五月天: A Taste of Taiwan

For those of you I have already shared this with, better luck next post! :) I realize I'm living in France right now, but since I slacked off in the blogging department while I was living in Taiwan, there are some things I just have to share. Better late than never, right?

五月天 (Wǔ Yuè Tiān), otherwise known as Mayday, is a hugely popular Taiwanese rock band. And do they know how to rock! They're considered one of the best bands in the Chinese music industry. In fact, Mayday is to Taiwan as the Beatles are to America. Why, do you ask? #1: Because of their popularity. To give you an idea of how popular they are, back in 2004, they broke the record for most concert-goers at a concert- nearly 400,000! And who held the record previous to that? Only Michael Jackson. #2: They are among the pioneers of rock music in Taiwan. However, Mayday is much more recent than the Beatles: late 90's-present. I went to their concert, and was super impressed. They are fabulous entertainers- they give their ALL to their audience. They give you your money's worth and more! They performed for FOUR hours at our concert. FOUR HOURS! That's unheard of! We were exhausted after three, and we were just watching them perform!

I'll let you check them out for yourselves. This is probably my favorite song of theirs. And you HAVE to read the lyrics...I think they're ingenious. They're DEEP- Ashin, the lead singer, had to really think to put this together. And they contain a good moral, if you really think about the message of the song.

Presenting.....MAYDAY! (The song is way cooler if you read the lyrics while you watch the video, I promise!)



PS. The material that's floating around represents this girl's perfume. If you check out the lyrics, you'll understand what her perfume represents. :) Cool concept, huh?

If you want to check out another of Mayday's songs, this is a fun one: video, lyrics