DT @ TTV

Finally some news of DT. He appeared in the TTV Red & White Superstar Show in early February. I guess this is similar to the Japanese format with male singers (white) vs female singers (red). I don't think he participated in the contest but just sang as a guest. He sang I Love You, Smalltown Girl & Rain. He looked really, really good in beige pants, white shirt with contrasting collar, tie and black jacket. As usual his performance was described as a 'highlight' and 'spectacular'. I don't know why the chinese media is always pimping him up whenever he performed. I mean yeah sure he sounded great as always but he usually performed his old hits & he has no new music for a long time. Surely he can't always be a 'highlight'. Still it's great to see him and he was cute when he was moving through the audience where I think he was a bit overwhelmed by the response & hesitant abt getting too close in case he get molested or something, very funny.

The power of DT

As you undoubtedly read from the comments below that Mr Timothy Haygood had graciously left a msg. I have emailed him & hopefully he would respond and solved the mystery of why they are singing DT's Regular Friend. But ... the mystery deepens cos I found another westerner who is singing 普通朋友 as well! He is Christian Renz, a German bassist who is residing in Shanghai, China. Why is this song suddenly so popular among westerners? Maybe Mr Christian Renz will leave a msg as well *__*

DT & The Haygoods

Who or what are The Haygoods? And why am I blogging abt them here? Well, they are a performing family of 7 brothers and 1 sister who own and operate their own theatre in Branson, Missouri. They are currently on an extended tour to 14 chinese cities & you can read all abt it @ Global Times where this paragraph caught my attention:

During the show, which will last an hour and a half non-stop, they will present some songs from their soon-to-be released new album including Country Boy, Rocking in the Sun and Run Like Hell. They will also perform hits from Michael Jackson and The Beatles, a Chinese love song by David Tao and the Beijing Olympics theme song along with many others.

It's not I Love You which I am glad but Only want to be your friend which is the title they are using. Okay the Beijing Olympics theme song do have an english version but I am curious if they are singing David's song in chinese or putting their own english lyrics to the music. Also how or why did they chose this song? I can only imagine they kinda ask around to find out what chinese singer or song would appeal to an audience in the Middle Kingdom & randomly chose the song from a list. Or maybe they are acquaintances of DT & so decided to sing his song. It's getting curiousier & curiousier. Make me wish that he was still active on Twitter so I could ask him ^__^ Anyway you can go to their youtube channel to watch their performances. Hopefully they will upload their performance of DT's Regular Friend in China.