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Written by Amy on Monday, December 28th, 2009 ( One response ) | 
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To keep things interesting, I’ve decided to switch to the newest songs that made the best 100 songs of the decade. Just the heads up, it turned out to be very Asian. Is it trying to tell you something?
One of those examples was the Welcome to Beijing song, which had a HUGE bunch of Asian (mostly Chinese, Taiwan and Hong Kong) stars. The scale of the project is probably similar to (or even bigger than) Michael Jackson’s We Are the World song… which in its time was epic. To me, and to many Asian (and non-Asian) people who keep track of the Asian music industry it marked an important time. Not only did the Olympics opened China to the world… and the world to China, but it also felt like a huge switch on everything from basic economics, industry… and entertainment.
It’s as if Chinese musicians had been enclosed all those years while the economy started to pick up, and have exploded with a huge fireball of creativity. It’s amazing at the amount of talent coming out from there, especially now that they can upload their music through the many Chinese music websites like douban.com and haoting.com, and the amount of blogs and communities that are reporting on them.
Some really awesome music, which I have already blog in this place. This is the reason, I want to get over these ones first, before I post many other songs from 2002-2006 when I didn’t blog that much (or at all).
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Filed under: Chinese,English,Japanese,Korean,Music,Sharing
Tags: adele, beijing huan ying ni, beijing welcomes you, best of, big bang, britney spears, chris lee (li yuchun), crowd lu (lu guang zhong), mayday, milk@coffee, prisoner of love, sigur ros, slumdog millionaire, sodagreen, utada hikaru, youth of china, yuguo
Written by Amy on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | (1) |
Well, I certainly don’t keep track with Grammy Awards anymore, so should I be adding the event to my Award Season calendar? Or should I just wait to run into it when it’s airing?
Grammy nominations were announced last night, and I’m glad I’m not the only one wondering why are the Grammy nominations so similar to MTV, the AMA and every other music-related award show? Just take a look at the General Field nominees to see what I’m talking about.
Record of the Year
Beyonce – Halo
The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Taylor Swift – You Belong with Me
Album of the Year
Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D
Lady Gaga – The Fame
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
Taylor Swift – Fearless
Song of the Year
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Maxwell – Pretty Wings
Beyonce – Single Ladies
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
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Filed under: English,Films,Music,Rants,Sharing,Spanish
Tags: adele, brad paisley, britney spears, coldplay, dierks bentley, eminem, grammy awards, half-blood prince, harry potter, inglourious basterds, jamie foxx, jay z, justin timberlake, kanye west, keith urban, lady gaga, madonna, michael buble, milk, nominations, norah jones, pink, pixar's up, rascal flatts, slumdog millionaire, soundtrack, taylor swift, the curious case of benjamin button, the ting tings, twilight series, u2, yeah yeah yeahs
Written by Amy on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | (3) |
I’m also preparing for 2009, though to be honest~~~ I’ve noticed that I don’t have many 2009 albums – so we’ll see how that goes. I’ve chosen Top15 Songs of 2008 excluding Soundtracks, except for my #1 for sentimental reasons.
No, really.
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Tags: adele, alanis morissette, atsu-hime, best of, bjork, britney spears, chris lee (li yuchun), crowd lu (lu guang zhong), dr. horrible's sing-along blog, heloise & the savoir faire, independent, last friends, lee hom wang, let the right one in, marit larsen, milk@coffee, modern sky, neil patrick harris, osen, pink, prisoner of love, rasuto furenzu, regina spektor, sigur ros, slumdog millionaire, soundtrack, the chase, the curious case of benjamin button, the ting tings, utada hikaru, vampire weekend, youth of china
Written by Amy on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 ( 2 responses ) | 
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Remember that VH1 segment where women sang? You know, that one show that gathered Gloria Stefan, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain… etc, etc~~ Sorry, I’m a little weak in the mind right now. xD
Well, Divas’ is making a comeback~~
Look, I get Divas~ I love talented women… Sophia Loren to me is a legend, whom we could call Diva, I guess~ How about calling the show Legends? LOL, Let’s face it! Divas is now synonym with bitch, hard to work with, and high maintenance.
Anyway~~~ I have issues with VH1′s announcement. First, “Pop, R&B, and hip-hop” – Heck? How about country music? How about rock? Then, VH1 is also asking listeners to pitch in. Let’s face that too! That’s rubbish. *sighs* Why? Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are being suggested! What the…
Who would you suggest? I dunno, howz about a duet by Joan Jett and Reba McEntire… or~~~ hmm… Regina Spektor with Pink? Woah, bizarre. I’d better quit thinking of duets. xD Just naming people~~ Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Alanis, Alison Krauss, Amanda Palmer, Adele, Emily Loizeau… Bjork? xD
How about mixing music!?!?! Shiina Ringo!!! Or okay… Utada Hikaru… Faye Wong!!! Andrea Echeverri! Bibi Chow? Salyu!!!
ZOMG! A duet between Marit Larsen and Regina Spektor? I’d die~~~
Or one with Bjork and Salyu??? Alanis with Shiina? Amanda Palmer with Andrea Echeverri? Adele with Bibi Chow? Utada Hikaru with Christina? Faye Wong with… Loizeau?? Faye Wong with Bjork?? Utada with Keys? LOL
Filed under: Celebrity,English,Music,Rants
Tags: adele, alanis morissette, alicia keys, alison krauss, andrea echeverri, bibi chow (zhou bichang), bjork, christina aguilera, faye wong, lady gaga, marit larsen, pink, regina spektor, shiina ringo, utada hikaru, vh1
Written by Amy on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 ( 4 responses ) | (0) |
Did you watch the Grammy tonight? I mean, not like I had a choice to watch BAFTAs instead, but I did watch the Grammy on an off, while having dinner and chatting on MSN.
Woooooo! I actually rock~ lol, my wishlist of winners wasn’t too far off on the General Field categories. Quickie predictions weren’t that bad~~
My only pet-peeve miss was Coldplay winning Song of the Year, instead of Adele. I mean, DUH! Adele with Sugarland was pretty amazing, I must confess that I never really paid any attention to Sugarland (I saw them on some Billboard award, so I didn’t think anything of them) – but they were GOOD.
Coldplay also did a better performance than I expected, since they were doing a bit of a crappy job on live performances. Must be the mic, I tell ya. Radiohead also did pretty good~~
Miley with Taylor Swift? Like ZOMG! Miley totally made herself looked SO AWFUL next to Swift. Swift is 19, looks younger, writes and sings better. Miley is 16, looks 25 and sings like she smokes a packet a day. That’s all I have to say. And… Jonas Brothers? Aren’t two of them like in their early 20s? Shouldn’t they have changed their voices by now?
Adele won 2!!! As Sugarland did… Alisson Krauss with Robert Plant won 5 – including Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
All the LONG list of winners, here.
Filed under: English,Fun,Music,Sharing
Tags: adele, alison krauss, coldplay, grammy awards, radiohead, taylor swift, winners
