[straitstimes]Top of the Singapore pops

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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,136408,00.html? CELEBRITY FAVOURITES Top of the Singapore pops Listen up as the country's best music-makers turn up the nationalistic volume on their homegrown choices By Samuel Lee MADE-IN-SINGAPORE music has come a long way. On one hand, there are Stefanie Sun and A-do's best-selling Mandarin pop and Sheikh Haikel's soulful R&B. On the other, there are Chou Pi Jiang's Chinese rap-rock and Corrinne May's adult-oriented folk. TANYA CHUA Singer-songwriter, 27 Just wrapped up her new English album, Jupiter, which she hopes to release end August 1 Life Story That's the Dick Lee song sung by Jessica (Soo). Despite being played to death as a TV ad, it's still close to the heart. 2 Paper Plane Sandy Lam co-wrote the music with Singaporean composer Eric Ng, and my friend Xiao Han who wrote the lyrics. It's really cool and triggers off memories of childhood. 3 Love Is Suspicion Talented Han Jin wrote this for Eason Chan. It's quite funky and bluesy, unlike most pop songs on radio. 'National Day is a time to sing songs like Count On Me Singapore and feel nationalistic.' JACINTHA ABISHEGANADEN Singer, 44 First South-east Asian artiste to make American rag Jazztimes. She's now working on her new album which will be a Julie London tribute 1 Majulah Singapura It's a great anthem. Growing up with it, I could identify with it, which is why I'll be doing a different version at the NDP. 2 China Blue This is Mark Chan's signature tune. He played everything on the track, including the flute. It's a simple and elegant tune with all his musicality distilled. 3 Funny Babes Condes, my Filipino friend, wrote this and it always reminds me about her living in Singapore and eventually taking up citizenship. 'National Day means a friends' get-together, unless one of us is involved in the NDP, like me this year.' KIT CHAN Singer-actress, 29 Will release a new album next month, act in the musical East Meets West in Hongkong this month, and take on the lead role of the Empress Dowager in Forbidden City: Portrait Of An Empress as part of the Esplanade's opening in October 1 Voice Of The Ordinary People It's widely sung and associated with kopi tiam culture. It was the theme to the TV series Neighbour in 1986. Chen Jiaming did a great job. 2 Singapore Style This is a hard-sell Singapore song by Liang Wern Fook from the xinyao days with lots of deliberate references to 'Singaporean-ness'. 3 Home A Dick Lee song I sang at the NDP in 1998. I had just moved back after living in Taiwan for five years. So the lyrics, especially 'Wherever my dreams may take me, this will always be home' meant a lot to me. 'National Day is for indifferent Singaporeans. They should remember that this is their country and they've got to do something about it.' DICK LEE Composer-producer, 45 Penned score to the musical Forbidden City: Portrait Of An Empress, which is in The Esplanade's Opening Festival line-up in October 1 Count On Me Singapore It's so well-crafted, it gave me my first sense of national pride when I heard it at 1990's NDP. That's the year my Mad Chinaman came out and I performed the album version of Rasa Sayang at the parade. 2 Home Another ND song but more personal. I wrote it for Kit Chan while in Hongkong doing Snow.Wolf.Lake in 1997. 3 Deeper It's a duet I did with Chris Ho in the early 1980s. I was going through my band phase and playing keyboards with his Zircon Lounge band. I was trying something different. So was Chris, who didn't usually do mainstream pop. 'National Day means work. I'm creative director for this year's NDP.' -- 下仍舊在辨認漸漸淡的氣味記起當天的鮮花會飛黃世遊玩在大地漸漸再不顧忌那曉得剎那轉了天氣紀我記起跟你一起花裡遊戲那笑聲多愉快多美耀再我記起跟你爭先吸一口氣走過多芳香的奇妙世紀嬉到這天恐怕一切將要忘記那記憶荒謬更淒美明戲到這天跟你一起不再頑皮約定下世紀再嬉戲 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.13.211.186