Category: Music

  • Wait a minute: Zhou Bichang + NSYNC?

    I’ve never seen this video of Bibi during her Super Girl days. And I never knew she sang Gone by NSYNC! She even has a more likable – hint: not nasal – voice than Justin Timberlake. Someone tweet this to him ASAP! xD

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uypEKsCcvZU

    I wish she had changed the line about “being a man and be strong” xD but to what?

    Then? Then she pulls of the ABC song in blues? Please, WTH.

    I’m also making a YouTube playlist titled “Why Zhou Bichang is Awesome” LOL And you see the 2nd clip on that list? The duo with Priscilla Chan – that’s the same song she sang on this clip up here in the contest.

    Makes me feel so proud.

  • Blog updates~

    Surprise!

    I can’t keep up with two blogs hahahaha.

    So… I’m thinking.

    1. Is there a way – plugin? – that would let me post by writing once? xD

    2. or I could just post fan stuff xD

    The other day I got an email thanking me for introducing them to Bibi. That her voice is very moving, and it just made me feel so SO proud. I know it sucks that I can’t find almost anything on her. And it sucks that I don’t speak Mandarin, to translate the lyrics for you… or read Chinese to hunt for news.

    But I do it for Yu-chan.

    Shall I do it for Bibi?

    I, at least, want to get Bibi’s pinyin lyrics out. I’ll work on that.

    Please, in the meantime~ visit YAM Magazine, and add us to your Yahoo or Google feeds.

  • Bibi Zhou (Zhou Bichang) – I Miss U Missing Me

    I thought I should re-post from here.

    And I get to fangirl here.

    I knew this had to become a single. Surprised that Bibi’s English is so well-pronounced. I mean, we got a tiny official peek when she sang those bits in English on her song Seasons from the Time album, which has a super soft tone to it, so easy to listen to and so lovely.

    But in I Miss U Missing Me she goes all power ballad on me xD

    The video is eh… eclectic for a power ballad. But I can dig the color palette, though I don’t get the circus and carousel theme.

  • Lily Chou Chou – Ether

    This is the best I’m going to get from Lily. A new song.

    For those of you who don’t know, Lily Chou Chou is the fictional singer portrayed in Shunji Iwai’s film All About Lily Chou Chou. Lily was played by Salyu on the film, and there was an album released under that artist name. This is the only new material ever since the film was released… and it’s even rare to get to hear the Lily songs in a Salyu concert.

    If you haven’t watched All About Lily Chou Chou, it is a rough experience.

    Visitor Uzaigaijin kept me posted on the status of her concert ticket, and she messaged me saying she got one! So she will be writing a review of Lily Chou Chou’s concert this week for YAM Magazine. ;P

    I’m excited and jealous. xD

  • Grammy 2011 Nominations

    Excuse as I say that I thought Grammy awards couldn’t get any lower than last years. This is me saying that I enjoyed Eminem, and Lady Gaga fine.

    But it’s really effing sad that Katy Perry’s got a Grammy nod for Album of the Year.

    Not really static about any of the main categories. However, one category did really jump out for me — Julieta Venegas got a nod for Latin Pop Album. She plays so many instruments… and she has her own sound. When you listen to Julieta Venegas, you know it’s Julieta Venegas.

    Her album wasn’t even nominated for a Latin Grammy — instead, Nelly Furtado’s which I actually liked fine won. The saddest part was that when watching that I told my mother “You know what would be sad, if Nelly Furtado wins Best Female Pop at the Latin Grammys.” Let’s not pretend Nelly is not singing in Spanish for commercial purposes. If she were trying to connect with her roots, she’d be singing more in Portuguese.

    Plus, they also nominated They Might Be Giants for their Children Album [Meet the Elements, I am a Paleontologist]. I think that’s pretty much it.

    Here are the general categories nominees~

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  • Sensology by Michel Gagné

    Wow, amazing AMAZING stuff by Michel Gagné (some animation in Ratatouille and ALl Dogs Go to Heaven) in Sensology – shortlisted in the list of 10 animated shorts for the Oscar. It needs to be between the nominees.

    And if it wins? Woah, does that mean the gap between animation and motion graphics will be even more blurred? Up until now, I haven’t seen any “motion graphic” piece win. They nominated I Met the Walrus, but it lost. I think that’s the closest nominee I’ve seen that looks more like a motion graphic piece, than an animated short.

    Best viewed in HD~

    Always amazing animation stuff coming from Canada, and no – I’m not being biased ;P

  • Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

    Wow, pretty good, and a much better balance between music video/music than M.I.A’s Born Free.

    You know? I prefer Arcade Fire music with music videos. I’ve never been able to just listen to an Arcade Fire album, I always have to be doing something else. Their music videos make me appreciate their music much more.

    This video for The Suburbs is directed by Spike Jonze, and there will be a short film release… apparently. But we’re going to have to wait for December 20th for that one. Looks pretty promising. Beautiful sad.

  • I Think K-RoK just Found their Exclusive ;P

    K-RoK is scheduling an interview with Korean rockers Yellow Monster. Feels like something exciting~~~ Now I really REALLY need some “western-y” exclusive content like this. xD

    Official welcome to Kamala-chan of K-RoK~~~ xD

  • The 90s Were Back: New Kids on the Block + BackStreet Boys @ AMA2010

    I know a bunch of people were watching the American Music Awards on Sunday – does anyone care about the AMA once we grow older? I actually complained there was no broadcast, when there actually was… I just didn’t know there was, because I guess I didn’t care.

    Also I rarely have the TV on in anything other than CNN, NHK, or CCTV LOL

    Anyway, the New Kids on the Block and the BackStreet Boys performed together – which they’ve done before, only the video leaked that time was just a bunch of women screaming. So this one is an actual broadcast performance bringing oh so many memories.

    They sang a mash-up (Glee fan-mode on) of Hanging Tough with Everybody, which then turned into I Want it that Way, which turned into Step by Step with The Right Stuff, and they finished off with Larger than Life.

    Please, I was a teenage girl once – I know every single track name from any pop song of any pop idol prior to 2002. I know the choreography to those music videos. LOL

    But now? Now I work on YAM, and I’m all about WORLDWIDE stuff.

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  • LivingSocial Albums~

    Previously known as TuneSocial? xD

    Recently listened to~~~

    Divided on whether or not buy the Monkey Majik Best collection because the album doesn’t have the oh-so-sweet Forever version with the kiddos and the old people. As if I could hate rainbows and puppies!

    Then there’s Mavis Fan 1999 album, I Want Us to Be Together – so SO freaking-tastic. Frak! This type of albums is what makes me wish I could understand Mandarin, and makes Chinese music all sorts of awesome.

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