So, I just downloaded all 10 of his albums and sat through them in one sitting. Jay Chou is probably the most popular Taiwanese musician for the last decade, his sound can be described as a mixture between Westlife and Bone Thus n' Harmony. Most of his songs are written by some guy called Vincent Fang and have stalkerish guy in love with a girl but loses her to some other guy style themes.
The conclusion I must come to is this - 90% of his songs are absolutely shit.
For the benefit of others who may be interested but can't be bothered sorting through the good and bad ones, I present to you my top 20 Jay Chou songs to save you time:
千里之外 (This first one has a great music video that broke my heart at the end.)
By the way, never ever read the YouTube comments in his videos... All of them for some reason consist of a fuckload of Chinese nationalist dicks trying to argue about how Jay Chou is Chinese and not Taiwanese, as if it matters and has any relation to the music.
I can't stand that Jay Chou slurs all his words together. I can't understand a thing he's saying without looking up the lyrics first >_>
I know most of these, my favorite being Jian Dan Ai, mostly because he doesnt go urblerblurslureverything in that one. Most of his songs feature nice (or at least, interesting) instrumentals, I'll give him that.
On May 19 2011 08:46 synapse wrote: I can't stand that Jay Chou slurs all his words together. I can't understand a thing he's saying without looking up the lyrics first >_>
I know most of these, my favorite being Jian Dan Ai, mostly because he doesnt go urblerblurslureverything in that one. Most of his songs feature nice (or at least, interesting) instrumentals, I'll give him that.
lol, ke ai de nui ren is so awesome the slurring
I absolutely adore Jian Dan Ai (Simple Love) and Long Chuan Feng (Tornado) as his love/ballad songs.
I also enjoy Ban Shou Ren (Monster) and Long Qian (Dragon fist) as his rap/heavy songs.
And he himself is a pretty damn nice guy - very quiet and hard working.
I like the other guy in Fearless (Huo Yian Jia) more - Vincent Fang
I left asia for school, so I am very out dated. I consider any song released in 2006 to be new. And anything after it = unheard of. So excuse my outdatedness.
I only left how long ago and I have started to Worry about whether or not you are living happily today The whole screen is you Thinking of you so much that I cannot sleep Pouted lips, that lovable appearance And the sweet-smelling taste on your body My happiness is you Thinking of you so much that I will smile Without you here, I find it very hard to endure (Without you here I find it hard to endure and I have a lot of annoyance) Without you annoying me, I have a lot of annoyance (Without you annoying me, I have a lot of annoyance and find it hard to endure) Cut through layers of clouds I am trying to make efforts to run in a hurry towards you Love only then is delivered But you are already in someone else's arms That is I cannot speak To let her know I will definitely scold loudly protecting you I will also tease you to laugh You are very important to me I regret Not letting you know Quietly listening to you acting like a spoiled child Looking at you sleeping Constantly until when we're old That is I cannot speak To let her know That is such a few simple words I am unable to manage The whole heart hanging in mid air I can only Watch from far away These I can accomplish But that person is already not me
These are individuals who become obsessed with or fixed on a person with whom they have had no intimate or close relationship. The victim may be a friend, a business acquaintance, a person met only once, or even a complete stranger.
Love obsession stalkers believe that a special, often mystical, relationship exists between them and their victims. Any contact with the victim becomes a positive reinforcement of this relationship and any wavering (even the slightest) of the victim from an absolute "NO" is seen as an invitation to continue the pursuit.
These stalkers will often read sexual meanings into neutral responses from the victim. They are often loners with an emotional void in their lives. Any contact with the object of the infatuation, even negative, helps fill this void. Failed relationships are the rule among these individuals.
Many suffer from erotomania. They have the delusion that they are loved intensely by another person, usually a person of higher socioeconomic status than them or an unattainable public figure. They are totally convinced that the stalking victim loves them dearly and truly, and would return their affection except for some external influence.
During questioning, police find that most love obsession stalkers have fantasized a complete relationship with the person they are stalking. When they attempt to act out this fantasy in real life, they expect the victim to return the affection. When no affection is returned, the stalker often reacts with threats and intimidation. When the threats and intimidation don't accomplish what they hoped, the stalker can often become violent and even deadly.
These stalkers have previously been involved in an intimate relationship with their victims. Often the victim has attempted to call off the relationship but the stalker simply refuses to accept it. These stalkers suffer from personality disorders, including being emotionally immature, extremely jealous, insecure, have low self-esteem and quite often feel powerless without the relationship.
While reconciliation is the goal, this stalker believes they must have a specific person back or they will not survive.
The stalker of former spouses or intimate partners, are often domineering and abusive to their partners during the relationship and use this domination as a way to bolster their own low self esteem. The control the abusers exert over their partners gives them a feeling of power they can't find elsewhere. They try to control every aspect of their partner's lives. Their worst fear is losing people over whom they have control.
When they realize this fear as the relationship finally does end, the stalker suddenly believes that his/her life is destroyed. Their total identity and feelings of self-worth are tied up in the power experienced through their domineering and abusive relationship. Without this control, they feel that they will have no self-worth and no identity. They will become nobodies and in desperation they begin stalking, trying to regain their partner and the basis of their power.
It is this total dependence on their partner for identity and feelings of self worth that makes these stalkers so very dangerous. They will often go to any length and stop at nothing to get their partner back. If they can't have the people over whom they can exert dominance and total control, their lives are truly not worth living. Unfortunately, along with becoming suicidal, they also often want to kill the intimate partner who have left them.
Stalking does not always begin with violence or trying to terrorize, it usually starts with, "Can I just talk to you or meet with you one last time?" " If you just talk to me I'll leave you alone." According to experts, "He wants her back, and she won't come back." Everything escalates from there and sometimes he snaps and assaults or kills her. In his mind, he makes the decision, "If I can't have you, no one else will." When he says this, he is attempting to cover his fear that she'll meet another man and leave him. Far too often, the police find that these stalkers follow through on their threats, killing the victims and then many times committing suicide. For them, death is better than having to face humiliation of the stalking victim leaving them for someone else, and the humiliation of having to face their own powerlessness.
i think you're missing 七里香, 麥芽糖 and，浪漫手機, or at least those are the ones i most commonly find myself listening to though to be fair i can't understand a goddamn word he's singing and my chinese's bad enough that it doesn't really help if i look up the lyrics QQ
Gotta say his earlier stuff was much better than his most recent stuff. I still don't think he's that great of a singer because he just slurs and his voice is really subpar, but majority of his songs are really well done.
On May 19 2011 08:39 Demon Hunter wrote: The conclusion I must come to is this - 90% of his songs are absolutely shit.
Oh no you didn't.
Anyway. You listed some of the best, but I agree with others that you omitted a bunch of really good songs by Jay, most notably Fearless. Other songs I think are good include 黑色幽默 (this is THE Jay ballad), 爸我回來了, 青花瓷, 無雙, 止戰之殤, 煙花以冷, 以父之名, 白色風車, etc.
Also 女儿红 is the title that was from his leaked album. The official name of that song is 給我一首歌的時間 (one of my all time fave songs). Same for 红楼梦中, official title is 花海.
I only left how long ago and I have started to Worry about whether or not you are living happily today The whole screen is you Thinking of you so much that I cannot sleep Pouted lips, that lovable appearance And the sweet-smelling taste on your body My happiness is you Thinking of you so much that I will smile Without you here, I find it very hard to endure (Without you here I find it hard to endure and I have a lot of annoyance) Without you annoying me, I have a lot of annoyance (Without you annoying me, I have a lot of annoyance and find it hard to endure) Cut through layers of clouds I am trying to make efforts to run in a hurry towards you Love only then is delivered But you are already in someone else's arms That is I cannot speak To let her know I will definitely scold loudly protecting you I will also tease you to laugh You are very important to me I regret Not letting you know Quietly listening to you acting like a spoiled child Looking at you sleeping Constantly until when we're old That is I cannot speak To let her know That is such a few simple words I am unable to manage The whole heart hanging in mid air I can only Watch from far away These I can accomplish But that person is already not me
These are individuals who become obsessed with or fixed on a person with whom they have had no intimate or close relationship. The victim may be a friend, a business acquaintance, a person met only once, or even a complete stranger.
Love obsession stalkers believe that a special, often mystical, relationship exists between them and their victims. Any contact with the victim becomes a positive reinforcement of this relationship and any wavering (even the slightest) of the victim from an absolute "NO" is seen as an invitation to continue the pursuit.
These stalkers will often read sexual meanings into neutral responses from the victim. They are often loners with an emotional void in their lives. Any contact with the object of the infatuation, even negative, helps fill this void. Failed relationships are the rule among these individuals.
Many suffer from erotomania. They have the delusion that they are loved intensely by another person, usually a person of higher socioeconomic status than them or an unattainable public figure. They are totally convinced that the stalking victim loves them dearly and truly, and would return their affection except for some external influence.
During questioning, police find that most love obsession stalkers have fantasized a complete relationship with the person they are stalking. When they attempt to act out this fantasy in real life, they expect the victim to return the affection. When no affection is returned, the stalker often reacts with threats and intimidation. When the threats and intimidation don't accomplish what they hoped, the stalker can often become violent and even deadly.
Wow... I didn't get that from the lyrics at all.
I just thought, they broke up or she left for some reason and he still loves her and he regrets not speaking up and trying to get her to stay.
EPT
it's my break-up song so I'm kind of emotionally attached ... 
