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作者: 痞子 时间: 2004-7-25 11:21 标题: 2004-07-25/ 一段關於小陶&MEL的報導(英文)

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/hey/0,4133,Hey-1061913540,00.html

They're just friends now
By Chang May Choon

THE relationship may have ended, but the questions have just begun.

We're talking about former lovers, singers David Tao and Melody Liu.

Though the two claim to still be friends, we can't help but ask them about each other.

After all, they were a couple for four years - he was already a singer, while she was studying at University of California at Los Angeles - before splitting up in 2001.

David, who is hailed as the founder of Chinese R&B, even penned a song named Melody last year.

It became such a hit that Melody, who was in the midst of preparing her own album then, soon became popularly referred to as 'David Tao's ex'.

Now that they have both released their albums at about the same time, it's inevitable that their names would hit headlines together again.

When Melody, 24, held a press conference to launch her album in June, the ever-so-supportive David, 34, sent her flowers bearing a loving note: 'I'm proud of you!'.

When he was photographed with a woman known only as Joanna, reporters had to get Melody's two cents worth (she was clueless though) on the 'new' girl.

And when David staged his first concert in Hong Kong recently, no prizes for guessing who the press asked him to invite to watch the show (she didn't turn up, apparently because she was busy).

Last week, this reporter did the natural thing: Ask the two stars about each other in two separate interviews, David over the phone and Melody when she was here to perform at the Zpop concert.

Neither froze or clammed up when the dreaded other half was brought up.

But they both gave vague replies and kept emphasising that they are 'just friends' now.

'SHE IS IMPORTANT TO ME'

David went as far as to admit that Melody is 'an important person in my life', but stressed that he hopes 'people will accept her as she is, and not always linked to me'.

Melody sighed aloud at one point and sounded a little miffed, but admitted: 'When I heard the song (Melody), I knew I'd have to face the media and all the questions about us, so the best thing to do is to be honest.'

Indeed.

So here's their respective take on each other, and other topics like love and music:

Why they broke up:

David: 'Personal reasons.'

Melody: 'When two people have been together for a really long time, there's no singular reason for breaking up. Life is short. We just move on and continue in different paths.'

Their relationship:

David: 'She's an ex-girlfriend, and now a very good friend. I was with her for a really long time, and our relationship and friendship is all part of my growth.'

Melody: 'We were dating before, but now we're just friends. As with all relationships, it has taught me a lot. We had a great time.'

Being 'David Tao's ex':

David: 'It's extremely unfair to her. People should start focussing on her and not my relationship, or now, friendship with her. It's her career.'

Melody: 'The choice wasn't mine. The relationship is already in the past, but a lot of people are still very concerned about us, so I try to be honest and straightforward when they ask me. I'm okay with all questions.'

Why he wasn't roped in to help in her album:

David: 'We've talked about it before, but she never wanted my help, or for me to get involved. She wanted to be independent.

'But I've heard her album and she did a very good job. Her vocals and singing really impressed me. She's worked very hard for the album, and I'm very happy for her.'

Melody: 'I'm signed to Forward Music, and I totally trust my company in making decisions for me.

'Even when we were dating, we were very independent of each other. He had his thing, and I had my thing.'

Current love status:

David: 'I'm too busy to date. Joanna (rumoured to be his new flame) is a friend.

'It's one of the rare occasions when I go out, and I get 'caught' on camera. Even if I were to go out with any girl, they'd (the media) say it's my girlfriend.'

Melody: 'I'm single now. (chuckling) But I'm in love with my album!'

Ideal partner:

David: 'Most important is independence. She must have her own mind and a sense of self.'

Melody: 'Someone honest and sincere. And a little taller than me. I'm 1.7m.'

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Too busy to keep in touch?

HE is juggling album promotions and a concert tour, while she is busy gaining a foothold in the Chinese music scene.

No wonder lovers-turned-friends David Tao and Melody Liu have not kept in contact since.

'We're both very busy and we don't really talk that often,' Melody told The New Paper.

In town to promote her debut album, Love's Melody, and to perform at the Zpop concert, the American-born star appeared to be a really sweet girl.

Smart too, considering that she holds a double-major degree in international relations and political science.

LOVE FOR MUSIC

So why did she uproot herself from her hometown Los Angeles - away from her family comprising her government official father, accountant mother, two sisters and a brother - to brave the Chinese pop scene in this part of the world?

'I've always loved music and singing, and to pursue a dream is a chance of a lifetime,' she said.

Melody is groomed by showbiz veteran Chang Hsiao-yen, who offered her a music contract last August.

She said her life is 'very boring' now.

'It's just centred around work. I'm very busy with promotions, then I go home to sleep. But it's worth it because I'm doing what I like.'

Meanwhile, David is back in Taipei to promote his latest best hits album, Ultrasound, after staging three 'tiring, yet rewarding' concerts in Hong Kong two weeks ago.

He recalled having bigwig guests like Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, Stephen Fung and Gigi Leung popping backstage to say hi.

What about Melody?

'I was hoping she could come, but I knew she was busy,' he said, with a hint of regret.

His next stop is Malaysia mid next month, then Taiwan, followed by Singapore in December.

Love's Melody and Ultrasound are both out in the stores

Story Index

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Moore plays house with new beau
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Yet another Korean love triangle

[ Last edited by 朽鸭 on 2004-11-23 at 10:43 ]

作者: elain-wang 时间: 2004-7-25 11:37

总有一种感觉即使DAVID找到很好的伴侣，MELODY也是他生命中不可磨灭的一段记忆。没有人会替代她在DAVE心中的位置。

作者: 心悟 时间: 2004-7-25 12:03

看完了这片文章以后，我觉得哲不应该和Melody分手，毕竟一起度过了生命中美好的时光，为什么不能一起走下去呢？

作者: bearsister 时间: 2004-7-25 13:29

在一起太久真的会没有感觉了么？总觉得他们之间应该是发生过什么事情，才会分手的。。。。。。。。。汗，这样乱猜测好象很不道德。。。。。。。。。

作者: 朱新蕊 时间: 2004-7-26 00:58

看不懂，有没有人可以翻译一下~~~~~~~~~~~~~

作者: donot 时间: 2004-7-26 02:34

David went as far as to admit that Melody is 'an important person in my life', but stressed that he hopes 'people will accept her as she is, and not always linked to me'.

David: 'It's extremely unfair to her. People should start focussing on her and not my relationship, or now, friendship with her. It's her career.'

啊~能讲得出这样的话的男人，真好~

他们对于同一个问题的说法，口吻还蛮一致的嘛~
两个思想独立的人，分手了就是分手了，当初的分手，肯定是郑重思考过的。
既然分手了，那就等于过了有效期限了，当然不能再一起啦~
其实我们说这么多都没有啊！这就是每个人对于爱情的不同观点啊！不是吗？

Stephen Fung是谁啊？

作者: 绝世魔法 时间: 2004-7-26 09:26

汗，满满的英文，勉强看完，看的我一个头两个大，但更坚定了支持DAVID的心。

作者: IverC 时间: 2004-7-26 12:51

唉.................忧伤................

作者: babybabybaby 时间: 2004-7-26 18:08

我废了好大的劲终于看明白了
其实我觉得他们不太配太独的两个人很难长时间走下去

作者: 江南女子 时间: 2004-7-26 19:13

只希望他可以找到真爱

作者: lukildv 时间: 2004-7-26 22:47

melody 与陶陶都会好好回味这段刻骨铭心的爱情的~！~

作者: 下个夏天 时间: 2004-7-27 09:43

汗....终于看完了...眼睛快要瞎掉了
david and melody都是那种十分有主见的人，而且melody是一个太独立，太精明的女生，我觉得这样子女生很难搞得说.......但我觉得他们分手的原因肯定不会是因为时间长了彼此都没有感觉的了,肯定发生了什么事情，才是两个人非常坚决得分手.......

作者: qiqi-tan 时间: 2004-7-27 10:43

对不起,我英文不大好,请问有哪一位可以翻译成中文呢???十分感谢!!!

作者: 鱿鱼丝 时间: 2004-7-27 12:18

在跨年演唱会上，David叫大家说：God bless you
我只想对David说：God bless you，无论是事业上还是爱情上

作者: Amen 时间: 2004-7-27 15:15

希望他们两个都能找到属于自己的TRUE LOVE！！！！GOD BLESS！！！！

分手了还能做很好的朋友，很难的！！！！

作者: Aesop 时间: 2004-7-27 16:11

引用:

Originally posted by 心悟 at 04:03 AM:
看完了这片文章以后，我觉得哲不应该和Melody分手，毕竟一起度过了生命中美好的时光，为什么不能一起走下去呢？

有时候感情淡了........再坚持下去也没有意义.......

......这反而可能会使对方产生厌恶......留下不好的回忆.......

.....所以.......也许这是他们分手的缘故吧.....???

作者: Aesop 时间: 2004-7-27 16:13

引用:

Originally posted by 鱿鱼丝 at 04:18 AM:
在跨年演唱会上，David叫大家说：God bless you
我只想对David说：God bless you，无论是事业上还是爱情上

说得对......支持支持.....!!!

.....真希望陶陶能早日找到真爱........!!!

作者: Sherry-my 时间: 2004-7-27 21:24

还是支持他们在一起！！！！！！！

作者: berryfox 时间: 2004-7-27 21:34

[翻译]

他们现在只是朋友

恋爱结束了，问题就来了。
说的是一对曾经的情侣：陶喆和Melody
虽然他们两个人都说他们仍然是朋友，但我们还是不禁要向他们问及对方。
毕竟，在2001年分手以前，他们在一起整整四年。当时，他已经是一个歌手，而她还在UCLA念书。
而被誉为华语R&B奠基人的陶喆，更是在去年写了一首名叫Melody的歌。
那首歌对Melody影响很大，以至于当时还在为自己新专辑准备期间的她，很快就被大众指为“陶喆前女友”。
现在他们又同时发了新专辑，不可避免的，他们的名字又要一起上头条了。

24岁的Melody在六月的新专辑发布会上受到了“一向支持她的”陶喆的鲜花，并留言：我为你骄傲！

陶喆被拍到跟叫Joanna的女性一起，reporters had to get Melody's two cents worth (she was clueless though) on the 'new' girl（

这句看不懂了）

而最近，当陶喆在香港开他的第一个个唱时，媒体追问他邀请了谁来捧场-谁都猜得到。她没有来，当然啦，因为她很忙

上礼拜，记者通过电话问到了陶喆，并在Melody的Zpop演唱会上问到了她这个自然的问题。
他们不尴尬，也没有回避when the dreaded other half was brought up，（又看不懂了）
但他们的回答都很含糊，只是一直强调两人现今只是朋友。
“她对我来说很重要”
陶喆甚至承认过Melody是“我生命中重要的人物”，不过也强调说希望“人们能接受她本人，而不是总跟我联系在一起”
Melody大声长叹，说话听来也有点恼火，但她承认：我听到Melody这首歌的时候，我就知道我要面对许多媒体关于我们俩的许多问题，而最好的方

法就是说实话。

她说得没错。

以下是他们对对方的看法，还有他们都爱情、音乐的看法：

为什么分手？
陶喆：个人原因
Melody：两个人在一起很长一段时间以后，分手就不是因为孤立的一件事。生命很短暂。我们只能在不同的道路上继续。

他们的曾经：
陶喆：他是我的前女友，现在仍是一个非常好的朋友。我跟他一起很久，我们曾经的关系和现在的友谊都是我成长的一部分。
Melody：我们以前单过恋爱，现在只是好朋友。那些过往教会了我很多东西。我们在一起很快乐。

成为了“陶喆前女友”
陶喆：这对他来说很不公平。人们应该要关注她这个人，而不是我们曾经的关系，或者现在的友谊。她有她的歌唱事业。
Melody：我没得选的。我们的恋爱关系是以前的事了，但很多人仍然很关心我们的事。我只是尽量诚实直率的回答他们的问题。还应付得来。

那么为什么他不为她挎刀？
陶喆：我们说过这事，但她不需要我的帮忙，也不希望我参与。她想要独立的完成它。我听了她的专辑，觉得她干得很棒。她的嗓音部分和演唱部分

都让我影响深刻。她为这张专辑作了很多努力，我为她高兴。
Melody：我跟丰华唱片签约，信任公司为我做的决定。即使在我们恋爱的时候，我们互相还是很独立的，他有他的事要做，我有我的。

现在的状况呢？
陶喆：我很忙，没时间谈恋爱。和Joanna（绯闻新女友）只是朋友关系。那次是我很少的一次出门机会，却被拍到。不管我跟哪个女生出门，媒体

都会说那是我的女朋友。
Melody：我现在单身（咯咯笑），但我在和我的专辑谈恋爱。

理想的伴侣：
陶喆：最重要的是她要独立。要有自己的主见还有对自己的认识。
Melody：那个人要很诚实、很真。还要比我高一点，我有1米7。

忙到没有时间联络？
现在他在做他的专辑宣传和巡回演唱会，她也非常努力争取在华语乐坛站稳脚跟
不奇怪这对昔日情侣陶喆和Melody一直都没有联络
“我们都很忙，所以没有时间多交谈。”Melody这样对新报讲
在美国出生的Melody是个美女，最近在宣传她的处女专辑"爱的Melody”，同时还要在Zpop演唱会上表演
此外，她也是个聪明的女生，拥有国际关系和政治科学的双学历

对音乐的热爱
她为什么要背井离乡离开LA，离开她的家庭，离开做政府职员爸爸和做会计的妈妈，离开两个姐妹和一个兄弟，来闯荡地球这一边的华语流行乐坛呢

？
“我一直都热爱音乐，喜欢唱歌，人生很少机会可以追求一个梦”她说。
Melody小燕姐发掘，被在去年八月签订了唱片合约
她说她现在的生活“非常无聊”
“我的生活全都以工作为中心。做宣传很忙，然后我就回家睡觉。但我觉得因为我在自己喜欢的事，所以累也值得”
同时，之前在香港开了三场“很累，但也很值得”的演唱会的陶喆，已经回来台北宣传他最新的精选集，《乐之路》。
他回忆起在后台碰到的来捧场的大牌嘉宾：张学友，梅艳芳，Stephen Fung（谁？）和梁咏琪。
那么Melody有没有去呢？
“我也希望她去啦，但我也知道她很忙。”他说的时候暗示有些遗憾。
他的下一站是下个月中旬的马拉西亚，然后是台湾，十二月要去新加坡。
《爱的Melody》和《乐之路》现在同时上柜了。

>>>有两句我看不懂啊。。。

[ Last edited by berryfox on 2004-7-28 at 11:42 ]

作者: pitatendeng 时间: 2004-7-27 22:02 标题: pitaten

以前看过了！！
是MELODY放弃陶的吗？？？

作者: 青蛙-_____-王子 时间: 2004-7-27 23:14

看完～他们的故事。。
再听听《Melody》这首歌。。。真的感动的我想要哭

作者: 维尼 时间: 2004-7-28 08:58 标题: 累啊

终于看完了（我居然还能看懂，不容易啊）
《当代歌坛》上说，吉吉说MELODY只会用他的照片投飞镖（伤心啊）
SELINA这么喜欢吉吉为什么不能让他们~~~~吉吉对SELINA也不错啊

作者: Lunasy 时间: 2004-7-28 14:31

这个是去年的报导，我把主题日期改了。

作者: pucca 时间: 2004-7-28 15:16

怎么说呢,感情毕竟是他们两人的事，我们也只能祝福！

作者: AnnaFan 时间: 2004-7-29 18:21

真是觉得他们的恋情哎还是觉得肯定不是陶陶的问题啦陶陶最好了

作者: moonwayshi 时间: 2004-7-29 19:25 标题: 祝福~

只能祝福......每个人都会找到他要等的人，那个属于他的唯一的人......幸运的是我比陶陶要早，呵呵~一只祝福陶陶......

作者: 氧气泡泡鱼 时间: 2004-7-30 09:05

还是那两个字：祝福.................

作者: ♂愛喆主義→ 时间: 2004-7-31 13:45

为什么MELODY又要说DAVID的坏话？？？
真搞不懂~~

作者: 南京吉吉嘉 时间: 2004-7-31 17:14

只希望他可以找到真爱

作者: love_zee 时间: 2004-8-2 20:07

怎么都没人翻译一下?
呵呵，陶陶穿的好酷.

作者: 四月荆棘DL 时间: 2004-11-12 11:02

希望上帝保佑DAVID早点找到一个……

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