Comeback

This post is supposed to be about Mariah Carey’s new comeback album E=MC2, but I also want to say something about this blog.

First of all, remember to buy Mariah Carey’s new album…I preview it and it is really beautiful and phenomenal, esp. track 5 “I stay in love”….Gorgeious! Flawless! Mind-blowing… Carry me away…I am going to buy it on April 15(probably April 16 in HK)…hope it is already shipped and out in HK at that day!!!!I can’t wait…

Oh my blog, yes and sorry, nothing updated lately. Life is full of color(happy or sad) and surprise…everybody is too busy for their job including me…and I hope me you will still have a minute for yourself….to care about things around you: your friend, your family…your dream…your environment…the lovely sunshine and trees outside your office building! When we have no more winters, you and your kids probably have no chance to experience those precious tiny little lovely things! I should have a break now at the time when this blog has been out for 1 year and 2 months….to refresh my mind, my knowledge/skills, my soul…to grow and transcend….

Never say never, so I will definitely comeback very soon….at that time, with something really stunning and different! Thank you for support!!!

P.S. Remember to read JOT comics new issue at http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/index.html , Superb!

Janet Jackson - Feedback Music video premiere

Janet Jackson’s always Janet Jackson. She will release new album in 2008. Here first 2008 new single “Feedback” official music video is finially out! Wow! Yahoo! this time is much faster than the BET 106 & Park. Let’s enjoy the video.

Janet Jackson - Feedback MV

JYPark Comeback - Live @ Korea Film Award

I can’t help but I must put this video at my blog instead of Dancelove . This is JYP’s live @ 20071201 Korea Film Award LIVE today/yesterday. He performed a special melody and his comeback new songs from his Seventh album! Yea, he is really a  dancing gorilla , unique dancing style. But I do enjoy this JYPark’s performance. It’s fun to watch to him and the audience…LOL, he is entertaining and he dances really hard. No surprise that he rules the stage because he is the very top artist/singer in Korea of the “last generation” plus producers of super stars like Rain and Park Ji Yoon.

JYPark’s live shows me one more thing: that’s the reason why nearly all Korean pop singers, excecpt ballad, indie and rock bands, need to dance, know how to dance and must dance for their live show. It’s a CULTURE/Tradition and value. Top producer and respectful pop singer, like JYPark also regards dance training as important as vocal training for an artist in the entertainment industry, so do the new groups and rising idols.
(P.S. Wow, I can see FaaYoung as background dancer for JYPark; who is she? She is the main female dancer for Rain, also do solo dance with Rain ^_^ *Happy*)

JYP 071201 Korea Film Award LIVE(via popseoul!)
 

200% 推介你看JYPark (朴鎮英/朴鎮榮)在韓國電影頒獎禮上的表演。那也是宣傳他與上張唱片六年後發行的第七張新唱片。在香港知道 Rain 的人很多。知道 JYPark會是多、或是少呢?  JYPark 就是 JYP Entertainment 的 CEO，也是韓國國寶級的音樂人、R&B始祖、Rain 及 Park Ji Yoon 的經理人。當年張學友的”頭髮亂了”也是改自JYPark 的歌。如你細心看以下的表演，現年35歲的JYPark 真是寶刀未老，仍沒有改他個人獨特的跳舞風格(不是人人接受到)。也許在體力上你可以看得一點點力不從心，可是你看到他用心地跳、十分認真地表演，再加上對舞台的駕御力，一絲不苟，還會和觀眾互動，不會自恃為頂尖製作音樂人，而少了一份專業的認真態度，也可會自以為已出名，而不努力宣傳。JYPark 的成功不單單是幸運。最值得一提是他的表演令我明白，那是一種文化，由上一代的音樂人傳至下一代，他們認為表演是必須包含了唱歌和舞蹈的元素及訓練，因此你可以見到現在新一代當紅的歌手、組合，也是需要懂得跳舞、需要去跳舞、也要表演跳舞。那是一種”文化”! 香港呢? 不要談跳舞(跳舞不是打側手翻、跳舞也不是行左行右)，唱 Live 也很勉強。

AnyBand(애니밴드): U can play, talk & love - Boa, Tablo, Jin Bora & Xiah Junsu

“From Anystar to Anyband, Samsung’s Anycall has brought together an eclectic group of musical artists for the brand’s newest marketing campaign. Anyband features Baa, Epik High’s Tablo, DBSK’s Xia Junsu, Jin Bora “(via popseoul.com) . Let’s enjoy the 9 mins full version CF Music video below. I love the concept of the video (esp. the new image of Boa, hope it is a sign for her Korea comeback, I love her Korean songs more) ! What about you?

Other Reading:
- TPL & Promise Lyrics
- [News] 071107 Mgoon - Anyband Showcase
- Hyori Lee’s Samsung Music Video Series
- JinBora Piano Live Performance

繼性感女神李孝利為主角的一系列 Anymotion、Anyclub、Anystar 的音樂錄影帶廣告後，三星(Samsung) 11 月7 日 ， 發佈最新一系列的宣傳 Campaign 名為  ”AnyBand”(애니밴드) 。這系列包括 9 分鐘的音樂影帶，Talk,Play, Love Logo，Anyband Digital Single、57秒廣告、還有 Anyband concert 等等.

“廣告的相關人員表示: 在音樂領域為了表現年輕人的才華而進行音樂會，這幾位將作為ANYBAND的一員出現。 並做了相關的說明: BOA 和 Xiah Junsu 是主音 ( Junsu 是 東方神起成員)， TABLO負責RAP(Epik High 樂隊 的 Rapper)，古典綱琴家陳寶拉(JinBora)是鋼琴，以這種形式組成。”(via TVXQ Fan’s Union)

早前李孝利的Sumsung Anycall 廣告是空前地成功。沒有了性感的 Sexy Diva，Anyband 是否仍一樣出色呢?(via dramabeans) 

以下是 9 分鐘足版 AnyBand CF MV，包括兩首歌”TPL(Talk Play Love )” [也就是廣告Campaign 的立體 Logo) 及”Promise”。
PS. 本人十分喜歡這 MV 的意念。慢慢欣賞由這四位才華洋溢韓國超人氣歌手組成樂隊的 Music Video吧!

9 mins Anyband MV

Samsung 廣告MV 一向都是很有故事及戲劇性。今次也不例外，不再是型男索女為主角(李孝利、Eric、權相佑及李準基)，而有著強烈以音樂傳遞概念(Concept)的主題，如故事開首的”No play, no love” 旁白/標誌、角落的立體Talk,play,love Logo和 poster、Graffiti 標題。以至故事的意象(imagery)，片段如黑暗時代的城市四處有 “Play forbidden”的標誌、人們受秘密警察監視、小孩留在家內，走馬燈打著 “Talk Forbidden”，足球王國也不能”play football”(MV 取境巴西)，足球留在店內的windows 內，樂器是展覽在博物館內附有”Love forbidden”的標誌、球場只有足球沒有人等等意象都緊扣主題。

故事大綱是 Anyband 避開秘密警察，以 samsung “Anycall”電話夾 band，再以衛星把歌曲傳送至大電視及人群的手提電話內，以歌聲傳播 “Let’s Talk,Play and Love”, “You can play, you can talk, you can love, (samsung cellphone) I’ll be by your side” 的 message。TPL的歌詞是Anyband 的 Campaign 主題。最後城市重拾生氣。

第二部分 “Promise”，以 Boa 充滿熱情的歌聲，及Xiah Junsu獨唱開首，TABLO 的 Rap 及 JinBora 綱琴演奏則在尾部的，重覆最多的英文歌詞是 “You are the one that make me sing”, ”Any time, Any day with you” 及 “I promise u”。就是說 Samsung Anycall 電話 “promise you any time, any day with you”。

你看了這個 MV 後，會不會想買 samsung 電話呢? 究竟你較喜歡 Pop & Sexy 的 Hyori Lee 或是Pop 與 Rock 的 Samsung 廣告MV? 如果你身在韓國，不要錯過 11 月 27 日 的 AnyBand Concert!

Tune Glue - Visualize Artist/Music Network by infographics

在 Amazon 你可以從”Better Together” 及 “Customer who got this item also bought”兩項找到你喜歡歌手的相音樂/歌手的唱片封套。Tune Glue 則以網絡圖來展示你要尋找的相關歌手資料，你也試試看!

Oops! 但不支援中文! Tune Glue 的資料是來自 Last FM 及 Amazon 。不知 Yesasia/HMV/HK Record 會否考慮開始相關的 Application ，給他們的網上顧客一種新體驗，令亞洲音樂搜尋式變得更有趣! 不再是只有 Banner 和 Album Cover!

When you purchase your favourite CDs at Amazon, you also want to know whether there is similar not-yet-discover artist/album matches your music taste as well.
In Amazon(see below), you got “Better Together” and “Customer who got this item also bought” CD covers.

Explore Tune Glue now ! Tune Glue use network graphics to visualize the music/artist information. Type the artist name>>ENTER>>then click the black circle>>click EXPAND(for releated artist) or click RELEASE (for albums info).

Let’s search your favourite artist now with Tune Glue. Oops! It doesn’t support CHINESE. As Tune Glue’s database is provided by Last FM and Amazon. Will Yesasia/HMV/HK Record  consider to develop something like this for Asian Music? Yeah! make us of infographics and make our music search more interesting.

 

Leona Lewis

相信認識 Leona Lewis 的人不是太多，令我對這名字產生興趣的原因是，她的唱腔被及嗓子可比美 Celine Dion, Wihney Huston 和 Mariah Carey，然後我看了她的新 Single : Bleeding Love 的 MTV (如下)，真的很喜歡她那充滿感情，雄渾有力的聲線，就像回到了聽 Celine Dion 或 Mariah Carey 剛出道時那 Ballad Pop 音樂的90年代初的日子。

現在美國的的主流已是 RnB(Beyonce, Chris Brown, Omarion, Rhianna etc.) 及 Hip Hop/Rap(50Cents, Kanye West, Timberland。當然 Britney Spears, Madonna 也是 Pop 的代表人物 , 但他們的歌曲很多都加入了電子音樂元素，再不是從前的以唱功來較量的流行曲。我喜歡 Mariah Carey 或 Celine Dion 的音樂，那是當你聽他們唱Live，就像播CD 一樣，更能以嗓子的變化去感動你!  那你必須看看下面 Leona 的 X-factor Live，真的很精彩。Leona Lewis 令我想起 Jane Zhang。令我產生一個疑問，香港的歌星為什麼沒有一個唱Live可以像她們一樣 ?也為什麼沒有唱片公司發掘出這些如此有實力的新人? 當他們在complain 唱片賣不去時? 有沒有想過這一個問題?

至於 Leona Lewis 的背景，她是 X-factor 的Winner ，X-factor 是 UK 版的 America got Talent 真人 Show。她原來的職業是待應。有興趣可以看看最下她在 Morning Show 的訪問。

Let’s enjoy X-factor Winner, Leona Lewis’ stunning live performance and her new single - Bleeding Love’s music video below!Her voice is soulful, powerful and beautiful.

Leona X-factor - Bleeding Love Live performance

Leona Bleeding Love MV


Leona Lewis Morning Show Interview

Hyori Lee @ Asia Song Festival 2007

Enjoy Hyori’s latest dance perfomance at Asia Song Festival 2007 (Sept 22) below! She’s hot! I love all her songs & dancers!

JLO - Do it Well video premiere

[via http://onlinejlofan.com ]

Hmm….this post should be at the DanceLove Blog . But I am super JLO’s fan, so I just can’t help featuring her new music video “Do it Well” here. Her dance music break is superb! She is hot and sexy! Bravo! JLo’s new 6th album “Brave” is coming out at Oct 9th. Keep an eye on it!

Below is another single from the new album named “Mile in these shoes” which is featured at the 4th season Desperate Housewives promo commercial.

Do it Well Music Video Premiere 

Jennifer Lopez VIP Party at Roseland Ballroom - Aug23 featured Do it Well Live

Mile in These Shoes (Desperate Housewives 4th Season Commercials)

Nicole Scherzinger’s debute single

(via Toyas-word)

喜歡Pussycat Dolls 的人，一定會認識 Nichole Scherzinger，她是 Pussycat Dolls 的主音，她的新 Single 名叫 Her Name is Nicole (上面是Single 的封面)。她的新 album  是由著名的 Black Eyed Peas 內的 Will-I-Am 監製，相信有一定的水準。下面有是她 Single 內的主打歌 “Whatever U Live” Music Video 及 現場表演 video!

Oh, I know this post should be in the Dancelove blog instead, but I just can’t help myself puting it here. Nichole Scherzinger’s debute new singer will be out on October 16th(above is her new single’s cover). But it seems that her new album produced by Will-I-Am(from Black Eyed Peas) called Baby Love’s dropping out date is not fixed yet. Enjoy her live and mv of her new song “What ever You like” below!

Nicole Scherzinger - Live @ So You Think You Can Dance
(P.S. I love the very last part of music break dance)

Nicole Scherzinger feat T.I - Whatever U Like MV

Mya - 2007 new album: Liberation is coming out soon!

一直有聽 R&B 的朋友，對 Mya 這個名字一定不會陌生。我剛開始聽 R&B 的時候，就是聽 Mya 。喜歡跳舞的人，更一定不會錯過 Mya 的MTV ，因為她的 Music videos 每每都會加插了很多舞蹈，十分受歡迎。當年更是 Mya 的音樂是表演必用的舞曲，她的 Music video 更是必”參考”的影片! 近年每次見到 Mya 的相，就是她參加 Ball ，就是不多出碟的消息。2007 年她終於出新碟了! 不要錯過，下面我放了她歷年經典的 videos!

Oh! Mya finally releases her new album - “Liberation“ @ 2007. Her last album is at 2003. A few years already! She is one of my favourite female R&B artist. Hot, sexy, beautiful talented singer and dancer. She also appeared in dance movies such as Chicago (2002) , Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), Shall We Dance? (2004) .

I remembered that I began to listen to her song when I just started to connect to the IRC community. At that time, I know more about warez and vidz groups in the IRC channels and begain my web journey. I got Mya’s precious live from the other end of the world. From that time, I fell into with the web and internet world!!!

Anyway, for those who doesn’t know Mya,  don’t miss Mya’s new video “Lock U down” and I put all her popular music videos below!

2007 - Lock U down MV

2007 - Mya talking about her new album @ Chicago (interview)

2005 -  Lady Mamalade (Theme song of Moulin Rouge)

2004 - Mya @ Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights

2003 - My love is like…Wo @ MTV Live

2003 - Fallen (This song moves me!)

2003-You: Session @ AOL  

2003-Take a Picture Session @ AOL

2002 Mya @ Chicago Movie : Cell Block Tango (the one who killed the artist bf)

2001-Free(All dance folks love this MV. Featured old school steps!)

2000-Case of Ex (Very popular dance rountine! Hot song for dance performance at that time)

1998- Movin’ On

Mya - Live @ the Brea Mall