Lee Hom, Jay Chou, David Tao and Harlem yu
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Among these R&B * Tian Wang * Male singer + talented composer, who is your most supporting one. Please choose your favourite and give us your reason :
Lee Hom
David Tao
Harlem Yu
Jay Chou
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I would select David Tau .
It is because many songs of him are attracted me. -
Leehom...
he got his own style, and he dun only do R&B.. his music is interesting and can feel his feeling and thinking in his music.
and of course.. he got the built and look~
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David Tao is my choice. The definitive of a R&B pioneer in Chinese music scene. Alex To did have R&B elements in his music earlier than David, but to me, he is more like a disco king hehe...
I much prefer LeeHom in his earlier days, with "Qing Di Bei Duo Fen", "Ru Guo Ni Ting Jian Zhen Shou Ge", etc...But then, his music was not recognised until around the "Gong Zhuan Zhi Zhuan" album. That is when he started to become commercialised... sigh..
Jay Chou is not totally R&B, but he is pretty talented. Though I admit I can't understand a single word he mumbles unless I look at the lyrics hehe. But again, who can mumble like he does?
Harlem is not R&B, and again, I much prefer his older songs like "Rang Wo Yi Ci Ai Ge Gou" and "Gai Bian Suo You De Cuo". His popularity dipped after that though, and he switched to hosting, and occasionally releasing songs like "Kao Jing", "Qing Kai Chuang" which were not bad, but did not make him really popular until "Qing Fei De Yi". Before the song, his nomination in awards were always the "supporting role" - good enough to be nominated, but yet not good enough for the award that kind. So the Best Male award is sort of long overdue, I guess.. -
Jay Chou
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i dun have a favourite
i equally xing shang the 4 of them
each has his talent, style and ability to please
jia you~!
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~*~~~ To the world, you may mean nothing
but you mean the world to me ~~~*~ -
Jay jay jay...
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Harlem Yu is not really that gud lah...lee hom wins the voice and looks...david wins everyone's vote with 1 song ...and jay get the popularity because he compose the songs(also composing for other star)
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Please explain what you mean by "david wins everyone's vote with 1 song".
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Jia you ! Jia You !
Keep on your opinion and voting for who is your R & B fovourite singer ?
Lee Hom , David Tao , Jay Chao or Harlem Yu.
Perhaps Harlem Yu should be replaced by Alex Du De Wei , right , after some guy outthere say Harlem not sing R&B songs.
Never mind, just vote among them five.
R&B is one of the widest music element in the world. -
well...just my opinion only..people like him is coz "ai hen jian dan" larr. then people start saying they like him,the other song was so so lah.Originally posted by Hajime:Please explain what you mean by "david wins everyone's vote with 1 song". -
HARLEM!
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keep voting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
Of Course it is David Tao...really like his songs and his boyish looks...at least he is the type that dun really go for fame but does what he enjoys most...
David david is my forever R&B No 1 choice. Cheers to him.... -
Lee Hom's spiderman movie sound track nice or not? Anyone heard it? -
i havent really hear the whole thing yet, but caught a glimpse of him recording it, i think 'I yu le' was showing. heard bits n pieces of the thingy
seems kinda cool
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~*~~~ To the world, you may mean nothing
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Sometime become a singer needs both talent and luck.
Among the singers in Taiwan, Hong Kong ,China , Singapore and Malaysia , those who have both talent( shi li ) and luck and become famous just limited to a few people, let me pointed out :
Tsun Yan Tze,( luck )
Jay Chou ,(talent & luck )
Ah Mei ( talent & luck )
F4 ( luck )
Tao Jing Ying ( luck )
Edison ( luck )
Those who have working very hard since many years ago and recently become very famous as well because of luck and talent are :
Faye Wong ( talent and luck )
Sammy Cheng ( talent and Luck )
Lee Hom ( talent and luck )
Eason ( talent )
Xu Zhi An ( talent )
Sandy Lam ( talent and luck )
Zhang Xin Zhe
Harlem Yu
Those who until nowaday eventhough they got talent but still couldn't get famous :
Sky Wu
David Tao
Julia Pang
Xu Lu Yun
You Hong Ming
Xu Mei Jing
Su Yong Kang
Tanya Chai
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Personal comments on those whom you feel have got talents but no luck: (long message, you'll need patience to finish it)
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-Sky Wu-
Hit the scene with his debut album "Ai Yao Zen Me Shuo" in 1989. In fact, he was one rare case of a Taiwanese singer who gained his popularity overseas (in this case, Singapore) before he was accepted by the Taiwanese fans (PS: does that mean that fans in the 80s/90s had a mind of their own rather than those nowadays?). Anyway, all his zhu da songs hit the peaks of local charts, esp the "Te Bie De Ai Gei Te Bie De Ni" album. Was firm with his principle of releasing materials only when he was satisfied with it, which means one album a year. With the birth of his child, he mellowed considerably as seen in "Xin Dong Le". Had since reclused much to his own world and released an album on an on-off basis. Last seen as an audience in Golden Melody awards.(One can't say that he was not popular before, he was pretty hot stuff back then. Perhaps some fans were not old enough to witness it then?)
-David Tao-
1st album did not catch much heat, listeners only knew of "10.30 airport", until the popularity of "Ai Hen Jian Dan" caught on with the listeners (weird case this one, coz there was no publicity of this song on the record company part, but the song just became popular out of the blue). Not much news after his 2nd album, and fans could only appease their hunger pangs for him by listening to his "offspring" - Tension. But still, nothing like the real stuff from the Master.
-Julia Peng-
"Jiu Meng" threw her into the limelight, and suddenly retro was everywhere. Stepped on her own foot after venturing into unknown territory with "Qiao Qiao Wo De Tou". She is no Tanya, mind you. People still prefer to listen to her singing the ballads like "Zou Zai Hong Tan Na Yi Tian" and "Xiang Jian Hen Wan".
-Valen Hsu-
Valen released "Tao Hao" without much fanfare, but with "Lei Hai", Boom! Yun style singing became the "in" thing. Had a lot of successes with follow-ups like "Ru Guo Yun Zhi Dao" but after she changed company, the heat just died down. Heard her company was seriously affected by retrenchment, so maybe that's why there was not a lot of publicity for her releases. Pity, "Zhi Shuo Gei Ni Ting" was nice. Now into drama acting.
-You Hong Ming-
"Lian Shang Yi Ge Ren" is his most famous song, I guess? "Wu Yue De Xue" was not bad too, but listeners just couldn't warm up to him much. "Lian Shang Ning Yi Ge Ren" would be a good song if not for the snippets of "Lian Shang Yi Ge Ren". Totally unnecessary and spoil the song!
-Mavis Hee-
"Ming Zhi Dao" introduced her to local listeners. Hit Taiwan with "Yi Han". Sang many drama serials' theme songs. "Cheng Li De Yue Guang" was perhaps the song which most locals really love, because it was a really heart-warming song. Wrote a song (hope I got my facts right) "Ji Tuo" which Zheng Zhan Lun sang, but after that she took it back to sing to good effect. However, "Hong Yan" was a poor effort.
-William So-
HE WAS POPULAR!! KTV songs KING! "Nan Ren Bu Gei Rang Nu Ren Liu Lei" hit everywhere. Hit another high with "Yue Wen Yue Shang Xin". Many memorable songs in between too, like "Jiu Ai Hai Shi Zui Mei" and "Ru Guo Zhe Shi Wo Ai Zui Hao De Ju Li". Pity his music not variety enough, but I guess it's better for him to stick to what he does best...
-Tanya Chua-
Tanya started out as the female version of Wu Bai with her angst-filled compositions, and did a admirable job composing for other singers too. However, her works mellowed and lost much of her angst after she met with her boyfriend (Buppo?). Still, her talents are still out there for all to see, especially with the recent nomination in Golden Melody. She might not have won it, but at least one know that she was really nominated for good composition, not just there to fill up a vacancy.
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Ok, apologies for the long para, but just need to justify certain things : Not popular now does not mean was never popular before.
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Thank Hajime :
Actually what you had said were true.
Some of them gained the popularity and fame before but that was because one or two of their songs are good, like Sky Wu - " fen Xian" , " xin dong le" ...... , but after that not many people remember them.
Let say between Fave Wong and Mavis Hee, once their names are being mentioned , most people would have had a immediate thought of Faye Wong rather then Mavis Hee.
However, those who are in The third category actually can overcome those in secong and first categories , but they are lack of luck. Anyway , the above list were concluded based on the trends of anually chart songs over Hong Kong, Taiwan, China , Singapore and Malaysia. They might be incomplte, just for sharing and disccusing. -
I would say David Tao...He has a more easy and natural style and lets not forget he helped kickstart "Tension" as well... Anyone in the business would know how difficult it is to produce and conceptualise an album...
HIs style is the also the least contrived of the four. Lee Hom has a terrible way of singing sometimes which marred the presentation of the song. Sometimes his musicianship as well as music accompaniment for certain songs overshadow his singing... Less is more for his case. Harlem Yu tries to hard sometimes and has too much of a nasal quality to his voice. I think Yin Yue jiao Fu (roughly translated as the maestro of music for Taiwan) is too hyperbolic and overrated. Jay Chou has a very unique style and I would give him credit for his composing talent.. but what is the point of singing when you don't hear the lyrics sometimes.
I wouldnt call anyone above a tian wang actually. -
r & b alex to not considered ar?
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Tao Tze seems to be most people favourite singer in the side . How about Jay Chou ?
Can he overcome David Tao ?????
Anyway keep voting !
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I support David Tao! It's not true that he's got talent and no luck. His second album sold 500,000 copies for your information. And his year, when he released his album, it sold more than 200,000. Sigh, i guess pirarcy is the reason for the downfall. Anyway, You Hong Ming is quite good too. I do support him but I love David Tao more! You Hong Ming's album Lian Shang Ling Yi Ge Ren sold more than 100,000. Please note that i got these statistics from Lianhe Zaobao. And also note that not many people can sell more than 100,000 albums nowadays in Taiwan.
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Just to add on...the report tat u took from the lianhe zaobao was actually taken from a newspaper report in taiwan.
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Originally posted by nicky-ngan:Sometime become a singer needs both talent and luck.
Among the singers in Taiwan, Hong Kong ,China , Singapore and Malaysia , those who have both talent( shi li ) and luck and become famous just limited to a few people, let me pointed out :
Tsun Yan Tze,( luck )
Jay Chou ,(talent & luck )
Ah Mei ( talent & luck )
F4 ( luck )
Tao Jing Ying ( luck )
Edison ( luck )
Those who have working very hard since many years ago and recently become very famous as well because of luck and talent are :
Faye Wong ( talent and luck )
Sammy Cheng ( talent and Luck )
Lee Hom ( talent and luck )
Eason ( talent )
Xu Zhi An ( talent )
Sandy Lam ( talent and luck )
Zhang Xin Zhe
Harlem Yu
Those who until nowaday eventhough they got talent but still couldn't get famous :
Sky Wu
David Tao
Julia Pang
Xu Lu Yun
You Hong Ming
Xu Mei Jing
Su Yong Kang
Tanya Chai
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Talent, luck and looks.