Asian Music Scene

[manu_bol]

Topics, issues, performances, and reviews on everything Asian music and musicians post here.


RP rock superband, Franco:

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[alien space bats]

they formed a rock superband but they're not a super rock band lol. they're great but not super, imo.

[b3lowzro]

probably one of the finest groups for the Asian Jazz scene

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[manu_bol]

they formed a rock superband but they're not a super rock band lol. they're great but not super, imo.

you're right... i interchanged the words... my bad :D

edited na...

[manu_bol]

indonesian artist, anggun

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[CKR13]

One of South Korea's premiere Pop Balladeer. Her music videos are dramatic and always entails a story.

This one's my favorite: GRACE


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[kaiziken_pinas]

All music in Asia is good.

Except the thing called K-shit.

[Phantim3dx]

All music in Asia is good.

Except the thing called K-shit.

k pop is horrible and too much plastic surgery.

[b3lowzro]

All music in Asia is good.

Except the thing called K-shit.

i hate to break your thunder but theres a shittier version k-pop, and its called P-pop

check this one, ill bet you'll laugh your brains out.
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PS

One guy there has a cameltoe :eek:

[rocketstar47]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTBq3YxPcNk

RIVERMAYA with Bamboo

[b3lowzro]

one of my favorite groups here manila. seen them a bunch of times in cubao x before the hipsters ruined its arts fartsy mood.

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i also saw these guys perform live in cubao x and la salle (during Ubreak), sadly they already disbanded.

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lastly, i love this song but I prefer the tagalog version.

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[bhinov]

i rarely listen to radio stations lately... i still go for Razorback, Wolfgang, and Grin Department. Sinosikat and Session Road are real good bands imo.

[kaiziken_pinas]

i hate to break your thunder but theres a shittier version k-pop, and its called P-pop

check this one, ill bet you'll laugh your brains out.
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PS

One guy there has a cameltoe :eek:

oh....crap.:eek:

*sigh* why can't people appreciate music that make sense like OPM and Classics (instrumental & Baroque)...?
Instead they listen to this pile of cow dung. -_-

[b3lowzro]

oh....crap.:eek:

*sigh* why can't people appreciate music that make sense like OPM and Classics (instrumental & Baroque)...?
Instead they listen to this pile of cow dung. -_-

we can't really question if people like shit, its sad 'cause P-Pop is just one of those genres of Original Pilipino Music that is trying hard to be "not filipino" and "not original" by emulating musical heritage of another country. Isn't ironic, the Pinoy Popular music is supposed to be those balladeer music (i.e Christian Baustista, Rachel Anne Go) yet those P-pop groups try to re-invent the genre by transplanting of Asian Pop (i.e K-pop, J-pop, Canto-pop or whatever).

[kaiziken_pinas]

we can't really question if people like shit, its sad 'cause P-Pop is just one of those genres of Original Pilipino Music that is trying hard to be "not filipino" and "not original" by emulating musical heritage of another country. Isn't ironic, the Pinoy Popular music is supposed to be those balladeer music (i.e Christian Baustista, Rachel Anne Go) yet those P-pop groups try to re-invent the genre by transplanting of Asian Pop (i.e K-pop, J-pop, Canto-pop or whatever).

right.

Groups like those are deviating and they look like laughingstocks (from a foreigner's point of view)

Filipinos are truly flexible and open-minded people. -_-

[b3lowzro]

right.

Groups like those are deviating and they look like laughingstocks (from a foreigner's point of view)

Filipinos are truly flexible and open-minded people. -_-

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anyway, we're not total rip-offs, check this girl group from cambodia :eek:

[kaiziken_pinas]

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anyway, we're not total rip-offs, check this girl group from cambodia :eek:

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no comment.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=indian+thriller&aq=0


I'd rather listen to this.

[eindhow]

Kpop is actually cool when you know the right singer/s and songs to listen to.. Wonder Girls are definitely the wrong ones..:p

Try listening to these ones and cut the Nobody crap:

In My Bed - Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FgHFH1WVrI

Rising Sun - TVXQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxK60hbX-s

Day by Day - Big Bang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8F7lDhbAM

Wedding Dress - Taeyang (Personal Favorite)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjcvasr-6o0

As for RP music, Cueshe..;)

Nah.. Anything Christian Bautista is great.. Old love songs always hit the right spot.. Ikaw Sana by Ogie Alcasid is an example..

You would notice that I'm a love song type of guy..:D though I'm a big fan of Urbandub.. \m/,

[CKR13]

I grew up listening to Filipino Folk Music and the artists I was fond of are Joey Ayala and Lolita Carbon as well as her band, Asin.

Joey Ayala = One of the best Folk Musicians in the Philippines.


http://www.thinkphilippines.com/pictures/ayala_joey.jpg


I have this album of Lolita Carbon:

http://www.ekaraokestore.com/images/products/large/%7BE93FDAC9-10D4-49AA-A1C6-28EE90D8634D%7D_CD-L012.jpg

[theImbaguy]

eheads ftw! i like wolfgang too,and my fav asian(non pinoy) group is nobuo uematsu's black mages, nubuo himself creates really good music

[ultimate_baller24]

Chavacano music from my Hometown!
(Spanish-based creole language)

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their New Music video will be release this week on MYX!:cool:

[alien space bats]

Chavacano music from my Hometown!
(Spanish-based creole language)

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there Myx video will be release this week!:cool:

taena, crush ko na siya...

:p

[dxjayrock2008]

Chavacano music from my Hometown!
(Spanish-based creole language)

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their New Music video will be release this week on MYX!:cool:



Viva Zamboanga! :):cool:

[dxjayrock2008]

1) Wolfgang - Man 98. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGEHPK3y2A&feature=related

2) Razorback - Munting Paraiso. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0P2Up11mM&feature=related

3) Queso - Enes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8G3G776uo&feature=related

4) Urbandub - First of Summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxBPHFu5W-M

5) Greyhoundz - Your puppet and clown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgm-QulUNto

[b3lowzro]

Asian and Latino Music Fusion scene:

Mondo Grosso - Life

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Mondo Grosso - Samba Gato

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Lisa Ono's version of Samba de Soho

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Fantastic Plastic Machine - Whistle Song

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Aquarela - O Lumapit ka (probably the best cover version of this song)

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Radioactive Sago Project - Mr. Pogi in Space

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Pinikpikan's cover version Sarung Banggi (to all those Uragons out there :) )

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[kerouac82]

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[b3lowzro]

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i love this song! :) Radioactive Fucking Sago Project is the beast!

[dxjayrock2008]

1) Chicosci - Paris. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lLvUT8otU

2) Sugarfree - Tulog Na. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXiYzH0b4Gg

3) Dicta License - Ang Ating Araw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8frmF0E22A

4) The Dawn - Enveloped Ideas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVCBJiZEQpw

5) Sandwich - Grip, stand, throw with Cheese Factor Set To 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO3xfRJ7_ZE

6) Kamikazee - Meron Akong Ano (feat. Chito Miranda, Ian Tayao, Reg Rubio). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wStWzpGo7Q

7) Gloc 9 - Walang Natira. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfCqTLmycns

[sinobball]

Can you find another singer 6'9''/205cm tall
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[Khalid80]

Can you find another singer 6'9''/205cm tall
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I'm sure Liu Yi Fei has something to do with this :D

[b3lowzro]

Can you find another singer 6'9''/205cm tall
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I know a dj who's 6'9

[dxjayrock2008]

Infected Mushroom (Official) (http://www.facebook.com/infectedmushroom) Infected Mushroom will be broadcasting the concert in Tel-Aviv this week online! Also on the line up: Balkan Beat Box, Astrix, VOID. Broadcast starts as of 22:00 Tel-Aviv time.

Go to the Ustream page: http://www.ustream.tv/superclasico

Also, feel free to join the facebook event!

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/162012_200334529982157_5700866_s.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200334529982157)

SuperClasico Live Presents: Infected Mushroom Live from Tel Aviv Webcast! (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200334529982157&ref=mf)
Location:Everywhere!!!!
Time:Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:00

[CKR13]

Guitarist Takahiro Matsumoto of B'Z wins a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

[kerouac82]

one of my favorite groups here manila. seen them a bunch of times in cubao x before the hipsters ruined its arts fartsy mood.

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i also saw these guys perform live in cubao x and la salle (during Ubreak), sadly they already disbanded.

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lastly, i love this song but I prefer the tagalog version.

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Wow. I didn't know Sound already broke up. I wasn't able to catch them in Cubao X before (and to think I've been a Cubao X denizen since 2007). Brokensauce last had a gig at Genre Bar last December, a Beatles tribute night, and the crowd, being mostly 40-somethings, was not exactly the hipster crowd for which Cubao X is now (in)famous.

(You know what? Hipsters are NOT the enemy. Tim Yap IS the enemy. See what happened after he was spotted hanging out at Mogwai?)

[dxjayrock2008]

Filipino-Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Peter Gene Hernandez aka Bruno Mars has won at the 53rd Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song "Just The Way You Are".

Live performance of Bruno Mars, Just The Way You Are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ujK7ojtUY&feature=related

[sinobball]

I'm looking for a song called "Narito Ako" by the Filipina singer Viktoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoria)

[b3lowzro]

I'm looking for a song called "Narito Ako" by the Filipina singer Viktoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoria)

its quite hard to find songs of Viktoria, all though I have heard of songs ago in a local MTV channel here, she doesn't really made an dent in the music scene.


Wow. I didn't know Sound already broke up. I wasn't able to catch them in Cubao X before (and to think I've been a Cubao X denizen since 2007). Brokensauce last had a gig at Genre Bar last December, a Beatles tribute night, and the crowd, being mostly 40-somethings, was not exactly the hipster crowd for which Cubao X is now (in)famous.

(You know what? Hipsters are NOT the enemy. Tim Yap IS the enemy. See what happened after he was spotted hanging out at Mogwai?)

Whut? I always hated that guy, good thing i never hang out in Mogwai back then. I never really went on for a barhop there in Cubao X, well me and friends would get invites from the gallery owners before (circa 2006-2007) to visit when ever there's a cocktail for the artists.

[dxjayrock2008]

I'm looking for a song called "Narito Ako" by the Filipina singer Viktoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoria)


She is simply known as The MTV Queen.

[kerouac82]

its quite hard to find songs of Viktoria, all though I have heard of songs ago in a local MTV channel here, she doesn't really made an dent in the music scene. [quote]

I can only find "To Be Near You" and "Dahan Dahan" on Youtube. I'm not sure if the Regine Velasquez "Narito Ako" is a Viktoria cover.

[quote]
Whut? I always hated that guy, good thing i never hang out in Mogwai back then. I never really went on for a barhop there in Cubao X, well me and friends would get invites from the gallery owners before (circa 2006-2007) to visit when ever there's a cocktail for the artists.

I knew people who had exhibits at Pablo. Big events with bands and booze. Mogwai was more or less where my band formed. We still go there after practice, but it's no longer the same Mogwai. BTW, do you know the "I Love You Store" in front of Mogwai? We call it Mo-Gay. :D

Genre Bar, though, is an entirely different world. Less of the artsy-fartsy people and more of the pedestrians.

[dxjayrock2008]

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Francis Brew Reyes
Hometown:Lipa City, Batangas
about:Guitarist; ex-NU107 jock; Roadrunner Network music arranger/composer; freelance music journalist/photographer.

EX-'ROCK STAR' & a musician forever.
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ex-NU107 Chief Announcer / Musical Director

Roadrunner Network Inc. Musical Arranger

Berklee-Online trained Jazz Guitarist

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GEARLIST:

guitars-
Variax 700; Hamer Vector; Hamer Standard; Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet; Yamaha LP400 Lord Player; Fernandes USA Custom APG85S with sustainer; no-name lap steel with onboard filter/fuzz. all strung with .011-.048/.049 gauge strings

effects-
Digidesign Eleven Rack w/ Roland FC300 MIDI Controller; Z Vex Fuzz Factory; Boss Dynamic Wah; MXR/Custom Audio Electronics Boost/Overdrive; Line 6 DL4 delay modeller; Visual Sound H20 echo/chorus; Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai; PlusE-Bow; M-Audio expression pedal

Zoom G9;Digitech Red Special;Korg KP-3 Kaosspad

amps--
Vox Valvetronix AD50VT; ZT Lunchbox (awesome amp!)

other--
Jim Dunlop XL Series Jazz III picks; Dunlop slides; Godlyke Power-All; Squier Bass; Yamaha vintage monosynth; Macbook; Line6 Toneport KB37; E-MU XK6 synth; M-Audio BX5a monitors; Xaphoon; Sennheiser e840 mic

Lumix LX3; Canon 5D Mk II.
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[dxjayrock2008]

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This radio station runs on pure labor of love for"EDM"(ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC). We are broadcasting with a local government permit as a FM community station from the city of Cavite, As we only have very few sponsors the costs of operating,maintaining and running the station can sometimes take its toll. But that will never stop us, Cause the driving force of the music that we love will always keep us going and moving forward. Our main objective is to educate the mainstream FM radio market about "EDM" and give our listeners different variety and sound. "FOR U RADIO 107.9 OUR MUSIC IS NOT JUST A CLUBBING THING, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE!!!™

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[dxjayrock2008]

Indie bands get the spotlight in The JD Set Philippines

By ANNIE S. ALEJO
February 18, 2011, 12:23pm
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Mr. Bones and the Boneyard Circus opened the Jack Daniel's The JD Set launch last Feb. 4 (Photo courtesy of JD Set)

MANILA, Philippines — It’s hard enough to make a mark in the music industry, even more so when you're an independent band. With physical album shares at a low and record bars closing shop, there’s an even bigger need to find other ways for both established and non-established bands to get their music out. The JD Set Philippines, spearheaded by Jack Daniel’s, gives indie bands a bit of a push with their latest effort to give some of them a real avenue to be heard.

The JD Set actually started in UP and Australia, and had reached the Philippines just last year. Kicking off the campaign with 13 underground bands—namely Black Manika, Blue Boy Bites Back, Cosmic Love, Freia, Fade into Oblivion, Jack VS the Crab, Kelevra, Mr. Bones & the Boneyard Circus, Paramita, Playphonics, Paranoid City, Stories of Now and Thy Holy Water—the Jack Daniel’s The JD Set held its first live event last Feb. 4 at B-Side, The Collective in Makati.

Each band played a quickset of two songs each to showcase their performance quality and determine audience impact. After the Feb. 4 launch, the 13 bands will move on to play longer sets scheduled on Feb. 18, Mar. 14 and 18, and April 1 in selected venues to showcase their versatility and composition, and ability to wow the crowd. And it would be the crowd that would determine where the bands go from there—during the live gigs, Jack Daniel’s will be asking the audience for their opinions regarding the band’s live performances.

According to Gabe Fajardo, brand manager of Jack Daniel's, “The JD Set Philippines is in search for seven best unsigned bands in the country. The seven lucky bands will be on tour for seven month in the JD Set Philippines and will receive massive exposure and promotions in the process.”
Once the lucky seven is chosen, Fajardo notes that the audience factor will still play a major role in that the bands’ photos would be put up on Facebook where fans would be able to “Like” their pictures. Voting will also be done on site during the bar gigs. Fajardo explained, “From the seven will rise a ‘Chosen One’ who will be awarded an entire year of support from Jack Daniel's plus 1-year artist support and bookings under the wing of Sonic Boom Philippines and an opportunity to participate as the country's representative in the next Jack Daniel’s Asian Event in 2012.”
Fajardo describes the 13 bands in the campaign as “very talented, creative, tight… and yes, they can rock!” Needless to say, while they all deserve the exposure, only one will prevail in the series and it would be their chance to bring their act to the next level. Fajardo also notes, “Our events are regional and global—as our brands grow locally, do does the support globally. Who knows where the next regional event will be?” As such, he encourages support for these hard-working bands.
In addition to The JD Set, the brand is holding a raffle that will give two people the chance to watch Good Charlotte and UrbanDub live in Bali, Indonesia at the Jack Daniel’s Music Festival on April 12-13. Each purchase of a Jack Daniel’s bottle qualifies as an entry until the promo ends in March 2011, for the April grand draw.

[CKR13]

Listened a lot to Utada Hikaru during the late 90's and all the way to the 2K decade. I'm waiting for her new album to be available in iTunes.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SOB42HhWXNU/SIGyqw9lQEI/AAAAAAAAAHM/5COHvCM_QBQ/s400/Utada-Hikaru-1.jpg

[eindhow]

Listened a lot to Utada Hikaru during the late 90's and all the way to the 2K decade. I'm waiting for her new album to be available in iTunes.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SOB42HhWXNU/SIGyqw9lQEI/AAAAAAAAAHM/5COHvCM_QBQ/s400/Utada-Hikaru-1.jpg

Love her song, First Love..:cool:

[dxjayrock2008]

Listened a lot to Utada Hikaru during the late 90's and all the way to the 2K decade. I'm waiting for her new album to be available in iTunes.



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SOB42HhWXNU/SIGyqw9lQEI/AAAAAAAAAHM/5COHvCM_QBQ/s400/Utada-Hikaru-1.jpg



I like the other one, Automatic.

[aaren253]

I think a lot of Asian countries have great singers but I also agree that Korea has a big music industry. DBSK, a K-pop group, has the biggest official fan club in the world with 800,000 members, more than American artists.

[jcbernardo]

Chavacano music from my Hometown!
(Spanish-based creole language)

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their New Music video will be release this week on MYX!:cool:

they're already on MYX?. wow, like a year ago i was the only Maldita de Zamboanga fan in the Tagalog Region :D. did they sing it in pure Chavacano de Zambo? it'll suck if they'll translate it.

[jerby]

Some of my fave pinoy artists


Son of Hotdog's main man . the boy is a musician/producer
Pasta Groove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRNOwY8DTM


Radio Active Sago Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-sa596CFDk

Cynthia Alexander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfzEe4HNSy4

Sheila and the Insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNHkGXD7a4&feature=related

Grace Nono
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIqnZsUDEvw&feature=related

Brown Beat All Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBpb7V7H-I

Noli Aurillo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXZbNMlizzc

Drip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCAk4u7kAq4&feature=related

taken By Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsojNvOm2r0&feature=related

the Camerawalls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPJi3AwmrVA&feature=related

Turbo Goth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUr0efiJwMY&feature=related

Nyco Maca + Playground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI699K7HYdc

Bembol Rockers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRNsP0hmUk

Coolie Dread and the Microphone Commandeers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNhLEnHGls&feature=related

Power Spoonz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kDzzGLxvw

Joey Ayala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQsJn0y6S0

Cog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tpq8vJqTSY

Affinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRbbK-jqSDs

[b3lowzro]

Some of my fave pinoy artists


Son of Hotdog's main man . the boy is a musician/producer
Pasta Groove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRNOwY8DTM


Radio Active Sago Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-sa596CFDk

Cynthia Alexander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfzEe4HNSy4

Sheila and the Insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNHkGXD7a4&feature=related

Grace Nono
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIqnZsUDEvw&feature=related

Brown Beat All Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBpb7V7H-I

Noli Aurillo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXZbNMlizzc

Drip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCAk4u7kAq4&feature=related

taken By Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsojNvOm2r0&feature=related

the Camerawalls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPJi3AwmrVA&feature=related

Turbo Goth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUr0efiJwMY&feature=related

Nyco Maca + Playground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI699K7HYdc

Bembol Rockers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRNsP0hmUk

Coolie Dread and the Microphone Commandeers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNhLEnHGls&feature=related

Power Spoonz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kDzzGLxvw

Joey Ayala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQsJn0y6S0

Cog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tpq8vJqTSY

Affinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRbbK-jqSDs

Pasta Groove, my friends has one of his mixtape and he's good :).

[ultimate_baller24]

they're already on MYX?. wow, like a year ago i was the only Maldita de Zamboanga fan in the Tagalog Region :D. did they sing it in pure Chavacano de Zambo? it'll suck if they'll translate it.

PORQUE VIDTO BE SENT TO MYX by VIVA RECORDS TOMORROW.......TO AIR ON EITHER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY THIS WEEK, GUYS, ETO NA...........................;) from their FB page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Philippine-Basketball/158350677514925#!/profile.php?id=100000195134509
they did it in Cha-Galog!:D although the chorus is still in Chavacano.! :)

[b3lowzro]

Joe Bataan's Ordinary Guy/Afro-Filipino

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[sinobball]

Do you guys in Philippines know about the Chinese pop singer Janice Vidal? I know you probably know Thia Megia or Maria Aragon.

[sinobball]

Anyone know who Sora Aoi is? (Although in the video it's SoLa Aoi, neither Chinese nor Japanese are good at distinguishing "l" and "r")

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I should honestly say I'm very impressed. The pronunciation isn't perfect, but I've heard Ayumi Hamasaki's Chinese songs and I thought she was singing in Korean. An "A" for effort for Aoi.


Japanese AV (adult video) actress Sola Aoi has made her debut as a singer -- in China.

The porn actress, who has built up a sizeable following in China in recent years, released "mai yu" (毛衣/ Sweater) yesterday via Chinese mobile phone networks and PC downloads sites.

Speaking to CNNGo, Aoi said, "I read language textbooks and listened to dialog CDs on my own. As for now, nothing new has been decided, but I’m willing to do something. I think I will visit China."

The song, sung in Mandarin, was recorded over two days with the help of an interpreter.

Read more: Sola Aoi goes from porn star to pop queen | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/av-star-sola-aoi-launch-pop-career-china-819054#ixzz1I1cihgRn
Pornography, BTW, is banned in China. Supposedly.

[eindhow]

Anyone know who Sora Aoi is? (Although in the video it's SoLa Aoi, neither Chinese nor Japanese are good at distinguishing "l" and "r")

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I should honestly say I'm very impressed. The pronunciation isn't perfect, but I've heard Ayumi Hamasaki's Chinese songs and I thought she was singing in Korean. An "A" for effort for Aoi.


Pornography, BTW, is banned in China. Supposedly.

It's in Chinese! Always loved her videos..:rolleyes:

[CKR13]

Listening to Stefanie Sun's New Album: "Its Time"


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Got it last night from the mail via Amazon. More Drama in the songs, unlike her previous albums.

[sinobball]

Her surname is actually spelled "Sng" as it is the Hokkien pronunciation of the Mandarin "Sun". But since her career is mostly in Mandarin the fans in Mainland/Taiwan used "Sun" to the Latinized audience.

Stefanie I believe is the most successful C-pop singer since the haydays of 90s and is the closest to the ranks of divas of Faye Wong, A-Mei, Na Ying, Sammi Cheng etc. (The interesting thing is that the best female C-pop singers after 2000 are all from Malaysia/Singapore: Penny Tai, Tanya Chua, and especially Fish Leong.) My favorite Singaporean female singer is Mavis Hee, however. I also like the up-and-comer Olivia Ong (she sings almost exclusively in English).

[sinobball]

I speak no Japanese, so if I can listen to these artists so can you :D

BENI (a.k.a. Beni Arashiro-Daniels): She's half-American and damn hot (speaks English with a Latina accent) :D Great voice for R&B but lacks versatility in her vocal techniques (too monotonous). Won't hurt to listen to just a few of her songs though.
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JUJU (don't know real name): A female singer based in NYC.
JAY'ED (a.k.a. Jade Goto): A half-Kiwi from New Zealand.
I watched the movie "April Bride" and this song is the only good part :D
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alan (a.k.a. Alan Dawa Dolma): A Tibetan girl from Sichuan, China. Pretty face and even prettier high-pitch sound. She lacks success in Japan primarily because of minor defects in pronunciation and enunciation, which is a damn shame. (she actually has the same problem in her Chinese songs). But as I know no Japanese I enjoyed all her J-pop songs :D
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JERO (a.k.a. Jerome White Jr.): A brotha from Pittsburgh, USA! You'd think he'll start rapping but uh-uh. The dude sings enka, which is very traditional Japanese (not really J-pop). He's 1/8 Japanese.
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Aoyama Thelma: 1/4 Trinidadian. Versatile voice.
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[CKR13]

My Favorite Rock-Ballad Band from South Korea: Boohwal


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[sinobball]

I think a lot of Asian countries have great singers but I also agree that Korea has a big music industry. DBSK, a K-pop group, has the biggest official fan club in the world with 800,000 members, more than American artists.Whether TVXQ (or however it's spelled, in China it's DFSQ, in Japan THSK, in Korea DBSK, I don't know where the T,V,X come from) has more fans worldwide than Justin Bieber is up for debate. But the point is well taken. Nowadays it's no longer unusual to see K-pop videos in the "most viewed" section of Youtube (in fact just a few hours ago it was an MV by "Beast"). There are K-pop fan groups all over the place, not just in E/SE Asia such as Philippines or China but also in Italy, Peru or even in the Arab world (I've seen websites). So what is so special about this K-pop thing that Chinese or Japanese or Filipino artists cannot match?

I find it intriguing but I figured it out. The other places find the artists (through talent search shows, contests etc.). The Koreans manufacture the artists. It's like sports; they train these boys and girls like China trains gymnastic athletes. No other places do it the way Koreans do, with music artists. Read the biographies. These young kids got recruited by companies like SM when they were just 12 or 13 and get "molded" into music superstars. They don'treceive trainings in just voice and dancing. One of the Chinese boys who was trained in Korea, Han Geng, is now a superstar back home and I've read his story. His years in Korea were rigorous to say the least. Years and years of hard hard training before you become an artist. He didn't get a single day off in 2 years and developed gastritis and kidney disease as a result (according to wiki).

You ever wonder how those Korean guys can rap so well in English when the majority of Koreans can't even speak the language? What about their Japanese songs? Do they just read the sounds in Korean characters, you think they'd top the Japanese charts this way? I've for example heard the Chinese songs by Wonder Girls and I was like how the heck could they sing the song without any accent or mispronunciation, when none of their members lived in the Chinese world before? Pick a Korean singer from one of those boy/girl groups and he/she will speak 3-5 languages despite never having lived abroad. Do Chinese or Japanese or Filipino singers get these trainings? I can speak for the Chinese, most singers sound horribly (I mean horribly) accented when they sing in another Chinese dialect (Mandarin vs. Cantonese)! And I haven't mentioned English or another language yet!

Japan remains the center of East and Southeast Asian music, and as such all the most popular K-pop groups have had at least ventured into this market. This is also interesting; Japan for some reason really likes to mix in English into their lyrics, but the majority of Japanese singers cannot sing in English. (Rather they sing in EngRRRRish.) Perfect for the trained Koreans to fill the hole (since the Chinese are equally bad if not worse than the Japanese). It's almost like one of the nightmarish sci-fi movies where the aliens are fully prepared at everything humans are bad at.

Someone also mentioned plastic surgery, I guess it's big in Korean entertainment but I don't really know. I do know Korea really does it like a competition. The government also limits the number of times a foreign artist can perform on their soil, giving further advantage to their own artists: their artists can top the charts in both Korea and Japan but Japanese singers can't have anything sold in Korea. (Actually this was also true of Taiwan's policy with Mainland artists not so long ago, but that was due to political reasons. The resulting situation today is most Taiwanese singers are huge in Mainland but Mainland singers are almost unknown in Taiwan. Even to this day only 2 Mainland artists have done well in Taiwan, divas Faye Wong and Na Ying, but I digress.)

At the end of the day, Korea's rigourous efforts of pushing their culture to the international scene with K-pop is really successful. You can't help but admire that. However, the downside is Korean artists seem to have a really high suicide rate. Every now and then I read news that a Korean artist killed him/herself. While I can't remember more than 1 Chinese artist who had done that (Leslie Cheung and ?)

In case you haven't figured it out, I don't listen to Korean artists. I guess I'm a little jealous. I sometimes wonder if a Chinese music video will show up on the "most viewed" section at Youtube had China not banned the site? But then I realize over 90% of today's C-pop is pure crap, so terrible that I have no choice but listen to other music like J-pop. Or Justin Bieber :D:D:D

[eindhow]

I really think that K-pop artists sing, dance, perform better than J-pop and T-pop.. With no offense meant.. JMO.. Maybe it is because of the hard training they undergo..

Discard the awful ones (Wonder Girls (nuff said), Girl's Generation (2 out of 9 can really sing, 1 can really dance.. They're just pretty), Super Junior (4 or 5 of the 13 can really sing, 3 could dance but nothing spectacular) and I can defend my case..

You will find it hard to see really good J-pop singers.. Even Utada Hikaru isn't that good vocally.. Yuna Ito is good..

F4 of Taiwan good.. Jay Chou's voice isn't that polished.. Compare Farenheit to TVXQ in terms of talent..

Not really familliar with C-pop so I won't comment..

[CKR13]

K-Pop was better in my day IMO (2001-2004). Now, I don't even know what artists are on K-Pop.

I have been listening to the following K-pop artists back then:

Jjang Nara
SG Wannabe
Dana
Lee So Young
Lee Hyo-Ri
Fly to the Sky
Wee Sung
Kwon BoA
Brown Eyed Soul
Kang Ta
Moon Hee Jun
Epik Fly
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For J-Pop:

Utada Hikaru
The Brilliant Green
Sound Horizon
Ringo Sheena
Takako Uehara
Namie Amuro
Yuki Koyanagi

Other Asian Artists that listened to:

Jolin Tsai
Coco Lee
Tata Young
Faye Wong
Stefanie Sun
Cynthia Alexander

[sinobball]

I really think that K-pop artists sing, dance, perform better than J-pop and T-pop.. With no offense meant.. JMO.. Maybe it is because of the hard training they undergo..

Discard the awful ones (Wonder Girls (nuff said), Girl's Generation (2 out of 9 can really sing, 1 can really dance.. They're just pretty), Super Junior (4 or 5 of the 13 can really sing, 3 could dance but nothing spectacular) and I can defend my case..

You will find it hard to see really good J-pop singers.. Even Utada Hikaru isn't that good vocally.. Yuna Ito is good..

F4 of Taiwan good.. Jay Chou's voice isn't that polished.. Compare Farenheit to TVXQ in terms of talent..

Not really familliar with C-pop so I won't comment..Completely agree with you, that's what I said.

Since you mentioned Fahrenheit let's review this performance to see how sad they are :D
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Taiwanese pop (including Fahrenheit or Jay Chou) is pretty much C-pop BTW. Unless you were referring to Thai pop by "T-pop". Hey Tata Young isn't bad.

[eindhow]

Completely agree with you, that's what I said.

Since you mentioned Fahrenheit let's review this performance to see how sad they are :D
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Taiwanese pop (including Fahrenheit or Jay Chou) is pretty much C-pop BTW. Unless you were referring to Thai pop by "T-pop". Hey Tata Young isn't bad.

HAHAHAHAHA that is crap..

So it is basically the same huh? C-pop and T-pop/Taiwanese pop..

Yeah Tata Young is good! Basically the only Thai pop artist I know..



I can tell you this: Filipinos are the best singers in Asia..

[eindhow]

K-Pop was better in my day IMO (2001-2004). Now, I don't even know what artists are on K-Pop.

I have been listening to the following K-pop artists back then:

Jjang Nara
SG Wannabe
Dana
Lee So Young
Lee Hyo-Ri
Fly to the Sky
Wee Sung
Kwon BoA
Brown Eyed Soul
Kang Ta
Moon Hee Jun
Epik Fly
BooHwal

For J-Pop:

Utada Hikaru
The Brilliant Green
Sound Horizon
Ringo Sheena
Takako Uehara
Namie Amuro
Yuki Koyanagi

Other Asian Artists that listened to:

Jolin Tsai
Coco Lee
Tata Young
Faye Wong
Stefanie Sun
Cynthia Alexander

Guess you got Epik High and their song Fly mixed up.. HAHA K-pop is still good but these new ones keep coming out and they are starting to make K-pop look like crap.. Good thing a lot of the better ones are still there..

I guess some of the guys here find weird or.....whatever that I know much about this.. HAHA hey I like this stuff! I've been telling this to anyone who reacts: Convert these songs to proper English and they might be better that those Billboard-topping songs..:rolleyes:

[sinobball]

HAHAHAHAHA that is crap..

So it is basically the same huh? C-pop and T-pop/Taiwanese pop..

Yeah Tata Young is good! Basically the only Thai pop artist I know..

I can tell you this: Filipinos are the best singers in Asia..Even the so-called "Taiwanese" language is a Chinese dialect after all, Hokkien or Southern Min. Not to politicize the issue; but most of the Taiwanese pop artists sing in Mandarin and actually spend most of their time on the Mainland.

Tata Young is also the only Thai pop name I know. Actually I checked out more than 10 other Thai artists at one time but their names are too long for me to remember :D Oh come to think of it I also remember the name Anna Jamp, I had downloaded a specific video of hers once upon a time but never listened to her music....:D

As of your last sentence: I gotta say all the Filipino female singers I had listened to were quite impressive. The guys.... not so much. :)

Whether K-pop is better than XXX is one's opinion; but no pure Asian artist will ever top the Billboard Charts. To this date, the most famous Asian singer in the US is still William Hung. Enough said. :(

[eindhow]

Even the so-called "Taiwanese" language is a Chinese dialect after all, Hokkien or Southern Min. Not to politicize the issue; but most of the Taiwanese pop artists sing in Mandarin and actually spend most of their time on the Mainland.

Tata Young is also the only Thai pop name I know. Actually I checked out more than 10 other Thai artists at one time but their names are too long for me to remember :D Oh come to think of it I also remember the name Anna Jamp, I had downloaded a specific video of hers once upon a time but never listened to her music....:D

As of your last sentence: I gotta say all the Filipino female singers I had listened to were quite impressive. The guys.... not so much. :)

Whether K-pop is better than XXX is one's opinion; but no pure Asian artist will ever top the Billboard Charts. To this date, the most famous Asian singer in the US is still William Hung. Enough said. :(

Ahhh, the Anna Jamp video..:D

Christian Bautista songs are the best!;)

Maybe the most famous Asians right now are Bruno Mars and Far East Movement..

[dxjayrock2008]

Ahhh, the Anna Jamp video..:D

Christian Bautista songs are the best!;)

Maybe the most famous Asians right now is Bruno Mars and Far East Movement..

I have their albums and their songs are awesome. :cool::)

[b3lowzro]

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[b3lowzro]

Ahhh, the Anna Jamp video..:D

Christian Bautista songs are the best!;)

Maybe the most famous Asians right now are Bruno Mars and Far East Movement..

well Bruno ain't pure Asian

[kerouac82]

Filipino jazz/funk

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[b3lowzro]

Towa Tei's Luv Connection, saw this one in MYX (filipino music channel) back in 2001 before they reformatted into a pop-centric channel.
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while scouring the youtube, I have found one of my favorite jazz cover bands, [re:jazz] from Germany with their own rendition of the same song but in jazz.

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[Khalid80]

This kid (Sungha Jung, born 1996) from South Korea is really awesome!

I just saw this for the first time....

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[sinobball]

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I'd say the band is really good.

However, if the Chinese translation of the lyrics on the video can be trusted, it's still a propaganda song ("Let's study, let's study, let's study for our motherland..."), though. China also has its good share of stuff like that but those songs quickly get forgotten. The music sounds familiar but can't remember from where.

[sinobball]

Malay girl sang in 3 languages, won inaugural "Asian Wave" contest

The talk of the town now in Malaysia isn’t about the new iPhone 5 anymore. It’s about a nice-looking Malay girl who won an international singing competition in China that brought her to fame and made Malaysia proud. She is Shila Amzah, and the news of her winning and her splendid performance in the competition are widely circulated from Facebook to news and even radio stations in Malaysia. Now, she no doubt emerged as a new rising Malaysian icon.

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I know pop music talent discovery is completely different from basketball scouting, because opportunities and luck are the biggest factors in pop music. But I think this girl definitely has what it takes to become the next Asian superstar, voice, looks and stage presence, all check marks. But I'm most impressed by her linguistic abilities. For someone who can't speak or understand Mandarin, her Mandarin pronunciation has to be the best I've heard, and trust me I've listened to a lot. (As comparison, Malaysian pop diva Siti Nurhaliza recorded some Mandarin songs but her pronunciation was unlistenable. Shila was singing live and sounded like a native speaker, completely commanding the songs after reportedly 1 month of practice. It's incredible.) We'll see how far this girl fares, I think far if she has good management. Malaysia has produced many singers popular in China, but all ethnic Chinese. This girl has a chance to become the first hijab-wearing one to break in the China market.

[Khalid80]

I know the global hype concerning PSY and his smash hit Gangnam style has been sensational but damn I think it's getting out of control if you guys have ever seen how many videos have been recreated from his clip...

Still though the crowds in South Korea are awesome especially in these recent concerts that took place at Korean universities!

Notes: Gangnam style became the most "liked" youtube clip with more than 3.2 million "likes" breaking the previous record that was held by LMFAO for their hit "Party Rock Anthem".

"Gangnam style" has also been viewed by almost 335 million viewers (as of today...1st October) but it still has a while to come close to the number 1 most viewed youtube video ever which belongs to Justin Bieber "Baby ft. Ludacris" and has almost 784 million views!!!
At the rate "Gangnam style" is being watched though I have no doubt that by the end of this year it should be able to overtake Bieber for the number 1 spot (if it remains to be viewed by at least 5 million viewers on a daily basis for the next 3 months).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQBklMocFo


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[sinobball]

Spent some good hours watched the last 7 episodes of the aforementioned "Asian Wave" show, even some established artists participating:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Wave_%28season_1%29

Not even the most popular singing contest show in China during the same time, but I really enjoyed it. As 2/3 of the judges speak Chinese it certainly can't be convincing for non-Chinese singers, but I'm not aware of any better contest show. Very refreshing to listen to judges commenting on songs in a language they don't understand, especially from non-Chinese speaking judges since 1/4 of the songs are in Mandarin (1/2 in English). Although music is supposedly trans-cultural, the judges must have the hardest job in the world, I mean how do you choose between Bollywood dance and K-pop dance without bias?

Which makes Shila Amzah's win the more impressive. I wonder if all judges are changed to Indian-speakers would she have lost? The other 5 finalists are all-Chinese speaking despite while less than half of the contestants are Chinese-speaking. But it's hard to say whether the judges' were intentionally biased. Meanwhile Japan's soul singer Emi Tawata would probably have been there if not for the anti-Japan rioters scaring her home. While I wanted Indian singers to have more success, I also can't see how you can sing a traditional Bollywood song to win a singing competition, although I think that Bhavin Dhanak guy is pretty good.

The 2nd best placed female singer Lau WanYin is also Malaysian. She one notch lower than Shila but still good (and decent-looking) enough to become a major star. I don't know what's in Malaysia's water or weather but China with 1.3 billion seem to get completely outcompeted by them in this regard, as I think I mentioned this before, half of the most popular C-pop female singers seem to come from Malaysia/Singapore. Not to mention they are almost all multilingual, e.g. this girl WanYin spoke fluent English and Mandarin on the show, was a Taiwanese Hokkien competition winner, and now she's singing in Malay in this contest:
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Brought the house down. I don't know whether Malaysia has a age-shaving problem but she was supposed to be born in 1996... As Korean judge Lee Min-woo said, if she were born in Korea, she'd be more popular than IU. No shit.

BTW despite a bunch of screaming K-pop groupies on the stands, all the manufactured K-pop artists (I mean boy groups) in this competition are all mediocre. (The solo singer Whee was good.) Yes you all can dance while rapping in American (some of them black?)-accented English just like the other 500 groups in your country but I'd prefer Shila's Manglish accent better, she sings it just like she speaks it. This is Asia after all. Gangnam Style's success is certainly impressive but can K-pop as a whole really invade America? I think not. Plus I don't think it's coincidence that a US-educated solo artist was the only one to break out in the U.S. while the highly promoted Wondergirls / Girls Generation etc. all failed. I'm so glad Malaysian judge Eric Moo called them out on the show. Now he's being crucified on youtube comments lol.


I know the global hype concerning PSY and his smash hit Gangnam style has been sensational but damn I think it's getting out of control if you guys have ever seen how many videos have been recreated from his clip...
I must have watched 30 by myself. It was fun, but after a month I kind of get tired when half of the Youtube frontpage is still GS.

One of the better videos is a Hitler Gangnam remix one, I was shocked when Mandarin showed up at the end.

[Ador Cruzado]

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creepy indeed. but good!

[Khalid80]

I must have watched 30 by myself. It was fun, but after a month I kind of get tired when half of the Youtube frontpage is still GS.

One of the better videos is a Hitler Gangnam remix one, I was shocked when Mandarin showed up at the end.

Yeah I liked that Hitler remix one :p

Now with his ongoing concerts in South Korea PSY managed to have a concert in Seoul where more than 80,000 fans showed up! His youtube video also surpassed 410 million this morning (October 9)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixsn81SqU6E

[sinobball]

^ While 80,000 fans is scary, you have to consider the fact that this concert was free, so from an East Asian standpoint it's just "OK". Just this year, Taiwanese band Mayday had like a 200,000-fan not-for-free concert in Beijing's Bird Nest (2008 Olympic's main stadium) (http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/mayday-performs-for-200000-fans-in-china). Of course, unlike PSY, nobody would recognize them outside of the Chinese-speaking world. I think Japanese band GLAY had even bigger crowds. I do wonder, how many fans Indian or Bangladeshi bands/artists attract in concerts, considering their population.

[Ador Cruzado]

while asian bands/artists were awesome gathering crowds in their home country, american band metallica gathered crowds numbering more than a million in one concert in russia right after/during the cold war. That is how the cold war was won. hehe

[Khalid80]

^ While 80,000 fans is scary, you have to consider the fact that this concert was free, so from an East Asian standpoint it's just "OK". Just this year, Taiwanese band Mayday had like a 200,000-fan not-for-free concert in Beijing's Bird Nest (2008 Olympic's main stadium) (http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/mayday-performs-for-200000-fans-in-china). Of course, unlike PSY, nobody would recognize them outside of the Chinese-speaking world. I think Japanese band GLAY had even bigger crowds. I do wonder, how many fans Indian or Bangladeshi bands/artists attract in concerts, considering their population.

Hehe the thing is when you live in countries where the total populaton doesn't exceed 10 million when you hear 80,000 you're quite amazed :p But I guess for countries like China, Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, (no idea about concerts in India), etc... such figures are might not be so impressive.

Note: The biggest crowd ever in Lebanon was actually after the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Harriri in 2005 where it was reported that there was more than 1 million people down in Martyr's square even though the total population of Lebanon is close to 4 million.

[weward]

watch this video to see how 'gangnam style' could be dangerous..lol
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[weward]

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[sinobball]

http://static.music.cbc.ca/v2/blogs/images/33/33597/Wanting_16x9_620x350.jpg
This chick, not all that good looking, came out of nowhere to take China by storm in 2012, having a triple platinum album which is unheard and unthinkable of a newcomer. In Maylaysia she stayed at top of the charts for months. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore same story.

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