DON’T START A BAND – reel big fish
Last night, I had been Youtubing Jay Chou’s and S.H.E.’s and Fahrenheit’s music videos because of my current obsession with Taiwanese drama 花样. I got interested in Fahrenheit because one of the guys there is the leading actor in the drama and I only realised, in episode 10, that he and Skunk looks SO DAMN ALIKE. I’m sad to say that, after watching two MVs, I have to conclude that they cannot sing.
I went to search for S.H.E. since Ella Chen is the leading actress for the drama. S.H.E. can sing, but according to Wikipedia (everyone’s best friend), the girl band only got popular due to excessive advertising campaigns. But they can sing.
So halfway through reading the Wikipedia page, I saw that Jay Chou had penned a few of their songs and even directed one of their MVs. … Which brings me to search for Jay Chou in Youtube and Wikipedia. Wikipedia lists him as singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, rapper, director, and actor.
I was thinking about how Taiwanese artistes can make it so big in Asia and some even worldwide, yet Singaporean ones can’t. It’s not that Singapore doesn’t have many talents — it seems like the norm for guys to play guitars in secondary school these days.
I was telling Pri this afternoon (after my proclaimation of how Fahrenheit can’t sing) that very few Chinese bands actually play their own instruments. Look at S.H.E. and look at Fahrenheit. Pri’s argument was that Western bands can’t play instruments also and her example was Backstreet Boys.
Um. Backstreet Boys is a really, really, really, really, really OLD band.
Just compare. In the past, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Spice Girls… they were all popular because of their image and music (which they didn’t even write themselves). I remember when Avril Lavigne first came out with her debut album and people were wowing over it because she writes her own songs and plays the guitar. Yet now, if you don’t write your own songs and play your own music, you are not original.
Just a thought.
Taiwan music = gross.. BUT there are some cute guys! haha but not your type la.. i like guai guai pretty boys lorzxzxz.. not like someone. like indian man digging his nose..
Excuse me lor. That indian guy is don’t know who pick for me one.