TW concert countdown - 5

*high fives* to Mandy, zoe & missred, such true DT fans ^__^ If you think abt it, a doll can be seen as just 3D extension of a poster. David is a singer/songwriter, everything he does is commercialism, how else is he going to sell his songs, albums & concerts. Even releasing an album is a commercial act. So long as he dun totally sell out to commercialism, should still be acceptable.
'I tend to focus more on technique and sounding good, but David told me that what's most important is feeling, and I should be free when I sing.'
This is what he advised Kaira Gong so no matter what ppl say, I know David has not changed, he still wants wholeheartedly to give his audience good music.
Thanks to Davten Yahoo Grp who alerted abt David appearing on TVBS Golden Top Hits, last repeat 10am today. Altho pre-recorded, still heartwarming to see & hear him talk. He looked a bit fey, kinda sad-eyed but still meltingly charming. They showed footage of Soul Power, Love Can & 2000 I'm OK concerts. Then they asked ppl in the street what DT song they wanna hear & Black Tangerine was the fav *yeah yeah* David said he rather not sing his less popular songs cos he is afraid they are only familiar to a few fans. I am a little surprised he has so little confidence in his songs. I am only a fan for 2 yrs but I know & love all his songs. I even know & love most of the songs he written for others. I am sure if he were to sing Angeline, Do I Do I, Our Love, Say Goodbye, I Believe, Lullaby, most of the concert audience will be delighted.
Of cos there is the question of whether he will strip & I dun know, I hope not cos such a Rain/Bi thing now that its just got tacky. I say leave it to the younger idol singers. Btw the male host in TVBS is I believe mbr of 5566. Anyway they kept calling him 'big brother' & David said just call him Tao Zhe. But this weirdo kept calling him 'big brother' vry blatantly like trying to emphasized David's age & its funny cos he dun look that young. Probably only a few yrs younger but looks older & David of cos looks simply wonderfully youthful. Maybe just me but I always have bad vibes abt 5566, they seemed to resent other singers' popularity but guess just being real sensitive heehee cos David seemed blissfully unaware of his faux pas.
David still working on the song for Honda Civic & the website has a short clip which is mostly the female singer who will be singing it but at the end there's abt a sec of David playing piano with closeup of his hands which is totally mesmerising. Careful of the link as it launch sloooooow flash popup, then click on Video & red chinese characters to watch clip. Info credit davidcn
I honestly dun think David is getting more commerical at all, in fact I wanna thank him for not giving up on good music, for doing the album he wanted to do, the concerts he wanted to stage, for not trying to increase his popularity, for not going after awards, for believing that his fans believe in him, for being brave about the music direction he wants to take, for everything he has done so far.

David & his DOLL

Yumiko helpfully send link to this Japanese online article & it has this pix of David holding his Love Can DOLL!!!!!!!!!! So cute ^__^ Wonder if I will be able to get it one day altho I admit I still like his Soul Power doll better.
According to Yumiko, David do get noted in Japanese media. Well he better be cos he looked like a cool cat in these pixs heehee thanks so much Yumiko hope u keep supporting him & keep us updated on his news in Japan.
Well should do a countdown to his TW concerts soon. Seemed during Rain concert, there was a blackout for abt 12 mins as noted in Taipei Times Pop Stop so hope they have fixed this problem by now. There were a few more media reports abt how surprising David with 2nd highest no of calls in Ren Ci show. Actually surprised myself as I thought SHE would get more calls. Remembered sumone mentioned David usually has less ppl queuing for his autographs than other younger idol singers but still when it came to important thing like donating for charity, his supporters more than ready to answer the call. So proud of them, so proud of him, my heart just swelling to know that he can garner this kinda valuable support like Bob Gedolf.

Spirit of generosity

Sadly the papers seemed to concentrate on the stunts to increase donation rather than congratulate the organisers, performers & workers who worked so hard to make the Ren Ci Show so successful. An old acquaintance who used to work as stuntsman in HK dun find any of the so-called stunts vry difficult or dangerous. If well supervised & performed, he felt there shouldn't be any injuries at all. The one that could potentially caused injury was the couple who did the tightrope walking only cos of their age. If they were younger, it would posed no danger at all.
Also the ppl who were doing the stunts r majority entertainers who could be expected to perform even more difficult stunts in their work. Even David did a few stunts in his mvs & wore a harness in his concerts. Also I believed Ella of SHE sustained a terrible back injury during filming mv. So if sum of these entertainers backed out from performing in charity cos of injuries, how ever r they going to able to work in a movie say like Kung Fu Hustle? Anyway main thing is the spirit of generosity was proven once again & the winners r the needy patients in Ren Ci Hospital. Btw wanna give a shout out to SGFC who donated $800 in David's & their name. What a great fanclub!
Also wanna welcome Yumiko, DT fan in Japan who has her vry own DT blog in Japanese. Irashaimasu ^__^ Vry talented QQ from davidcn has created sum really fun DT avatars WOW the talents & generosity of DT fans know no bounds heehee also updated animated gifs. Love the one of David hugging Bibi (credit to Bibi fan @ DT forum). Btw the cutest moment @ Ren Ci was how excited Selina of SHE got when David gave her a hug. Its funny cos thought being a celebrity herself she would be blase abt it by now but guess she still a sweet young thing at heart who goes gaga at seeing her idol *__*