macdawn
11-29-2002, 01:49 PM
Yeah, I know, that is like really old news.... But hey I was running through some old 8-Days magazine, and I happened to come across this review of Fantasy. (Come on, that was BEFORE I fell madly in love with Jay.... so you can't blame me for not putting this into my news clipping collectiions! But it is going in there now, and I think it will take really special place in my heart....)
I dunno how to describe it, but after I read this article, I kept thinking about 'An Qing'. I supposed the person reviewing this album had really describe how I felt when I first heard this album....
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Source: 8-Days
Album of the week
FANTASY
JAY CHOU
At the risk of sounding like a himbo, I'll 'fess up: I fell right smack in love with Jay's new styling. The brooding Southpark-like hooded close-up on the cover; the mischievious black-clad Ninja in the accompanying photo-album; and most of all, the last two pics where he looks sultrily sexy with his shirt off, buffed-up bod gleaming with sweat.
Err, so what about the music then? I heard you ask. Thankfully, Jay's talented enough to escape the "Sophomore curse" that befalls so many newcomers with brillant debuts. Yes, there are definitely trances from the first album that established him as the new R&B/Hip Hop prince after David Tao.
But instead of turning one off like a worn-out groove, his current material - entirely self-composed - is still fresh enough to energise the most jaded listener: his Gen-Y cool effortlessly lifts 'Ninja' and 'Nunchako' (Shuang Jie Gun) above the run-of-the-mill mindless rap, and his home-boy angst is unusually touching in 'Dad, I'm Back', a chilling track about family violence.
Most of all, what I like best about Jay is the palpable sense of raw hontesy in his ballands: 'Love B.C.' and 'Quiet'. The latter is especially moving in revealing his unrequited love, warts and all. It's the kind of song that one can only write, and sing when one is very young and when love still hurts like never before. Best savoured late at night.
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MacDawn's Footnote:
I think it is really ture.... I supposed the main reason why Quiet can touch is because it touched a part of us that used to love unconditionally, and was hurt so deeply in this cruel game called love....
Man, I hate it when I get so mushy.... But I thought this article was worth a mention....
I dunno how to describe it, but after I read this article, I kept thinking about 'An Qing'. I supposed the person reviewing this album had really describe how I felt when I first heard this album....
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Source: 8-Days
Album of the week
FANTASY
JAY CHOU
At the risk of sounding like a himbo, I'll 'fess up: I fell right smack in love with Jay's new styling. The brooding Southpark-like hooded close-up on the cover; the mischievious black-clad Ninja in the accompanying photo-album; and most of all, the last two pics where he looks sultrily sexy with his shirt off, buffed-up bod gleaming with sweat.
Err, so what about the music then? I heard you ask. Thankfully, Jay's talented enough to escape the "Sophomore curse" that befalls so many newcomers with brillant debuts. Yes, there are definitely trances from the first album that established him as the new R&B/Hip Hop prince after David Tao.
But instead of turning one off like a worn-out groove, his current material - entirely self-composed - is still fresh enough to energise the most jaded listener: his Gen-Y cool effortlessly lifts 'Ninja' and 'Nunchako' (Shuang Jie Gun) above the run-of-the-mill mindless rap, and his home-boy angst is unusually touching in 'Dad, I'm Back', a chilling track about family violence.
Most of all, what I like best about Jay is the palpable sense of raw hontesy in his ballands: 'Love B.C.' and 'Quiet'. The latter is especially moving in revealing his unrequited love, warts and all. It's the kind of song that one can only write, and sing when one is very young and when love still hurts like never before. Best savoured late at night.
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MacDawn's Footnote:
I think it is really ture.... I supposed the main reason why Quiet can touch is because it touched a part of us that used to love unconditionally, and was hurt so deeply in this cruel game called love....
Man, I hate it when I get so mushy.... But I thought this article was worth a mention....