Author Topic: What are you listening to right now? (Read 890528 times)

Yoshino · « **Reply #5961 on:** February 02, 2011, 11:00:03 PM »

Really like this version of Hitomi's song,

singing it with Ayu on the Are You Ready show.

Wonderboy · « **Reply #5962 on:** February 05, 2011, 02:59:59 PM »

Pv is so so but it's one of the best melancholic love song I've ever heard...

Yoshino · « **Reply #5963 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:20:56 PM »

muppet · « **Reply #5964 on:** February 06, 2011, 04:09:19 AM »

Getting ready to celebrate his 55th birthday on February 26 is Keisuke Kuwata. He was forced to stop all professional activity last year due to the diagnosis of early stage esophageal cancer. Treatment has been a success (!!!) and the delayed release of his new solo album "MUSICMAN" is now scheduled for February 23.

Listen to Kuwata san with Southern All Stars, performing "夏をあきらめて" (Natsu o Akiramete), set to some lovely summer photos:

Yoshino · « **Reply #5965 on:** February 07, 2011, 02:23:33 AM »

Yoshino · « **Reply #5966 on:** February 09, 2011, 10:12:51 PM »

kuro808 · « **Reply #5967 on:** February 14, 2011, 06:31:09 AM »

Yoshino · « **Reply #5968 on:** February 14, 2011, 07:53:23 PM »

mode107 · « **Reply #5969 on:** February 17, 2011, 02:40:10 AM »

GD & TOP: High High. I just started liking it.

muppet · « **Reply #5970 on:** February 17, 2011, 05:20:33 PM »

If someone knows more about this (or if your uncle or auntie can help out) please do!
"Love Without End" a 1961 film, a Shaw Brothers production directed by Doe Chin.
Actress is Linda Lin Dai, who committed suicide in 1964 at the age of 29- a brilliant career cut short.
From comments on YouTube, the actual singer is Carrie Koo Mei.

Yoshino · « **Reply #5971 on:** February 18, 2011, 03:20:44 AM »

Anything in particular you need to know? Probably hard to find a lot stuff on her.

muppet · « **Reply #5972 on:** February 18, 2011, 01:35:53 PM »

Quote from: Yoshino on February 18, 2011, 03:20:44 AM

Anything in particular you need to know? Probably hard to find a lot stuff on her.

Yoshino san, first of all, loving the Curtis Mayfield......

regarding Linda Lin Dai, since she died in 1964, anyone who really remembers her, has got to be in mid sixties today.........but did find some pretty good information about her at this site: http://blog.acmi.net.au/index.php/2011/01/linda-lin-dai-at-shaw-brothers/

...."At Shaw Brothers, Lin Dai was queen. In Southern Screen profiles of younger actresses, Lin Dai was consistently mentioned as a role model, mentor, and standard of beauty. Her name, which conjures feminine beauty and classical literature, was synonymous with the studio and its growing stature in the greater Chinese market. Lin Dai’s celebrity was so great that in Shaws’ The Fair Sex (1961), she had a cameo as herself: the biggest movie star of them all. She was also cast in many of Shaw Brothers prestige pictures, such as their first foray into color, Diau Charn (1958), and Les Belles (1961). When Shaw Brothers wanted to revolutionize Chinese cinema, they relied on Lin Dai to be the face of the revolution."......
so I was wondering, did anyone ever make a biopic about her life???

And then what about the actual singer in the clip that I posted- Carrie Koo (Ku) Mei? I have heard about her, but I don't know much.......but what a voice!!

Yoshino · « **Reply #5973 on:** February 19, 2011, 03:31:30 AM »

^^ Little more on her I hope, also some pics. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2921
More pics. http://www.brns.com/pages4/lindai1.html
A better bio, 4 pages- http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/page.asp?aid=48&page=1
Harder to find info on Carrie Koo (Ku) Mei, here's an okay site, many pages here- http://softfilm.blogspot.com/2009/09/that-singing-rage-carrie-ku-mei.html

Currently....

muppet · « **Reply #5974 on:** February 19, 2011, 04:06:06 AM »

Yoshino san, arigatou for the great links.

here is a nice song of Carrie Koo Mei:

nimrod · « **Reply #5975 on:** February 19, 2011, 04:36:15 AM »

Ishtar · « **Reply #5976 on:** February 19, 2011, 07:37:54 AM »

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Hudson

Yoshino · « **Reply #5977 on:** February 19, 2011, 09:26:26 PM »

kuro808 · « **Reply #5978 on:** February 19, 2011, 09:29:25 PM »

Yoshino · « **Reply #5979 on:** February 20, 2011, 05:41:24 AM »