A must read review - Translation Part 3
Here is the final part of this translation project.
Please DO NOT take translation out of this livejournal. I didn't write this review. I am only the translator of the review. Since I don't have an official permission from the original writer to translate his review, I am not in a postion to allow translation of this review to get posted at fan sites.
I don't want this to get spread around for that reason although I want as many people as possible to read this wonderful review. If you want to recommend others to read this, please refer them to this livejournal.
Piffania review translation
Link to the original document: http://www.piffania.com/zboard/zboard.php?id=blue&no=225
Disclaimer: These is my English translation of an original document written by pepper at piffania.com These are not my original thoughts. All the opinions expressed in this review are not mine. If there is any confusion resulted due to my translation, that is my fault and my fault only. Also, it isn't my intention to change any thoughts expressed by the original writer. I tried to stay true to the original thoughts and expressions by the original writer of this docuement as much as possible within the limits of translating one language to another.
English translation by Kay77 (ladyoflake at livejournal)
Please ote: This is the final and part 3 of this translation of the piffania review of Jung Yong Hwa as a vocalist.
Here is the link to part 1: http://ladyoflake.livejournal.com/250734.html
And here is the link to part 2: http://ladyoflake.livejournal.com/251322.html
April 21 KBS Happy Together: Jung Yong Hwa's "Confession" - A torrid blaze of light under a lantern
by piffania
4
(Please note: This is a continuation from the part I posted previously...)
However, in order for such power of his to take position firmly as a musician's power, it must be present in more active and stable shape. Yet, both he and his team seem to be postioned within a very complicated picture.
For them to be able to make such sound as a total unit, it means that - not only Jung Yong Hwa but - the band that is CNBLUE as whole has a potential and power. I haven't been able to get a fine-grained and detailed look at their activity history and stages as of yet, but I can feel distinctively the improvement in their instrument musicianship even when I listened at a glance. Even the power of music itself in recent stage is much better. This means that, not only their instrument musicianship has seen growth but, they also have been working to strengthen "music interpretation" and "music arrangement" as well. That is the strength of a true band. In that regard, their future is really anticipated.
However, the activities in Korea and the activities in Japan, the "gap" between promotion songs and member penned songs, and the differences in public awareness due to those gaps that I talked about in the beginning are the homeworks that must be ultimately worked out by the guys. Zepp Tokyo Live was surprising, but that power somehow can't be clearly felt in their Korean stages or albums. It feels as though the organization of the team's footing or identity is yet incomplete. That is probably because of the fact also that they have an outward appearance as "idol + band". But, regardless of what kind of shape, what kind of concept, or what kind of system he is in, the most important thing is musician and his music. Finding his own path within many possibilities is a very important virtue that a musician must bring with him. I am looking very much forward to what kind of journey these musicians will be stepping on to travel.
Personally, I will be very glad to see them revealing the aspects of a rock group that they are showing very actively in Japan. I have high hopes that they will achieve great accomplishments as the team and their company seek developmental direction.
"Confession", performed live by Jung Yong Hwa and Hwang Kwang Hee on Happy Together on April 21, 2011
If I were to add in more detailed appreciation while I make introduction of the video clip:
In the first part of the song when he begin to sing, Jung Yong Hwa is changing all the tempo of the song. He is creating a new rhythm as he is putting together and pushing apart syllables, but that skill is highly proficient. If such thing is done a little unsophsticatedly, there is a good chance it might indeedly be receiving a finger pointing of being wrapped up in a "surface style". But, it is perfectly natural even though this person is changing the rhythm quite a lot.
As he is entering the developmental part, "joyonghi najocha~ ", just right about the latter part of the song, his voice becomes slightly husky. This means that there is a coarseness hidden behind. A rock vocal with such vocal timbre hidden behind and a rock vocal that doesn't turn into a different genre altogether. It goes without saying that one with such quality hidden inside is much more interesting. After Park Mi Sun and Shin Bong Sun give out a sound of admiration " ah~ ", he sings with his face covered. At that time, take a look at his skill of throwing in more power rhythmically to "cha" and "mo" as he sings the part of "najocha moregae". This is singing. Although this is a rather thick and heavy song, when a singer take the flow of the song dynamically as such, only then the power of such strong song is displayed. Lifting his head once again, he now prepares to wrap up and end the song in a way that befits a frame of a variety show. As he gives out the last ad lib with "sandaneun geon", he blurs the end. While the song is requiring a focus and commitment, the show is wanting a "cool finish", and he is trying to follow the latter.
At this time! Kwang Hee makes an emergence. Kwanghee openly plays "mimic a rock group" game. He does this quite excessively. Therefore, in order to play along in this game, Jung Yong Hwa must also play "mimic a rock group" as well. The space has opened up slightly. Under the guise of playing this "mimic a rock group" game, Jung Yong Hwa became able to do more of his real rock vocalling. Ha. Why is the situation so complicated as such? Please listen to Jung Yong Hwa's vocals that he thus brings out to met Kwanghee's ad libs head on.
At "eodie issnayo?", he increases an output of power one step further. He has entered a level that is far different from where he has been singing earlier so far. In speaking of singers, not all singers are equipped with this multi-level output of power system. There are rather more singers with one-level system. However, in order to do a rock that is a "noisy music", a singer must have at least a two-level output of power system. The problem is what kind of sounds this second level is really consists of. The difference is whether a singer insists that it is a second level when in actuality all a singer has done is yelling out loudly with only a volume-up from a first level or a singer is able to expands to a sound with a new feeling and texture that can't be heard at all in the first level but still beautiful sound nonetheless. Jung Yong Hwa's voice in this second level suddenly has a quite different feel from his voice before Kwanghee comes in. Thus is the reason Park Myung Soo lets out a sound of appreciation, "oh!" automatically. Although the texture hasn't changed much yet, but the sound is very solid, isn't it? Moreover, the "yo~ " part where his voice is ascending is not monotonic, but it is consisted of rich vibrations with a resonance. And, in the following part of "je yaegi", the coarse sound that he has shown briefly earlier tilts up even further.
A "coarse sound" is a very important sound depending on how a vocalist manages it. If it is not managed properly, a vocalist won't even be able to use it. It is because it just becomes a "unpleasant sound". It would be just like a cinnamon powder. If one doesn't know how to adjust the amount appropriately and if one doesn't know the delicious taste of food when that cinnamon is added, the powder becomes completely useless even if one might have a moutain size pile of that powder. Even in that short measure he sings, I immediately get a feeling that this person is able to manage his coarse sound quite considerably. Although he doesn't do it in full-scale yet, it truly is a very good sign.
Once again, he pulls back. But then, Kwang Hee's second assist once again starts. Two of them start to sing together especially with Kwang Hee's pursuasion, and, when Kwang Hee adds in passionate ad lib of "wouwoeoeoeo~", now even the last rein finally gets loosened. Although this part isn't shown on screen, please listen to the sound of Jung Yong Hwa when he sings "beolhasindamyeon~". Now, in condition which even the timbre of his voice has changed, a second level, no, a third level of metallic sound emerges momentarily. And, he leisurely brings about a powerful ending as well. A shout of acclaimation comes out by itself at this. It is because it really is not that easy to hear such vocal who is able to brilliantly raise his voice upward to this level. I am talking especially with that of this "K-pop generation. Even though it was a short sound, that is enough. Regardless of what musical result it leads to, at any case, there exists a "very rare sound" within.
If this clip show a little of his vocal timbre, "Geek in the Pink" he sang at ICON shows the flow of the sound that he possesses (Especially, the flow of that approximate one-minute part which starts from "I could be the one to turn you out" in the latter part of that song is really the best). And, the one that shows the feel of "the sum of his music" that he is capable of is the Zepp Live version of "Just Please".
piffania.com (original reviewer)
Kay77 ladyoflake at livejournal (English translator)
In order to assist non-Korean speaking readers/listeners with an easier appreciation of the parts of the performance clip of "Confession" by Jung Yong Hwa that the original reviewer makes references to in the review, I am posting the minutes of those parts in the abose youtube clip that I posted.
1) "joyonghi najocha~ " at 0:26
2) "najocha moregae" at 00:32
3) "sandaneun geon" at 00:41
4) "eodie issnayo?" at 01:16
5) "je yaegi" at 01:22
6) "wouwoeoeoeo~" at 01:46
7) "beolhasindamyeon~" at 01:48
I hope this helps.^^
Please DO NOT take translation out of this livejournal. I didn't write this review. I am only the translator of the review. Since I don't have an official permission from the original writer to translate his review, I am not in a postion to allow translation of this review to get posted at fan sites.
I don't want this to get spread around for that reason although I want as many people as possible to read this wonderful review. If you want to recommend others to read this, please refer them to this livejournal.
Piffania review translation
Link to the original document: http://www.piffania.com/zboard/zboard.php?id=blue&no=225
Disclaimer: These is my English translation of an original document written by pepper at piffania.com These are not my original thoughts. All the opinions expressed in this review are not mine. If there is any confusion resulted due to my translation, that is my fault and my fault only. Also, it isn't my intention to change any thoughts expressed by the original writer. I tried to stay true to the original thoughts and expressions by the original writer of this docuement as much as possible within the limits of translating one language to another.
English translation by Kay77 (ladyoflake at livejournal)
Please ote: This is the final and part 3 of this translation of the piffania review of Jung Yong Hwa as a vocalist.
Here is the link to part 1: http://ladyoflake.livejournal.com/250734.html
And here is the link to part 2: http://ladyoflake.livejournal.com/251322.html
April 21 KBS Happy Together: Jung Yong Hwa's "Confession" - A torrid blaze of light under a lantern
by piffania
4
(Please note: This is a continuation from the part I posted previously...)
However, in order for such power of his to take position firmly as a musician's power, it must be present in more active and stable shape. Yet, both he and his team seem to be postioned within a very complicated picture.
For them to be able to make such sound as a total unit, it means that - not only Jung Yong Hwa but - the band that is CNBLUE as whole has a potential and power. I haven't been able to get a fine-grained and detailed look at their activity history and stages as of yet, but I can feel distinctively the improvement in their instrument musicianship even when I listened at a glance. Even the power of music itself in recent stage is much better. This means that, not only their instrument musicianship has seen growth but, they also have been working to strengthen "music interpretation" and "music arrangement" as well. That is the strength of a true band. In that regard, their future is really anticipated.
However, the activities in Korea and the activities in Japan, the "gap" between promotion songs and member penned songs, and the differences in public awareness due to those gaps that I talked about in the beginning are the homeworks that must be ultimately worked out by the guys. Zepp Tokyo Live was surprising, but that power somehow can't be clearly felt in their Korean stages or albums. It feels as though the organization of the team's footing or identity is yet incomplete. That is probably because of the fact also that they have an outward appearance as "idol + band". But, regardless of what kind of shape, what kind of concept, or what kind of system he is in, the most important thing is musician and his music. Finding his own path within many possibilities is a very important virtue that a musician must bring with him. I am looking very much forward to what kind of journey these musicians will be stepping on to travel.
Personally, I will be very glad to see them revealing the aspects of a rock group that they are showing very actively in Japan. I have high hopes that they will achieve great accomplishments as the team and their company seek developmental direction.
"Confession", performed live by Jung Yong Hwa and Hwang Kwang Hee on Happy Together on April 21, 2011
Click to viewIf I were to add in more detailed appreciation while I make introduction of the video clip:
In the first part of the song when he begin to sing, Jung Yong Hwa is changing all the tempo of the song. He is creating a new rhythm as he is putting together and pushing apart syllables, but that skill is highly proficient. If such thing is done a little unsophsticatedly, there is a good chance it might indeedly be receiving a finger pointing of being wrapped up in a "surface style". But, it is perfectly natural even though this person is changing the rhythm quite a lot.
As he is entering the developmental part, "joyonghi najocha~ ", just right about the latter part of the song, his voice becomes slightly husky. This means that there is a coarseness hidden behind. A rock vocal with such vocal timbre hidden behind and a rock vocal that doesn't turn into a different genre altogether. It goes without saying that one with such quality hidden inside is much more interesting. After Park Mi Sun and Shin Bong Sun give out a sound of admiration " ah~ ", he sings with his face covered. At that time, take a look at his skill of throwing in more power rhythmically to "cha" and "mo" as he sings the part of "najocha moregae". This is singing. Although this is a rather thick and heavy song, when a singer take the flow of the song dynamically as such, only then the power of such strong song is displayed. Lifting his head once again, he now prepares to wrap up and end the song in a way that befits a frame of a variety show. As he gives out the last ad lib with "sandaneun geon", he blurs the end. While the song is requiring a focus and commitment, the show is wanting a "cool finish", and he is trying to follow the latter.
At this time! Kwang Hee makes an emergence. Kwanghee openly plays "mimic a rock group" game. He does this quite excessively. Therefore, in order to play along in this game, Jung Yong Hwa must also play "mimic a rock group" as well. The space has opened up slightly. Under the guise of playing this "mimic a rock group" game, Jung Yong Hwa became able to do more of his real rock vocalling. Ha. Why is the situation so complicated as such? Please listen to Jung Yong Hwa's vocals that he thus brings out to met Kwanghee's ad libs head on.
At "eodie issnayo?", he increases an output of power one step further. He has entered a level that is far different from where he has been singing earlier so far. In speaking of singers, not all singers are equipped with this multi-level output of power system. There are rather more singers with one-level system. However, in order to do a rock that is a "noisy music", a singer must have at least a two-level output of power system. The problem is what kind of sounds this second level is really consists of. The difference is whether a singer insists that it is a second level when in actuality all a singer has done is yelling out loudly with only a volume-up from a first level or a singer is able to expands to a sound with a new feeling and texture that can't be heard at all in the first level but still beautiful sound nonetheless. Jung Yong Hwa's voice in this second level suddenly has a quite different feel from his voice before Kwanghee comes in. Thus is the reason Park Myung Soo lets out a sound of appreciation, "oh!" automatically. Although the texture hasn't changed much yet, but the sound is very solid, isn't it? Moreover, the "yo~ " part where his voice is ascending is not monotonic, but it is consisted of rich vibrations with a resonance. And, in the following part of "je yaegi", the coarse sound that he has shown briefly earlier tilts up even further.
A "coarse sound" is a very important sound depending on how a vocalist manages it. If it is not managed properly, a vocalist won't even be able to use it. It is because it just becomes a "unpleasant sound". It would be just like a cinnamon powder. If one doesn't know how to adjust the amount appropriately and if one doesn't know the delicious taste of food when that cinnamon is added, the powder becomes completely useless even if one might have a moutain size pile of that powder. Even in that short measure he sings, I immediately get a feeling that this person is able to manage his coarse sound quite considerably. Although he doesn't do it in full-scale yet, it truly is a very good sign.
Once again, he pulls back. But then, Kwang Hee's second assist once again starts. Two of them start to sing together especially with Kwang Hee's pursuasion, and, when Kwang Hee adds in passionate ad lib of "wouwoeoeoeo~", now even the last rein finally gets loosened. Although this part isn't shown on screen, please listen to the sound of Jung Yong Hwa when he sings "beolhasindamyeon~". Now, in condition which even the timbre of his voice has changed, a second level, no, a third level of metallic sound emerges momentarily. And, he leisurely brings about a powerful ending as well. A shout of acclaimation comes out by itself at this. It is because it really is not that easy to hear such vocal who is able to brilliantly raise his voice upward to this level. I am talking especially with that of this "K-pop generation. Even though it was a short sound, that is enough. Regardless of what musical result it leads to, at any case, there exists a "very rare sound" within.
If this clip show a little of his vocal timbre, "Geek in the Pink" he sang at ICON shows the flow of the sound that he possesses (Especially, the flow of that approximate one-minute part which starts from "I could be the one to turn you out" in the latter part of that song is really the best). And, the one that shows the feel of "the sum of his music" that he is capable of is the Zepp Live version of "Just Please".
piffania.com (original reviewer)
Kay77 ladyoflake at livejournal (English translator)
In order to assist non-Korean speaking readers/listeners with an easier appreciation of the parts of the performance clip of "Confession" by Jung Yong Hwa that the original reviewer makes references to in the review, I am posting the minutes of those parts in the abose youtube clip that I posted.
1) "joyonghi najocha~ " at 0:26
2) "najocha moregae" at 00:32
3) "sandaneun geon" at 00:41
4) "eodie issnayo?" at 01:16
5) "je yaegi" at 01:22
6) "wouwoeoeoeo~" at 01:46
7) "beolhasindamyeon~" at 01:48
I hope this helps.^^