Spotlight on 旺福 (Wang Fu)
Written By: Due-East on August 7, 2007
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| I love this band’s sound so much that I thought I’d introduce my readership [of 4 people] to them. This is 旺福 (Wang Fu/Won Fu), a Taiwanese band whose sound ranges from a sort of big band/swing sound to a 50s/60s rock sound to a modern rock sound to (strangely) a sort of kids-party-songs kind of sound. They’re a lot more versatile than most of the American bands out there these days. And they’re solid musicians, too. A lot of modern bands just stick to straight power chords and 1-4-5 arrangements, but they seem to use lots of jazz chords and make more complicated arrangements. The vast majority of their songs have ridiculously catchy tunes, which is great except when you don’t know the words to the songs and get them stuck in your head. That’s what happens to me all the time, and misery loves company, so I thought I’d introduce them here. |
| They have 2 albums, 同名专辑 (Tong Ming Zhuan Ji) and 旺福志 (Wang Fu Zhi). Both are excellent, and while I think 同名专辑 has more good songs on it, 旺福志 is well worth buying. If I can find some good mp3s of their songs, I’ll post them. Until then, try watching the video below. You’ll notice the singer in the picture (in the turquoise) isn’t the same girl singing in the video. The girl in the video has left the band because she and the guitarist broke up (or at least that’s what I’ve heard). |
I would really like to hear the music! The way you describe it, I think I would enjoy it.