Thoughts: Finally it’s out! Bolero became one of my most played song on itunes even before the single was officially released. I’m amazed that I actually love all 3 songs on this single. Bolero is sooooo epic.. It’s like Love in the Ice & Forever Love, two of my favorite ballads ever. I listened to Bolero throughout my whole winter break and it really gave the wintery feelings. Apart from being vocally beautiful, the lyrics are really heart-warming as well. Kiss the Baby Sky is upbeat and energetic and the chorus will make you very high. Micky’s laughs & narration throughout the song (“You know what I’m talking about baby?” Um.. no, not really Micky. LOL) creeps me out a bit though… and I couldn’t help but laughed when he went “My Hero, My Max,” giving a shoutout to the DBSK members… LOL. And geez, their voices are really really high (especially Min). Wasurenaide, composed by Jae, is beautifully heart-wrenching… My favorite line has to Changmin’s saying “message”.. It sounded so heart-wrenching. Highly recommended. ♥♥♥
From Yesasia: All four of Dong Bang Shin Ki’s Japanese single releases in 2008 shot to the top of the Oricon charts, setting a new Oricon record for #1 singles by overseas artists. Not slowing down their productivity, the quintet launches their first release of 2009, a triple A-sided single. The ballad Bolero is based on traditional Spanish dance rhythms and also the theme song for the new movie Subaru. As for the other two singles, Kiss The Baby Sky and Wasurenaide, they were both penned by members of the band.
o1. Bolero
o2. Kiss The Baby Sky
o3. 忘れないで (Wasurenaide; Don’t Forget)
o4. Bolero (Less Vocal)
o5. Kiss The Baby Sky (Less Vocal)
o6. 忘れないで (Wasurenaide; Don’t Forget) (Less Vocal)
Extra: CD only version: 04. どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう? (Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattan darou?) -Royal Mirrorball Mix- Download
Cape No. 7 is currently Taiwan’s highest grossing Chinese-language film ever… And one of the main reasons is due to the awesome soundtrack. Even though I didn’t like the movie as much as I’d like to (It’s still a good movie, but I expected more I guess)… but the soundtrack is pretty good. Enjoy!
Cape No. 7 (traditional Chinese: 海角七號; simplified Chinese: 海角七号; pinyin: Hǎijiǎo qī hào) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20, 2008 at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival as its opening film. The film later won 3 awards in this festival.
Prior to this film, the two leading actors Van Fan (范逸臣) and Chie Tanaka (田中千絵) only had minor acting experience while some of the supporting roles were filled by non-actors. Even without a strong promotional campaign, this movie has become so popular in Taiwan that on November 1, 2008 it became the 2nd top grossing film in the island’s cinematic history, behind Titanic.
The film has won 12 awards to date, including 6 at the 2008 Golden Horse Awards. It will also be Taiwan’s entry to compete in the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
【专辑名称】Album : 海角七号 (Cape 7)
【演唱歌手】Artist : 电影原声带 (OST)
【发行时间】Release : 24 October 2008
【专辑语种】Language : Mandarin (OST)
I used to never listen to Chinese music before.. The only Chinese music I remember listening to was Vicki Zhao since she was/is my idol… but that changed when I discovered Wang Leehom… and then expanded with JJ Lin.
When I was watching The Return of the Condor Heroes, one of the things I love about it was the soundtrack. It has an amazing soundtrack! It took me a long time to find this OST since most of the links I found were dead or incomplete.
I know I haven’t update or blog here for the longest time. But I will start to do it more often now. Because we all need good music in our life, right?
Anyway, since Christmas is near, I thought I would upload a few Christmas-y/wintery songs to get everyone in the mood.
Last Christmas – EXILE - As the name suggested, this is another rendition of the classic “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away.” Even though I’m used to hearing the English version, I was pleasantly surprise to find this version endearing as well. Really recommend to those of you who (like me) hardly listen to English music anymore.
Evergreen – DBSK – This is one of my most played song on my ipod as well as my iTunes. Firstly, Yoochun composed the song and Changmin wrote the lyrics.. so how can I not love it? The song is so touching and moving.. and like any of Changmin’s lyrics, it’s quite poetic.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – CSJH – First of all, CSJH deserves so much more love.. so I jump at every chance to advertise them. Their vocals are excellent. I thought the girls did a wonderful job with this song. Their accent wasn’t even very noticable.
Magic Castle – DBSK – Another DBSK. This song is from their earlier days.. oh now nostalgic. Even though I’ve tried very hard to erase the images of clothes they wore for their MV, I couldn’t… but the song is another the thing… It’s a very lovely song.. I just found out that it’s actually a cover, but I think the boys did a wonderful job (even though I haven’t heard the original yet – biased much? ^_^)
Snow Dream – SM Town – This song makes me happy. ^_^ The MV is really really cute too (check out that part when DBSK threw styrofoam balls at Junsu’s butt.. LOL).. I think I love almost all of SM Town’s songs but this is one of the favorites.
Shine – DBSK – Oke, this song probably doesn’t fall under the Christmas or the wintery group… but it was released during the fall last year when I was in Hawaii.. so listening to this song was probably the most wintery thing I did in Hawaii. LOL. But yea, this song get me into the holiday spirit… I don’t know why.
(And I’m sorry if my post seems… bland at the moment. I currently have about 8 firefox tabs open… another 8 Windows tabs.. my laptop screen is splits into half – one playing the Chinese drama Patriotic Knights and another is this blog. LOL.)
I’ve had this movie in my laptop for a month now… and I finally managed to finish it. And I must say, I <3 “Sukida”.
A black screen and a female voice narrating: “Yosuke, do you remember? I remember..” starts “Sukida” with the youthful days of the two main characters Yu & Yosuke. Yu, played by Miyazaki Aoi, has a crush on her classmate Yosuke, played by Eita. However, Yosuke seems to have taken an interest in Yu’s older sister, who just recently lost someone whom she loves dearly. Here is where our conflict begins.
“Yosuke worried about my sister. My sister, who smiled more often than before.” Don’t you just love the subtleness of that line? Anyway, the synopsis can be quite misleading.. because the story is much more than a love triangle.. actually it is not really. The scenes of Yu & Yosuke sitting by the floodgate as Yu sits idling by while Yosuke picks on his guitar, are my favorites. The guitar tune is quite lovely by itself.. and I’m disappointed that it wasn’t released into an OST or something similar.
The movie doesn’t have much dialogue and even when it does, it’s quite subtle. But I think there’s where the beauty of this movie lies in… the cinematography is exquisitely beautiful and the actors/actresses performances are superb. I don’t think Sukida is meant for everyone.. Some will find it dull, slow, and meaningless… But some, like me, will remember this movie for a long time…
