chart rants
today's charts took me by a big surprise, and i was never so displeased by 933 charts before. it started off fine, with fairly reasonable debuts... no 15 was tai yang, which i was hoping would rise a little more than that, but i felt it was quite fair, given cheer's popularity. and then i heard a familiar tune haunting the charts. it is none other than olivia's RU YAN, at position 14.
i used to really like the song, but then, it started getting hyped up by 933 and little nonya, and i started getting sick of the tune. the incessant reboundings of this song on the chart is really starting to get on my nerves. i was so happy to see it drop till 18 last week, and i was thinking... wow FINALLY this ru yan song is going to drop out the chart. but no.... it rose 4 ranks again this week, extending its stay on the charts to 11 weeks, which is a really remarkable feat for a first hit, AND also for a hit that only peaked at position 8. seriously is this song worth voting for such a long time?
and then, the no 13 song was... chun tian de na han. OMG. the song just hit position 8 last week and it fell 5 ranks this week. it is really quite unexpected, given mayday's popularity. plus this song is very energetic and very characteristic of mayday's rock songs... i would expect it to do better than peak at position 8.
then came the fresh section, which i was looking forward to, since we finally have some more famous singers releasing new songs, ie jj's new song biao da ai and jolin's new song shua da pai. BUT both of the songs werent even introduced in the fresh section, and instead they introduced ayumi's JAP song, which will never make it on the charts because jap songs are disallowed. so i really dont know what was going on there.
next up was the top 10. there are surprisingly many songs that have spent 10+ weeks on the charts and are still hogging around the top 10. some are really nice songs, i admit, but with the lack of new songs recently, i would really expect newer songs coming from more famous singers, eg fish's mei you ru guo, to have a great leap. but instead it is only at position 6, and seems to me like it will need at least 2 more weeks to clinch the champion title.
no 4 is liang wen yin's zui xin fu de shi, which i feel is another hyped up song. it is a nice song, but at the rate which 933 plays it (just slightly less frequent than the rate which they play ru yan, which could be heard in every, or every other shi2 duan4 on 933), i think i might soon get sick of it too. perhaps they should consider voting her second hit, just to bring in something fresh into the charts haha.
no 2 was ru guo ai, down 1 position from last week's no 1. seriously, i felt that this song was quite undeserving of a no 1 in the first place, and now that it had gotten no 1, it should just make a quick exit on the charts. hanging around at no 2 means it has a good chance of rebounding next week (which i hope it wont).
but even the no 2 song isnt as bad as the no 1 song - FLH's yue lai yue ai, which rebounded back from 4th position to no 1, making it a 2 x champ. this song is nice, but certainly doesnt deserve a rebound, much less a rebound to no 1. there are so many other worthy songs to champ, but of all songs, it had to be this. eeew. singers like yanzi, angela and ah mei should really release their albums asap to prevent all these atrocities on the charts LOL.
anw, my parents are buying a new car, and i went to take a look at it today. seems like dad is buying manual this time, so in a few months time, ill be back to driving manual. oooh it will be challenging... but fun too! (until i end up stalling haha) cant wait to put my clutch techniques back into use again!
consilio et animis
2/22/2009 05:21:00 PM
