Haiku's Music of Asia Archival Adventures II (1980-2004) January 2nd @13:30 GMT

[Diddy]

ABRUPT!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 15: Baby V.O.X. feat. Jennifer Lopez - Play (2004 South Korea)
No surprise of who this is a cover of. I think 2002 was around the end of the Eurodance era () and marked the start of an RnB era. This is quite groovy!

 

[RJN]

Ironically, this features more JLO vocals than the original

 

[Diddy]

wait, FEAT JLO?!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Not "You win again"?

Oh yeah, that's what it is called.

 

[COB]

Oh lordy

 

[Beverley]

any teeny bit of hawaiian music always reminds me of those cartoons from childhood

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Ironically, this features more JLO vocals than the original

Probably the most she actually sang in a song that era too.

 

[Diddy]

Oh yeah, that's what it is called.

It's sort of in there somewhere but the melody is quite different!

 

[RJN]

"Hang on wait a minute, all my girls get gangsta with it"

 

[Diddy]

I don't care who sings it, Play is a SOLID 2001 BOP

 

[Beverley]

it's a very liberal cover, isn't it? lots of artistic licence taken with the melody...

 

[Beverley]

but i love that they kept Christina Milian's vocals on the chorus

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I admittedly preferred that Scottish Widows ON A BEACH Sash! song from Baby V.O.X. though!

 

[COB]

Is the J-Lo feature just her being sampled for the chorus?

 

[Diddy]

This doesn't quite GO OFF like the original, does it?

 

[Beverley]

Is the J-Lo feature just her being sampled for the chorus?

its not even her vox apart from the spoken word line!

 

[Beverley]

looks like it was filmed outside Kyoto train station

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 16: Yuki Hsu - 5,6,7,8 Going! (1998 Taiwan)
I really don't know what to say about this one, other than enjoy.

 

[RJN]

Speaking of changing the melody...

 

[COB]

The Steps!

 

[Diddy]

WHAT IS HAPPENING

 

[Beverley]

YAS

 

[Diddy]

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

she also made a curious cover of "Dub-I-Dub" by Me & My

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

"Hsu was sued for a breach of contract when she failed to show up for a concert and made unauthorized public appearances on Taiwanese broadcasts."

 

[Diddy]

Where R WE GOING!?

Holy shit, what's this Streets of Rage breakdown?

 

[COB]

Was that LOCUTUS OF BORG?!

 

[Diddy]

Was that LOCUTUS OF BORG?!

I JUST HAD THAT SAME MOMENT

 

[Diddy]

I feel like Rita Repulsa just SPIKED ME

 

[COB]

Into whatever this is already!

 

[RJN]

I do want to learn more about Indonesia. There are so many people there but I don't know much about it at all

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Song 17: 1986 Omega Tribe - You Belong To Him (1986 Japan)
Some male city pop to take us into the last section of this playlist! Really digging the instrumentals in this!

 

[COB]

Oh it was just an ad

 

[Beverley]

I do want to learn more about Indonesia. There are so many people there but I don't know much about it at all

i can recommend a book

 

[Diddy]

GARUDA! I feel a bit scared of that because it was always some FLYING MONSTER BIRD BASTARD in Final Fantasy

 

[Beverley]

OOOOH JAUNTY

 

[RJN]

i can recommend a book

please do!

 

[Diddy]

These visuals!! I need to get into an anime hole right now

 

[Diddy]

OMEGA TRIBE - that sounds vaguely RPG too

INTO IT