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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
I ain't much of a music trend follower.... I don't listen to rap, hip-hop which is pretty popular these days.... I don't have any likeness or dislikeness towards bands like Evanescences, Black Eyed peas, Linkin Park, The Rasmus *the guy is really fair, that's all I know*, Jay-Z, Beyonce, hmm who else... ah.. plenty more.... heck I actually don't like Justin Timberlake since he went solo.. hahah... Pussy Cat Dolls.... No way Jose... or should I put it as no way Josie *haha.... get it? get it?*
Ok right .. so this entry is about my transition from my beloved pop to What I listen to now.... or rather it's about the transition from kid to who I am now?? Right so let's start off... ok my first album which I ever got was in 1995/96 or was it 1994? I forgot... it was Michael Learns to Rock the greatest hits.. I bought it at the same time my bro bought his BSB album.... oh yeah I don't really fancy BSB either.... though some of their songs are quite nice.... I also remember my favourite songs were Roxette's "It must have been love" and Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting". *I still like those 2 songs mind U*
Then Pop became pretty massive and boybands popped out from everywhere. Backstreet Boys, 911, N'sync, Westlife, Boyzone, Code Red, Take 5, 98 Degrees... ah suffice to say there were tonnes of em... *my fav is still 911 and I broke my 911 album... =..( sob.. sob...* And then Britney came about and man did I idolize her.... *not so kua jiong until idolize lar* At that time Britney Spears was the bomb... and I actually have a Britney doll.... hahaha oh and I didn't like Chistina Aguilera that time... though "reflections" was a terrific song....
SO our radio was filled with pop music until quite recently I think... I think it was what 3 years ago? when Eminem started poppin up and all... "Stan" wasn't that bad cause there was Dido in there... Oh and Usher, I prefer his earlier songs but his newer songs are pretty ok... oh and TLC's waterfalls.. oh lovely.... right so around that time when Hitz.fm started playing all kinds of rap, hip hop songs.... I changed to the chinese channel.... and darn it I just loathe those darn 4 boys who appear everywhere... I don't see how anyone can like them... their songs aren't that good anyway.... and their "idol drama" -.-" These 4 boys were basically everywhere, every kid that time knew them, everyone talked about them.... *so if U don't know them then U must have been under a rock for a couple of years now*
and obviously there was Wang Lee Hom, I first saw his mv when I was standard 4 or 5 it was "Ai Ni Deng Yu Ai Zhi Ji" One of my fav Wang Lee Hom numbers.... for a long time now mandopop has been around... but it's great so why would anyone want to change em? Maybe the chinese are great at writing ballads? Ever thought of that? yeah so chinese ballads is mah fav... and Machi is another no-no for me... Anotehr BIG no-no is an artiste which I refuse to name here but is one of the Blogstars fav artiste, the guy that acted so woodenly in Initial-D but got an award anyway.... *right I think U got it right* Oh David Tao ain't half bad too...
Well since rap hip hop was taking over the english scene, I looked around for other genres to whet my appetite for english music.... and actually liked what I saw.... I was watching one of the music awards show and chanced upon none other than DASHBOARD CONFESSIONALS.... they won an award for "Screaming Infidelities".. nice song btw.... *I guess DC is more recognized for "Vindicated" the theme song for Spiderman 2*. And that opened up a new world of "emo" to me.... then I went to Burger King one day and watched MTV and heard a really nice song... actually I heard 2 really great songs but I particularly liked a certain one... *hey how come burger king only show MTV huh?* ok ok.. back on track... That day I heard Muse's "Sing for Absolution" and Snow Patrol's "Chocolate" didn't know why the song appealed to me but it was nice so I went and did my research and what do U know I ended up buying Snow Patrol's album... and that in turn opened up britpop to me.. so Franz Ferdinand, Athlete, The Strokes and tonnes more came about.... not much Coldplay though....
Then I forgot how I chanced upon Yellowcard but I can assure U it wasn't because of Only One... that was a nice song but I prefer "Way Away" and "Empty Apartment". They have a new album out btw.... And I only tried out The All American Rejects because Yahoo Launch kept promoting them... I caved in to the incessant promotion and tried them out... and look what happened.... they become one of my fav bands... Even TV can bring good music to ur ears. That's how I chanced upon Athlete, Damien Rice, Jack Johnson and many more... *actually when I say many more.. I actually forgotten their names*
Actually now.. I don't really like Wang Lee Hom's songs anymore... I like his ballads that's all... actually I miss pop.... I kinda miss 911, Britney Spears when she was still pop princess.... now I'm actually moving on to Adult Contemporary. That's wat they categorize Damien Rice under *actually he's more folk*, so basically as I transitioned from a kid to tween to teen, I moved from Pop, Mandopop, Emo, Rock, *actually a little pop-punk*, and now Adult Contemporary *actually adult contemporary has pop and all.... but it's meant for adults and besides it isn't a genre it's just a form of categorising* I must be getting old...... I mean adult contemporary.... I thought only people in their mid 20's or late 20's start listening to them... oh well music is music.... everything's still cool and all....
Ah and I totally hate Crazy Frog... I mean who heard the Axle F song before it was spoiled by the crazy frog dude... it was so much better.... aish... and the chicken little song..... please can people stop playing em.. even the Myanmar workers staying behind my house are playing them to irritate the wits outta me...
After typing crap for paragraphs I've come to the conclusion that I like non mainstream kinda music... actually they are really really near mainstream but not jsut there yet... Almost all of my friends don't know who I actually listen to... maybe a couple of them do but I don't know? Jack Johnson? ever heard of him? Damien Rice? The Wallflowers? Everclear? Athlete? U got to have heard of Blink-182 right? I think I'm going mad here... better leave before these entry beacomes as long as the one on the Korean Movies.... hahahaha.. speaking of which... TV3 is going to show "Windstruck", starring Jeon Ji Hyeon and Jang Hyuk.... ok time to leave see U soon...
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