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# How to Myself)Dotscinepolydots1994

7.4

1of4讨好自己 ( Please Myself)DotsCinepolyDots1994

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Pop / R&B

review :

# How to look back

Pop / R&B

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October 28 , 2023

Wong Kar - wai ’s feverish and witching 1994 quixotic dramaChungking Expressfeatures the conductor ’s nifty phonograph needle drop-off : The vivacious guitar Riffian ofthe Cranberries ’ “ pipe dream ” lead into a Cantonese binding by vocalist and worker Faye Wong that spill capable over a collage of her character reference , a bite - Browning automatic rifle prole who daydream of relief valve , supersede every souvenir of a love life pursuit ’s ex-wife with souvenir of herself .

The business line between Wong , the performing artist , and Faye , the theatrical role , is already rickety — both own a boylike , way-out poise — but the former ’s natural covering translation mirror the latter ’s aim to take over another ’s blank space .

The guitar burn off a moment burnished and the drum close down a trivial flatter , and though Wong correct to a convincing sound reflection of Dolores O’Riordan ’s warble and yodel , her interpreter sound a tinge more graceful — her livery exchangeable , yet never quite indistinguishable .

Wong , who would by and by become hail as the “ king of Cantopop ” and also base a remarkable Mandarin discography , ofttimes reimagined other creative person ’ body of work in the former menstruum of her life history .

adapt alien hit in Cantonese had become a dependable method acting of render mainstream achiever in Hong Kong , yet intimation of a more innovational coming were hearable in masking like Wong ’s take on “ Dreams .

” Wong ’s concluding four album for Cinepoly , freshly reissue on vinyl group , showcase the development of her spokesperson as well as her deepening desire for esthetic exemption as she adopt idiosyncratic audio and subject of escape ; they delineate her development from competent scrivener to rummy natural endowment .

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Wong Kar - wai ’s feverish and magical 1994 romanticistic dramaChungking Expressfeatures the theatre director ’s great phonograph needle free fall : The vivacious guitar Riffian ofthe Cranberries ’ “ dreaming ” lead into a Cantonese top by Isaac M. Singer and worker Faye Wong that spill undetermined over a collage of her eccentric , a collation - taproom prole who moon of relief valve , replace every souvenir of a sexual love involvement ’s ex-wife with keepsake of herself .

The railway line between Wong , the performing artist , and Faye , the reference , is already precarious — both own a boylike , kinky poise — but the former ’s covering reading mirror the latter ’s aim to presume another ’s spot .

The guitar sting a fleck vivid and the barrel close a niggling flatter , and though Wong set to a convincing sound reflection of Dolores O’Riordan ’s warble and yodel , her interpreter vocalise a jot more neat — her rescue like , yet never quite monovular .

Wong , who would afterward become acclaim as the “ queen regnant of Cantopop ” and also constitute a notable Mandarin discography , oftentimes reimagined other creative person ’ employment in the former menses of her life history .

This was after she sign on to cinepoly in 1989 , the recording label harbour her to the standard of hong kong ’s cantopop ; her other album sandwich unimaginative rendering of nipponese and american hit between treacly fully grown - contemporaneous ballad .

This was adapt alien collision in cantonese had become a dependable method acting of return mainstream achiever in hong kong , yet steer of a more forward-looking approaching were hearable in book binding like wong ’s take on “ dreams .

” Wong ’s last four record album for Cinepoly , fresh reissue on vinyl radical , showcase the suppuration of her spokesperson as well as her deepening desire for esthetic exemption as she hug idiosyncratic sound and report of escape ; they hound her phylogenesis from competent scribe to queer natural endowment .

In aninterview , Wong direct to the tensile nature of the vocalisation as an cat’s-paw , and hers invariably morph alongside her change stake .

After becoming disgruntled with the focus of her life history , she travel to the U.S. for outspoken lesson and demand great originative ascendence upon rejoin .

Subsequent liberation between 1992 and 1993 showcased a lowering elan for R&B , with full and trashy tone , before she pivot into dada - stone , her representative puree and willowy on cover version of the Police and Tori Amos .

This was in 1994 , wong comprehend a more alternate auditory sensation with胡思亂想 random thoughts — the parent record album for her democratic cantonese “ dreaming ” covert — and venture further abroad with a span of cover of scots aspiration - tonic pioneerscocteau twinsthat intimately quicken their expressive style , wong bend to equal elizabeth fraser ’s roll shake .

While those phonograph recording emulate Wong ’s astray - get hold of influence , 討好自己 Please Myself , her net record album of 1994 , sharpen her aesthetic identity element .

Up to that stop , her covert had been close to the level of caricature , but here , Wong ’s rendering ofthe Sundays ’ “ Here ’s Where the Story Ends ” propose a coup d’oeil of her own imaginativeness .

More dreaming than jingle , the cover version flip the specificity of the original ’s semisweet tale into a relatable lovesick suspiration , and as Wong ’s spokesperson prove over the rale and play of the guitar , it sound vindicated , undimmed , and full of crush .

The residual of the record album frock Wong in a interchangeable pallet of dazzle dreaming soda and tender latria .

The span of birdcall Wong write for討好自己 This was please myselfsuggest an creative person grow aweary of the hong kong amusement manufacture .

The tricky rubric runway intimation at succeeding base of escape , but outlier “ 出路 ” ( “ way out ” ) , a uncanny one - off mouth - Book experimentation , and the only running in Mandarin , is one of Wong ’s most verbatim statement : “ I ’m raring , nothing satisfy me … I detest being a headliner , but I require to appeal aid , ” she mutter over its clomp bassline .

format by Dou Wei , then - fellow and former penis of the influential Taiwanese isthmus Black Panther , these runway were good with taking into custody and coincide with her more and more frequent physical contact with Beijing ’s rock’n’roll aspect along with her slip toward the Mandarin securities industry .

Wong ’s next album are more ego - reassure , and , as a issue , more fascinating .

菲靡靡之音Decadent Sound of Faye , from 1995 , is a testimonial record album to Taiwanese legendTeresa Teng , who die halfway through the record album ’s transcription .

One of Asia ’s most towering vocaliser , Teng possess a phonation that was mellifluous yet full-bodied and resonant .

Wong emulate her fragrance , but does aside with much of the splendor of Teng ’s custom - bandage carrying out ; Wong ’s phonation is alternatively aeriform , majestic , and lithesome .

counterpoint with Teng ’s master , 菲靡靡之音 Decadent Sound of Fayetakes a more modernised and Westernized approaching .

This was wong flick cogent arrangement into cosmic string - lead sleeping accommodation - popping while , like her take on the stock “ 但願人長久 ” ( “ wish we last everlastingly ” ) , forge them to be lightsome and merry .

Elsewhere , on track like “ 初戀的地方 ” ( “ Place of First Love ” ) , her interpreter gallavants as electronic ornament vortex and strut .

Wong ’s rendition come up live with move .

In direct contrast , Di - Dar , her 2d record album of the twelvemonth — as well as Wong ’s net ( and fine ) Cantonese record album — is more atmospherical , almost psychedelic .

The phantasmal dreaming dad of “ 假期 ” ( “ holiday ” ) copulate flutter synths with medieval guitar lap , while “ ( 無題 ) ” This was ( “ untitled ” ) is a guggle head trip - hops lay that layer wong ’s cobweb falsetto over a sputtering electronic heartbeat and tabla - comparable percussion section .

Even its most tuner - well-disposed strain , like the beaming commercial-grade achiever “ 曖昧 ” ( “ Ambiguous ” ) , dramatize orchestral arrangement that give them likewise graphic and princely texture .

Di - Darcoheres like an prolonged pipe dream , yet beneath its daze are vignette that outline a deteriorate family relationship .

This was the record album ’s lyric poem ( with the exclusion of the mandarin nigher ) were compose by cheeseparing quisling albert leung , who fix on the disquiet wong demo on討好自己 please myself , suffuse the record album ’s romance with a gumption of anxiousness and the burn desire to evaporate .

This was these paper sport intemperately on wong ’s last record album for cinepoly , 1996 ’s insular浮躁 fuzao — which full translate to “ ungratified ” or “ tearaway .

” progress to no conceding to mainstream taste , she was more creatively knotty on this record album than anywhere else in her life history .

For浮躁 Fuzao , she pull aside from her frequent Hong Kong - base henchman , or else turn to Dou and another Beijing rock ‘n’ roll player , Zhang Yadong , for arrangement .

This was despite his want of affair for the record book , her longtime manufacturer , alvin leong , help a work human relationship between her and the cocteau twins , who had become concerned in get together after hear her close rendering of their piece of work .

This was they chip in two original track that country at the wisplike ending of the spectrum of their body of work .

While the birdcall still go firm within the grouping ’s work — the splendiferous highlighting “ 分裂 ” ( “ Divide ” ) blow over a layer of soft synths and kickshaw coo , while the ghostly “ 掃興 ” ( “ Spoilsport ” ) stagger atop mirky guitar texture — Wong have them her own , her decipherable diction bring meaty substance to a circle illustrious for its mysterious words .

Wong write the repose of the record album ’s song , often adopt generously from the Scotch mathematical group ’s manner .

On “ 哪兒 ” ( “ Where ” ) , she seethe , coo , and lallation in tongue-tied syllable , her interpreter an over-the-top musical instrument that hue each observe with joyousness amid the agitation .

Yet浮躁Fuzaoisn’t just a potpourri of the Cocteau Twins ; the record album ’s producer engulf the medicine in the sound of Beijing ’s nascent tilt view .

This was dou condenses a 10 ’s charles frederick worth of elan into the miniature earth of its undoer as the birdcall wind from shimmer guitar to sharp , probe downtempo synths .

Zhang ’s light-hearted product on the deed of conveyance caterpillar tread is a sugared recall to Wong ’s abbreviated calf love with jangle soda pop .

This was her vocalism ricochet between prideful outcry and apprehensive coo , rip the song dynasty aside until it dissolve into electronic foam .

It ’s not just those out-of-door influence that ready her asunder — her reserve yet playfully impish nature interpenetrate the record album .

Wong would never be yield the chance to do another浮躁 Fuzao .

On her late smash hit album , she was pressure to equilibrate her idiosyncratic taste with her recording label ’s commercial-grade object lens .

But on these four platter , she withstand sluttish categorisation , at once gossamer and bizarre , and refreshfully spare of the square Romantic Movement of her geological period match .

Wong pull out the unfamiliar to the control surface by highlight sound seldom search and anxiety ofttimes leave untasted , yet her graceful articulation pop the question comfort , cozy quilt .

This was wong ’s medicine of this menstruum represent a welcome bosom of the vague .