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IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YR GUITAR SOLO
And now for something completely different: a song from the first album ever to be inspired by a Robert Charles Wilson novel.
In Chinese!
The band is Wu Bai (伍佰) and China Blue, who I’ve been listening to on and off for six years or so. Wu Bai is an interesting anomaly in the Taiwan music scene in that (1) he plays rock in a scene dominated by sugarpop idols, (2) writes his own songs and (3) plays an instrument. He and his band have a rep for great live shows, and he’s outlasted an awful lot of “proper” stars despite not following the industry playbook.
He’s also hard to pin down musically, which I like. Judging from the above song ("太空弹", or “Too Blank”, according to my online translator), which is from the new album Spacebomb, this year he’s favoring turn-of-the-century David Bowie space-rock. Which isn’t as bad as it sounds. Not to me, anyway.
And I wasn’t kidding about the Robert Charles Wilson thing. See this interview for details. Admittedly, the video suggests a VERY loose adaptation ...
Space is the place,
This is dF
In Chinese!
The band is Wu Bai (伍佰) and China Blue, who I’ve been listening to on and off for six years or so. Wu Bai is an interesting anomaly in the Taiwan music scene in that (1) he plays rock in a scene dominated by sugarpop idols, (2) writes his own songs and (3) plays an instrument. He and his band have a rep for great live shows, and he’s outlasted an awful lot of “proper” stars despite not following the industry playbook.
He’s also hard to pin down musically, which I like. Judging from the above song ("太空弹", or “Too Blank”, according to my online translator), which is from the new album Spacebomb, this year he’s favoring turn-of-the-century David Bowie space-rock. Which isn’t as bad as it sounds. Not to me, anyway.
And I wasn’t kidding about the Robert Charles Wilson thing. See this interview for details. Admittedly, the video suggests a VERY loose adaptation ...
Space is the place,
This is dF