Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Nell - Possible Changes
End of the 20th century was rememberable time in korean pop music history.
For the bless of the internet, every korean can taste lots of pop musics all over the world.
MP3s along with internet made many big entertainment firms got broken and korean musicians realized that they needed to be changed.
At the same time underground musicians all over this land were ready to fly to the major ground.
Nell was the starter and most successful case of breaking out musician from the underground.
They were famous in the underground rock market already but they made their first commercial success in 2003 through the 1st album "Let It Rain"
Untill now they released 4 studio albums and 2 EPs recorded with their underground hit songs.
Their original underground debut album recorded in 2001 is bargaing on ebay for over $100 now.
This song is "Planet of Mermaid" from the album "Let It Rain"
Toy - Toy for Music
Toy is a project band leading by You Heeyeaul.
You composes every songs and many famous singers sing his song.
He is one remarkable artist in korea.
His major at his young age was actually in a classical music category.
He majored classical music composition but what he really interested in was not a classical music.
On his junior year he made a band with his friends and that was a complete mass.
After graduation, he made his debut with an album named "In My Mind..."and that was a sensational trial in adult contemporary field in Korea.-actually there was no contemporary genre or artists in korea at that time. We had ballade, dance and trot(something like korean version of enka)
No composers had released an album with other artists singing songs until then.
Years passed, people got older, but still his songs are loved by many fans.
This song is "I wonder... Are You Still Beatiful?" on an album "A Night in Seoul"
"When we were broke up, I felt free. I 've never thought about you and thought that I was all over you. But times passed I started realizing something missing in my days, months, years. And one day I cried thinking about you. This is the day I cry after all those years. Are you still beautiful like our good times? How about the way you talk and giggles that I loved? I have changed a little. I don't smile much like old times and I find myself in the mirror grey and blue. Please be happy for me."
Sora - Sweet Heart, Bitter Voice

You can see her tears in this video.