15 days to Opus 69

Opus 69, DT's 6th studio album, is up for preorder @ Yesasia, the blurb is pretty interesting so include here:

After his "123 We Are All Wooden Men" world tour, Taiwan's "Music Godfather" David Tao comes back with his new album in three years titled Opus 69. The number in the title references a number of things, among which is that it's the singer-songwriter's 6th album and 9th CD. Besides, David was born in the summer of '69, and the symbol of his zodiac sign, Cancer, resembles "69". Moreover, in the ancient text of I-Ching, 6 and 9 symbolize "change" and "rebirth", and the numbers when pronounced in Japanese are similar to "rock", which is what this highly anticipated album is about! David puts aside his famous R&B style to return to his musical roots in rock music for this band sound-oriented album, which comes with new songs like "Your Song", "Zero to Hero", "Adoration", and "RE.DT".

Not sure what comes with the pre-order, was hoping it's the 1-hr movie where DT can be seen as an adorable hairdresser ^__^
I think in Taiwan & HK, it's a poster. If anyone have news abt preorder in Singapore & Malaysia, plse let us know. Opus 69 is a fairly cool name. I think I am going to love this album.

Zero to Hero - eng tran

Zero to Hero
By David Tao

I almost cannot breathe, the tram is too crowded
I smell poisonous gas, did someone farted?
Hurrying like an ant, no time to drink coffee
Every day there are eight meetings
Lean against the toilet bowl to have a rest

I and you, we are the same, like fools
I want to chase, I want to fly
Super Phoenix plane ready to leave

From Zero to Hero, to the demon I say no
I am my own Hero
Do you have any objection?
I am not your fried egg sushi
I want to chase, ready to fly, I am Superhero

Sea urchin, tuna, pollack, toro

Finally, it's almost time to leave work
My headache is about to explode
Dear colleague, how about a meal together?
Boss issues command, tonight is overtime
The date is cancelled, sleep on the street again?

From Zero to Hero, to the demon I say no
I am my own Hero
Do you have any objection?
I am not your fried egg sushi
I want to chase, ready to fly, I am Superhero

Fried egg, BB bullet, deep water bullet, space bullet, black egg

Yin Yang Ren: Hahahahahahaha, I will let you see my power
Hero: How evil, prepare to launch blue laser beam!
Yin Yang Ren: Hahahahahahaha, it's no use, you cannot escape
Hero: Hmph! I will let you see the power of my phoenix plane, change!

From Zero to Hero, to the demon I say no
I am my own Hero
Do you have any objection?
I am not your fried egg sushi
I want to chase, ready to fly, I am Superhero

Please note this is a very rough translation but just to satisfied those chinese challenged ppl hee! I love the nonsensical lyrics which actually, if you think about it, have a lot of meaning. I love the way he mixes the chinese sound of egg to the chinese sound of bullet, both of which are 'tan'. I just love love love the song. I am so glad he released this as his first single cos I remember he wanted to release My Anata as his first single for Black Tangerine. DT, you rock!

Zero to Hero

Oh dear, so much news abt DT that can't really catch up. The most exciting is of cos the release of his first single Zero to Hero aka 火鸟功. You can hear here complete with chinese lyrics courtesy & thousand thank yous to DTFC or here complete with spinning cube of DT ^__^ . The chinese name is a throwback to Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), a Japanese TV anime from the 70s. Since I am not too fond of this kinda anime, I have never watched it but apparently it was immensely popular being the first to follow US superhero format. 火鸟功 is apparently the supersonic plane called GodPhoenix. The english name tied in with the album name ie 6 can be turned to 9, zero to hero. Basically the song is an encouragement that anybody can be a hero & while very simplistic with ideals of good overcoming evil like in a superhero anime, still its very cartoonish concept is rather attractive.
The song is fast and crazy with David exercising his superb vocals to the max. I love it which is saying something since I don't normally like this kinda song but under David's master of production, the song just zings. David also made a media appearance to promote the song which had its premier today & his new studio album, 69 David Tao, with release date 8/15. A full-length hour-long movie directed by DT will be released along with the album. Sorry this is brief but can manage to post this much today. A brief look at Zero to Hero mv:

69 David Tao

As expected DTFC fanatics came up with goodies galore in a short time after DT first outing for his new album on Sun. So all the links here for clips uploaded to youku.com are gratefully thanks to them. DT attended a charity concert on Sat singing 3 songs - Rain, Love Can & I love you. He wore a light blue tee & a rather 60s waistcoat:
Too bad he didn't have his hair sleeked back like in his promo pixs ^__^ Then on Sun he met with fans & media I think to have a little singalong. There are quite a few clips but the one you should really watch is his Intro mv If you have been following him on Twitter I think you will understand his posts more abt the filming, getting early in the morn, riding a bike & of cos the church scene. It all come together beautifully in this mv of a love lost or gained. I won't say more so you can have the surprise of watching it. The woman in the mv is a Taiwanese actress called Cheryl Yang & I can understand why DT chose her. She has a vry rare beauty that is almost transcendent & yet there is more than a bit of sluttiness to her too. You can understand why a cerebral man like DT would be entranced by her. The mv ends with a teaser Aug 2009 The End then changing to Aug 2009 Beginning. So I am guessing that some of the songs in his new album would alude to this love affair.
He previewed a funky new song which is a bit My Anata, a bit Rain, a bit Bastard, a bit Beatles & vry rock. Of cos he had to showcase his sterling vocals too heehee Vry nice song, I like the chorus where he goes 'I want to fly....' Then he sang Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence where he once again showcased his excellent vocals followed by a brand new DT love ballad. It started off sickeningly sweet like your usual chinese love ballad but then as usual DT just took off into uncharted area with kinda old-fashioned boyband rnb beat. He also sang Beatles' Across the Universe written by John Lennon here & here, then interviewed by Taozi where he talked abt MJ & how talking bad abt him is like casting the first stone.
If you still wanna watch more, here the charity concert on Sat but only a glimpse of him. Among the performers was a weirdly dressed Jam Hsiao. Mentioned him cos someone told me that the 1st single of his new album sounded like a song by DT. I went to listen to it & apart from the fact that its kinda pseudo-rock, it sounded nothing like DT. This happened a few times when a male chinese singer released a vaguely rockish song & ppl would remarked that it sounded like DT. I think maybe that even though DT didn't do a lot of rock songs, the most popular would be Black Tangerine, but most ppl would have an impression of them cos as usual he wrote & sang them with so much sincerity. So really makes me all excited for the release of his 6th studio '69 rock' album next mth. Go DT *__*

3rd DT Session

3rd session featuring organ posted at D6T9, watch here. Does this man never sleep? He is also confusing us with his sleep cycle tweets heehee Anyway this is the most enjoyable clip as David is just much too adorable with his too small hat. Can hear more of the song which is really fun & catchy. He also had a charity event in Taipei & hopefully we get to see some pixs soon.

DT's 69乐章

First release SUPER COOL pixs of DT's new album & I am loving it already ^__^ He looks almost exactly like when he first came out except thinner. The album is called 69乐章 but no english name yet. This is his 6th studio album & 9 music project. He is born in 1969 so the number 69 is chosen as the album's name.
He really did carry all those fascinating 60s related stuff on his back. He said he feels like a modern Don Quixote still crazily chasing after his dreams. For this album, he has directed mv & I think music documentary but not sure. Anyway the album will be released in August.

Happy Birthday DT

Can't believe it, our Dave is 40!!!!!!!!! ^__^ He just posted a birthday clip:

Debugging DT

Poor DT being bugged once again by a certain idol who claimed he had poor judgement when he awarded him second not first in a singing competition which happened aeons ago. Imagine carrying this silly grudge for so long cos he always wants to be numero uno. This man is unbelievably childish & annoying *roll eyes*
So here I am debugging *__* cos as usual he timed it just when DT abt to drop his album so poor David has to answer to media. Although reading DT tweets I think the album is not close to ready yet so I think maybe end of July or even August. He may even do it after his Macau concert knowing him *sigh* But the good news is davidtao.com is back up again & DT has promised a revamp soon which goes with the new album -- so exciting. Someone has posted a pix of a huge billboard of the Macau poster at Twitter & Dave even said he might do MJ medley. Actually I was hoping he will do MJ at his concert although I do hope he is not going to wear a sequinned glove. It will be so tacky. Anyway remember to wish DT Happy Birthday tomorrow!!!!!

2nd D6T9 Session

So if you have seen the 2nd D6T9 Sessions clip, you'll know why I'm posting waffles ^__^ If you haven't go watch it now! I love his boyish enthusiasm where he urges his followers to share & tell him what we think of it. But ... sry to say I'm not particularly taken with the snippet I heard so far but then it is just a sampling. Maybe I will be bold & logon Twitter to tell him haha After all we can't just praise him all the time right? The other thing is that he is VERY stressed abt his voice *heart pain* & it seems that no doctor can cure him. Even though I am worried but nothing much to do but pray for him. Then he asked if there are other real artists on Twitter *so cute* Dear DT, dun worry you are in good company when even the US President is twittering hee! So here's the 2nd D6T9 vid:

Following DT

So glad to see DT has more than 600 followers now & yeah I think most of us join Twitter just to follow him. Quite a few familiar fans amongst the followers & it's just great to know we all have been following him for quite some time ^__^ He said to post photos as he want to know who's he is talking to. Also I think it's also nice to post location so he will know that he has fans from all over the world. So where's the Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan representing huh? You can ask him questions you know cos he WILL answer them. I am surprised no one has asked the release date of his new album or maybe we're just so used to waiting for him to surprise us. I find it's amazing that his chinese typing has improved vastly hehe
Anyway like DT I should go to bed so here's a nice vid to enjoy. It's U2 paying tribute to MJ in one of their recent concerts. They played Angel in Harlem which they wrote for Billie Holiday then synched into a little bit of Man in the Mirror & Don't stop till you have enough. So nice of them to do that & bring tears to my eyes.