From ‘Unfair to compare K-pop to J-pop’, 5 May 2012, ST Life! (Tay Wan Xin): I am writing on behalf of many J-pop supporters regarding the story How K-pop Beat J-pop (Life!, April 26). Although it might be true that K-pop is the in thing now, is there a need to write such a biased [...]
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From ‘Video spoof of S’pore causes stir online’, 2 Aug 2011, article in Asiaone.com A VIDEO clip taking a fresh spin on Dick Lee’s classic National Day song, Home, has caused a stir online. The seven-minute clip entitled Another Home, produced by Singapore Independent Films Only (SINdie), gives an irreverent twist to Singapore’s key talking [...]
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From ‘Bad idea’, 6 July 2011, My Point, ST Forum and ‘Lady Gaga rip-off ripped out’, 6 July 2011, article by Jeremy Chow, ST (MS CHRISTINE CHAN): ‘A YouTube video of a recent rehearsal for this year’s National Day Parade (NDP) features a pre-show performance by local artists singing about the contents of the fun [...]
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From ‘Original version is better’, 26 Feb 2011, Speakup, New Paper (Tan Shao Ken): IN RECENT weeks, the music video for the song titled, Home, has been aired on national television. I appreciate the effort in having a new music video to commemorate Total Defence Day. But is it good enough to send a message? [...]
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From ‘Pointless to have new ones every year’ 29 July 2010, ST Forum (Victor Khoo) Is it necessary to compose new National Day songs every year? My sense is that these new compositions seem to be written to promote the artists singing them rather than as a song that Singaporeans can truly connect with. There [...]
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From Random tweets on YOG cheer, 13 May 2010, Twitter Well, we got used to the Great Singapore Workout didn’t we? Your baby would probably be entertained by the ‘hand-jaw’ action, otherwise, some would be so bold to declare this a work of malevolent, viral genius. More on YOG mascots here.
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From ‘从世博主题曲看新加坡特色’, 7 May 2010 article in omy.sg 如果拿歌词对歌词，真的感觉不到我们的这首歌凸现了新加坡的什么特色。再看画面，没错，我们真的很难跟地大景多的台湾相比。要命的是，还很硬性地的融入一些多元种族的画面。 所以我们为世博而作的歌，真的可以不要绿色蛋糕、鱼尾狮、摩天轮、繁忙的机场和海港、组屋楼下的聚会点、咖啡店的kopi siu dai、各种族的寺庙、pasar malam、跳蚤市场、地铁、圣淘沙的排球沙滩…？ （还有很多吧？） The music video for the Shanghai Expo looks like a We Are the World Singapore version, with at least 4 artistes competing for face-time, leaving little showcase of what we’re actually supposed to present at the World Expo. The article says [...]
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From Is that the NDP song? Article in ST 19 July 2009 Some say they hear a Coldplay-like rock song, others say they do not hear anything that a crowd could sing along with (Carol Lee, 48) It (What Do You See by Electrico) sounds like NDP is trying to be hip but bombed instead. [...]
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From Community songs do not depict our way of life 1 May 1981 Letters to ST I doubt that songs like Di Tanjong Katong and Chan Mali Chan really do depict our way of life. It seems that these songs were actually adapted from Indonesian or Malay folks songs. It would be embarrassing for a [...]
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