Got in a bit of a writer's block. i think i'm probably too tired. in dire need of loads of shut-eye.
Curious about the title, huh??
The unenlightened don't know this but close friends who have known me for donkeys ages will tell you that - I love Bobby Chen. But i'm not going to get into that bit until maybe later.
So, of course anything with Bobby Chen interests me. He was on a talkshow, quite a few years back, and the host asked him about his composing. (this is before his unfortunate accident, which is also another long story due in later date)
She explained how superstar-maker/composer/singer Jonathan Lee (who was in an earlier interview), told her about his composer blues. He gave an example that when you are young, shit happens. As you get older, you tend spend more time on the throne, trying hard but failing to pass whatever there is. Sort of like a creative constipation. So i suppose he (Jonathan Lee) means he used to find composing easier when he was younger, now it's more difficult.
And Bobby Chen's response ... (he's notoriously famous for being difficult at interviews/shows, like Faye Wong) goes something like this ... he's not sure why Jonathan would use such a strange analogy but he has no problem with any constipation, it's all daily and regular bowel movements for him!!
As for lil' me, i always pop in a Bobby Chen cd to cure my creative constipation. And it works every time.
SONG FOR A MOOD
The Kite/Feng-jen - Bobby Chen. The first song that i truly, truly loved by this man. He uses the kite to explain the analogy of a man who likes to 'play' or stray, but keeps his string in someone else's hold whom he wants to come home to. I know it sounds so unromantic but Chinese is very lyrical, and this song is. It is also one of the songs which is more commercial. And very folk.
Curious about the title, huh??
The unenlightened don't know this but close friends who have known me for donkeys ages will tell you that - I love Bobby Chen. But i'm not going to get into that bit until maybe later.
So, of course anything with Bobby Chen interests me. He was on a talkshow, quite a few years back, and the host asked him about his composing. (this is before his unfortunate accident, which is also another long story due in later date)
She explained how superstar-maker/composer/singer Jonathan Lee (who was in an earlier interview), told her about his composer blues. He gave an example that when you are young, shit happens. As you get older, you tend spend more time on the throne, trying hard but failing to pass whatever there is. Sort of like a creative constipation. So i suppose he (Jonathan Lee) means he used to find composing easier when he was younger, now it's more difficult.
And Bobby Chen's response ... (he's notoriously famous for being difficult at interviews/shows, like Faye Wong) goes something like this ... he's not sure why Jonathan would use such a strange analogy but he has no problem with any constipation, it's all daily and regular bowel movements for him!!
As for lil' me, i always pop in a Bobby Chen cd to cure my creative constipation. And it works every time.
SONG FOR A MOOD
The Kite/Feng-jen - Bobby Chen. The first song that i truly, truly loved by this man. He uses the kite to explain the analogy of a man who likes to 'play' or stray, but keeps his string in someone else's hold whom he wants to come home to. I know it sounds so unromantic but Chinese is very lyrical, and this song is. It is also one of the songs which is more commercial. And very folk.
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