20070430

Gentleman Dave

Some more gorgeous DT pixs. Still cute when making faces ^__^ while Rene looks simply luminous. She is wonderfully emotive actor & sweet singer.
DT & Jolin together again *__* He looks so vry attractive in these pixs as he always seems so caring & supportive towards his female partners. Just such a perfect gentleman.
Found some english trans of DT songs: Let's Fall In Love & Marry Me Today on learning chinese site proving once again the immense popularity of this duet. Here an Indonesia DT blog if u ever wanna read abt DT in Indonesian ^__^ & did u know that Honda Civic endorsed by David last yr has garnered top rating for being green? Hope he can go on endorsing environmentally friendly cars in China. So much good news, so here the bad - silly untrue story abt David losing in popularity to SHE & Rene during Daphne launch. It was said that he had to yell through his micophone in order to get response from the crowd. This is something David always do, he always greets in a loud voice, "How are you?" Yes, on that day definitely more SHE & Rene fans as DTFC was not sure if David would attend so not many went & not all of them could get to the front. Not that it matters considering the whole event was to launch the song written by him. How many Chinese songwriter has an entire event planned just to launch a cm song? I know its silly to debate abt popularity & I don't think David care either, but as an uber DT fan, I just think its fun to log all the untrue stories posted abt him on major chinese entertainment websites ^__~

20070429

Endorsing the Tao way

David & Rene: careless whispers ^__^ Getting to like this coupling but dear David, are u already taken? If not Rene is a super choice *__* Found this interesting online article abt China's Mobile Market where David is mentioned:
SPECIAL To CBW From CHINA MARKETING MAGAZINE
Sony Ericsson Combine to Capture Large Share of China’s Mobile Market

Successful JV Looks to Become World’s No. 3 Cell Phone Producer
By Cai Qingyi, China Marketing Magazine
Over the last couple of years, China’s mobile phone market, the world’s largest, and generally considered the most competitive, has come to be dominated by five or six major players. Brands have come and gone, and others have been consolidated. Today, one consolidated brand, Sony Ericsson, has very nearly overtaken Samsung for third place behind market leaders Motorola and Nokia.
How Sony Ericsson, a combination of two major multinational companies, was able to join competing mobile phone units and challenge the entrenched leaders is a marketing story driven by the successful combining of fashion, technology, and consumer demand.
Mergers between two powerful mobile brands have often failed in China. Less than a year after European giant Siemens’ mobile unit was acquired by rival BenQ, the combined entity found itself on the brink of bankruptcy.
In the case of Sony and Ericsson, the hoped-for magic of consolidation has actually worked. However, it hasn’t been an easy road, In fact, when the two combined their China operations five years ago, the general view was that the reformulated Sony Ericsson Mobile would never be more than an also ran.
Known for its design-centric form/function, Sony was a latecomer to the mainland’s mobile phone market, and almost from the start, found it difficult to gain much traction on its own. Ericsson, on the other hand, was a telecom megaplayer, heavy on breakthrough technology. However, in China, it had failed to create a package with real consumer appeal.
After a rocky start and difficult growing pains during a period of integration, Sony Ericsson finally emerged in early 2006 with a popular new product—the “Walkman Phone,” which managed to do everything Apple’s iPod could do and more. It was a full-fledged mobile phone, which stored and played music, lots of music. It was also a music store, where users could buy songs, store them by the thousands, and call them up on order with the click of a button. To help bring major record labels on board, Sony Ericsson enlisted Tao Zhe (China’s “Godfather of R&B”), and, almost immediately, the company’s “mobile music zone” made the brand a super hit, and not incidentally, a star in the blockbuster movie, “The 601st Phone Call,” whose stars all carried Sony Walkman phones. This gained the brand a firm position as the popular mobile of choice among the trend setting 18-24 demo.
Originally founded in 1876 to repair telegraph equipment, Ericsson grew to dominate the world market in telephone equipment. However, company endured continuous losses in 2001 and 2002, watching its world market share plummet from 15.4% to 7.4%. Quality suffered along with profits. In fact, Chinese consumers found so many technical glitches with Ericsson’s top T28 phone, they called it the “King of Problems.”
Although it lacked any real experience in telecom, Sony decided to enter the burgeoning mobile market just as Ericsson was faltering and tried to sell early models positioned as high end “classic mobile phones.” Unfortunately, Samsung had just launched a cutting edge range of products—the first mobile phones with digital cameras, video games, and other bells and whistles. These were aimed squarely at the same high end consumers targeted by Sony. Almost overnight, Samsung surged to number three in the global mobile market, and in China nearly overtook the leader, Nokia. Samsung’s mantra, “Surpass Sony” sounded to many a little like overkill, since as things turned out, Sony might actually have exited the mobile market entirely had Ericsson not fallen into its arms.
The Sony Ericsson jv marriage, which took place in October, 2001, was never easy and meant combining a personnel complement of over 4,000 into one efficient, smoothly functioning entity. The company’s new mission was to stop the hemmoraging at both companies and, with a little luck, perhaps even turn a profit — someday. BusinessWeek called the new venture “a marriage of eager desperation,” but despite the fact that most big mergers of leading brands seldom crystallize into winning propositions, senior management at both Ericsson and Sony saw only a “dream combination,” and predicted immediate profits and long term market dominance..
Reality, of course, intervened, and Sony Ericsson posted losses for nearly two years after the merger, with their combined market share dropping to just over four percent. Rumors were rampant that the combination was a failure, and that both companies were ready to call it quits. Sony even floated an offer to buy out Ericsson, and trade media began to call Sony Ericsson a “dead man walking.”
In August 2002, however, Sony Ericsson decided to centralize operations inside China, closing down its European and Japanese research and development operations in the process. Gunilla Nordstrom, an Ericsson veteran with a full understanding of the Chinese markets, was brought in as head of Sony Ericsson China. In January 2003, Sony and Ericsson each contributed nearly $100 million of new capital to the China operation, reorganized the design and manufacturing process under Nordstrom, and basically left the merged entity to operate on its own.
The hugely successful T68 handset was the first real new product from Sony Ericsson. Its multimedia capabilities, together with Sony’s high end digital camera, created what became a runaway hit in cell phones. Sony’s influence and experience in product design insured that the T68’s form was as appealing as its unique functionality. Partnering with wireless carrier, China Mobile, Sony Ericsson used high end design to create a device with strong consumer appeal, suddenly vaulting the brand to fashion leadership in the mobile phone market.
In taking charge, Gunilla Nordstrom described Sony Ericsson as “ a dream-chaser,” and set out to challenge the market leaders with a range of mobile phones that emphasized target elements he defined as “moving image, multimedia, entertainment, and strong industrial design.”
The T618 handset, launched in early 2004, was Sony Ericsson’s next big gamble and this advanced model, loaded with Java software, Bluetooth capable, embedded still and movie camera, and a raft of appealing new video games, soon became the mobile phone of choice among China’s burgeoning middle class young adults. Over a million T618 and the upgraded T628 handsets were sold in less than a year, breaking the record for single model sales. The phones were identified with an elite, trend setter demo who actually came to be called “The T618 Users.” One particular tech element, a 45 minute video recording capability, particularly endeared the phone to its upscale young users. And by the end of 2004, Sony Ericsson registered its first profit and its market share rose to just over six percent.
Competing in the huge China market, however, proved far from easy. Prices kept falling drastically. New Chinese competitors emerged on almost a monthly basis. Ongoing consolidation created powerful new market forces, which drove prices down further. As changes continued, all players were pressured to constantly upgrade their products, and tighten their relationships with the major carriers that drove sales. The carriers found new ways to boost handset sales by assembling “mobile packages,” which included full set of features, plus services like speed dialing, caller ID, and call forwarding, which only the carrier could provide.
By 2005, Sony Ericsson was on a roll. Miles Flint , an Englishman well-versed in the China market, was brought in to lead the company in what was termed its “Branding Year.” Using its popular music phones to expand the world of mobile entertainment, the company introduced its new “PlayNow” service, providing users with the Top Twenty Pop Songs each week.
Sony Ericsson also launched “2005 Wind-Summer Music Season”, introducing new artists and creating new music trends, which secured Sony Ericsson’s position as China’s “entertainment weathervane” and one of the country’s fastest growing brand names. By the end of 2005, nearly two dozen other brands–including Toshiba, VK, Panasonic, Oriental Dragon, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Siemens, Datang, Kejian, Panda, Tsinghua Unis, Amoisonic, Soutec, Langchao, DBTEL, Soyea, Orsus, and Top—had all disappeared from the marketplace. Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson was able to report revenues that finally exceeded its parent companies’ investment in the joint venture.
Sony Ericsson continued throughout 2006 to introduce new elements to its handsets, integrating Sony’s popular Cyber-shot camera into with mobile phones, and providing stiff competition Nokia’s arl-Zeiss-equipped camera phones. Sony Ericsson also matched its Walkman music phones against Samsung’s M series handsets, pricing them lower, but offering significantly more features. Sony Ericsson also introduced a new, low priced J series, challenging Motorola and Nokia for leadership in the low-end, mass market segment
Reflecting on Sony Ericsson’s first five years, president Flint has suggested that his company’s success thus far has resulted from a marriage of world class design and cutting edge technology— combined with the effective marketing of the company’s brand as a uniquely functional communications device. In Flint’s view, “Fashion, together with a successful integration of our human capital and manufacturing resources has equipped us with advantages that our competitors simply cannot match.” The last five years have not been easy, he notes, “but in the next five years, we fully expect to be at least the world’s number three cell phone producer.”
(Reposted from CFC Blog)
Remember I was wondering abt the strange partnership between David & SE. Guess they did their research & concluded that David would give the right kind of branding for their product. Someone actually said to me before that BenQ would win the fight against SE cos their image was trendy, fun & young compared to David. Even Panasonic lost despite having Jay Chou as spokesman. Of cos Jay had already jumped ship to Motorola maybe to save his own image :P Basically I think with handsets, quality matters more than being just a fashion accessory. During the whole SE ad campaign last yr, David managed to bring across his own characteristics of dependability & longevity. So even though David's endorsement with SE has ended, still proud that he had a part in raising SE profile during their important branding last yr.
This man is just so focused that even with product branding he would not only give his vry best but in his own special way. Conceding that commercialism is a necessary evil, he still try to give new meaning to his involvement by choosing the product & the way he endorsed. Even though the product is ladies' shoes but his involvement has a fun element in bringing together 4 vry different women & working with them through music. I really feel that he is developing nicely through his music & helping others develop as well. Gosh I am just so proud of him heehee Also found some youtube newsclip of Daphne launch. Funniest was when Ella tried to get him to lick her finger full of cake icing. Watch & see if he did ^__^

20070428

DT, Rene, SHE & Daphne

DT looking kinda distracted in an adorable way ^__^ during Daphne launch. Maybe he was feeling a bit strange in a ladies' shoes launch? Anyway was not sure if he was going to appear but he did & looking as usual vry suave.
They all look so sweet together. Ella is looking more & more pretty, Selena more & more womanly, Hebe more & more lovely. Rene looks terrific & extremely good nxt to our gorgeous Dave. Wonder if she is married? Apparently she got along really well with David, 2 of them kept chatting during the launch.
Some writeups & pixs here & here. Both SHE & Rene performed their version of Just be Yourself. David was vry quiet & let the media focus be on SHE & Rene as the stars of the launch. He declined to answer questions abt his own affairs including Shanghai concert rumors.
David also appeared in a large-scale concert in Zhengzhou on 4/26 along with Jolin. Guess they sang everyone fav song - Marry Me Today *__*

20070425

Daphne & concerts

Promo poster of launch of Daphne new cms with SHE & Rene on 4/27 in Shanghai. (Pix credit DTFC) Sry if I sounded harsh in the last post but was vry tired. Anyway I think concerts in LA & Nanjing should go ahead this yr but mbrs of DTFC dun seemed too sure abt the Shanghai one. Let's be patient & wait till nxt mth where supposedly DT will come back to hold a press conference *happy* & clarify everything. Also apparently there are unscrupulous characters in China who will try to cheat young innocent fans of their money by releasing false info of concerts so do be careful. Wait till his concerts are definitely confirmed before booking anything. David has a vry good network of fans in China who can find out & post more info if any.

20070424

Just a fansite

Okie rspbery & others who r confused, basically I have no idea whether the concerts this yr are new or continuation of Love Can. Our lovable boy ^__^ has so far not made any comments apart from announcing that he will be holding 10 concerts this yr. I am also not clear if the China concerts info posted below is accurate or not. I am just posting info that maybe useful to DT fans so plse do not ever take everything on this site as accurate. His TW fans had been in touch with EMI & it seemed there will be a press conference nxt mth to clarify concert rumors. Not sure where it will be held but probably Taipei or Shanghai. If anyone has more info, plse let us know. Thanks vry much *__*

20070422

2007 China concerts!

Info has been released regarding DT concerts in China:
DT Nanjing Concert
7/14/2007
南京五台山体育场
Tickets: 120/260/420/480/780/980
Booking: 025-84730585

DT Shanghai Concert
7/7/2007
Hongkou Soccer Stadium
Booking: 021-63556955, 021-63741990
(Info link credit much thanks to Yumiko blog ^_^)
Nanjing is pretty much confirmed with ticket prices & booking. Shanghai is still pending but already confirmed according to the website. A bit disappointing as it means not only will he not be participating in Live Earth but competing with them >"< Still for sure he will try his best to encourage people to love & cherish the earth. After all he always try to stress that in all his concerts.

20070420

Play DT Go DT

SHE already filmed Just Be Yourself mv which I guess will also be featured in Daphne Shoes cm. They felt they are the best representatives of the girls featured in the mv. Here's a preview snippet of the song mostly by Selina:

Vry sweet & harmonising which is SHE's strong point. Interesting to hear Rene's version. She has also filmed the cm & said that she too felt she represented the carefree woman featured being the older version of SHE. David has always been able to write songs that bring out womanliness if there's such a word like So Beautiful, the song he wrote for Rejoice. He is also not bad at writing songs for boybands ^__^ Below is Gogoclub's 暗号 mv:

Vry unusual slower than normal dance tune but I like it esp when I hear DT's bg voice *__* Must say SHE & Gogoclub fans certainly vry devoted & fast in posting stuff abt their idols. Anyway vry happy DT is starting this yr with mostly music related stuff like concerts & song production.

20070418

Pixs & clip

A few more pixs with SHE. Kinda like his falling hair but he looked tired. Below is a news clip & can hear a bit of the song in the background. Sounds vry girlbandish. Guess this should be in TW in his studio.

20070417

Just be David

Some news abt our Dave at last. He has written a cm song called Just Be Yourself for Daphne Shoes in China. There will be 2 versions - fastpaced sang by SHE & r&b ballad version sang by Rene Liu. Daphne Shoes will hold a press conference in Shanghai on 4/27 to launch both cms. David said it was his first time to write a song for ladies' shoes & it had to be suitable for both SHE & Rene. Daphne Shoes also given him a lot of ideas they wanted for the song so it was extremely challenging for him. However it was great feeling when he was able to satisfy all parties.
He also produced both song & had a fun time working with SHE who called him 小淘气 (Little Naughty) ^__^ while Rene praised his professionalism & hopes to work with him again. The song will apparently be included in both SHE's new album Play & Rene's upcoming album later this yr. Actually I quite like Rene's singing & really look forward to hearing her sing David's creation. Of cos SHE's version will be great as well.
喆迷天堂 has news that David's LA concert is extremely likely to be on 6/17 & only awaiting venue confirmation. Also rumors abt concerts on 7/7 in Shanghai (not sure if its Live Earth) & 7/14 in Nanjing. Apparently there will be media event sometime in May to clarify these concert rumors. Also maybe possible announcement of new international branding. Looked like his Sony Walkman endorsement has ended which probably will make EMI sigh with relief *__* That was a rather strange partnership considering Sony certainly do not lack big stars for endorsement.
Anyway David is definitely not yr regular celebrity. Like his website for eg which has vry little news abt his concerts but instead carried 2 news items abt Tao Dawei's recent TV interview with Amanda Shen in the Life Show program in TW. Just love how he shows his love & respect for his dad in small, subtle ways.

20070412

Live Earth live David

Just watch youtube vid of David's press conference uploaded by NAFTAO @ sidebar & he mentioned that he planned on filming end of the year, so guess he must have revised his schedule. He said that this year is 'concert year' and he is 'taking a break' from music so I think he probably will not release a studio album this yr. So far only tentative dates have been set for concerts in June for LA & July for Nanjing in China.
David might be performing in Shanghai for Live Earth on 7/7/07, 24-hr concerts across 7 continents to combat global warming. Hope he get to perform not cos of the international exposure but its something that he really cares abt.

20070409

More concert matters

Thanks vry much msFANjui for sharing yr amusing story abt how David selected the 2 fans for serenading. Its amazing he could remember who attended the autograph session. He does really pay attention to his fans like here @ Jay forum too *__* scroll down, a fan told how when he was almost stopped from having his t-shirt autographed but David said he would love to sign it ^__^
Pix of the concert audience, really well attended & great atmosphere.
Leaving Metro Square & look who's there - Andrew Chu! He looked a bit glum but could be all that trouble they were having with their equipment as David mentioned. Sry no credit again but plse let me know if these r yr pixs. Most ppl like his outfits in this concert & my fav would be this white shirt with jeans & untied bow tie.
Extremely yummy :P The one I didn't like was the outfit with tails only cos I think tails only looked appropriate in a wedding or ballroom. Supergirl Jane Zhang also had her debut NA concert @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium in LA & one of the songs she sang was The Moment & she also mentioned David as the composer. So there you go, even before he hold his concert in LA, his song & name got there before him:

Such a gem of a song, think its one of his best compositions ever. Actually feel sry for the ppl unable to appreciate this song, so much they r missing. Also the Pasadena Civic Auditorium looks nice, hopefully maybe David can hold his concert there!?

20070406

DT fans united

(Pic credit Missmelva_MSM) Hey thanx all for yr encouragement but really its not all my effort. If not for Gabe Toth, Missmelva_MSM, Mabel, Noshka, Alice, Mark, Mandy, Jessie, Lynda, Jia & of cos all the fanclubs esp NAFTAO, DTFC, SGFC, then my blog will not be this informative. Thanks vry much Jessie@NAFTAO for yr info re Missmelva_MSN:
This pix was taken by a professional photographer in Toronto,Missmelva_MSM and he was invited by the sponsor TAIPAN Tour for concert picturing. He is so nice and would like to share his pix with all the DT fans.
DT FANS ROCK! Really this is what being a fan is all abt -- being able to share info, pixs & vids of yr fav idol. DT really inspires, vry touching that a lot of ppl remembered what he said at the end abt being good at doing the things you are passionate abt. Even though its not highly original but he just has a way of saying things at the right time with such sincerity that you can help but be inspired. This time he invited not 1 but 2 fans onstage, click clip @ sidebar & it will play on top of page, neat little widget by blogger *__*
David looked small here cos mbrs of the Gogoclub are extremely tall. He wrote & produced a dance tune called 暗號 for them & can listen below but not complete version.

Watch him talk abt the song & Gogoclub >"< still think the name is a bit erm ... ^__^ Another ktv song off Tai Mei Li is So Beautiful, the song he wrote for Rejoice. Basically its the same cm & they just inserted solo footage of David staring into the distance or into the camera, mouthing the lyrics. A bit lame but still David looks ultra charming ^__^

20070404

Aftermath

Just realised that Gabe Toth who took those wonderful pixs of David @ Metro Square is actually a professional Toronto-based photographer & he is MALE. So embarrasing as I do have a female friend called Gabe. He is so nice too to leave a msg & did not mind my posting his copyrighted pixs. Sometimes I can be vry obtuse >"< anyway do visit his site cos he does have some vry nice work. Hope he dun mind me using another of his pix for Taoism. Love that pix - the guitar, his signature, the back view, all vry DT ^__^ Also no idea who took the beautifully moody pix above as I was madly saving pixs to post. So sry to post without credit but all for love of DT *__* Maybe David just inspired such great work or am I being too much of uberfan?

20070403

More concert goodies

Some more amazing pixs! Like this alot, he looked RAW ^__^ credit to erm *blush* really extremely sry lost the link but thanx whoever u r.
DT the rocker!
My fav - even his side view is mesmerising *Do click & enlarge to get the best effect but be prepared heehee* Mabel contributed below Metro Square clip of his speech before leaving. He was so sweet when he said the concert was 'singalong' & he kept waving as if reluctant to leave. It was really well attended & again great response. Wow Torontian fans are really passionate *__*

From Noshka @ NAFTAO, below clip where he talked abt the difficulties the band mbrs went thru getting to Toronto & almost lost their equipment. Also being nabbed by immigration. He spoke in both mandarin & english with his cutie accent ^__^

Then some closeup concert clips singing Airport in 10.30 & 22. He really ROCKED the place yeah, did u guys check the roof heehee


Hope u guys not bored with more concert pixs & clips as so much goodies available still. Btw check out my new video bar *point* Anyway guess David proved he can do it from bigscale concert with elaborate setting to sparse smallscale concert. There is some news of David mostly abt the song he wrote & produced for boyband Gogoclub. Heard it & its not bad, will talk abt it nxt post ^__^

20070402

Thank you for sharing

(pix credit NAFTAO) Such a charismatic gaze *heart stop* Thanks Mabel & Jia for clarification regarding the autograph session:
Mabel said...
The press conference + autograph session was scheduled for 5-7, signing started at 5:30, and ended at 6:00. So it was only half an hour. Yes, part of the line was cut off...I guess people who didn't come early enough to line up didn't get to get an autograph. :(
Jia said...
Yes, unfortunately, not everyone there was able to get an autograph from David. However, he signed very quickly and did his best to meet alot of fans. It was really incredible how many ppl he WAS able to sign for in so short a time. I may be wrong, but it seemed to me that the people who were unable to get autographs were people who lined up at (or very close to) 5pm or after. Anyone who arrived a bit earlier or even at 4:30 (one of my friends) were able to get autographs. DT was extremely polite and took initiative to greet all his fans before they were all the way up to the table haha!
Sorry things have been so busy for me these days, but I'll have a concert report and photos to contribute ASAP! =]

Look forward to yr report & pixs Jia ^__^ Guess its hard to plse everyone but I believed that David did try his best to sign for everyone. Dun know why it was cut short but maybe David need to rush back to ACC to set up his equipment & rehearse. After all he was there for a concert. The other complaint which was quite silly was the poster on sale which cost 10 bucks. It was a normal concert poster which had sponsor logos below & dun think anyone was forced to buy it. David was allowed to sign anything including guitars clearly seen in Gabe's pixs & thanks Gabe for yr comment & sharing yr pixs:
Hope all of you enjoyed the DT photos as much as I enjoyed being so close to him. DT ROCKS!!!!
Gabe (from gabetoth.com)

Yeah, we all envied you dear *__*
(Pix credit originally_ginaly) He really looked in his element onstage. Thanks Mark for the concert info cos someone told me that it was not even half-filled which I thought was strange. Also Mark has already posted a marvellous review at davidtao.com forum.
Hi Zhaodi,
I think there were still tickets avaialable on the day, but if it wasn't full house, it was very very close to full house - there were no obvious gaps in the audience, and the place was buzzing!
Mark

For you I stole this pix from a hater who refused to believe that David actually has 'white' fans heehee
Really wanna thank everyone for generously sharing your concert pixs, vids, info & reports. There are so many clips being posted @ youtube! So happy that his 1st NA concert had such great, enthusiastic response. Ppl just used one word to describe it - AWESOME! During his closing speech he said that if you love doing what you are doing, then you will be good at it & excel. Watch it here, (link credit Xris). I think it most certainly applies to himself as he loves to perform & he is soooooooooo good at it. Apparently he was held at Canadian immigration when he told them that he was there to perform ^__^ kinda reminded me of Oscar Wilde when he said he had nothing to declare but his genius ... just like our Dave to be so devilishly humorous. How can you not adore a guy like that? Finally some clips of his appearance @ Metro Square from arrival to short speech to a quick goodbye:


20070401

In loving memory of Leslie

As usual 4/1 always brings along a tinge of sadness. Leslie Cheung suffered from acute depression & on this day 4 years ago he leapt to his death. Guess I can kinda relate to Leslie cos I used to be extremely depressed myself. Funnily enough I also found this blog entry where the blogger who is not DT fan & quite indifferent to his music, yet nevertheless was moved to the point of 'awakening' by his concert. I also can kinda relate to her as this was also what I felt when I first heard his music except I knew it was his music whereas she never did give credit to David ^__^ Since she is not DT fan, she probably will nvr visit a DT blog so guess can criticise her a little heehee Anyway you can tell she is rather self-obsessed to the point that she did not realised that it was his music who was giving her the power & strength to feel again. In a way, DT fans are extremely fortunate that the majority of us love him because we can feel the power of his music. In this world, there are many like this blogger who somehow cannot appreciate or do not understand that good music really has this power. Or maybe they think only classical music has the power to stimulate. The first time I heard Black Tangerine, it just opened up a floodgate of emotions. Like someone telling me I was not alone in feeling depressed & that I could be saved. Listening to the line What kind of hero do you want to be? I can see you are only a pawn I felt so enlightened. At last there was really someone who not only knew the real meaning of 'hero' but could sing it with such conviction. Perhaps reading this u think I am merely idolising DT ... but the fact remains that a sensitive, talented, beautiful man loved by many could be driven by depression to leap off a tall building *sob*
(Pix credit SGFC) Sry to be so emotional but this day just brings it out >"< Anyway SGFC has posted heaps of marvellous concert pixs like the one above @ their forum, the best I have seen. DTFC also has some great concert pixs posted & lots more concert clips @ youtube, enjoy! Btw was the autograph session @ Metro Square cut short prematurely & many fans who lined up did not get DT autograph? Hope not cos its so unlike David who always tried to sign for everybody in the queue.