最近好忙噢﹗真是煩死了﹗ 每個星期就是寫報告﹐查資料﹐有的沒的﹐真不知道當初讀歷史幹嘛。 好了﹐牢騷歸牢騷﹐報告還是要寫。。。唉~ 聖誕節一定要出去狂玩~ 好了﹐上傳幾首新歌~ TANK﹐坦克先生好像快發片了。YAY﹗上一張真是超好聽的~ 聽了幾首新歌後﹐真是超期待他的新專輯。讓我們拭目以待吧﹗ 以下是幾首新歌的DEMO, 都超好聽的﹐有陶吉吉的影子噢﹗
歌名好像有點問題。。。第二首不知道對不對。
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
2005.02.08 Brian McKnight Gemini
Just how "black'" am I? (no racism here)
Aside from the swagger that I kinda notice in my mumbling speech sometimes (do I?), I listen to a lot of r&b music, which makes you kinda dark over time. Anyways, since Brian McKinght, one of the most amazing artists I've listened to, is missing from the list below, I thought it might be good for me to put up his last album to showcase his stunning vocals.
Brian McKnight has eight albums to date, if I remember correctly. One of the most popular contemporary r&b artists, he doesn't seem to get the attention he deserves in the States. I find a lot of the real great r&b singer/song writers such as Brian McKnight, Babyface, Maxwell are not really getting a lot of media attention, which kinda sux as they're the real geniuses behind the scene for more popular singers. That situation is totally reversed in Asia where it's all the hype right now with singer/song writers eg. Hirai Ken, Jay Chow etc.
With classics such as "One Last Cry","Anytime", "6 8 12" and "Back at One" under his name, Brian McKnight truely stands as one of the greatest r&b/black artists of all time. Many of his songs are fairly blue and melancholy. Coupled with his penetrating vocals, his songs have captured the souls of many. Besides his vocals, I really like how he uses a lot of guitar and piano in his music, which makes 'em standout among all the pop-ish sounds around.
Anyways, back to the album. I guess I've pulled the wrong album to put up... I think it's "U-Turn" that I wanted to put up... anyways, let me see which tracks I can recommend (listening right now~). omg! I think the first track, "Stay With Him", an intro to the album, is awesome! Totally acapella! Recommended tracks: 03,05,08,12,13.
Aside from the swagger that I kinda notice in my mumbling speech sometimes (do I?), I listen to a lot of r&b music, which makes you kinda dark over time. Anyways, since Brian McKinght, one of the most amazing artists I've listened to, is missing from the list below, I thought it might be good for me to put up his last album to showcase his stunning vocals.
Brian McKnight has eight albums to date, if I remember correctly. One of the most popular contemporary r&b artists, he doesn't seem to get the attention he deserves in the States. I find a lot of the real great r&b singer/song writers such as Brian McKnight, Babyface, Maxwell are not really getting a lot of media attention, which kinda sux as they're the real geniuses behind the scene for more popular singers. That situation is totally reversed in Asia where it's all the hype right now with singer/song writers eg. Hirai Ken, Jay Chow etc.
With classics such as "One Last Cry","Anytime", "6 8 12" and "Back at One" under his name, Brian McKnight truely stands as one of the greatest r&b/black artists of all time. Many of his songs are fairly blue and melancholy. Coupled with his penetrating vocals, his songs have captured the souls of many. Besides his vocals, I really like how he uses a lot of guitar and piano in his music, which makes 'em standout among all the pop-ish sounds around.
Anyways, back to the album. I guess I've pulled the wrong album to put up... I think it's "U-Turn" that I wanted to put up... anyways, let me see which tracks I can recommend (listening right now~). omg! I think the first track, "Stay With Him", an intro to the album, is awesome! Totally acapella! Recommended tracks: 03,05,08,12,13.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
R&B
With the ever growing popularity of r&b music, I think it's useful to clarify what r&b is.
So what is r&b?
Well, at least for me, r&b has several important elements. They're soul, groove, rhythm and vibe. Soul is the emotional portion, the essence of r&b music. Without the emotions or the soul, r&b is empty as it can hardly strike a chord within the heart and move its listener. Also, without soul, it's hard to stimulate the blues component of the term.
Once the emotional element is settled, the rest belongs to rhythm, the groove and the vibe. Rhythm, as everyone knows, is the tune or melody. There are several categories for the kind of music style in the genre, namely slow jam/groove, funk, gospel, mid-tempo, acoustic and upbeat. I might be missing something there but that pretty much covers typical r&b music. Currently, there are a lot of experiments that cross over into hip-hop, jazz, rap, pop, two-step/garage etc that try to incorporate some flavour of r&b in the music.
With rhythm covered, we move on to groove and vibe. There is actually a slight difference (at least for me). Groove is usually slow-tempo and usually doesn't conjure up too much happy feelings. It's often used in slow jams to evoke a kind of delirious, sexy feeling from its listeners, often leaving them mired in the music and the lyrics, taking them into the situation formed from their imagination. On the other hand, vibe is usually the funk part, which often makes the listeners move their bodies to the beat in a happy, delighted state. Usually one can successfully identify vibe if the music outshadows the lyrics and the music can get listeners counting to the beats.
Anyways, the above is at least my take of what r&b is. I am no musician and I base all my description through avid listening over the years. The following is a compilation I made for my cousin in TW who craves for good English music. I thought it'd be pretty cool if I can throw together something from my years of listening to r&b music. So take a listen to the following list, nearly all the different r&b styles are covered. R&B is a major part of my music world:D
R&B Compilation
click to download
part 1
part 2
part 3
click links below to listen online!
01 Usher - Burn (vibe)
02 Craig David - Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry) (upbeat/urban)
03 98 Degrees - Because of You
04 98 Degrees ft Stevie Wonder - True to Your Heart (upbeat)
05 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
06 Eric Clapton ft Babyface - Change Your World (funk)
07 Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
08 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
09 Karyn White - Superwoman (soul)
10 K-Ci & Jojo - All My Life
11 Son By Four - Purest of Pain (A Pulor Dolor)
12 Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You ALL TIME FAVOURITE!
13 Babyface - When Can I See You (acoustic)
14 The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
15 Nu Flava - Heaven
16 Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (gospel)
17 All 4 One - I Swear
18 Minnie Ripperton - Lovin' You (slow jam)
*These songs are not the best examples of some of the styles~ it's missing out on a lot of great names such as R.Kelly, Seal, Monica, Boyz to Men (one of the best groups ever), Brian McKnight etc~ One can only fit so much on a compact disc:P
So what is r&b?
Well, at least for me, r&b has several important elements. They're soul, groove, rhythm and vibe. Soul is the emotional portion, the essence of r&b music. Without the emotions or the soul, r&b is empty as it can hardly strike a chord within the heart and move its listener. Also, without soul, it's hard to stimulate the blues component of the term.
Once the emotional element is settled, the rest belongs to rhythm, the groove and the vibe. Rhythm, as everyone knows, is the tune or melody. There are several categories for the kind of music style in the genre, namely slow jam/groove, funk, gospel, mid-tempo, acoustic and upbeat. I might be missing something there but that pretty much covers typical r&b music. Currently, there are a lot of experiments that cross over into hip-hop, jazz, rap, pop, two-step/garage etc that try to incorporate some flavour of r&b in the music.
With rhythm covered, we move on to groove and vibe. There is actually a slight difference (at least for me). Groove is usually slow-tempo and usually doesn't conjure up too much happy feelings. It's often used in slow jams to evoke a kind of delirious, sexy feeling from its listeners, often leaving them mired in the music and the lyrics, taking them into the situation formed from their imagination. On the other hand, vibe is usually the funk part, which often makes the listeners move their bodies to the beat in a happy, delighted state. Usually one can successfully identify vibe if the music outshadows the lyrics and the music can get listeners counting to the beats.
Anyways, the above is at least my take of what r&b is. I am no musician and I base all my description through avid listening over the years. The following is a compilation I made for my cousin in TW who craves for good English music. I thought it'd be pretty cool if I can throw together something from my years of listening to r&b music. So take a listen to the following list, nearly all the different r&b styles are covered. R&B is a major part of my music world:D
R&B Compilation
click to download
part 1
part 2
part 3
click links below to listen online!
01 Usher - Burn (vibe)
02 Craig David - Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry) (upbeat/urban)
03 98 Degrees - Because of You
04 98 Degrees ft Stevie Wonder - True to Your Heart (upbeat)
05 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
06 Eric Clapton ft Babyface - Change Your World (funk)
07 Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
08 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
09 Karyn White - Superwoman (soul)
10 K-Ci & Jojo - All My Life
11 Son By Four - Purest of Pain (A Pulor Dolor)
12 Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You ALL TIME FAVOURITE!
13 Babyface - When Can I See You (acoustic)
14 The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
15 Nu Flava - Heaven
16 Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (gospel)
17 All 4 One - I Swear
18 Minnie Ripperton - Lovin' You (slow jam)
*These songs are not the best examples of some of the styles~ it's missing out on a lot of great names such as R.Kelly, Seal, Monica, Boyz to Men (one of the best groups ever), Brian McKnight etc~ One can only fit so much on a compact disc:P
Friday, October 20, 2006
2006.10.13 吳克群 將軍令
okay~臨睡前再上傳一張專輯吧!
吳克群又發了全新國語專輯"將軍令"了。DJ覺得此人的發片次數還滿頻繁的﹐是個滿敬業的歌手。這張專輯延續了上一張專輯大頑家的音樂風格﹐並無太大變化。專輯依然少不了如"周星星"和"大舌頭"的芭樂情歌。喜歡芭樂歌的朋友不妨聽聽第三首"男傭"﹐把電影"我的野蠻女友"的情境寫進歌詞裡。(歌詞的兩句對白是﹕(女) 你找死啊﹗(男)饒了我吧﹗) 專輯同名主打歌"將軍令"有點像林俊傑的"曹操"或周杰倫的"雙刀"﹐中國風十足。最近好像中國風和韓國風還滿盛的﹐有別以前日文歌當道的年代。
聽 完專輯後﹐DJ還是偏愛吳克群的抒情歌曲。DJ個人摯愛推薦第八首"殘廢"﹐周杰倫黑色幽默的第二部!喜歡吉他曲的朋友可以聽聽第九首"默劇"﹐非常溫柔的一 首歌曲。喜歡"泛泛之輩"或"不屑紀念"的朋友可以聽聽第四首"明天過後"和第六首"紙片人"。總之﹐吳克群的新專輯整體上還不錯﹐有幾首歌還滿耐聽的。對了﹐最後一首"家的名字"也不錯:P
吳克群又發了全新國語專輯"將軍令"了。DJ覺得此人的發片次數還滿頻繁的﹐是個滿敬業的歌手。這張專輯延續了上一張專輯大頑家的音樂風格﹐並無太大變化。專輯依然少不了如"周星星"和"大舌頭"的芭樂情歌。喜歡芭樂歌的朋友不妨聽聽第三首"男傭"﹐把電影"我的野蠻女友"的情境寫進歌詞裡。(歌詞的兩句對白是﹕(女) 你找死啊﹗(男)饒了我吧﹗) 專輯同名主打歌"將軍令"有點像林俊傑的"曹操"或周杰倫的"雙刀"﹐中國風十足。最近好像中國風和韓國風還滿盛的﹐有別以前日文歌當道的年代。
聽 完專輯後﹐DJ還是偏愛吳克群的抒情歌曲。DJ個人摯愛推薦第八首"殘廢"﹐周杰倫黑色幽默的第二部!喜歡吉他曲的朋友可以聽聽第九首"默劇"﹐非常溫柔的一 首歌曲。喜歡"泛泛之輩"或"不屑紀念"的朋友可以聽聽第四首"明天過後"和第六首"紙片人"。總之﹐吳克群的新專輯整體上還不錯﹐有幾首歌還滿耐聽的。對了﹐最後一首"家的名字"也不錯:P
2006.10.20 張敬軒 笑忘書
張敬軒終於又出專輯了!只是這次是全新的廣東專輯﹐個人第一張廣東大碟。雖然住在大溫地區﹐DJ平常幾乎很少聽廣東歌 (本身廣東話也不太行就是了。。。)。但DJ對張敬軒的評價還頗高的。對於偶像歌手氾濫的音樂市場﹐張敬軒還真是一枝獨秀﹐樹立自己個人風格。DJ還滿喜歡Hins的上一張國語專輯﹐還滿耐聽的一張專輯。Hins唱過一堆好歌如"My Way"﹑"期待"﹑"孤單公園"﹑"Hurt So Bad" 等等。這張專輯過然不失所望﹐整張專輯都好聽!雖然聽不懂廣東話﹐但整張的音樂和Hins的唱功真的是沒話說﹐就是一個"讚"而已!來推薦幾首歌好了。。。嗯~那幾首好呢。。。其實都不錯也。喜歡"孤單公園"的朋友可以聽聽第三首"兩坐位跑車"。專輯其他歌大多數都是非常Hins的r&b歌曲。如果你喜歡"My Way"的話﹐你會發現幾乎整張專輯都走這類型的音樂。隨便推薦幾首:第一首"餘震"﹑第二首"騷靈情歌"﹑第四首"笑忘書" ﹑Bonus Track"遇見神"﹐全部都不錯。這張專輯和曹格的格格BLUE一樣﹐絕對是今年的音樂巨作﹐值得收藏的一張專輯! (現在真的有想買這張專輯的衝動。。。XD)
2006.10.17 郭富城 My Nation
又是一張朋友想聽的專輯﹕郭富城的最新國語大碟 "My Nation"。DJ對郭富城的舞技是沒太太意見﹐只是唱功好像就差了點。個人對郭富城的印象還停留在"愛不完"和"等我回來"。。。不常聽這位原四大天王的歌。郭富城睽違上一張國語專輯已經6年了﹐各位有興趣的話﹐不妨聽聽看。
wooo...第二首"愛情"和第三首"避風港"還不錯偶!郭富城有假音也!LOL
wooo...第二首"愛情"和第三首"避風港"還不錯偶!郭富城有假音也!LOL
2006.10.20 K One 羅密歐與茱麗葉
在此獻上一張新發行的專輯 ﹕K One 羅密歐與茱麗葉。DJ個人對台灣的男孩團體是沒太大興趣啦﹐只是朋友想聽﹐所以就傳上來了。K One 好像是現在還僅存的幾支男孩團體﹐其他像Energy, 5566, BAD,F4,可米小子啦﹐好像都垮了﹐要不然就是解散等等。優質男孩團體好像越來越少了。像以前韓國的HOT啦﹐英國的男孩特區(Boyzone)﹐日本的超化學男子等都不錯。時代不同囉!現在偶像歌手好像比較吃香吧!
Thursday, October 19, 2006
1998.01.28 安室奈美惠 181920
Okay, I am feelin' super generous today~ probably b/c I finally got my History presentation over with and I have some sort of clue on how to begin my paper~
This is my own rip, Amuro Namie's 181920 or her best album. Originally released back in '98, it was re-released in 2004, probably due to popular demand. For anyone familiar with J-pop, Amuro Namie was the big name back then. The pop diva entered the music scene when? like when she's 15 or something? Then she just released a whole bunch of awesome dance tracks, something still not all that popular in the early 90s. So this is it, a collection of her best songs; by any standard, still some of the best J-pop you'll find around today.
After getting married and having a child at the age of 20, which was pretty stunning, Namie Amuro kinda faded out of the pop scene to other rising stars such as Hamasaki Ayumi, Kuraki Mai and Utada Hikaru. However, she seems to be pulling herself back to the forefront of the music scene through the release of her last 2 albums, which are more geared to the recent popularity of hip-hop. Besides dance, I think hip-hop fits her image real well. She's as sexy as ever with her new style XD
Anyways, some recommended favourite tracks from this album are track 01 "Body Feels Exit", track 02 "Try Me～私を信じて～", track 03 "Chase The Chance", track 05 "You' re My Sunshine" and track 10 "A Walk In The Park." Track 12 "Can You Celebrate" is apparently a really big song but I don't really find anything special with it. Probably cuz my Japanese sux so I can't really appreciate the lyrics. LOL:D
安室奈美惠 181920 ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM!!!
part 1
part 2
01 Body Feels Exit
02 Try Me～私を信じて～
03 Chase The Chance
04 太陽のSeason
05 You' re My Sunshine
06 How To Be A Girl
07 Sweet 19 Blues
08 Dreaming I Was Dreaming
09 Stop The Music
10 A Walk In The Park
11 Don't Wanna Cry
12 Can You Celebrate?
This is my own rip, Amuro Namie's 181920 or her best album. Originally released back in '98, it was re-released in 2004, probably due to popular demand. For anyone familiar with J-pop, Amuro Namie was the big name back then. The pop diva entered the music scene when? like when she's 15 or something? Then she just released a whole bunch of awesome dance tracks, something still not all that popular in the early 90s. So this is it, a collection of her best songs; by any standard, still some of the best J-pop you'll find around today.
After getting married and having a child at the age of 20, which was pretty stunning, Namie Amuro kinda faded out of the pop scene to other rising stars such as Hamasaki Ayumi, Kuraki Mai and Utada Hikaru. However, she seems to be pulling herself back to the forefront of the music scene through the release of her last 2 albums, which are more geared to the recent popularity of hip-hop. Besides dance, I think hip-hop fits her image real well. She's as sexy as ever with her new style XD
Anyways, some recommended favourite tracks from this album are track 01 "Body Feels Exit", track 02 "Try Me～私を信じて～", track 03 "Chase The Chance", track 05 "You' re My Sunshine" and track 10 "A Walk In The Park." Track 12 "Can You Celebrate" is apparently a really big song but I don't really find anything special with it. Probably cuz my Japanese sux so I can't really appreciate the lyrics. LOL:D
安室奈美惠 181920 ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM!!!
part 1
part 2
01 Body Feels Exit
02 Try Me～私を信じて～
03 Chase The Chance
04 太陽のSeason
05 You' re My Sunshine
06 How To Be A Girl
07 Sweet 19 Blues
08 Dreaming I Was Dreaming
09 Stop The Music
10 A Walk In The Park
11 Don't Wanna Cry
12 Can You Celebrate?
1996 The Tony Rich Project Words
Like Uncle Sam below, this is another pioneer of r&b music, Tony Rich Project. I don't know why the guy has such a funky name but it has my name in it, so that's all good.:D
Perhaps the biggest song or the only hit song from Tony Rich Project is "Nobody Knows." Like Uncle Sam's hit song, track 02 "Nobody Knows" went down as a classic r&b love song. However, this is also another tragic love song, so I won't recommend it to anyone feelin' melancholy. Nonetheless, the song still ranks as one of my favourite r&b songs and is still well played. Many people mistaken the singer of this song to be Babyface, so it's a good time to clarify right now. Tony Rich actually produced this record under LaFace, so Babyface is the man in the background while Tony Rich is in the fore.
Another release that's super hard to track down in record shops (yeah, I am feelin' lucky lately) but Tony Rich hasn't stopped releasing records. His last album was just this year, 2006, "Pictures." Anyways, another good starting place for anyone not in touch with English r&b.
The Tony Rich Project Words RECOMMENDED! SUPER RARE ALBUM!
part 1
part 2
01 Hey Blue
02 Nobody Knows HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
03 Like a Woman
04 Grass Is Green
05 Ghost
06 Leavin'
07 Billy Goat
08 Under Her Spell
09 Little Ones
10 Missin' You
Perhaps the biggest song or the only hit song from Tony Rich Project is "Nobody Knows." Like Uncle Sam's hit song, track 02 "Nobody Knows" went down as a classic r&b love song. However, this is also another tragic love song, so I won't recommend it to anyone feelin' melancholy. Nonetheless, the song still ranks as one of my favourite r&b songs and is still well played. Many people mistaken the singer of this song to be Babyface, so it's a good time to clarify right now. Tony Rich actually produced this record under LaFace, so Babyface is the man in the background while Tony Rich is in the fore.
Another release that's super hard to track down in record shops (yeah, I am feelin' lucky lately) but Tony Rich hasn't stopped releasing records. His last album was just this year, 2006, "Pictures." Anyways, another good starting place for anyone not in touch with English r&b.
The Tony Rich Project Words RECOMMENDED! SUPER RARE ALBUM!
part 1
part 2
01 Hey Blue
02 Nobody Knows HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
03 Like a Woman
04 Grass Is Green
05 Ghost
06 Leavin'
07 Billy Goat
08 Under Her Spell
09 Little Ones
10 Missin' You
1997 Uncle Sam
Yay! I finally got this album! in a super excited mood right now~ (beaming)
Since I am not good in hiding my excitement, I feel that I have to put this album up. Well, you wonder who Uncle Sam is. No, this is not the traditional American folk with the pin striped top hat and a finger point at your nose. This is the other Uncle Sam. For that sake, he's not caucasian either.
I reckon not many of you out there have even heard of this guy and yeah, he's not all that popular in the first place. To date, he only has one album release and only one chart topping single, "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again." I guess some of you remember this song in your faint memory somewhere. Anyways, Uncle Sam's album was released all the way back in '97 and "I Don't Ever Want See You Again" was the only song that made it big. He's somewhat of an one hit wonder.
How old was I in '97?......like 13? WTH am I listening to such an adult oriented, tragic love song? I don't know~ no ideas (shrug) I saw the mv too! Reminds me of Leehom's "Forever Love" MV with the piano, the wedding scene and everything. But it's also around that time I began falling in love with r&b. With influences like this guy here, Uncle Sam, it's hard not to. I remember at that time r&b was just on the rise with stars such as Brandy, Monica, R.Kelly, Tony Rich Project, Brian McKinght etc. It was also then that David Tao, Leehom and Shunza were just making it to the music scene in TW.
Lot's of memories right? yeah, those were the good old days~ r&b is cheap nowadays as many singers claim themselves to excel in this music style but in fact, they're not all that good~ r&b is becoming a pop culture, which is not all that healthy, as I think the "soul" portion of what makes good r&b'll be lost completely~ anyways, take a good listen at this album from one of the pioneers of this music style. My favourite tracks are track 9 "Baby You Are" and the hit track "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again." The hit single was also remade into 2 other known versions (at least the medley part). You'll be surprised what they are=)
Uncle Sam HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! SUPER RARE ALBUM!
part 1
part 2
01 Can You Feel It
02 You Make Me Feel Like
03 Throw Your Hands In The Air
04 Leave Well Enough Alone
05 Without Lovin' You
06 Someone Like You
07 Tender Love
08 Think About Love
09 Baby You Are
10 Stop Foolin' Around
11 I Don't Ever Want to See You Again
Since I am not good in hiding my excitement, I feel that I have to put this album up. Well, you wonder who Uncle Sam is. No, this is not the traditional American folk with the pin striped top hat and a finger point at your nose. This is the other Uncle Sam. For that sake, he's not caucasian either.
I reckon not many of you out there have even heard of this guy and yeah, he's not all that popular in the first place. To date, he only has one album release and only one chart topping single, "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again." I guess some of you remember this song in your faint memory somewhere. Anyways, Uncle Sam's album was released all the way back in '97 and "I Don't Ever Want See You Again" was the only song that made it big. He's somewhat of an one hit wonder.
How old was I in '97?......like 13? WTH am I listening to such an adult oriented, tragic love song? I don't know~ no ideas (shrug) I saw the mv too! Reminds me of Leehom's "Forever Love" MV with the piano, the wedding scene and everything. But it's also around that time I began falling in love with r&b. With influences like this guy here, Uncle Sam, it's hard not to. I remember at that time r&b was just on the rise with stars such as Brandy, Monica, R.Kelly, Tony Rich Project, Brian McKinght etc. It was also then that David Tao, Leehom and Shunza were just making it to the music scene in TW.
Lot's of memories right? yeah, those were the good old days~ r&b is cheap nowadays as many singers claim themselves to excel in this music style but in fact, they're not all that good~ r&b is becoming a pop culture, which is not all that healthy, as I think the "soul" portion of what makes good r&b'll be lost completely~ anyways, take a good listen at this album from one of the pioneers of this music style. My favourite tracks are track 9 "Baby You Are" and the hit track "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again." The hit single was also remade into 2 other known versions (at least the medley part). You'll be surprised what they are=)
Uncle Sam HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! SUPER RARE ALBUM!
part 1
part 2
01 Can You Feel It
02 You Make Me Feel Like
03 Throw Your Hands In The Air
04 Leave Well Enough Alone
05 Without Lovin' You
06 Someone Like You
07 Tender Love
08 Think About Love
09 Baby You Are
10 Stop Foolin' Around
11 I Don't Ever Want to See You Again
Thursday, October 12, 2006
1995.07.07 平井間 (Hirai Ken) Un-balanced
okay, I think I've been putting up too many Chinese albums for the last little while and neglecting all the other stuff~ there are others out there who crave for J-pop and yes, indeed, J-pop makes up a lot of the listening I do daily~ therefore, I thought I might share something from my collections (yes, I am in the sharing mood somehow)
This is Hirai Ken's debut album "Unbalanced", which was released all the way back in 1995. The first time I came across Hirai Ken was back in 2000 with his hit release "The Changing Same", which is still one of my favourite Japanese albums, if not my favourite of 'em all. Release of "The Changing Same" was the the turning point for Hirai Ken, as he was little known before the album. After hit singles from the album such as "Why", "Lakuen" and "Love Love Love", the record enjoyed massive sales. Anyways, I shouldn't go too detailed into his hit album; I'll save that when I put the album up.
After I became enchanted by Hirai Ken's amazing vocals, I went about picking up everything I could of him. I picked up this album back in high school and this album sure gives a different side of Hirai Ken with a different music style. Compared to his renowned r&b, this album has more of the late 80s early 90s jazzy and ballad feel to it. I guess this album follows more of the Southern All Stars line; indeed, Hirai Ken actually writes Southern All Stars into the lyrics of one of his songs on the album. However, I guess only the All Stars could do the trick with jazz as Hirai Ken didn't get noticed with this album. When r&b started taking off back in 98-2000 or so, Hirai Ken rose to instant stardom with his breakout release afore mentioned.
This is still a pretty good album with some good songs though. My personal favourites are track 4 "e-gao" and track 3 "precious junk". Most of the songs on this album are light and happy tunes. In this album, one can hear an un-polished Hirai Ken. Yet one can still hear Hirai Ken's really clear, bright and distinguished vocals, which makes him one of the best male vocals around. Well, without further ado, plunge in and take a listen.
PS: anyone want me to do a Hirai Ken special?
平井間 Un-balanced
part 1
part 2
01 二人の迷路
02 Negative
03 Precious Junk
04 笑顔
05 片方ずつのイヤフォン
06 EASY
07 破りたい
08 青空
09 花びら
10 White ～僕に会いたい～
11 STAR
This is Hirai Ken's debut album "Unbalanced", which was released all the way back in 1995. The first time I came across Hirai Ken was back in 2000 with his hit release "The Changing Same", which is still one of my favourite Japanese albums, if not my favourite of 'em all. Release of "The Changing Same" was the the turning point for Hirai Ken, as he was little known before the album. After hit singles from the album such as "Why", "Lakuen" and "Love Love Love", the record enjoyed massive sales. Anyways, I shouldn't go too detailed into his hit album; I'll save that when I put the album up.
After I became enchanted by Hirai Ken's amazing vocals, I went about picking up everything I could of him. I picked up this album back in high school and this album sure gives a different side of Hirai Ken with a different music style. Compared to his renowned r&b, this album has more of the late 80s early 90s jazzy and ballad feel to it. I guess this album follows more of the Southern All Stars line; indeed, Hirai Ken actually writes Southern All Stars into the lyrics of one of his songs on the album. However, I guess only the All Stars could do the trick with jazz as Hirai Ken didn't get noticed with this album. When r&b started taking off back in 98-2000 or so, Hirai Ken rose to instant stardom with his breakout release afore mentioned.
This is still a pretty good album with some good songs though. My personal favourites are track 4 "e-gao" and track 3 "precious junk". Most of the songs on this album are light and happy tunes. In this album, one can hear an un-polished Hirai Ken. Yet one can still hear Hirai Ken's really clear, bright and distinguished vocals, which makes him one of the best male vocals around. Well, without further ado, plunge in and take a listen.
PS: anyone want me to do a Hirai Ken special?
平井間 Un-balanced
part 1
part 2
01 二人の迷路
02 Negative
03 Precious Junk
04 笑顔
05 片方ずつのイヤフォン
06 EASY
07 破りたい
08 青空
09 花びら
10 White ～僕に会いたい～
11 STAR
2006.09.25 戴佩妮 iPenny 一個人的行李
最近真是有太多聽不完的好專輯。好的是許多女歌手接二連三的發片﹐讓眾樂迷們可大飽耳福。更讓樂迷們值得高興的是這些專輯真是張張好聽﹐有許多琅琅上口的好歌﹐想必會成為大眾喜愛的 K-歌。DJ記得上一次華人樂界有此盛況應該在98年(好比98年NBA選秀。那一介出了Iverson, Nash, Kobe等)﹐DJ剛開始聽音樂的時候。當然﹐DJ小時候也聽過小虎隊啦﹗可是除了小虎隊﹐還是小虎隊﹐因為DJ很小就離開台灣﹐所以沒有機會聽到什麼國 語歌。所以DJ有時候也會找找舊專輯﹐回味回味一些經典歌曲。
好了﹐廢話不多說了﹐介紹專輯吧﹗和梁靜茹相同﹐個人覺得戴佩妮這張專輯的曲風並沒有太大改變﹐但是歌裡面可以聽到更多狂野﹐更多吶喊﹐更多情感。這張專輯 ﹐Penny從譜曲﹑寫詞到製作全由自己包辦﹐所以也算是滿大的突破。如果你喜歡空心吉他的話﹐戴佩妮當然是首選。和梁靜茹相同﹐這張專輯整張感覺也不錯 ﹐有許多讓DJ印象深刻的歌曲。同名主打歌"一個人的行李"不容錯過。第五首"擇偶條件"帶有濃濃的搖滾味﹐讓人跟著節奏搖晃。喜歡"你要的愛"的朋友不妨聽聽第八首"我們的故事"﹐同樣非常舒服。抒情歌第3,4,6,7,8,9,10均不錯﹐都很耐聽。
怎麼覺得好像沒有盡到DJ的本份﹐介紹越來越短。但近期的專輯真的都不錯﹐你們自己聽聽看就知道了。:D
戴佩妮 iPenny 一個人的行李
part 1
part 2
01. 掛在半夢半醒之間
02. 一個人的行李
03. 淡水河邊
04. 窗外
05. 擇偶條件
06. 單身潛逃
07. 未知數
08. 我們的故事
09. 逛街
10. 小小
好了﹐廢話不多說了﹐介紹專輯吧﹗和梁靜茹相同﹐個人覺得戴佩妮這張專輯的曲風並沒有太大改變﹐但是歌裡面可以聽到更多狂野﹐更多吶喊﹐更多情感。這張專輯 ﹐Penny從譜曲﹑寫詞到製作全由自己包辦﹐所以也算是滿大的突破。如果你喜歡空心吉他的話﹐戴佩妮當然是首選。和梁靜茹相同﹐這張專輯整張感覺也不錯 ﹐有許多讓DJ印象深刻的歌曲。同名主打歌"一個人的行李"不容錯過。第五首"擇偶條件"帶有濃濃的搖滾味﹐讓人跟著節奏搖晃。喜歡"你要的愛"的朋友不妨聽聽第八首"我們的故事"﹐同樣非常舒服。抒情歌第3,4,6,7,8,9,10均不錯﹐都很耐聽。
怎麼覺得好像沒有盡到DJ的本份﹐介紹越來越短。但近期的專輯真的都不錯﹐你們自己聽聽看就知道了。:D
戴佩妮 iPenny 一個人的行李
part 1
part 2
01. 掛在半夢半醒之間
02. 一個人的行李
03. 淡水河邊
04. 窗外
05. 擇偶條件
06. 單身潛逃
07. 未知數
08. 我們的故事
09. 逛街
10. 小小
2006.10.06 梁靜茹 親親
初次聽完梁靜茹的新專輯後﹐真的是大為驚喜﹗雖然曲風與前幾張專輯差不多﹐但我想你應該滿久沒聽過整張專輯均為主打歌的專輯吧﹗撇開王力宏﹑陶吉吉等創作歌手不談﹐整張專輯都可當主打 歌的專輯真是不多。近幾年DJ個人聽到的可能只有張棟樑的同名專輯﹑周杰倫的"七里香"和"十一月的蕭邦"﹑飛兒樂團﹑南拳媽媽等。。。能整張專輯都可當主打歌的女歌手真的是寥寥無幾。這張專輯的參與陣容挺為浩蕩﹕五月天的怪獸﹑阿信﹑瑪莎﹑周杰倫﹑陳綺真﹑李焯雄﹑小蟲等。這張專輯真的是好聽﹐且耐聽到 不知道該從哪首歌開始推薦起。同名主打"親親"是必聽曲﹔由小蟲作曲﹐梁靜茹罕見的輕快節奏藍調歌曲。其他像"暖暖"﹑"可樂戒指"﹑"失憶"等抒情歌都不錯。開場歌"四季"為空心吉他曲﹐還滿有感覺的。整張專輯從頭聽到尾﹐保證你會想再倒轉﹐仔細再聆聽一次﹗
梁靜茹 親親
part 1
part 2
01. 四季 (五月天怪獸作曲製作)
02. 暖暖 (金曲獎最佳作詞李焯雄創造2006冬天版[寧夏])
03. 可樂戒指 (五月天阿信詩詞)
04. 失憶 (周傑倫罕見詞曲連體創作/五月天瑪莎挑戰製作雙人搖滾夢)
05. 親親
06. 幸福洋果子店
07. 小手拉大手 (陳綺真作詞主打)
08. 飛魚
09. 不是我不明白
10. 小心眼
11. 憨過頭 (梁靜茹第一首閩南語K歌)
12. 序 (FISH詞曲處女創作)
梁靜茹 親親
part 1
part 2
01. 四季 (五月天怪獸作曲製作)
02. 暖暖 (金曲獎最佳作詞李焯雄創造2006冬天版[寧夏])
03. 可樂戒指 (五月天阿信詩詞)
04. 失憶 (周傑倫罕見詞曲連體創作/五月天瑪莎挑戰製作雙人搖滾夢)
05. 親親
06. 幸福洋果子店
07. 小手拉大手 (陳綺真作詞主打)
08. 飛魚
09. 不是我不明白
10. 小心眼
11. 憨過頭 (梁靜茹第一首閩南語K歌)
12. 序 (FISH詞曲處女創作)
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