Welcome & thanx for yr comments Mandy & Ice. Since I dun find The Great Leap at all bland, can't help u beachgurl :( dun u like Art of War, Fated, Love Can, Song for Anita, Sweet hour of prayer, 2night? Well cheer up, can always wait for his next album rite? Apparently David went on quite a few entertainment programs to promote his TW concerts. Only saw the TVBS one & he looked just a teeny bit tired & thin *sigh* They showed sum footage of Ren Ci concert & David described the stunt performed by Venerable Ming Yi.
They compared it to Live Aid & asked David if he considered doing charity concert & David said yes *yeah yeah* & they said they thought he was most suitable to put on such concerts *so proud* Also mentioned lighting problem in Taipei Arena & hoped that it will not happen during his concerts. David mentioned in a media report that he will include 80s medley, probably similar to the one he did in Spore.
Also during Golden Hits he mentioned 80s band called The Rats, well I can't find a band called The Rats but there was a UK bank called The Boomtown Rats and the lead singer is BOB GEDOLF!!!!!!! What a coincidence heehee Anyway maybe he meant them cos they were sometimes shortened to The rats. But realised why his name so familiar cos I think his ex-wife married this singer from australian rock band who hanged himself or sumthing like that. The ex-wife later also died from drug overdose & now Bob is looking after their daughter, quite a sad tale.
Bob Gedolf is also extremely talented musician & his greatest hit with the Boomtown Rats is called I don't like Mondays, can listen @ this fansite, scroll down. It has the most amazing piano intro & I just love love love this song. Apparently the Rats wrote it after listening to a radio broadcast in 1979 abt Brenda Spencer aged 16 who opened fire on children arriving at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego from her house across the street. She killed 2 men & wounded 8 children, mercifully none of the children died. When asked why she did it, one of the things she said was I don't like Mondays. Here's the lyrics -I Don't Like Mondays
The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down
The telex machine is kept so clean
As it types to a waiting world
And mother feels so shocked
Father's world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to
Their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain't so peachy keen
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down
All the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain crackles
With the problems and the how's and why's
And he can see no reasons
Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die?
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down
Written by Bob Gedolf & Johnny Fingers, performed by The Boomtown Rats
Lotsa info on their official website even tho they r disbanded but most of their albums were re-released recently. David too formed a rock band when he was younger. It was called Express & he was the lead singer as well as guitarist. Hopefully it was the Boomtown Rats David was refering to but guess its too much to wish that he will ever perform I don't like Mondays?
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