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作者: eastcoast 时间: 2005-5-1 09:59 标题: 2005-05-01/ Singer David Tao, behind the smile... Something is bugging him

By Skye Tan May 01, 2005 (The New Paper, Singapore)

BILLIONS of people have been on David Tao's mind. You, me, him and her.

And it's because of 'a problem that has been around for thousands of years'.

What is affecting the 36-year-old Taiwanese singer?
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It's not his love life.

'There isn't one clear prospective partner who stands out right now, though there are many fine prospects. The question is also whether I am ready to commit,' he told The New Paper.

(And for you sharp-eyed fans, no, the Katrina attributed as the lyricist for the track 2Night on his new album is not the same Katrina he wrote a song about.)

It's not the sales of his recent album The Great Leap 2005, which had a January release date, which meant that he was not eligible for this year's Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.

David claimed to be completely comfortable with the latter, an oddity in his eight-year career.

'I know of people who had brought forward their album release date to qualify for the nominations but if I had done that, it would have compromised the album,' he said.

And the album has already gone platinum (15,000 copies) locally.

So what is it?

Well, it's something David calls 'cultural division'.

'I have been aware of this for some time. It's about the Chinese people. We are so many but we are so divided. One of the album's tracks, The Art Of War, is about this,' he said.

The recent anti-Japanese sentiment raging across China bothered him too.

'It's a political issue but I don't see it that way. I see it more as a humanity issue. A war doesn't have to be fought with guns, it can be fought with prejudice,' he said passionately.

NOT ASSIMILATED

Not quite something you expect from a celebrity.

But then, David has never completely assimilated into Mandopop's world of common bubblegum personas and lyrics.

He knows what sells, he confessed freely, but 'to change and pander to the market is to lose oneself'.

His fourth album title's allusion to China's historic modernisation efforts is obvious.

And Ghost, David's rock delivery of how 'politics is a farce', has already been censored in China, he shared.

Is the US-bred Chinese trying to be the socially-conscious Bono of Mandopop, we asked?

'I'm not modelling myself on any one and I'm not trying to carve out a niche,' said the John Lennon fan who grew up listening to The Beatles.

'I'm who I am. I'm what I am and I write about what I care for.'

David's aware that his socially-opinionated songs may be 'hard to accept' for some fans but he rather risk lower popularity than just write 'a song that people can sing, when they are drunk in KTV'.

'I'm trying to give people strength, some stimulus of sorts, create that spark that causes them to think about things they have never thought about before... I want to be remembered as someone who was not just a pop musician.'

[ Last edited by chiu_pat on 2005-5-2 at 22:30 ]

作者: 寞寞 时间: 2005-5-1 10:51

看完了...
好累...
英语水平有待提高

作者: livenfrt 时间: 2005-5-1 11:16

怎么又是全英文的呀?

作者: 妍希 时间: 2005-5-1 17:22

看完了~~~我英语真是退步了好多呀！！大致是看懂了些~~~
唉~~~~新加坡的都是英文吗？晕~~~
DAVID我们永远支持你！！！！

作者: eleanor98739 时间: 2005-5-1 17:34

啊~~~英文不好~~~~~~
為了陶陶~~~要學好英文!!!

作者: lock 时间: 2005-5-1 18:02

这身衣服好熟悉！！！
偶继续研究......英文......

作者: Boie 时间: 2005-5-1 21:23

我发现了，在这里还有另外的一个好处
可以锻炼我的英语啊
唉，英文……

作者: sally83 时间: 2005-5-1 21:43

引用:

Originally posted by lock at 2005-5-1 18:02
这身衣服好熟悉！！！
偶继续研究......英文......

当然熟悉～～～在马来西亚的记者会也是这套衣服.......

难道他没其他衣服吗？？

作者: cybele 时间: 2005-5-1 22:07

哎呀呀~~~偶英语水平有限啊,哪位仁兄帮忙翻译一下呀~~~~~~~~

作者: davidxu 时间: 2005-5-1 23:16

看完了.英文水平不是很好啊!!~~

作者: maggielovedt 时间: 2005-5-2 10:36

what's this????英文不好，看不太懂啊

作者: 渠非 时间: 2005-5-2 14:27

挖```````````

这么难认啊``
它认识偶，偶不认识他咋办？？

作者: ivy_lmj 时间: 2005-5-2 22:15

引用:

Originally posted by sally83 at 2005-5-1 21:43

当然熟悉～～～在马来西亚的记者会也是这套衣服.......
难道他没其他衣服吗？？

男生不用太讲究这些拉...
况且陶打动我们的是他的音乐而非他的人貌..

作者: tingkerbel 时间: 2005-5-3 17:02

引用:

Originally posted by sally83 at 2005-5-1 21:43

当然熟悉～～～在马来西亚的记者会也是这套衣服.......
难道他没其他衣服吗？？

对呀对呀在大马也好象是穿这个
呵呵老大没什么注重穿着

作者: LPU 时间: 2005-5-4 20:29

看完了~~~~查字典好累（我才初三啊）~~~~
以后要好好学习英文~~~~

作者: ivy_lmj 时间: 2005-5-5 16:28

我自认英语还行...
看这个还是头发昏....

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