So I went with my mum to help carry the groceries today, and what should I hear but Guo Mei Mei's horrendous rendition of O-zone's Dragostea Din Tei -_-" Now, normally I don't mind people (especially local singers) who try and make a career in the pop scene, and it's good that the locals are more willing to support homegrown talent nowadays, but I'm gonna go on the record here and say that Miss Guo should
reeeeeaally reconsider her artistic direction. From what I've seen so far, the woman's (I'm gonna refer to her as GMM to save on typing) shtick is basically to take other people's songs, translate them into Chinese, slap a techno beat on them and pass 'em off on the young-kids-who-don't-know-any-better crowd.
Now, I don't know about you, but I actually
liked Dragostea back when the fat guy video clip was making the rounds on the net a while back (google it, or go look on newsgrounds if you don't know what I'm talking about), and even when Disney decided to revive it for Chicken Little's publicity campaign. Thing is, GMM chose a key for this song that is obviously waaaaay to high for her to be singing, and she goes
HORRIBLY off-key on the high notes in the chorus. The
CHORUS!! If you can't friggin' hit the notes in the chorus,
CHANGE THE BLOODY KEY, WOMAN! Common sense that even the most green-horned karaoke enthusiast possesses, and they can blithely ignore it for a commercially released song that gets so much airtime on television advertisements and playtime on radio! For me, hearing her sing her (very flat) "maia-HAHA" is the rough equivalent of nails on a chalkboard; it's excruciating! At least she got her pitching right for "Lao Shu Ai Da Mi" (another song that I actually liked and she went ahead and butchered anyway), so it wasn't as bad when her record company drilled it into the collective consciousness of society, but this is.... Mein gott >_<
Missy Guo, if for some reason you happen to be reading this, for the love of the gods PLEASE get your own material, or get someone to write you something original, or at least get your record company to stop trying to brainwash the little kiddies by force-feeding your songs to anyone with a television! Frankly speaking, I don't really care if I'm coming off as a jaded choirboy; this is starting to get ridiculous >_<"