Friday, 13 July 2012

Chou Style: Uniquely Jay!

Sigh...I accidentally deleted my Uniquely Jay post today from my iPhone!!!!
The perils of a touch screen! *jumps up and down*

So here I am, rewriting this topic which is an absolute must when talking about Jay's music, where he creates songs in certain distinct genres, either singularly or more often than not, combining a few in one whilst imparting his own unique musical stamp on the song. :)

The pic above is taken from the MV for Sailors Afraid Of Water, which Jay wrote for the kiddies. It's a fun song combining beat box and ragtime; Danni is dressed up as a shark and Jay dances very well with Erica. :))
 Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/sailors-afraid-of-water/153




From The Era, Jay gave us Free Instructional Video, which starts off as an Elvis Presley type song, very bluesy but then develops into a full-blown rock and roll number, with different parts coming in seamlessly, to make it sound completely one-of-a-kind....so much so that it won the Golden Melody Award for Best Arrangement in 2011 for Jay's music arrranger, A-Geng!
Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/free-instructional-video/138





From Capricorn, he wrote a circus-style song viz Mr Magic, with a very cute tune and an absolutely stunning set based on the magic theme!

Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/mr-magic/129




And now for the song which probably started him on this unique way of composing, this is Cowboy Very Busy, which you either love or hate. I love the chorus with the hand movements and the MV is really a lark!
Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/cowboy-is-very-busy/112
 




I shall end with Rosemary, from his Still Fantasy album, where he composed a lovely bossa nova style song and he also danced divinely in the MV!
His beloved grandma is also in the MV. :)
Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/rosemary/104






Diao or not, I ask you?? ;)



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