Comments on: Sodahai (Updated x2)

By: V in Shanghai

V in Shanghai — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:51 +0000

Hobielover: oooh, Handel! And I like Bach and Beethoven too. Should be good. And yes, both you and Peach are probably right about why there are English song titles for the London theme, though their earlier (Taiwanese) studio albums had them too. As for the names of some of the songs I didn't know, Merry has tracked them down via some news reports (and I should also update this post...).

By: hobielover

hobielover — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:28:25 +0000

It makes sense that there would be official English titles to go along with the London theme. I was about to look through Sodazine 5, too.

I wish I knew which old song they performed. I really like Chinese oldies, probably because I grew up listening to oldies, but in English. (I have multiple Teresa Teng CDs, as well as some even older Chinese music. Some of it’s even in vinyl CD format.)

Sodagreen 5 lists Bach, Beethoven, and Handel for the Winter album, so Rammstein doesn’t seem to be an issue. :)

By: V in Shanghai

V in Shanghai — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:01:10 +0000

Never mind German song titles, can you imagine a Rammstein-influenced Sodagreen album?? I’d probably have to give up the band if that happened, just to preserve my hearing ;)

By: Peach

Peach — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:24:37 +0000

Oh no, I meant maybe they were trying to stick to the London theme, rather than doing it for practical reasons (though of course that could have been why). If that’s the case we can probably expect the winter album to have German titles. lol

By: V in Shanghai

V in Shanghai — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:01 +0000

Peach: thanks for looking through Sodazine 5 :) Yeah, you could be right about why Fever has the English track titles and Spring doesn’t (I can just imagine the record’s producers in London boggling over the Chinese track titles!)

Helen: of course there’s a lot of green! Did you expect purple? And yes, I noticed the “encore” was about as long as the concert too. Next time I’m taking a megaphone so they will be forced to play what I want them to play ;)

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:46:44 +0000

Wow that’s a lot of green.

That encore looked like it was half as long as the show. ;)

Sounds like fun.

By: Peach

Peach — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:15:59 +0000

Oh man, you have no idea how happy it makes me to find a fellow ‘wide eyed’ foreign fan (technically two since I’ve always assumed Merry was Chinese)! English speaking sodafans, caucasians especially, are few and far between. :(

This is a wonderful fan-report. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you. lol

Oh, I looked through Sodazine vol.5 and couldn’t find any English titles. Maybe the only reason FEVER has them is because they recorded it in London?

By: V in Shanghai

V in Shanghai — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:34:32 +0000

Haha, thanks soadsoda :) And I could be wrong here, but I thought they were coming to Singapore soon for a concert? Judging from the front page of their website though it looks like the next dates are for HK. But as you say: soda fans unite!

By: soadsoda

soadsoda — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:22:06 +0000

That’s a great review! For people like us in Singapore, who read more comfortably in English than in Mandarin, people like you and Merry are a gift! Thanks for the review and glad that you enjoyed the concert! Wished they can come to Singapore soon for a concert too! =) soda fans unite! =)

By: V in Shanghai

V in Shanghai — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:21:07 +0000

Merry: just practise your glower and you won't have any problems pulling the wig off ;) And yes, we should start some kind of joint-translation project. I was just thinking yesterday I'd like to translate the band's Green a Week postings... double *e*: ah, thanks for the correction! I was getting a bit overwhelmed by the different pairings at that point, to be honest. Vgag: I hope you enjoy Fever when you get to hear it.