Random Memories of my "Taiwan Entertainment" Days....

I saw this video when I was on YT searching for the latest Jacky news and just had to blog about it.  The video is a short 8 minute segment about some of Taiwan's previous generation 實力派 male singers.  It starts by talking a little about Jacky's appearance at Harlem's concert, then segues into a few of the hit Mandarin songs that Jacky did (loved the video segments!).   There is some commentary about Jacky's career (his peak was in the 90s) and how he was dubbed the "God of Song".  After that, it goes on to some other Taiwan male singers of the 90s who were truly talented and had quite a few hit songs in their careers -- the 2 that the video talked about in particular were Phil Chang and Jeff Chang (it's funny how all 3 of them happen to have the surname "張"...lol!)....

Anyway, watching the video (although it was very short and only showed snippets of the videos/songs) brought back memories of that time years ago when I was really into Taiwan entertainment.  It was during the late 90s / early 00s when I started losing interest in TVB because I was so disappointed with them, so I turned to other countries (still keeping somewhat in tune with HK entertainment, but not as closely as before).  Since I do not like to "follow" entertainment from countries where I don't understand the language, my only choices at that point where to follow Taiwan entertainment, mainland China entertainment, or Hollywood...the obvious choice for me was Taiwan entertainment, since I was already familiar with alot of the people -- plus I had taken Chinese classes in college for the purposes of learning Mandarin (so I can read Chinese newspapers, books, and understand the language completely).   So I started watching more Taiwan series and also listening to songs from Taiwan artists -- that's sort of how I amassed my collection of Mandarin songs that I like (outside of Jacky's Mando songs of course). 

I liked a few of Jeff's songs (like 2 to 3) and he's not bad as a singer.  But I liked Phil Chang more though -- probably because the way he sings is very unique (he has that deep voice that is perfect for love ballads) and very hard to imitate -- some have tried, but failed miserably in my opinion because they over-exaggerated (like they would "slur" their words really heavily in order to imitate his singing...I personally don't feel that Phil slurs his words, as I am able to understand everything he sings...I think his method is just unique and not everyone understands it).    Not only are his songs good (most are written by his wife and himself), he's also one of the few Taiwanese artists to truly become popular and make a name for himself in HK (illustrated by the fact that he won a few awards at the HK music award ceremonies, which are known for being rigged in favor of their own artists).  In my opinion, it's well deserved because not only can he sing well with alot of emotion, he also is a 'creative' artist who composes and writes his own songs. 

Watching this short video makes me want to go back and listen to all my Mandarin songs again (plus the Jacky ones)...true, it's only 8 minutes, but it sure brought back memories!





Source:  完全娛樂

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