Comments on: Black Black Heart – 分开旅行 (Travelling Separately) http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sensual Writer http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-27982 Sensual Writer Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:55:06 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-27982 I like to shag UK black babes, but I have noticed that not many do porno. I like to shag UK black babes, but I have noticed that not many do porno.

]]> By: Todd http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23372 Todd Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:03:08 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23372 Regarding creativity, I think it's more a case that the indie music scene is so young and so small, and moreover has virtually no market. How much creativity can you expect from mainstream pop, regardless of the cultural background? Regarding creativity, I think it’s more a case that the indie music scene is so young and so small, and moreover has virtually no market. How much creativity can you expect from mainstream pop, regardless of the cultural background?

]]> By: Chris http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23371 Chris Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:46:36 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23371 <blockquote>You’ve always got the most interesting links you seem to pull out of no where.</blockquote> Haha, that's what I usually think about yours. Anyway, I agree with just about everything you said. Speaking of creativity, and completely unrelated, have you heard the Shins' song <a href='http://www.lyricsdomain.com/20/the_shins/so_says_i.html' rel="nofollow">"So Says I"</a>? These lyrics just blow me away. I was about to write "It's hard to imagine a Chinese band being this creative", but, you know what, it's hard for me to imagine <em>any</em> band being this creative.

You’ve always got the most interesting links you seem to pull out of no where.

Haha, that’s what I usually think about yours. Anyway, I agree with just about everything you said.
Speaking of creativity, and completely unrelated, have you heard the Shins’ song “So Says I”? These lyrics just blow me away.
I was about to write “It’s hard to imagine a Chinese band being this creative”, but, you know what, it’s hard for me to imagine any band being this creative.

]]> By: Todd http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23369 Todd Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:19:40 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23369 The Chinese version of "Stop! Stop! Stop!" by Nu Virgos is even less faithful to the original. Like "Black Black Heart" it is all sung in Chinese except for three words...however, even those three words have been changed from "Stop, stop, stop" into "Love, love, love"! The Chinese version of “Stop! Stop! Stop!” by Nu Virgos is even less faithful to the original. Like “Black Black Heart” it is all sung in Chinese except for three words…however, even those three words have been changed from “Stop, stop, stop” into “Love, love, love”!

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23368 Ryan Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:37:22 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23368 I swear you save these links just to post to me in comments ;-) You've always got the most interesting links you seem to pull out of no where. Colour me impressed, and a big thanks for it. I guess I fall on the "lacking creativity" aspect. Though I can't speak for East Asian creativity, but only for what I've witnessed, or have failed to witness while living in the PRC. It's a multi-faceted argument to say the least. I am not sure if it's just my background in this country or not, but generally I feel the lack of creativity is not a hard-coded problem, but more of something that's hammered in during school years. That, of course, is tied in with traditional values/thoughts, and political climate... meh. Covers/copying aside, it's hard to ignore that the "creative pursuits" that are explored by China's artists are generally much more structured and technical. It's not to say avant-garde art creation doesn't exist here, I've just not seen it anywhere near the density of the West. In the end I think it's something that is constantly talked about, and also a gross (but in my opinion true) over-simplification: Asian culture doesn't promote "going your own way". And though some buck culture's constraints, there's never been a *positive* vast movement that has helped this. I swear you save these links just to post to me in comments ;-) You’ve always got the most interesting links you seem to pull out of no where. Colour me impressed, and a big thanks for it.

I guess I fall on the “lacking creativity” aspect. Though I can’t speak for East Asian creativity, but only for what I’ve witnessed, or have failed to witness while living in the PRC.

It’s a multi-faceted argument to say the least. I am not sure if it’s just my background in this country or not, but generally I feel the lack of creativity is not a hard-coded problem, but more of something that’s hammered in during school years.

That, of course, is tied in with traditional values/thoughts, and political climate… meh.

Covers/copying aside, it’s hard to ignore that the “creative pursuits” that are explored by China’s artists are generally much more structured and technical. It’s not to say avant-garde art creation doesn’t exist here, I’ve just not seen it anywhere near the density of the West.

In the end I think it’s something that is constantly talked about, and also a gross (but in my opinion true) over-simplification: Asian culture doesn’t promote “going your own way”.

And though some buck culture’s constraints, there’s never been a *positive* vast movement that has helped this.

]]> By: Chris http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23366 Chris Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:32:57 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23366 Well, of course, there's nothing wrong with doing covers. East Asian creativity is a topic that's really hard to generalize about, and I try to keep an open mind. I don't know where you are in the debate, or how much you've read, but, just for one example, the first review of the book "The Writing On the Wall ...", titled <a href='http://tinyurl.com/28s46a' rel="nofollow">A Steep Drop-Off From His Last Book</a> makes interesting reading. Well, of course, there’s nothing wrong with doing covers. East Asian creativity is a topic that’s really hard to generalize about, and I try to keep an open mind. I don’t know where you are in the debate, or how much you’ve read, but, just for one example, the first review of the book “The Writing On the Wall …”, titled A Steep Drop-Off From His Last Book makes interesting reading.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23364 Ryan Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:57:32 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23364 Hey Chris, glad you liked the post if not the song :-) Maggie tells me it was really popular this time last year. She was a bit surprised when I played the original, which led us into a bit of conversation about how much/little creativity and originality is in China. Hey Chris, glad you liked the post if not the song :-) Maggie tells me it was really popular this time last year.

She was a bit surprised when I played the original, which led us into a bit of conversation about how much/little creativity and originality is in China.

]]> By: Chris http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/entertainmentreviews/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23363 Chris Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:04:36 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/07/20/black-black-heart-%e5%88%86%e5%bc%80%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c-travelling-seperately/#comment-23363 Great post, thanks! I'm not crazy about the song, in any of its incarnations, but the post was fun to read. Great post, thanks! I’m not crazy about the song, in any of its incarnations, but the post was fun to read.

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