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R&B Chinese culture "Yi Xing Jing Tian", Jay Chou pushes Andy Lau out
by kelvin@multistars - 13th April 2004Once the news that Asia R&B heavenly king Jay Chou is going to participate in musical dance epic ¡§Yi Xing Jing Tian¡¨ on the 1st of May, the fans were very excited. Yesterday reporters found out from the head supervisor producer office that the role of Prince Jay is playing was originally planned to have Andy Lau act it, but after analysis of the composite of popularity, strength and market, the main organisers finally were fixed to have Jay Chou, who is good at using R&B to perform traditional Chinese culture.
¡§The reason why we chose him, one is his popularity, two is his craziness towards performance of traditional culture and it will work smoothly.¡¨ The head supervisor producer said: ¡§Dragon Fist¡¦s lyrics you can hear a overwhelming atmosphere, makes people have warm blood, it¡¦s very suitable to perform Sanxingdui¡¦s prosperous scene of 5000 years ago.¡¨
According to the director Zheng Yuan¡¦s introduction, Jay is going to wear the Sanxingdui dragon people golden mask, he will be opening the prologue of ¡§The dance of the dragon people¡¨ with the song ¡§Dragon Fist¡¨.
The thing that makes the fans excited is that just before the official beginning on the night of the opera, Jay will also be doing a 25 minute warm up performance, singing ¡§East Wind Breaks¡¨, ¡§Nun-Chuks¡¨, etc¡K songs.
¡§Yi Xing Jing Tian¡¨ head producer Liu Yong revealed to the reporters: Liao Chang Yong will be playing ¡§Zong Mu Shen¡¨, young heavenly king Jay is going to play the son of ¡§Zong Mu Shen¡¨. Taiwan popular group S.H.E. are going to play the Miao song three sisters, they will be dancing and singing mountain songs of the Miao family. Also, Song Zu Ying is going to make an important guest appearance.