I was introduced to this track by my eldest sister. She often listens to Chinese songs when we were growing up and did introduced a few hits that stuck in my head. A-Yue (Chang Chen-yue) hails from Taiwan and performs in a band named Free Night. Chang is a Taiwanese aborigine of the Amis people. […]
Now we travel back into my time when I was introduced to this video and track. I am aware of this Taiwanese girl band but never payed too much attention to them as I mostly listen to english songs. I was fortunate to be in McLaren House which is the student accommodation in London South […]
Can’t believe the weekend is near and I just recall that I watched James Morrison perform in Live & Loud KL in 2007 (A 10 Day Musical Festival). I can’t believe I missed this from my original list of Artists I Have Watched. His song You Give Me Something was a frequently played on the […]
Another Malaysian artist from my childhood, this song is Evening News by Jason Lo. It can be heard over and over on the local radio. It is one of the singles from his Debut Solo Album Day without Dawn released in 1999. This song was no 1 in the local English charts for 7 weeks. […]
Another nostalgic moment and this song by Man Bai translates to You Are My Inspiration. I can recall precisely when I first heard this song but it was one of those that instantly become my favourite. It even made it to my wedding playlist. According to Wikipedia, the original song was written in 1993 and […]
Hijau means “Green” and this song celebrates nature. Zainal Abidin is a Malaysian singer born in the state of Johor. He started out his musical career in a band before equally having a successful solo career which included performances in Japan and globally. I never trully appreciated the beauty of the lyrics until I was […]
Listening to this song brings me back in time when I was a student in Penang Free School. It was the official theme of the 1998 Commonwealth Games hosted in the capital of Malaysia. I was not fortunate enough to have been in the games or witness the opening ceremony. It did however gave me […]
Another week has passed which drawn me to the lyrics of the song when it states “So Little Time, So Much To Do”. The song was released in 1997 when I was in secondary school in Penang Free School. I can’t exactly recall when was the first time I heard the song but it has […]
Another hit when I was living in Hamburg Germany. Peter Fox debuted with his single in 2008 which charted number 4 in Germany. The title of the song translates as “Everything New” and looking up the lyrics seems to refer to re-inventing oneself. He is now new to the music world as he is part […]
The year was 2009 and I just relocated to Hamburg, Germany from Southampton, United Kingdom. This song keeps looping on MTV in my small apartment. I first thought it was some American band but to my surprise it was a Swedish group. Mando Diao was founded in 1999 and remains active today. The song was […]