Jay's new album has some Japanese influence, especially track 4, 花海! Reminds me of Chitose Hajime, the zhuan yin haha....nice try Jay hehe...
花海-周杰伦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areh8NJK8Dg
Chitose Hajime - Katari Tsugo Koto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEbuI6FQC10
Chitose Hajime - Haru no Katami
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFiMXzoscg
OVerall, I enjoyed his album. Feed-good album. Not the best, but makes me happy.
Especially 魔术先生and 稻香.
魔术先生 - from the conversation in the beginning, the yodelling, the circus-like music, the cheeky lyrics, the change in tempo, till the blending in of 不用麻烦了, seems to me like he's having lots of fun@!
稻香 makes me forget my worries, especially with pre-reg, and just do my best n not worry too much.
给我一首歌的时间 is the typical Jay-RnB song. Thought the pre-chorus singing style was quite interesting.the opera-like 拉音.. hehe.. nice surprise. The MV sucked though. Just him trying to "moon-walk" and shots of the pretty lead actress. Waste time...
说好的幸福呢is a touchnng song! great 周式芭乐...Jay-ballad... 100% KTV hit!
the 1st track sounds like a song for a RPG game...or even epic film? quite grand kind.na... too exagerrated..
the 中国风 song not to my liking... still prefer 发如雪 菊花台 东风破.
流浪诗人 reminds me of Jacky Cheung's 如果这都不算爱, but in a more Jay-ish way. There's even 闽南语 in it.. like 1 of his songs in 八度空间. Quite a cool song though... has the country-cowboy-laidback feeling...
时光机 is the kind where it's not easy to remember - not as much "commercial" hook, but it grows on you..
Hated 蛇舞. totally didn't finish listening to it.. reminds me of Jolin or other dancing-diva-wannabes...乔克叔叔 reminds me of 扯 which I didn't like too due to the female vocals. then this song also has that "fake" female vocals..also the intermittent laughters scares me haha...oh but the Spanish feel in the interlude is quite nice..
Despite that, the albunm's still on repeat mode for the past few days!
Yeah Jay rocks! ha...
