a decade has passed us by and now i must slowly give out the "best of the decade" lists. first up, andy lau, the best singer in the world. i will give my thoughts on his best 15 songs of decade (i'd do 10 but he just had too many hits, 10 won't do him justice). here's the list
15. 當我遇上你 "When I Met You" from the album "Blue Heart" and the theme song for one of Andy's best movies "A Fighter's Blue". 2000. It's an epic slow rock song. Perfect for the movie. Andy's performance was great in both the song and the movie. Very expressive. Brings out the sorrow of the story. 14. 我不夠愛你 "I Don't Love You Enough" from the album "A Man's Love". 2000. A typical Andy Lau love song, also a duet with Kelly Chen. This song has reached legendary status. A must for any karaoke occasions, no matter if you are an Andy fan or not.
13. 無間道 "Infernal Affairs" from the second best movie of the decade...you guessed it, "Infernal Affairs". 2002. A duet with Tony Leung, Andy's co-star in the movie. A great song fits a great movie with great actors. 12. 練習 "Getting Used to It" from the album "Beautiful Day". 2002. Another Andy Lau love song. Touching lyrics and great melody. "Getting used to a world without you, slowly" is probably the best line in the lyrics. 11. 只想抱抱 "Wanna Hug" from the album "Wonderful World". 2007. Also the theme song for Daodi Green Tea's commercials. Light and easy to the ears. Very soothing melody.
DUN DUN DUN...drum rolls..."Here come top 10!" 10. 未到傷心處 "Not Yet Heartbroken" from the album "Love, Hope". 2009. After a couple Cantonese albums without much love songs, Andy returns to his old formula for success, but without the cheese. This song is very well written lyrics-wise and melody-wise. Andy's aged voice also adds to it, giving the song more feelings. 9. 牧笛 "Shepherd's Flute" from the album "Wonderful World". 2007. It talks about the tragic Chinese folklore about a goddess and a shepherd separated by a milky way. A love between a mortal and an immortal. Such a great song. The animation for the music video is very cool, too!
8. 天比高 "Higher than the Sky" from the album "Best of My Love". 2005. No, this is not a love song. It's a high energy rock song that's about living strong. This song opened the 2007 Wonderful World Concert. Andy sang while playing with electric shockwave. It was quite a sight. 7. 將自己給你 "For You" from the album "Just For You". 2000. The first ever theme song for Daodi Green Tea. A simple song with very nice accoustic. I'd drink those green tea too, after hearing this. 6. 月老 "Match Maker" from the album "If There's a Day...". 2003. Another great love song here. 5. 如果我有事 "If Something Happens to Me" from the album "Coffee or Tea" and movie "Yesterday Once More". 2004. This tragic love song fits perfectly with a movie about...well, something tragic. I wouldn't spoil the movie for you. It's pretty good. Go check it out. When the credits rolled and this song played, it brought tears to my eyes. 4. 心照 "Deep in my Heart" from the album "Voice". 2006. A song about friendship. Nicely composed with piano and guitar. Andy's singing was superb for this song. 3. 鴿子情緣 "Love Doves" from the album "Summer Fiesta". 2001. This song was composed with traditional Chinese musical instruments. It's quite a treat to listen to. 2. 按摩女郎 "Massage Girl" from the album "Coffee or Tea". 2004. Ha, this is my favorite song to sing. It's about a guy's affection for a massage girl, hehe. It's not meant to be dirty but I like it for the wrong reason. :P
And now, for the greatest Andy Lau song EVER...this decade. You probably guessed it. YES, it's this one!
1. 繼續談情 "Continue to Love" from the album "Best of My Love". 2005. This is such a beautiful song! And yes, again, this song is about a tragic love story. A Romeo and Juliet kind of story from ancient China. The chorus of the song uses the lines from a famous poem about the legendary tale. So touching, so beautiful. Andy captured it perfectly.
And there you have it. Andy Lau's best 15 of the decade. I'll leave you with the music video for the NO.1 song:
TVB has no credibility and this latest awards list shows it. The following is the list and my thoughts are in red.
十大劲歌金曲奖
01.钟舒漫《给自己的信》ok singer, mediocre song
02.容祖儿《搜神记》most overrated and overexposed female singer in hong kong, crap!
03.林峰《如果时间来到》TVB's most advertised actor turned singer, HE CAN'T SING FOR SHIT
04.何韵诗《金刚经》denise is actually quite talented so this is justified
05.古巨基《地球很危险》leo is the same. talented singer
06.吴雨霏《Here We Are》ugh, one of the former "cookies", terrible singer
07.蔡卓妍《二缺一》one of the two "twins", horrible voice and no talent
08.郑融《借》stephanie has skills, not a bad song
09.杨千嬅《原来过得很快乐》miriam is ok at best, i'm indifference about this one
10.容祖儿《可歌可泣》another one for joey??? CRAP!!!!
最受欢迎合唱歌曲奖
金奖:泳儿/海鸣威《我的回忆不是我的》vincy is pretty good, nice song
银奖:胡杏儿/张智霖《一刀了断》the return of chi-lam! too bad he had to duet with one of the worst
铜奖:韦雄/钟嘉欣《恋爱令人心痛》CRAP!!!
新人荐场飙星奖:余翠芝(Chita) WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?
2009年度杰出表现奖
金奖:邓紫棋(G.E.M.) good 银奖:蔡卓妍 crap! 铜奖:钟嘉欣 crap!
最受欢迎组合奖 Mr. pwns all these losers, nuff said
金奖:RubberBand 银奖:农夫 铜奖:HotCha
飞跃舞台大奖:草蜢 decent
最受欢迎广告歌曲奖
容祖儿《双冠军》joey again? CRAP!!!
四台联颁音乐大奖-歌曲奖 all right, not that bad
古巨基《地球很危险》 作曲:John Laudon (On Your Mark) 填词:林夕
最受欢迎新人奖 this is a fucking joke! none of them deserve anything
金奖:徐子珊 银奖:王梓轩 铜奖:乐瞳
最佳作曲 this is a decent song
歌曲:就算世界无童话 作曲:雷颂德 主唱:卫兰
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DesignIsMyThing™: Where are you from and what do you do?
Mike Mai: I’m originally from Canton, China. Now working in Boston as a freelance graphic designer.
DIMT: From your experience with the Emcee Hao project, tell us one secret to successful self promotion?
MM: Viral marketing and social media. Put your shit online… everywhere! Make as many viral videos (Gangster channel) as possible. Blog posts (Gangster blog) and tweets (Gangster tweets)
will increase search results drastically. Wouldn’t it be cool to google
yourself and see the first few pages of results all point to you? Yeah,
I achieved that, and that’s without doing any search engine
optimization. Oh, and don’t forget to actually go outside and promote
yourself. Wherever you go whoever you talk to is an opportunity to
sell. Hand out business cards or tag your promotions all over the city
(you could potentially get arrested for this but the pay off is street
cred and free media attention).
DIMT: Is there anything you wish you did differently when launching Emcee Hao?
I wish I had professional models with big ass booties to start with.
DIMT: What’s the biggest difference you’ve found between school projects and real world projects?
For
school projects, you are your own boss, your own client, you oversee
everything. There’s a lot of room for creativity. As for real world
projects, you are dealing with clients who usually like ugly things
mainly because they don’t know the art of communication. You need to
use your expertise to convince them what works and what doesn’t. Your
chance to be creative depends on that. But a lot of clients are from
hell, so beware! Google “clients from hell”, funny shit.
posted on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 12:59PM [Report]
hehe... yeah the footnote was because of a misunderstanding that turned into a miscommunication that turned into a full out war of words on my facebook wall. I'm stuck in the middle trying not to take sides so I made a footnote as opposed to a correction. Online social networks can be a real pain in the neck sometimes. haha
Yeah, I hear that. I'm in NYC until the 15th or so then I head back to Hong Kong to start working on new projects. Let me know if you're ever heading to that side of the world again, maybe we can crank something out. Word!
Right on man. Just watched some of your videos. "Behind the Gan$sta" is glorious and "Precious" is awesome too. One of these days we should collaborate on a hip hop record together too. hehe
How are you my friend?! It's been a LOOOOONG time! Yes I had a very good time, excellent in fact, with my Halloween. You can easily tell from my pics can you? ;-)
An artist/designer from Boston. Born and raised in China but attended college in the United States. He's got the best of two worlds.
麦子正,又名“MC浩”(Emcee Hao)。出生于中国广州。14岁去了美国修学。2009年毕业于麻省美术学院,成为一名专业平面设计师。他的著名作品《“MC浩”音乐专辑市场推广设计》曾经进入过数个美术展览会,赢过数次平面设计奖,也上过广州出版的《包装与设计》杂志。他还在PECHA KUCHA NIGHT BOSTON上演讲过。为了这个作品,他深深融入了“MC浩”这个角色。从此人们也开始称呼他“Emcee Hao”,也就是“MC浩”的洋名。很多人都不知道他这个作品其实在耻笑流行音乐,还以为他是个真正的歌手。这也证明了他这个作品的卖点:只要有完美的包装和宣传,一个烂歌手都有出头天。他现在为美国的一间小设计公司what!design工作,客户包括Reebok和Burton。他正在磨练自己的设计功夫,希望有一天能回国做一名出色的设计师。
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