Asian MV thread.

[nskripchun]

Thought it'd be nice to have a collected thread... my first contributions:

Hyori - Anymotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyeWN8PXGgY

If only every piece of shat blue collar job I've had in my life had its own Hyori.

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Monkey Majik + Yoshida Brothers - Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUQMb4eebEU

Multi-ethnic Japanese Canadian band meets... SHAMISEN!

[averagejoette]

when i saw the thread title, Monkey Majik and the Yoshida Bros were the first thing that popped into my head...anywho

Alex (clazziquai) and Jisun (Loveholic)- Very Hurtful Words
Watch this one before the second one...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pb-cSfby79E

Alex (clazziquai) and Jisun (Loveholic,i think...)- I Love you

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qvI5b-N0QIo

[nskripchun]

^nice. Now that I'm heartbroken, Imma go cry alone in the shower... T_T


Jin - ABC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNbl5ZTBZE

I think MG posted this vid before, but there it is again with subtitles for the glorious Cantonese. Props to Jin for dropping a reference to VITA SOY and "cho di". haha.

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Jin - Top 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc311i9G-xM

Older Jin song with a fresh sample of Jadakiss' line "Top 5 Dead or Alive"... a good run through of the history of hip-hop.


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Chan - Street Legends f.Singapore Kane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk32Fk3Qx08

Kick ass KoreanAm emcee... great voice over a great beat in this vid.

[theme]

Phong Le-Lay Tien Cho Gai(Loosely translated to makin' money for the bitches)

Vietnamese aren't generally known for their creativity, especially in pop music, but this video had me crackin' up cause it's different from what's out there. It's a parody rap video and the quality is still bad but it's good for a Vietnamese MV. Plus it's so damn catchy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GoL6jr2zHV8

Trish Thuy Trang-Joe Le Taxi

She's the Vietnamese Jessica Simpson(good looking but not that talented). This is that sort of stuff that Vietnamese people are use to.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WS1FrpJK0Is

And just to show that we're not all untalented. Here's one of my favorite female singers singing one of my favorite songs. It's a great blend of contemporary music with old age instruments. Can't remember what that instrument that guy is playing midway through the video but it's authentic Vietnamese.

Minh Tuyet-Tham Goi Ten Anh

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lq7DgcaQ10o

[da13371ama]

chatmonchy - hananoyume
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3LHhWZGZU

Polysics - Electric Surfin' Go Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkQKySCMRg

Takashi Fujii -Oh My Juliet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ACQrMHtfXY
LOL

[ZhuBaJie]

a few from my queen Faye.

將愛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj_PM2H087Y

不留
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA2NTFFZVA

當時的月亮
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttiO4JW6gjI

[ZhuBaJie]

and my all time favourite.

Indian Thriller
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc

[averagejoette]

Polysics - Electric Surfin' Go Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkQKySCMRg


I love Polysics
Polysics- I my me mine
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_9wSMuCJCkQ

Miyavi- Selfish Love
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f_da4hhwo30

Miyavi- Kimi ni negai wo (reminds me of van gogh)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iNC6-7PaIlE

For people who like something a bit more creepy

Dir en Grey- Kasumi
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v71KlQl6wok
actually, almost every mv by them is creepy.

[JadeDragon]

Point Blanc - Ipohmali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoqexVFwBw

Yogi B and Natchatra - Madai Thiranthu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHG6FJTcJR8

Too Phat featuring Warren G - Just A Little Bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLoqtmX9wXo

Skritch (a Singaporean vocal band) - singing Jay Chou's "Jian Dan Ai"
(I can't seem to find proper videos, only live performances)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X01gRjnL5Nw

[maogirl]

not quite an asian music video...but this will thrill wong kar wai fans.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g6Db8riyayk

montage of 2046 set to lali puna's cover of "electric dreams"

it hurts my heart to watch this.


edited to add: turns out that lali puna's founding member, valerie trebeljahr, is asian, so there you go! it's an asian MV! sort of!

[maogirl]

oh my god, here's another fucking badass one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Mf6WcjEl5k

by supercar

it's fucking hilarious!! the captions had me laughing out loud (no, i don't read japanese, but i could sort of guess from the chinese characters)

yes, i'm sick in the head

[ZhuBaJie]

not quite an asian music video...but this will thrill wong kar wai fans.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g6Db8riyayk

montage of 2046 set to lali puna's cover of "electric dreams"

it hurts my heart to watch this.


edited to add: turns out that lali puna's founding member, valerie trebeljahr, is asian, so there you go! it's an asian MV! sort of!

there are really a whole lot of WKW video clips and tribute vids on youtube.

i have to say, maybe i'm biased because i'm a fan, but WKW really knows how to use the film medium more than a lot of famous directors out there.

[Subwaybrum]

my favourite band


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okR-Kexc36s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hev3TsNdjpw

[maogirl]

there are really a whole lot of WKW video clips and tribute vids on youtube.

i have to say, maybe i'm biased because i'm a fan, but WKW really knows how to use the film medium more than a lot of famous directors out there.

not just that, but i think he treats female characters with a lot of love and sympathy. they always look so beautiful and he has this talent for bringing out their hidden vulnerability.

to this day, it brings tears to my eyes whenever i watch "chungking" and that scene where wong faye looks at tony leung with her wide eyes and the look on her face...she looks so scared, hopeful, suspicious and vulnerable at the same time. every time i think of her, i fall in love.

[ZhuBaJie]

not just that, but i think he treats female characters with a lot of love and sympathy. they always look so beautiful and he has this talent for bringing out their hidden vulnerability.

he has a talent in bringing out expressions in his characters that are very subtle and sustained, period. i fell in love with his films when i was young and was going through these periods of deep funk. i really liked how he portrayed a character's loneliness, inability to connect with others, and at the same time with a yearning to do so.

to this day, it brings tears to my eyes whenever i watch "chungking" and that scene where wong faye looks at tony leung with her wide eyes and the look on her face...she looks so scared, hopeful, suspicious and vulnerable at the same time. every time i think of her, i fall in love.

ChungKing Mansions is nice and who does not love Faye after watching that movie? but my favourite by far is Fallen Angels, for basically what i wrote above, and a close second being In the Mood For Love - that movie is a masterpiece in leading the mood of the audience.

[ninajoy]

love love love the dynamic duo...here's a friggin hilarious video!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myWj1nJ22rY

you can see how much fun making the video was...at the end are bloopers showing them laughing their asses off.

i love this video too, angela aki's kokoro no senshi....gorgeous vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfL-2chNClM

[Subwaybrum]

Sex Machineguns - Ai Koso Subete (Love is Everything)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbkpAR6z-g

(translation)
http://www.mognet.net/artisttranslation.php?id=390&translation=english

[wuwei]

a few from my queen Faye.

將愛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj_PM2H087Y

不留
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA2NTFFZVA

當時的月亮
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttiO4JW6gjI

One of my favorite Wong Faye songs is actually the cover she did for ChungKing Forest.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvZ2WwPm4z0&mode=related&search=

[averagejoette]

if any of you watched death note

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vMsVaIP38gg
^^one of my favorite bands. Nightmare- the world. I'm in love with the scary looking one with an abundance of piercings. I would seriously marry him.

naruto closing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=deYkF9GBQPM
^^atari akeboshi- winds

[nightshade]

if any of you watched death note
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vMsVaIP38gg
^^one of my favorite bands. Nightmare- the world. I'm in love with the scary looking one with an abundance of piercings. I would seriously marry him.


I was upset when they changed the opening credits and theme song for Death Note, cause this song is rad. Thanks for posting this!

[ZhuBaJie]

One of my favorite Wong Faye songs is actually the cover she did for ChungKing Forest.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvZ2WwPm4z0&mode=related&search=

i love Faye but whoever designed her outfit in that video seriously needs a good ass-kicking.

[nightshade]

i love Faye but whoever designed her outfit in that video seriously needs a good ass-kicking.

I think it might be similar to the swan dress Bjork wore to the Oscars one year.

[Subwaybrum]

Boom Boom Satellites - Kick it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j22jkKoyKxc

RIP SLYME to Quruli - Love-e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6OUZ3-jmyw

[nskripchun]

I got this link from AngryAsianMan:

Lim Jeong Hee - cover of Stevie Wonder's "Lately"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36YD9OJW9h4

Not too shabby.

[nskripchun]

For everyone who's enjoying the changing of the seasons during this time of year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OViHPipVUAA

Mika Nakashima - 桜色舞うころ (Sakurairo Mau Koro)

[jaehwan]

Cool video. Love her voice.

No Mr. Children vids?

Check this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ao6FG959ME

By the way, isn't it nice in the video how they show Asian families? Seriously, you don't much of that in the American media.

[Subwaybrum]

I like this video...

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2036254936

[Subwaybrum]

My friends saw these guys as an opening act at some concert. The crowd loved them apparently.

Bye Bye Disco by New Pants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pvfos5qYDw

interview with the guitarist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzHmtPfZEs

their myspace profile
http://www.myspace.com/beijingnewpants

http://www.modernsky.com/bands/newpants/longhurendan%20cover2.jpg

[Subwaybrum]

oh my...feeling nostalgic here :o


http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=106255&vid=28672&b=298

[averagejoette]

For everyone who's enjoying the changing of the seasons during this time of year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OViHPipVUAA

Mika Nakashima - 桜色舞うころ (Sakurairo Mau Koro)

I really like Mika Nakashima's music.

On the flip side, I also really like atari kousuke. His sound is more like pop-y island music.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D9_oBUR5ND8
中孝介 「花 ユライ花 ver.」

PS: I missed posting here, so I came back. Midterms are killing me.

[.vhg//ALITA]

FIR - 月牙湾 good song to listen to when you need to calm down =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJaKAV0Q8bk&feature=PlayList&p=220BD0C0FC103D6B&index=69

[nskripchun]

I really like Mika Nakashima's music.

On the flip side, I also really like atari kousuke. His sound is more like pop-y island music.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D9_oBUR5ND8
中孝介 「花 ユライ花 ver.」

PS: I missed posting here, so I came back. Midterms are killing me.

interesting pick. his voice reminds me a little bit of Ken Hirai.

[nskripchun]

Local Seattle hip-hop heroes, Blue Scholars, pay homage to Seattle and riding the bus, with Filipino-Am emcee Geologic starring in the vid.

Blue Scholars - Joe Metro
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wz79goWQrYU

Good stuff.

[tokyolovestory]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WpAYPh4mFKo

Kazami - you/Himawari

There's also a version with Tsutchie which is in English. I love both versions. <3 (Well, there's two versions of the SONG, possibly not of the video...)

[nskripchun]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WpAYPh4mFKo

Kazami - you/Himawari

There's also a version with Tsutchie which is in English. I love both versions. <3 (Well, there's two versions of the SONG, possibly not of the video...)

Good pick... I <3 Kazami too.

Isn't this the same version that's on the Samurai Champloo soundtrack?

[tokyolovestory]

Good pick... I <3 Kazami too.

Isn't this the same version that's on the Samurai Champloo soundtrack?

haha You know Samurai Champloo!! You're awesome. I dunno about the soundtrack... but the song that's the ending theme on that one episode is actually the English version, I think. The Japanese version is awesome too, though.:)

[nskripchun]

Found this band through a link up on AngryAsianMan... they got a great sound!

Exit Clov - "MK ULTRA"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdLg2WlKZJc

Crazy video, catchy hook.

Exit Clov - "Violent Berries"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiISPjgtDuc

Nice violins.

[Le Sheng Liu]

I think it might be similar to the swan dress Bjork wore to the Oscars one year.

Hasn't Faye covered some of Bjork's songs? I don't know too many Bjork tracks but I have almost every track by Faye through the 90s and some of it sounds like Bjork.

Anyway my favorite band ever, Hong Kong's Beyond!!! Too bad their lead singer died in 93 :(
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GT_s-1A5kBE

[Le Sheng Liu]

More from Beyond. I have this concert on DVD. It's a classic!!!!

Pay attn to the guitar performances at the end of this one. It's fucking schweet!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sm4KIMllmEE&feature=related

Wong Ka Kui rocks it here. This live version is so much better than the CD.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sQf_up-Ivuk&feature=related

[nskripchun]

Marie Digby - Umbrella (acoustic cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589Mvlz6LWE

I've heard the Umbrella cover before, but I didn't know she was Asian American. She's half-Irish, half-Japanese.

(hat tip to TokyoMango (http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/06/acoustic-singer.html))

Also... from her album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F9q_k5TWqo

New Marie Digby vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxKYLYolPc

[dage]

Here are 2 interesting ones

Lang Lang and his father at Carnegie Hall - "Horse"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSYRABNbFdQ


and this one... is... I can't stop watching it

A chinese guy, Meiyang Chang, on Indian Idol :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZOR0fo7WlM

[Subwaybrum]

There's an asian guy competing on australian idol right now and he has a really good voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKCYL1v-js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjsRD3jz99o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlYq2VkBI8k

And of course i have to add this guy in response to Meiyang :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tlGPYYii3M

[dage]

There's an asian guy competing on australian idol right now and he has a really good voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKCYL1v-js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjsRD3jz99o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlYq2VkBI8k

Oh wow...he's really good!

This makes me sad that the only famous Asian person from American Idol was William Hung :(

Isn't the US supposed to be even more diverse?


And of course i have to add this guy in response to Meiyang :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tlGPYYii3M

Haha! They should get together and do duet :)

[Subwaybrum]

yeah he's pretty good, he's also a songwriter and although a few songs are a bit corny some of his songs on his myspace are pretty good haha

[kkun]

There's an asian guy competing on australian idol right now and he has a really good voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKCYL1v-js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjsRD3jz99o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlYq2VkBI8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tlGPYYii3M

Nice voice. Looks like he's in the final 12 as well. Good luck to him. :)

[nskripchun]

Asian pop music, especially Korean and Japanese pop music, so much more kick-ass than American pop.

Wonder Girls - "NOBODY"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-AtIugofs

Love the retro dresses and hair... h0t!

Hat tip to DISGRASIAN...

http://disgrasian.blogspot.com/2008/10/rock-of-asian-wonder-girls.html

[Makulita]

^ Haha, I love the dance they do-- I tried looking for someone who broke it down and apparently the only one is some mullet'd Korean dude with his own studio and disco lights. There's a chick too but... she's just dancing in front of a mirror and she wasn't nearly as extensive as the guy.

[nskripchun]

^ Haha, I love the dance they do-- I tried looking for someone who broke it down and apparently the only one is some mullet'd Korean dude with his own studio and disco lights. There's a chick too but... she's just dancing in front of a mirror and she wasn't nearly as extensive as the guy.

yeah, the dance is pretty damn sexy.

A live performance:

http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/news_rumors_full/wonder_girls_comeback_performance_was_so_hot/

I like how they make it a ballad at the beginning with the chair dance (oh snap!) and then speed up to the regular song at about 2 minutes in.