All about David Tao from a recent convert to DT music

I took the Ultrasound album one day to have a listen to it & the rest, they say, is history, or like a fish takes to water. I got hooked (very bad withdrawal symptoms, one. hahahaa) & almost immediately, went out to buy EVERY SINGLE ONE of David Tao's albums. Not in one day, of course.

Now, depending on how one looks at it, for a guy in the Mandarin/Chinese music industry since 1997 (excluding his behind-the-scene workings), to release only FIVE albums ... is a great stroke of luck for me, as I am still able to get the DT albums. Moreover, the ones I managed to get are all "Limited Edition" albums, meaning there are 2 types of DT albums in the market; the ordinary version vs. the limited edition CD-with-AVCD versions. For those wishing to buy 2nd-hand DT albums, hear me out: VERY DIFFICULT, as it rarely is on the market, whatever DT album you wish to get. That is in my view, a good sign, as DT does a good job for each & every album. It means that there are more people out there who genuinely appreciate Tao Zhe's music genre.

David Tao probably hears this all the time but I will blog it, anyway. One fine nite, whilst on MSN talking to an overseas friend, who btw is "ang moh", I casually mentioned Tao Zhe. Immediately, he msg me back that he has heard of Tao Zhe/David Tao too. Moreover, he was about to get a DT album. I shut him up by saying,"I'll take care of that" & I'll buy on his behalf David Tao albums (he can probably pay me later), "limited edition" CD-cum-AVCD versions guaranteed. He (meaning my friend, not DT) said that I'm the 2nd person to praise David Tao & I said that it is no surprise, considering that DT music is good; he would soon get via the post from me (well ... a bit stretching of the truth ...) Both my friend & I are music lovers, sharing some common interests in music artistes, like DT for example.

The only problem I forsee (so far, that is) is that coming from the shape of the Black Tangerine album; DT fans, you know, the long long one with a picture of David in a green T. Now, how am I supposed to wrap that in brown paper so as to post it overseas to my friend? I know for sure, it wouldn't fit into into most parcel boxes. Haiz, my "ang moh" fren, u must wait a while longer B4 I can figure out how best to send those DT albums to you.

I've listened to all 5 albums & like most people, have favourites for each album. Here goes:

1st album - Blue Moon
2nd album - Small Town Girl/ Regular Friends
3rd album - The Moon Represents Whose Heart/Black Tangerine
4th album - Shanghaied
5th album - Ghost/Susan Says

What says you about my choices? Actually, my all-time favourite is Yue Liang Dai Biao Shui De Xin (The Moon Represents Whose Heart). I had thought all along that Teresa Teng did the best interpretation & no one else could compete. All that changed until DT version came along. The one thing I can't get used to is the MV for this song. Serious, I can't get used to it.

My 2nd favourite that ties with the above is "Blue Moon". Very soothing & bringing back very stirring memories for me. MV is also nicely done for this song.

As said earlier, I am just a recent convert to the wonderful music by David Tao. Regards to collecting news about him, like magazine articles .... I'm so far behind other DT fans. I don't go to any of his events yet (being new to his music), don't have his posters in my room & not wait for him at the airport ... SHESSSH ... I feel sheepish talking about this, especially at my age!!

One thing however, I got the ULTRA-LIMITED & OUT-OF-PRINT David Tao documentary "Ultrasound-11 Labour Room", VCD edition. It was released in 2003 & I got 2 copies of it, both within weeks of each other, in 2005. How lucky I am! Not a bad effort at all, David! Unfortunately, I wonder how is my ang moh friend going to watch the documentary, with it being all in Mandarin. I can't translate everything in "11 Labour Room". I feel that this is the rarest of all Tao Zhe things to own. Ga ga!!

Ok, ok ... I will stop now. Might write again about Tao Zhe as time permits. Except one thing: How will I react if I see/talk to David Tao one fine day? If I see DT, I probably will gasp, point at him & go speechless, then say "take picture take picture". If DT were to call me (as if Mr Big Shot David Tao will do that), I probably will go "crazy guy" & then HANG UP on him, then think & think & say "Oh s***, it is really HIM" & try to call him back ...

Tao Zhe, are you reading this by any chance? What do you think? Will I get to see you? Will I get to talk to you?