Monday, March 02, 2009
i've been watching alot of MR removed videos nowadays. MR refers to music recorded and in videos that are MR removed you can really hear the REAL singing voice of a singer. [for more information, read about it here (although the writing is partly biased; wondergirls doesn't sound that bad live even though their voices are not that powerful; they're no way as bad as KARA. though it's with the exception of sohee, but you can really tell the sunye has a good voice)] there's no doubt that when some singers sing live, they will tend to rely on backing vocals, especially when their live singing is not as strong as it seemed. backing vocals help them to mask their off-pitchness and off-keyness at some (or maybe all) parts of their singing. for some-other-taiwanese-boyband (whom i shall not name for my own safety) who just-carn-sing-live-for-the-life-of-it, they would simply resort of lip-syncing while posing exuberantly during their performances.
anyway, while through my daily fangirling session, i came across this MR removed video. as expected, sungie sings wonderfully live, but apart from that, lyn's singing is amazing too! how many females singers that sing so awesomely can you find in the chinese music industry? it seems like most of the korean female singers possess this big-o voice that totally dominates (singers like hwayobi; her voice is super rich and soulful!). what irritates me the most is how some chinese females singers merely live with a cutesy image and voice and goes "ai ni!".
i've got to give credit to DBSK though, their live is totally excellent, even with those dancing! of course, all this comes with years of hellish practice that SM forced upon them. but it's much (and i mean MUCH) better than some-other-taiwanese-boyband that only goes for looks alone. in the korean music industry looks are important too, but at least they take care to ensure the audio aspect of a performance is acceptable, not just the visual aspect. imagine making a MR removed video for some-other-taiwanese-boyband. oh my goodness, that would probably lead to permanent impairment of my ears. GODAWFUL. and you have the cheek to call yourselves singers!?
and maybe some-other-taiwanese-boyband has butchered the term boybands, since they make it to give the impression that boybands = groups of attractive males that send fangirls' hormones running wild in their veins. but i'm here to kill off this stereotype, because in korea, boybands are formed with people WITH talent in both singing and dancing (which some-other-taiwanese-boyband lacks miserably), in addition to good looks. look at DBSK, look at SHINEE, look at my darling SHINHWA (all of them victims of SM's torturous training).
Nini @ 12:51 AM