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Joyo online chat record
by kelvin@multistars - 12th September 2004
Presenter - P
Jay Chou - J
Web friend - W
P: Hello everyone!
P: Welcome all web friends to Joyo famous person online once again, hello everyone! Today we are very honoured to have invited Jay Chou to come here. This time Jay coming to Beijing, he is going to participate in the Perfect Concert on the 17th of September and the charity basketball match on the 18th. The scale of this time's concert is very big, Jay Chou's travel route was also very intense, so we are especially grateful to Jay Chou being able to squeeze out time to come to Joyo website to chat with you friends. Jay Chou's 04 year latest album Common Jasmin Orange released by Sony Music, can be said to be the focal point of this year's summer Chinese album market, the sales have been very good. From the 3rd of August till now, the sales on Joyo have already reached 20,000 copies, today Jay Chou is also going to sign a copy of Common Jasmin Orange CD for Joyo website. Chat now officially starts, firstly I ask Jay Chou to say hi to web friends.
J: Hello to all web friends! I am Jay Chou
P: A lot of web friends have put forward a lot of questions.
W milan lj: Which song do you like the most in the new album "Common Jasmin Orange"?
J: A lot. I ought to like.
W fine day tune: We have looked forward to Jay Chou's "Common Jasmin Orange" for a year, very moved, in your heart what aspect is the best? You need to take care of your body, no matter what we will always support you.
J: Music that I think is good, I can only give that to all the fans who like me. That's why every song is very good music.
W good man: You especially went to Vladivostok for the cover for the new album, you met many troubles on the trip to Vladivostok, did you meet any matters that made you feel very profound? The children there suffer the pain of war, what do you want to say to them?
J: This is a very meaningful place. Actually they don't have any pain now. And they are not as poor as everyone imagines them to be.
W: A lot of people evaluate very highly the song "Casualties Of Stopping War", this is an anti-war song talking about war, did you purposely use lyrical like this, sorrowful music to oppose the cruelty of war?
J: Yes, there are some sad verses.
P: Do you yourself like the look in it?
J: I like.
P: How do you usually dress yourself up?
J: Don't care about my appearance, the simpler the better
W good man: The same name plugged song "Common Jasmin Orange", the lyrics are by Vincent Fang, this is the first time he writes a poem, are you really good friends?
J: Yes.
P: How old is he?
J: Not over 30 years old.
W: In "My Territory" the deepest impression it gave me is still you learning Beijing dialect, do you like Beijing?
J: Of course I like it. I can't wait to go to look at the Great Wall.
W: Have you been to the Great Wall and Imperial Palace?
J: I have, I still want to go.
P: Do you think Beijing dialect is fun?
J: Very fun.
P: Besides stuff like "buddies", is there anything else more fun?
J: There isn't.
W fruit mu si: In the song "Maternal Grandmother" it sounds very commonplace, but in fact it reveals the problem of not only providing materially for the love of the elderly but should also provide mentally, is your relationship with your maternal grandmother good?
J: Yes.
W: Is your maternal grandmother the person you like the most? In this world who loves you the most?
J: Family.
W: In the 4th Global Chinese Music Awards, you won a lot of awards, what changes was this time's awards ceremony with the usual?
J: Very invigorating and very happy, I can take the awards I should get and take it home.
P: You've won so many awards; their and your work must be really busy, do you still have time to play with your family?
J: Very good.
P: Do you feel you owe your family?
J: I can only see them when I have free time in work, mother still follows me, if I film an MV, even though the time we see each other is not much, but we can still see each other.
W: After you make money how do you give presents to the elderly?
J: My parents mostly like to play, take a trip to Europe with them.
W: Your father and mother like "East Wind Breaks" the most, what other songs do they like?
J: In the first album my mother likes "Lovable Woman".
W: I think that I admire you the most not for your looks, but your diligence, apart from your own work you also have to write, you need to take care of your body.
J: Thank you!
W float: The song "Chaotic Dance Of Spring And Autumn" in the new album, it feels like you and Vincent Fang are using an unrestrained and vigorous style, how is this song's MV looking like?
J: This MV should be the one with the most action in this album. There will be a lot of coordination, we've already finished filming it. Right now we are doing postproduction, it should be very exciting.
W: As a person who can write melody and lyrics, which field do you think you have gift in?
J: When I'm writing songs. There's a feeling of spirit coming to my pen.
W: What others are there when you are producing?
J: That is maintaining the level of the whole album. Not only this but I have to participate in a lot of things, including the MVs' plots. I am a fussy role.
W: In the "Common Jasmin Orange" MV you wore a very long beaded necklace, is this made by yourself?
J: Yes.
W: The champion of Olympic 110 metre hurdles is Liu Xiang, he likes you a lot too, do you think you look alike?
J: I haven't heard about that before.
P: If you had the chance would you write a song about 110 metre hurdles?
J: I will.
P: At the same time what other sports do you like? Including basketball.
J: Nothing special.
P: Music is number one, basketball is number two, this is your interest. If in the future you are practising basketball, which one is more exhausting?
J: There are too many musicians who can play basketball.
P: When you were little did you think about doing sports as a career?
J: Yes, play basketball.
P: Why did you give up afterwards?
J: Because there wasn't much progress.
W: On the 8th of September is there a basketball match you are going to participate in? Do you have confidence?
J: Yes, I have confidence.
W: Towards China basketball star team, elderly, will you bully them?
J: No.
P: Have you and Jerry Yan played basketball before?
J: Yes.
P: Is it position?
J: Point guard.
W: Do you like Yao Ming?
J: Not bad.
W: Playing basketball and concert, which one are you more nervous about?
J: Playing basketball.
W: Which one is improved more, first time or second time?
J: The first time was in Hong Kong, the main point was playing basketball and not for singing. So I had an hour of being a sports star of my dreams. I won a MVP award.
W: There are a lot of people like me who love music, but because of restrictions of the region with some other aspects, I can only bury my dream of music in my heart, we pay close attention to you, you have to work hard, can you talk a bit about your views on music?
J: I think you should work hard, then you can realise your dream. Don't be discourage, a lot of people's work have nothing to do with music, but they still do it very well.
W smiling fish: Athens Olympics just finished, but we discovered your "Dragon Fist" and "Nun-Chuks" were broadcasted in the Olympics, will you write a song about the Olympics, if you had a chance will you write a song for the 2008 Olympics?
J: If I had this one, of course it is good.
W "Si Wei": Will Jay Chou be releasing a MV album?
J: I hope that the company can arrange it.
W: Apart from writing the feelings of us youngsters, in your work there is also a lot about the natural environment and relationship of father and mother, do you normally have a lot to think about?
J: Yes.
W: What time do you use to think?
J: When I can't get to sleep.
W: What is the thing you pay most attention to right now?
J: The concert on the 2nd of October.
W Callas princess: What is your look in your usual life?
J: Not like a star, my hair is not as tidy, but my personality should be about the same.
W: Have you got a lot of friends?
J: Not a lot, I don't like making friends.
W: Is the time you arrange freely usually very good?
J: Yes.
W: Do you often have insomnia?
J: No.
W Nan Quan: I am the webmaster of the Nan Quan Mama Chinese website, when we see Nan Quan Mama we will think of you, do you think it has been some effect of yours, some people say they are "Little Jay Chou", what differences are there between your music and theirs?
J: I hope Nan Quan Mama is a bit more hotter in Mainland China, I hope you can hear their music anywhere. Because I think their music is the best at the moment for groups, their music is definitely the best.
W good man: After you came out, what was the most embarrassing thing that you met with?
J: It was after not getting any awards.
W: Whom do you appreciate the most?
J: The piano teacher in primary school.
W: Can you describe a bit about your piano teacher?
J: He is a very strict middle-aged person. If he wasn't that strict at that time, I won't be playing the piano as good.
W: What is the instrument you like the most now? Piano? Cello or guitar?
J: Piano.
W sun rain: Apart from singing, do you have other plans for the future? What do you want to do after you stop singing?
J: Be the producer for other artists, do some background music work.
W: Which artist do you want to be the producer for the most?
J: There isn't any at the present stage.
W: Which side do you want to develop your career in?
J: Acting.
W: "Initial D" filmed in Japan, at the moment this is your first film, can you talk about your views?
J: It is very similar to my character. I think the plot really attracts people to watch, it should be a very good selling movie.
W: How is the progress of this movie? When can we see it?
J: Should be next year.
W: If you had the chance what role would you want to try the most?
J: Pianist.
W: Which director and actors do you want to work with the most?
J: People with ideas.
W: What does Jay hope to bring to fans the most? Is it the feeling of music or a popular style or a kind of spirit?
J: A kind of spirit.
P: What spirit?
J: Persistence of my own style, I hope it is a good example.
P: What example? Some people say you are very diligent.
J: Should be pursuing of certain kinds of ideals, not giving up.
W: Memories about your childhood appear in certain songs, right now which one is your most beautiful time?
J: 12 to 16 years old.
P: At that time you still weren't famous, just like an average person, right now do you have a lot of regrets as a super star? That is you've lost a lot of things.
J: Yes. I've also gotten a lot of things. Gotten a lot more applause, this is also something I didn't have at 12 to 16 years old.
W: When you were 12 to 16 years old what was your dream?
J: To be a musician.
P: Did you think you would be like this now?
J: It was completely different to now, it also had something to do with music, but not pop music.
W: Which is more important to you, family, friendship or love?
J: Family.
W: Can you talk simply about the event travel route of your recent trip to Beijing?
J: The day after tomorrow I will be filming a commercial for China Mobile. Then it's the performance for the Perfect Concert.
W: You need to take some rest, when it's the competition I hope to see your splendid performance.
J: There aren't many competitions like this.
P: This is a basketball team they established 10 years ago.
W xiao qiao yi pai: Musicians are normally a bit more isolated, if they even care about others feelings then they would be very tired, are you used to being yourself?
J: Not wrong. Musicians have to be like this. A bit more subjective.
W xiao qiao yi pai: Can you talk about your views towards music? For instance what type of music do you want to try the most?
J: I've already written the ones I want to challenge, the rest that are left that I don't write are styles I don't like.
W: You haven't been out long; you've already released a lot of albums, which one do you like the most?
J: "Fantasy" the second album. I think this one established my style. The first one was a foundation. But the second one was a style, afterwards there were newcomers like this, people will think they are a lot like Jay Chou. For the first one people said the feeling was like David Tao, but no one talked for the second one.
W: In the KTV in Beijing, which song of yours is the most popular?
J: "East Wind Breaks" and "Nun-Chuks".
W: Now in "Ye Hui Mei" the one that people pay most attention to, "East Wind Breaks" is number one, you can hear it everywhere. You can predict the new album "Common Jasmin Orange" can gradually become popular.
W: Can you go online?
J: I will.
W: All of Jay Chou website members hope your concert is a success.
J: I hope you can continue to support my music. I also hope I can see everyone at the Perfect concert.
W: On the net your fans have built 3 of your fan websites, do you go to look normally?
J: There is a Chinese website, and there's one called Shanghai 1943. Normally I like to go to my own official more. I will also go to other websites.
W: Do you have experience of buying online?
J: Yes. Foreign website.
W: Did you auction a car online?
J: Yes. Antique car.
W: How many do you have now?
J: 10. My favourite is the one I filmed with maternal grandmother, there's a white one.
P: In the "Maternal Grandmother" MV, you borrowed your family and your own car.
J: Yes. Some that you cannot see everywhere, if you go to my official you can see a short clip.
P: There were 2 in the "Ye Hui Mei" that you couldn't see in country?
J: I am very regretful.
W: Which athlete do you like the most in the Olympics?
J: The pride of Chinese people is Liu Xiang, he is a god who broke the record. Only god can do it.
W ping shui xiang feng: You like to buy antique cars, like other things, which do you like more?
J: Yes, like antique sofas and tools, it's mainly Western.
W: When did you start liking them?
J: It should be after I came out, influenced by Vincent Fang.
W: Some people say that in the Perfect Concert you will wear Beijing Opera to perform, can you reveal a bit about your appearance?
J: I still haven't thought of it, it's a bit troublesome to wear Beijing Opera, I hope to wear something a bit gaudy. I won't only be singing "My Territory", that's why the clothing has to be suitable for both fast and slow songs.
W: How many clothes will you change into?
J: Should be 2.
W adore bai xiao: "Time" magazine, says you don't take drugs, don't provoke trouble, but you can still became popular, how do you see yourself becoming popular?
J: Half luck, half was the confidence in music. I think a lot of people with strength cannot reach their ideals. I think it is still the opportunities are more, just as well I was born in this era.
W ping shui xiang feng: What book do you like to read the most? Or which type of books?
J: Manga. "Conan" and "Doraemon".
W: If you didn't have machine guard and Doraemon, what do you use to repose?
J: Take music.
W: You will be holding a concert in Taipei in October, holding one in Hong Kong in November, when can you hold one in Mainland China?
J: In October in Hanzhou, Suzhou, Ji'nan and Wuhan, total of 4 sessions of concert.
W: When will you come to Zhejiang?
P: Will see you in October.
W: Is there any chance in Beijing?
J: Next year.
W: Will you be releasing the next album at August, September next year, have you got any creativity and ideas?
J: Will release. I think albums don't come if you say come, that is inspiration coming, not only this but also coherently writing it down, at the moment I still don't have time to think about how to do the next album.
W: If you were allowed to choose again, will you still be a singer?
J: Being a singer you can let everyone hear your music, if you were a street artist or musician, only a part will be able to hear it. I choose to be able to let everyone hear the songs.
W: Do you want to win the producer award for the next GMAs with this new album?
J: I hope I can.
W: I think the MV for "Family", especially the first few scenes are very beautiful, but why was the hair dyed white, very strange.
J: That was a member, an image at that time. It was a while before they released an album, after the album was released, the image went back, that's why everyone can see how the hair is suddenly white in the MV, in fact this is the starting image I made for Nan Quan Mama, not only this but their clothes were mine, that's why I got my own maternal grandmother to go on, to film this MV for "Family". It was also the first time I was a director, I think this experience was very rich, a bit more valuable. It is equal to realising a dream of mine.
W: In terms of music, you once said you especially wanted to work with Jacky Cheung, which one of his songs did you like more in the past?
J: I like almost all. The one I liked to sing the most was "Bitter Love". It seems it wasn't very pop.
W: Did you have a chance to work with Jacky Cheung?
J: I hope I can in the future.
W feng zi dao ling: Are you interested in doing background music for films?
J: I'm already more interested in it, now I won't.
P: Have you thought about doing pure music?
J: Yes. But there won't be as many people listening to it.
W: What is the other meaning of "Qi Li Xiang"?
J: It is a snack in Taiwan, it is roasted chicken's butt, very fragrant.
W Shanghai 1943: Have you thought about singing other people's songs, are you very insipid of singing your own?
J: Yes. There will be chances in the future.
W: Will you establish an international fans website?
J: Should do.
W: Which place's fans are you interested in? You like the most?
J: All have different characteristics. The ones I have interest in is I hope there are different races. Because they don't understand my music, if they can still like my music, I will be very happy.
W: What constellation of people do you like to know?
J: I'm not too curious about constellations.
W: What image do you admire yourself the most?
J: The image of residing at home, it is a bit more natural.
W Fea: What expression do you like the most of yourself?
J: The most natural.
W: How do you spend your Mid-Autumn festival?
J: Rehearsing.
W: Do you really like martial arts blade?
J: OK.
W: This time coming to Beijing did you have time to buy any antiques?
J: I hope I have time to walk the Pan Jia Yuan.
P: There's also Liulichang is also ok. It's very close here, but really expensive.
J: (Smiles).
W: Do you like the monkey play?
J: I like it, I just saw it today.
W: What is the time for the Hangzhou concert?
J: 13th October.
W: I saw that the new commercial for Meters/Bonwe is filmed in New York?
J: Yes, in the rural.
W: Are you satisfied with this?
J: I've still got lots of confidence.
W: Is there a factor more important than music in your life?
J: Still haven't discovered one.
W qian xun: Have you thought that fans really be more respectful to their parents and more anti-war because of your songs?
J: Yes.
W: In the "Common Jasmin Orange" album there have already been some changes appearing, like "Desperate Fight", just like hard rock style changing, will this kind of change be appearing in future albums?
J: It will, there will be a lot of songs that will act like this.
W: Have you thought about the business of the antique store you opened?
J: The business is still good, I don't take notice of how the business is.
W: What is the important factor in making an antique store a success?
J: You need to have good antiques.
W: What instrument do you normally use to write songs?
J: Piano.
W: Do you have time now to practise the piano?
J: No.
W: Has your piano not improved recently, since you came out?
J: I have not improved, still maintaining the same level.
W: What is the deepest impression and most touching thing in this album?
J: The deepest impression was this song "General", I went to record some sounds of old people playing chess. I don't know where it was stressed, it was a country noise. I collected it from Zhong Yuan in Taiwan.
W: Normally do you have a lot of contact with Jacky Wu?
J: Not too much. The main thing is there's not much time to see. Everyone is busy with their own stuff.
W: Will you be dancing a few dances in the concert?
J: I will dance more than I did last year.
W: What changes are there since you became famous? What things changed, what things didn't change?
J: Even more people can hear your music, and can get even more affirmation, this is the places that have changed. The places I have lost are my own free space.
W: What about the changes in terms of character and personality?
J: I should have changed to be more outward.
W: Do you often go back to your school?
J: I only went back once to film my MV.
W: Do you like anime? Will you write some anime music?
J: If there's a chance, I can try it.
W: Are you interested in computers?
J: Very interested.
W: This qi li xiang, have you eaten it before?
J: I like it.
W: What is the food you like to eat the most?
J: Fried chicken's butt, it is KFC.
W: When will you come to Shanghai?
J: I don't have any chance recently.
W: Will there be a chance to see you play the cello in the concert?
J: No, because I don't play the cello well.
W: Apart from jazz and piano, and also cello, what else do you like?
J: Er hu.
W: The next step will you continue to use the er hu to make some music?
J: I will.
W: Will you play the er hu?
J: No.
W: When you are facing very high demands towards your music from the vast media and the fans, will you have a lot of pressure?
J: I will, that is it is enough to make music that I think is good.
W a bu: At the moment, which is the song, you like the most of other people's work?
J: Every song of Jacky Cheung.
P: Have you thought about writing some songs for Jacky Cheung?
J: I've written one before.
W: When you were in middle school, which friend influenced you the deepest, have you continued contact with them?
J: That is the basketball friends in the past, still not bad friends now.
P: When you were playing the piano, did you continue to be in contact?
J: Some of them are already teachers. A little less contact.
W: When you were in middle school you often played keyboard with a classmate, but every time before you go to lesson you don't wash your hands, making the keys turn into black keys, was that girl angry at you?
J: This was a very long time ago.
W: Did that girl play better or did you play better?
J: We all played pretty well, not only this but the competition in the class was very fierce.
W: When you were little which side did you think you were gifted in, did you really like music?
J: I really liked music. Maybe I inherited my parent's artistic talent. When I was little I learned to draw, I didn't draw very well, that's why I turned to music.
W: Which places are you very outstanding in, including the realisation of music?
J: The comprehension of music. I can grab a lot of different inspiration from one frame.
W: Do you like foreign artists?
J: I admire some, but I can't say out the names. The one I like the most is of course Jet Li. He can be considered as the pride of Chinese people. Besides Liu Xiang.
W: In the future what makes you the most proud?
J: Winning an award in a foreign awards ceremony.
W: Will you be interested in original songs by web friends? Do you have the thought of training some newcomers with potential now?
J: I will, I want to train some people who like music. I hope I can help them realise it.
W: In middle school Jay Chou skipped lessons because of basketball, were you scared of dogs so you didn't jump over the wall?
J: I wasn't scared of dogs, it was that the movement was too slow.
W FE1: Have you thought about letting your children sing in the future?
J: Learn music, piano and singing is not definite.
W: Will you be going overseas to study music?
J: No.
W: Where do you want to go to play?
J: England. I'm quite interested in the antiques and old buildings.
W: In terms of antiques do you lean towards western or eastern?
J: Not definite, depends on the thing.
W: Do you like antiques because there is the potential of rising in price?
J: No, just pure fondness. I like living in this era. Including the furnishings in the house and the clothes I wear and the cars I drive are old things.
W: Which antique are you most satisfied with?
J: The 1958 old car. Bought it from America, it can still be driven now. It is the car in "Desperate Fight", in it a lot of the cars are mine.
W: Do you normally repair these antique cars?
J: I hand over the repairs to others; I have no ideas about cars, just pure fondness.
W: Normally what environments do you write songs and lyrics in?
J: In the afternoon. No work for a whole day. And it doesn't have to be emphasis on mood, that is it depends on the weather that day, atmosphere. If it is a fine day then I will write "Fine Day", if it is cloudy day then I will write something like Karen Mok's "Cloudy Day".
W: What is the weather like in Taiwan recently?
J: A bit stormy.
W: Have you heard of African music? Will you melt it into your own music?
J: In the future I will. Not now.
W: Can you describe your character?
J: Full of change. Not only this but very emotional.
W: When you make music who listens to it first, Vincent Fang?
J: Yes.
W: What is his evaluation of you?
J: He won't let me be confident, he will say good music is ok, but I know when he says it's ok it is very good.
W: In the Perfect Concert, who will you work with? Including people like Jerry Yan?
J: No.
P: Just singing alone?
J: Yes.
P: Also a lot of web friends have left messages in our BBS hoping that you look after your body, we Jay fans here will support you till the end! I think this is their blessing, and it is also our blessings to you. Happy times are always short, the end of our chat is soon, we are grateful to all online web friends and fans' support, thank you Jay Chou for coming to Joyo to chat with everyone, at the end I ask Jay Chou to say what you want to say the most to the web friends and fans.
J: Thank you for your concern.
