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The Beijing BluesPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 19, 2008 2:15 PM
This is a video for the song 'Beijing Blues' by local band Woodie Alan.
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Comments on The Beijing Bluesthat song goes for too long. The blues doesn't seem a very appropriate style of music to represent Beijing. It's too subtle and reflective. I think Beijing music should be a lot more brash. I saw this band at the Stone Boat Cafe and I'm pretty sure one song used an electronic saxophone. I've NEVER seen another band actually use that instrument... For me, the blues are the perfect way to represent Beijing, but then again they are the perfect way to represent everything to me. Our sax player Dave Loevinger does in deed use an electric sax.. it is actually a MIDI breath controller... basically a synthesizer controlled by the mouth like a wind instrument. we are back at the S. Boat on Sat. 6/28. As for it being too long... well, we're a jam band so we jam. Thanks for listening. I'll come back on the 28th if you can promise me an electric sax SOLO... Dave usually takes several electric sax solos a night.. you must have missed it. He is in the U.s. for a couple of weeks and won't be there next week, though. We have a sub, Tian Xiao, owner of the great little bar Jianghu Jiuba. This song rocks Rocks? It's more like sand. I'm certainly not known for being a music critic, but this song's lyrics seem more like seven and a half minutes of a CCTV-9 weather report. "It's raining down in Shanghai while Beijing is having its annual sandstorm." At least it mercifully didn't include the notorious "Asian riff"! Spelunker, There is erhu in the intro and throughout the bass solo and at the end of the song. Our bassist Zhang Yong is a great erhu player. Go to http://www.myspace.com/woodiealanband and listen to the first song.. original Chinese blues sung by Zhang Yong. No pinyin needed. The drummer is Lu Wei and he is wearing a T shirt for Troyan drums. Dear Alan Paul: 后海有一条胡同 等以下;怎么回事 我不妨到首都机场 Good luck to you and all of your band members! Hey, thanks Spelunker. We have been singing more and more songs together, but in English. We have been talking about co-sining in Chinese but haven't found a tune yet. We'll give yours a try. |
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