overjoyed — though why was hardly anyone dancing to that one? I didn’t want to block the people behind me, so I didn’t start. Those inhibitions faded later. Another high point was “Good Night, Earthlings,” which is like a slowly blooming flower, followed by “Crazy World.” A little moist in the eyes at that point. Awesome guitar solos as well, especially on “I Love You (Hopeless)” and “Wen Rou.” The latter is one perennial concert pick that I hope they DON’T drop from the lineup. Something about it is so explosive no matter how it’s performed. Monster melted the theater with his solo on that one.
    Yes, Masa’s English song was “Wonderful Tonight,” a nice pick and well done. Such a sweet voice. His solo part of “The Most Important Trivial Thing” was also very nice.
    I know I differ from some people on the singalongs. They’re great in moderation but I would have rather heard “Fool” and “Garbage Truck” with full music. And the “L-O-V-E” thing wasn’t a highlight for me, but I’m an old man, anyway….;-)
    The lads really play their hearts out up there, though. I think Ashin really, truly cares whether the audience sings along and participates. He wants to move us. He does, too. Like, apart from the glorious opening chords by Stone, I think I’ve heard “People Life, Ocean Wild” enough. Yet I do recall shouting out the chorus at the top of my lungs….
    Overall a great weekend, counting both the signing session and the concert. Compared with Taiwan shows, it’s downright intimate here. I can see why people come over from Asia. Before the show we were going off to dinner and just saw Monster standing outside the Shrine, smoking. We waved and he waved back. Here, it’s kind of like we and the band are part of a secret society that the masses don’t know about.
    Still polishing my full setlist. More later.

  20. Frank says:

    I should’ve brought my camera in also! I thought they were going to do a full body search and make me empty my pockets. Oh well, next time I’ll take my chances and bring a camera in!

  21. Steve says:

    Gee, I wrote a comment of about 300 words last night and I guess it didn’t post or something. Anyway, yes they put on a great show! The highlights for me were “Goodnight, Earthlings”/”Crazy World” and “Armstrong”/”John Lennon”/”Wo.” The crowd might have stood up a little more, but a lot of people were up for more than half the concert, like me.

    The band is tighter than ever. Ashin’s voice was in typical form, a few flat spots. But man, does he work hard hard to please! I think he really, truly cares whether people get excited and sing/jump, whatever. And clearly they were all having fun up there the whole time. There were some great solos: Monster on “Wen Rou,” Monster on “Masquerade,” Monster and Stone back and forth on “I Love You (Hopeless)” and more.

    It was great to see little Masie up there on the piano. “Wonderful Tonight” was a good English song choice, and his solo beginning of “The Most Important Trivial Thing” was very pretty as well. That song was a good example of Mayday’s strengths in concert. It’s a trivial song, really, and not one of my favorites on Born To Love, but they made it into a real crowd-rousing anthem. Likewise “Peter and Mary,” not their best ballad by a long shot, but what a great song live. More on this when I write a full review on my site.

    Anyway, the Shrine was an excellent venue and I’m so glad I flew down to LA to see them. It was the most fun I’ve ever had at Mayday show because I had so many friends to share it with. And here in America — were there even 300 people at the autograph session? — it’s like Mayday and us fans are all part of a little club that no one else knows about. Like Frank said, seeing Monster outside the theater before the concert was another highlight. We waved and smiled, he waved and smiled. What a nice evening.

  22. Steve says:

    Oh, sorry for the double post. Somehow didn’t see it.

  23. Merry says:

    No, my militant anti-spam software held you up until I woke up (er, kinda late) and approved your comment. So my fault, totally. I think I’m going to switch settings after this week so that anyone who has already commented is automatically approved… it will be a little painful in the transition period, but better in the long run. I’ve hesitated because the long delays in getting comments approved can throw off new arrivals.

    I laughed out loud at the, “Yes Merry, this is a rock band.” All I could think was “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”

    I wish they’d have sung Me/Wo, Armstrong, Sun Wu Kong, etc. in Toronto! Oh well, must go to many future Mayday concerts, I guess. I’ve never been shy about not much caring for “Love-ing,” but it was fun in the concert setting. I wonder if we should conduct a poll on that song by age group. (Is it that the over 25 crowd doesn’t like it, under 25 does?) I’m with you on Fool and Garbage Truck, though. Full music as regular songs would have been a little better.

  24. linda says:

    Haaa… where’s wenning – the Masa’s big fan? See what Steve talked about your Masa? Hooo…little Masie, such a sweet voice…. ^++++^

    Sorry, Steve, I just can’t help laughing. Maybe you know, Masa’s nickname called by fans “was” Little Candy (but he hates to hear that nickname anymore). It’s fun to see you also describing “her” like that. Yes, his voice is so sweet that we can never dislike, and sometimes his sweet shying smiles can drive female fans crazy, too. Agree it, Wenning?

    Steve, you’re right. I think Ashin & Mayday are so clever, they always can make some “trivial” songs of the albums become so powerful & impressive in live shows. Maybe they’d early designed those songs will be really much alive until you personally hear what magic energy they can devote to them in the concert, that’s also why they always have so many small live shows or big concerts everywhere once after their newest album released. (…and then another “live” album again…haha…)

    Steve, will you have a review for LA concert on MaydayBlue? I’m going to wait for that… ^^

    Merry, Merry, I put that warning sentence on my new post of PTT, did you see that? Hope that will do work, or I’ll be very very sorry.
    And I saw your picture, both you & your mom are real beauties. ^^

    Sorry for my poor English… ^^|||

  25. linda says:

    It’s me again… ^^|||
    Just wanna know what the special picture on Monster’s tattoo for LA?
    In Toronto, it’s CN Tower, right?
    What’s that in LA? Tks for any kind reply!

  26. Aoi says:

    怪獸 just got 洛杉磯 (straight down) on his arm with the word jump across his arm between 洛 and 杉. I have really great view of 怪獸 all night long because he was the one that was closest to me. He also had 2 words underneath 洛杉磯 but i can’t read it ’cause they were soooo small. Just to brag a bit, at beginning of the concert, when 怪獸 was staring at my direction, i waved at him and he saw it and had the biggest smile for me. I was on cloud nine. Plus everyone around us were quiet and non-responsive so i knew he saw me waving for sure.

  27. janie says:

    -Steve-

    hey! no, i was in row 22 seat 4 so right by the aisle. maybe you saw me? me and my friend were the only ones standing in our row and the people in front and back of me didn’t stand either. my friend and i also stood in the aisle when the security guards weren’t making their rounds and we had bright green glow sticks. i loved singing along to “People Life, Ocean Wild” too! awesome song and “Wen Rou” was very touching, i sang especially loud when Ashin gave us the chance to sing ourselves. :)

  28. Lunzeea says:

    I just stumble on your blog trying to find more info on how Mayday’s LA concert turn out. But hey…Toronto is cool tooo cus I was there tooo hahhahhah :) and I so glad there is another person from the eastern part of US flew all the way to see Mayday. People thinks me and my sister are crazy, BTW we are from Philadelphia, PA. But every lost sleep hrs and cents is worthed.

  29. Steve says:

    Ah, so you were closer than me, Janie. Though I must say I liked where I was sitting and it was the closest I’ve been at a Mayday show yet. The reason I asked if you were in my row was that everyone to the right of me in my row went down to the front and then got escorted back during “Angel.” I give them credit for trying!

  30. janie says:

    -steve-

    haha, i was indeed one of those people who got “escorted” back. it was nice while it lasted though. it was fun jumping along to “离开地球表面” so close to the stage and i also saw Ashin’s smile up close when people cheered during “I Love You 無望” and then he got shy… i guess he felt flattered. ;)

  31. b says:

    hey janie, why bright green glow sticks though? thot mayday’s colour is blue! hee! not that i know any better cos for my 1st concert back in ‘03 we happily chose yellow glow sticks over other colours only to find that when they switched off the stadium lights… everyone else was holding blue glow sticks!!

    merry! great to finally see the face behind this blog! good choice of mayday t shirt btw.. cos i bought the same one too! haha!

  32. janie says:

    -b-

    oh really? i didn’t know that. when we bought the glow sticks, those were the colors they gave us. well, now i know to bring blue glow sticks to their concerts. ^^

  33. papico says:

    Excited to know you folks enjoyed the concert! As you prolly know, Masa sang Yellow at the Singapore concert and was quite impressive – so much for being the best in English among the Mayday guys :D

    Ashin is getting very good ‘flirting’ with the crowd – a long way since their geeky days. I swear I was electrocuted by his intense gazes many times over!

  34. Steve says:

    I finished writing up the concert on my site. There’s stuff you haven’t already read (twice), I promise!

  35. Joanna says:

    Hello there,

    One more concert to go and Mayday will leave us and go back to Asia. While we get so excited about their concerts, and probably having post-concert depression, Merry has been so kind to help me to do a survey on whether we need to create a web site for Mayday fans in US and Canada.

    If you would like to have an English site about Mayday, or if you want to connect with Mayday fans in US and Canada, please visit this link and post your replies so we can decide whether we should move forward.

    Here’s the link- http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=257

    Mayday Rocks! I hope one day we can go to their concert together as a group!

    joanna

  36. Joanna says:

    Steve- responding to your comment about the San Jose concert.

    I was on the 3rd row in the San Jose concert. And everyone around me were hard core Mayday fans. That’s why we all stood for the entire night. (I wish we were Mayday’s relative but we are not. However, for those who stood during the concert, they were Mayday fans.) Did you remember a mom was invited to get on stage to sing with Ahshin? That lady stood behind us when we lined up. She came because her daughter came. Just like how Merry and her mom went together. :)

    Also, I was so jealous that you saw Monster after your dinner. >o

  37. Steve says:

    I have a theory about the Taiwanese song in Toronto: He found out Canada is a bilingual country, and didn’t have time to learn to sing a French song.

  38. janie says:

    hey guys, i just found the news report on the la autograph and concert report on youtube. here’s are the links if youre interested. the news report is in canto but with subtitles so sorry for those who can’t understand either.

    autograph session (i’m behind the black guy who got interviewed! lol…):
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4pIyyYj2auE

    concert:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=AEsQkIDMof0

  39. amber says:

    hey everyone! thanks for all the discussion haha. because of it i was able to find out some new stuff and recall some awesome memories from the LA concert that were lost while being way too excited and “high” during the concert hahaha. oh yea, i’m janie’s friend who was also standing for most of the concert and jumping around like a fool and not caring :-D . haha and since i read everyone’s comments, i’m “high” again and can’t stop smiling ahhh. anyway, it’s seriously great having a bunch of mayday fans to be excited with since most of my friends just give me a weird “oh man, there she goes again” look haha. and i think we definitely need that mayday in the americas site… ok, time to read steve’s review…

  40. peiyis says:

    Merry, about your poll on LOVE-ing, I hate it and I’m under 25. I saw it for the first time in Dec 2006 and thought that it was fun. But the interest was pretty short lived and by time it reached JUMP! Singapore and JUMP! Taipei, it got extremely weary. Although I could probably listen to Jump, Going crazy, Armstrong, Motor Rock and Peter and Mary on loop over and over again for months. Maybe it was the result of too much Love-ing in 7 months, but I’ve always thought of the song as one of the weakest ones around. I’m glad that I have people on my side and I’m not the only anti-social around. haha.

    Like Steve, I thought that the revised version of “I love you, hopeless” as one of the best songs in the concert. I had to blink back some of my tears when I heard Ashin’s soulful voice, etched with deep emotions, in a deadly silent hall (not many people in Singapore knew that song). Although I listen to that song every so often, always hoping to relive that moment, unfortunately it has never got anywhere near to that live version.

  41. Merry says:

    Janie, oooh, thanks for the links. So I wonder what airline lost Masa’s luggage on the way from Toronto to L.A.? Ashin was pretty funny about it, though – if it’s Monster’s suitcase, who cares, since Monster never wears underwear on stage anyway (heh), but if they are down actual instruments, then it’s a problem… or an excuse to buy new guitars. Sometimes these guys just crack me up.

    I still think the Taiwanese song in Toronto was for TaiwanFest. I guess my theory gets tested tomorrow – if he sings in Taiwanese in Vancouver, then I’m probably right. But I would not mind at all if he one day decided to solo in French… He could cover Pu Shu’s “La Perte.” :D

  42. Steve says:

    Did anyone go to the Toronto autograph session? Do you know anything about this?

    “Ryan

    * Real Name: Liu Yen-ming (劉諺明) …….. At the autograph session in Toronto 2007 it was revealed that he has yet changed his name again to Ryan.”

    I read it on Wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday_%28Taiwanese_band%29

    I’m like …. “Ryan?!” ;-)

  43. Lee says:

    hey guys, I am new to this place and find here to be cool and interesting…with so much discussion and interactions going on…

    I’ve been to the Jump! Singapore and Jump! Hong Kong and feeling so empty since…haha..it’s like you can never get enough of their concerts and hope to see more and more of them…not sure if you guys do feel the same…

    Yes, “I Love You 無望” is one of the songs which will melt your heart…arrrrrgggghhhhh……can’t wait to Jump! again!!!!!

  44. Joanna says:

    Hey, at the bottom of the Wikipedia post of Mayday, this site is mentioned as the English fan site. awesome!!

    If you would like to have an English site about Mayday, or if you want to connect with Mayday fans in US and Canada, please visit this link and post your replies so we can decide whether we should move forward.

    Here’s the link- http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=257

  45. Joanna says:

    Happy long weekend to everyone. Now that everyone is talking about I Love You 無望. Our band will jam ‘I Love You 無望’ this weekend. hope it will be fun. :)

    I found the score of ‘the most important-little thing’ (ok i know you know what i mean) :) and we will try it too. will let you know how it goes.

  46. janie says:

    -merry-

    no problem! hopefully we can get that american mayday site up soon so it’ll be easier for all of us to share news quickly. i thought Ashin’s “hysterical sunburn” was funny too… thanks for the translation. i wouldn’t have been able to understand that phrase. :)

  47. Joanna says:

    folks- i am a youtube addictive but i can still stay sober some time. Because of the links shared above by some of our good friends, i found more youtube links on the Toronto concert. Apparently.. even you don’t have your camera, you still can use your cell phone to do a lot of things.

    Here you go (Toronto concert):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNRwy_O1Lc&NR=1

    Taiwan interview with Mayday. (part 1 of 5- you can find the remainig 4 episodes easily)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeLALEyHxNw

    p.s. i love 娛樂百分百 a lot!!

    Once you play it and it will pop all the related clips, make sure you don’t start viewing the first one at late night. That always happen to me and i end up sleeping at 3 a.m.

    Beware.. it’s addictive.

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