Liu Jieqi's email? Anybody?

• browniebaobao

  29 Sep 03, 17:43

  To wisefool:
  Dun mention...^^
  
  To Hajime:
  Congrats to you and your hubby! Happy Marriage! I tot you like Edison..but now I know that you like your Hubby lah..hahaha..
  
  Yup, I love that song too..^O^ I always tune up the volume..of course I always listen to my receiver and not the radio, thus will not cause disturbances to others..Oh ya, lots of my friends were listening in on Sat night too..which I dunno why..so sms kept coming in till 2am..haha..I was really high lor..logged out at 4am! My friend heard that song by Zhang Zheng Yue and she likes it! JieQi really played lots of nice songs...so nice that I did not want to move..close my eyes and relax..
  
  As long as JieQi feels comfortable, 4pm or 11pm slot is fine ba..Of course, more listeners will be able to catch it at night..I feel that he was not able to play many songs in the night show..But I get more hyper listening to the night show leh..haha...dunno why..I dun think I'm a night owl..
  
  Glad you like ! It's really a good book! After reading it, I gave the book to my colleagues then and let them circulate it..
  
  Hey ALL! I have a cute flash (song) here..hehe...I find it nice and sweet. Take a look!
  
  http://arch.pconline.com.cn/pcedu/carton/mtv/10307/flash/030711zhu.swf
  
  Another meaningful one:
  
  http://wxy4.nease.net/xinliceshi2.htm
• browniebaobao

  29 Sep 03, 18:07

  Gosh!!!! This is the 801th post..hehehe
• tinker

  30 Sep 03, 14:36

  was just listening to Yu Jian by Sun Yanzi... could not help but wonder how it would sound if Sandy Lam were to sing it.
  
  Also, imagine how Wu2 Di3 Dong4 will sound like in a Sandy Lam rendition.
  
  Sorry guys... I happen to be a big fan of Sandy so...
  
  Sandy Lam's rendition of Jay's Xing1 Qing1 is simply outstanding...
  
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  Anyway, do you have the habit of imagining how a nice song would sound like if sung by your favourite aritste?
  
  Imagine how Yu4 Jian4 or Wu2 Di3 Dong4 would sound like when sung by say Valen Hsu, Ah mei, Sally Yeh... Celine Dion? Norah Jones?? Charlotte Church???
  
  The possibilities are endless...
• browniebaobao

  30 Sep 03, 17:45

  Hi tinker!
  
  Interesting leh! Yaya, I thought of it before..how would it turn out to be if is not sang by Yanzi and someone else...Can't imagine if A*Mei were to sing it..Sandy has a nice voice, I like her too..so sweet neh! Went to her concert last year.. Was it last year??
  
  A very well-known song, was sang by many..
  Joi, Jeff Chang, Andy Lau etc..
  
  Jeff and Sky Wu also sang before.
  
  Zhang Ai Jia and Gigi sang , Valen Hsu+Power Station vs Jay Chow sang ..
  
  Do you think the original singer sounds better? I dun think so leh..I muz say I like Zhang Ai Jia's songs..No one can ever sing her songs as well as her ba...Depends on how you feel towards the singer and also the 'feeling' lor..
  
  I prefer S.B.D.W's version of to Jay's...but...I can't find the mp3!!! Dunno who deleted it..sad sad..haiz
  
  Very tired liao...sleepy..*yawn*..haha..quite a happy day for me so far.. As usual, I'm looking forward to Wednesday! Why? Got mah..hahaha..
• Shervon99

  30 Sep 03, 20:14

  i think zhang ai jia's songs are among the hardest to re-cover... gigi's rendition of ai de dai jia wasn't tat fantastic... zhang ai jia's voice just happen to be very expressive that it even sings thru.
  
  reminds me of the humming by zhang ai jia at the beginning of xin dong.
• wisefool

  2 Oct 03, 01:59

  Originally posted by Shervon99:

  i think zhang ai jia's songs are among the hardest to re-cover... gigi's rendition of ai de dai jia wasn't tat fantastic... zhang ai jia's voice just happen to be very expressive that it even sings thru.
  
  reminds me of the humming by zhang ai jia at the beginning of xin dong.

  Yah...i think the entire song will be just as nice if she just hum all the way. Since this is her story, only she knows exactly how she wants it to be told.
  
  I guess the thing about original singers is that they were given the chance to convey the message at its most simplistic and pure level. Remakers usually put in too much efforts to try and sound different and totally lost the essence of the song. I cannot recall off hand a remaked version that is actually much better than the original. The only ones are those done in the previous generation and redone again in this generation. The lyrics takes on an entirely different meaning in this generation, from a different perspective, with more open feelings, less subdue, more relevant to us etc...
  
  hmmm...am trying to imagine Sandy's take on Yu Jian....She is a happy and contended woman now and has reached a stage whereby everything she sings will sound very blissful...Yu Jian is basically a song about doubts in directions....Sandy's voice will be too sweet for that. Steph is still young. Its more relevant.
  
  well folks, my 5c worth...nite all sweet dreams...
  
  wisefool
• Hajime

  2 Oct 03, 13:27

  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I typed one long list of remakes/covers then hang Sigh, here we go again...
  
  C = Composed by
  O = Original
  R = Remake/Covered by
  
  Rang Mei Ge Ren Dou Xin Sui
  C+O: Huang Da Wei (!!!)
  R: A*Mei
  Better: David !!!
  IMO: This one no fight, David wins hands-down! His version is next to impossible to be better!
  
  Sha Tan
  C+O: David Tao
  R: Tanya Chua, Freya Lin
  Better: David
  IMO: This song not suited to the slow Tanya jazz arrangement; FreyaÂ’s version too plain
  
  Ai Hen Jian Dan
  C+O: David Tao
  R: Daniel Chan
  Better: David
  IMO: DC did a good effort, but DavidÂ’s rendition is hard to beat.
  
  Ji Mo De Yan
  C: Zhou Zhi Ping
  O: Emil Chau
  R: ZZP
  Better: ZZP
  IMO: I remember Emil sang it first before ZZP took it back to sing. I feel ZZP was slightly betterÂ…
  
  Ni Xi Huan De Hui You Ji Ge
  C: Emil Chau
  O: Zhang Qiong Yao
  R: Emil
  Better: ZQY
  IMO: Her voice is so unique and makes this song takes on a very different life.
  
  Ai De Dai Jia
  O: Zhang Ai Jia
  R: Gigi Leung
  Better: ZAJ
  IMO: like someone mentioned, it’s difficult to cover ZAJ’s songs because of her “yun4 wei4”…
  
  Xiang Ni Dao Xin Huang
  C: Sky Wu
  O: Stella Chang
  R: Sky Wu
  Better: Sky
  IMO: Sky’s version is more “ping2 shi2”, Stella overused her high pitch on this song…
  
  Qie Xing Qie Zhen Xi
  C+O: Sky Wu
  R: Jeff Chang
  Better: Sky
  IMO: SkyÂ’s version is more melancholy and more fitting to the song.
  
  Ai Qing Niang De Jiu (one of my all-time faves)
  C+O: Hong Ma Yi (=Red Ants)
  R: Sky Wu
  Better: HMY
  IMO: Too nice, hard to beat HMYÂ’s versionÂ…
  
  Ai Ru Chao Shui
  C+O: Roy Li Fei Hui (under different title)
  R: Jeff Chang, Joi Chua, Andy Lau
  Better: Jeff
  IMO: JeffÂ’s version is way nicer because of his rendition (RoyÂ’s voice and delivery too average) and the lyrics are better too (good work by Jonathan Lee)
  
  Tian Tang
  O: Zheng Yi
  R: Li Qi
  Better: ZY
  IMO: ZY’s version is more “feeling”, probably because it was her last album…
  
  Xie Hou
  O: Eric Moo + Huang Hui Zhen
  R: Robin Goh + Cai Li Lian
  Better: Eric + HHZ
  IMO: The classic is never the same even if the cover is some good effortsÂ…
  
  Cong Ni Hui Mo Na Tian Kai Shi
  O: Hong Shao Xuan
  R: Eric Moo
  Better: HSX
  IMO: Eric is too dramatic in this song
  
  Wo Shi Ru Ci Ai Ni
  O: Lin Hui Ping
  R: Hou Xiang Ting
  Better: LHP
  IMO: Actually HXTÂ’s version is very impressive, but lack the subtle feel and delivery of LHP
  
  Qiu Tian Bie Lai
  C: Sky Wu
  O: Hou Xiang Ting
  R: Sky Wu
  Better: HXT
  IMO: The song is more suited for a girl, and HXT sang it quite well
  
  Mo Li Hua De Ri Zi
  C: Sky Wu
  O: Zeng Shu Qin
  R: Sky Wu
  Better: ZSQ
  IMO: As above
  
  Li Ren
  O: Jacky Cheung (not sure who sang it first actually, though I think itÂ’s him)
  R: Lin Zhi Xuan
  Better: LZX
  IMO: This song is like a second skin of LZX, fitted him perfectly!
  
  Wah, bu zhi bu jue so long a list le, and I still have a lot of songs to go heheheeÂ…Comments??? Add your choices to the list also! [/b]
• wisefool

  3 Oct 03, 00:05

  Hi Hajime,
  
  I'm sure LZX is not the original. LiRen was from his album of remakes. I think Jacky is the original. I have not heard Jacky's version but I think nobody else could have done it better than LZX.
  
  After reading your post, I begin to search my brain for nice remakes....One particular one really come to mind...not sure if concert version is considered remake or not but i really like Tanya's take on Hong Dou. Faye's version was done in her lazy style period. I tried to recall Faye's earlier songs...I dun remember them sounding as lazy. Hmmm....wondering how her new album will be.
  
  Another one which JQ likes to play too is Huang Yao Ming's Wan Bu Liao De Ni.
  
  Also, what do u guys think of Tian Tian Xiang Ni (Mayday and Zhang Yu Sheng) and Bei Jin Yi Ye (Chen Shen, Rene Liu and Shin)? All quite credible pple. Not to mention Power station and Lao Die's several remakes.
  
  Not sure if u all familiar with English song's but I think Bizzare Love Triangle was done very superbly by both New Order and Frente, both version sounding all so different and all so outstanding.
  
  Well, thats all folks...g'nite
  
  wisefool
• Hajime

  3 Oct 03, 14:21

  Originally posted by wisefool:

  Hi Hajime,
  
  I'm sure LZX is not the original. LiRen was from his album of remakes. I think Jacky is the original. I have not heard Jacky's version but I think nobody else could have done it better than LZX.
  
  After reading your post, I begin to search my brain for nice remakes....One particular one really come to mind...not sure if concert version is considered remake or not but i really like Tanya's take on Hong Dou. Faye's version was done in her lazy style period. I tried to recall Faye's earlier songs...I dun remember them sounding as lazy. Hmmm....wondering how her new album will be.
  
  Another one which JQ likes to play too is Huang Yao Ming's Wan Bu Liao De Ni.
  
  Also, what do u guys think of Tian Tian Xiang Ni (Mayday and Zhang Yu Sheng) and Bei Jin Yi Ye (Chen Shen, Rene Liu and Shin)? All quite credible pple. Not to mention Power station and Lao Die's several remakes.
  
  Not sure if u all familiar with English song's but I think Bizzare Love Triangle was done very superbly by both New Order and Frente, both version sounding all so different and all so outstanding.
  
  Well, thats all folks...g'nite
  
  wisefool

  Just a note: Ren Ci Hospital is having a fund-raising food fair in Suntec (outdoors) from today till Sun, 11am - 8pm.
  
  Jacky's version of <
• >is typical Jacky delivery, I think you can roughly envision. Not that it's not nice, but LZX really sounds much better.
  
  Huang Yao Ming's <> is a very old song, right? I can hum along means I must have heard it a very long time ago... Haha auntie mah...
  
  I still prefer Faye's <>. Even when she is not at her prime for some of her albums, she still sounds far better than most singers. I also prefer the original <> by Na Ying (but I hate the music arrangement, so passe ), Tanya's cover is a bit "light-weight".
  
  <> is memorable for many Mayday's fans because it became a proposal song courtesy of Shi Tou But Zhang Yu Sheng's version is more "sincere" and "dan1 chun2"...maybe I always feel Mayday is very rock even when they sing ballads?
  
  <> original still best lah! Wah, can never get enough of Chen Sheng and Liu Jia Hui, esp. the MTV (both were in it). I've not heard of Rene's version, but I don't think it will be as good lah, frankly. I never really like her newer songs (esp those Jap covers) except perhaps <>. I'm still stuck in her <> era...Shin's version is very "SHIOK"! I really pei fu Ah Xing, so "satki", can switch pitch like nobody's business...
  
  New Order version is like disco track hehehe...but a good one not like those "jiu jiu jiu" techno tracks which I can't stand (sorry to those who like them though). Frente one is so sweet, the girl is like "qing dou chu kai"...esp the part she sings "Everytime I see you falling, I get down on my knees and pray..." 2+ minutes of simple guitar and a sweet-like-candy voice...nice!
  
  English scene also a lot of covers...boybands love covers (Westlife is a perfect example, most of their hits were covers). Covers are usually of old songs from 60s/70s. Bee Gees, Beatles, Rolling Stones etc all really earning a lot of royalty even eons after their prime. RS just back in flavour with the new remix of "Sympathy for the Devil", quite good. I bought the "I Am Sam" soundtrack because the whole album is like a tribute to Beatles by shi li pai singers. (I'm a Beatles siao ) I was especially hooked onto "Across the Universe"...
  
  haha think a lot of people are really bored by now paiseh paiseh ah...
  
  Another dose of JieQi weekend again!