Out of pure laziness, instead of finding a way to cleverly link these two stories, I'll just have to break it up into parts.
1. Someone once gave me this CD that had some pretty good slow songs on it. There was one song that I had never heard before but I really like it. It's called "Eyes On Me" and is sung by Faye Wong. I'm a big lover of Chinese pop music and she was a fave artist of mine. A fan I am. So it was cool to hear a song where she's singing in English. This was like almost ten years ago.
2. Just last week, a friend invited me to Video Games Live. It's this super AWESOME show where the Houston Symphony plays music from popular video games, such as Final Fantasy. There's more to this story but I'll go into more detail in a future post. And don't worry Miss Antsylily, fotos are coming soon! I'm just a bit backed up.
Ok so here is how 1 meets 2. The incredible Martin Leung (the dude who plays the Mario Bros theme on the piano. BLIND-FOLDED. And incredibly fast. You-tube him. Seriously.), comes out and starts playing this 10 piece piano arrangement of scores featured in the Final Fantasy games. I have heard of this game before but I have no earthly idea of what it's all about or what it entails. I'm just not that kinda gal. But half-way through, he starts playing the music to Eyes On Me, and I'm like, WTH?!? My female gamer friend enlightens me. That song was written specifically for Final Fantasy VIII. Like. Seriously?!? Wow. How video game music has evolved from blips and beeps to music that can be performed by an actual symphony and with an actual chorus group. CAH-RAZY! The song has some goofy lyrics and may not completely win everyone over, but if you ever get to hear it performed on the piano, it is just absolutely beautiful!
This is the song as it appears in the end of Final Fantasy VIII. I still don't get it. Is it supposed to be a game? A movie? Both? I'll never understand the phenom.
Faye Wong
Album: Chang You [sic] (1999)
Song: Eyes On You
2 months ago
5 comments:
yesh peechurs pleez!! hehe. <3 that song! there are so many versions of it too, it's ridoinkulous. oh yeah faye wong has her version of "bohemian rhapsody" too if you care for that song..not too shabby, but i still like the original.
haha that's exactly what it is. i've never really played the game cuz i dont have patience to sit through it cuz they are pretty long but it's an RPG (role playing game) and it's pretty much a story or movie that you control what happens. multiple endings depending how you play the game. small world tho how u were reunited with the song in the place you least suspected it.
Hey Mary. I'm FINALLY on your blog for the first time. Wow that Faye song is old!! I've been singing that karaoke for years! Maybe even in high school! Good song though. Faye is good, and there are many other good Chinese singers out there. Oh, and E told me about that symphony playing video game music. He wants to go.
Does the Houston Symphony still play Video Games Live? Id love to see it.
@ Emily and Linda
Mos def a must go next year! There are no more shows this year.
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