[新聞] Love Mayday

[szeyuen (一定要比我幸福)]

Tuesday April 22, 2008

By MICHAEL CHEANG

Taiwanese group Mayday delivered a rocking good performance at its
Mayday Jump 2008 concert, though it took the band a while to warm up.

Let's get this straight. Anyone going to the Mayday concert in Genting
Highland旧 Arena of Stars expecting a straight out, hardcore rock
concert would have been a little disappointed.

Firstly, it seemed more like a Mandopop concert, tinged with a hint of
rock, more than an actual hardcore rock concert; and, secondly, there
was hardly any opportunity to indulge in a little good old-fashioned
head-banging.

Nevertheless, rock concert or not, the band still managed to put in a
pretty entertaining show. Known as Wu Yue Tian in Mandarin, Mayday
comprising lead singer Ashin, guitarists Monster and Stone, bass
player Masa and drummer Guanyou, were performing here in what is the
final leg of its 遷ayday Jump!鐠Tour. The band had travelled around
the world to China, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong, among other
countries.

The concert in Genting last Saturday night can be best described as a
show of 鋳wo halves鐮

For the first hour or so, it came across like the band was
uninterested in engaging the audience and was content to just engross
itself in its music.

In fact, there was hardly any banter from Ashin, with guitarists
Monster and Stone stealing the show most of the time.

However, it turns out that the band just needed a slightly longer time
to warm up. This was evident as midway through the performance, they
really started to rock the Arena of Stars, keeping the almost 6,000-
strong crowd constantly on their feet with a combination of rocking
numbers and some good interaction with the crowd.

It旧 almost a clichthat the ballads almost inevitably get the biggest
response at a Chinese concert, which is a bit of a shame, really,
because the band can rock pretty well, and deserve to have that part of
their act highlighted more.

Songs such as Zhua Kuang (Going Crazy) and Li Kai Di Qiu Biao Mian
(Leaving the Surface of the Earth) proved that Mayday is a decent rock
band; and one wonders how the band would fare if given the chance to
perform in a real rock festival or arena.

When it did manage to marry its Mandopop ballads with its rock
sensibilities, the result was actually pretty decent.

In fact, one of the highlights of the night for me came from a ballad 阊Jui Zhong Yao De Xiao Shi (The Most Important Small Affairs) 阠first
sung solo by bassist Masa, accompanied by his keyboard, before
exploding into a more emotionally-charged wall of sound later on when
other members joined in.

At least one thing is for sure though; the band had no trouble getting
the crowd on their feet despite the best efforts of the security
guards around the arena in trying to get everyone seated.

The sound of the crowd screaming 潜! O! V! E鐠to the addictively
catchy and danceable Love ING was undoubtedly one of the most joyous
moments in a concert I have ever experienced.

Another rather under-appreciated moment of the night was when all the
band members got a chance to perform solos with their respective
instruments, with guitarist Monster giving a brilliantly scorching
guitar solo.

All in all, this may not have been a actual rock concert, but credit
to the band as it managed to put together a show that can appeal to
its most common denominator of fans, and still allow its more
hardcore rock sensibilities to shine through.

And yes, the band did manage to get me to head bang a little.

新聞來源 : The Star, Malaysia
http://0rz.com/?p2QaV

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推 A2679853:都英文阿~
→ blackmarch:看沒~
推 pzgan:no one expected for a  hardcore rock concert,unless he/
→ pzgan:she is not a fan of mayday..We were so enjoyed from the
推 RRRTTTYYYFFF:救命阿~~~誰來翻譯一下阿..
→ pzgan:beginning till the end of the show.
推 hsin1207:我大致只看得懂一半...另一半用猜的  囧rz
推 mayloveonly:我也覺得搖不搖滾其實並不是最重要的 歌迷聽得爽就
→ mayloveonly:好了吧  另外  其實有些地方有文法錯誤XDDD
推 bettybuy:我只看得懂一半  另一半我就看不下去了......
→ oreooreoni:搖不搖滾不重要 用心做出的音樂就會讓人心靈跟著震動啦
推 acddc:大致上看的懂!!
推 heeheeching:一開始真的那麼不high嗎!?為什麼好幾份報導都這麼寫?
推 Kikiwong:寫得一般的新聞 或許記者該多做功課再去看五月天
→ Kikiwong:看沒的朋友們可以試一下主唱大人口中 笨笨的G開頭翻譯器
推 laura65312:管他怎麼寫﹐mayday是我心中永遠的hardcore﹗﹗
推 heeheeching:推p大!沒有人要看hardcore rock show阿...這記者把搖
→ heeheeching:滾也定義得太狹窄了吧....
推 ptlin:嗯...這記者立場有點狹隘...
推 yanny0809:難道搖滾只有heavy metal嗎??不是這樣吧...
推 ashinniki:懵懵懂懂迷迷糊糊中貌似是看懂了的~~~
推 bettybuy:我還是懵懵懂懂的只看得懂一些...........Q口Q
推 WAXIANG:在我看來FAIL to get everyone seated，就夠了啊XD
推 Tingyutony:哈哈 每個人都要坐位的搖滾演唱會 不搖又不滾
→ heeheeching:又要看"搖滾"演唱會,自己又最愛"LOVE"的部份..玩LOVE
→ heeheeching:有很"搖滾"嗎XD
→ bettybuy:用翻譯器翻譯很好笑欸XD
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推 vickysyuan:酷 :] 英文辣!!
推 pzgan:感覺上這記者是受英文教育的,聽不懂中文卻被逼著去採訪..
推 zhenn:誰來翻譯一下阿.........
→ pzgan:結果怨言一堆,希望五月天沒看見這篇..
→ bettybuy:五月天也會把這篇看作是其中一個人主觀的看法吧？
推 danna793090:真的有人對搖滾的定義很狹隘~"~ 我同學說搖滾很吵= ="
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推 maydayfans5:五月天沒出現場我超討厭搖滾樂.但五月天改變了這一切
→ maydayfans5:反而我愛上搖滾樂.五月天以外的樂團我也聽!