credits: ssinoona @ YT

Wanna introduce you to the rest of C.N. Blue:

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Jonghyun was the former leader of the group. Well, Yonghwa’s my favorite, but I honestly didn’t feel the need to change the leader to Yonghwa. I think Jonghyun did a pretty great job with the band back in Japan, even without Yonghwa (he was in Korea shooting “You’re Beautiful”). I can just imagine the pressure of squeezing four roles into three — but Jonghyun was able to help his bandmates wing it. I’m not really sure what F&C (management company handling C.N. Blue, and yes, the already-famous FT Island) had in mind, but I’m sure they had a good talk with Jonghyun and the other members about it. Anyways, back to Jonghyun, he rarely smiles, and when he does, I feel like I’ve struck a gold mine. He needs to smile more often. ^^

Minhyuk — oh, jeong mal keopta! ^^ He looks really babyish, although I’m pretty sure he’s not the youngest (I think Jungshin’s the maknae in the band). And he does know how to play the drums!!!

He’s really adorable during their performances. I love the way he sings along even while drumming; there are times when he just sings “tah-tah-tah” in synchrony to the drumbeat. Sooooo sexy.

Jungshin strikes me as a baaaad boy underneath a quiet guise. I admit that I was definitely intrigued when he said during a radio interview that he never lasts 100 days in a relationship because he gets tired of women easily. Hah! My heart hammers wildly when the camera focuses on him. He acknowledges the camera by raising his eyebrow ever so slightly. Eeek!!!

Haha, Yonghwa also has these cute flirty faces he makes at the camera. My knees turn to jelly everytime he does that, especially when he does that little pointy finger shake at “mam molla” in the chorus for “Oetoriya”.

cr: Lynx391 @ YT

I did mention a few paragraphs earlier that C.N. Blue first debuted in Japan. Well, the reason is this — the band would only be allowed to debut in Korea after having completed a certain number of hours (200? I can’t seem to remember) worth of performance at Japan. Yeah, it’s like OJT or something. C.N. Blue has even gone as far as performing in the streets of Japan. That’s one of the biggest reasons I’m so proud of them. Yonghwa said they even spent a night in jail for that, having been mistaken as illegal immigrants. It would’ve sucked back in the day, but I’m sure that would make their success taste sweeter now that they’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback regarding their Korean debut.

Their music is addictive. Their 2 Japanese albums are in English, save for one Japanese song on their second mini-album. Yonghwa even introduced me to the word “compunction” — if it weren’t for the song “Just Please” which he wrote, I would never have found out that such a word existed. But now that their album release have some of their English songs in Korean, I’m not really sure which version I like. I do love the fact that they’re able to sing in almost-fluent English, but there’s something about them singing in their native tongue that drives me even crazier about them.

Here are three more of their songs, this time from their second mini-album:
One of a Kind – best song I’ve heard from them so far ^^
Y, Why – Yonghwa co-wrote this. Some of the lyrics don’t make much sense but you won’t notice that unless you see the lyric sheet. The vocals are beautifully sung, the music well-played.
Never Too Late – Jonghyun co-wrote this song. It’s kinda soothing to the ears despite the fast beat, imo.

For someone who’s eagerly and anxiously anticipated their debut for months, I’m thrilled to say that C.N. Blue has taken South Korea by storm for bringing something fresh to the Korean music scene. I’m hoping that they’ll maintain (if not increase) their level of success even after releasing several albums.

Ooh, before I go, I found this interesting number of theirs at Shibuya. Only goes to show how great of a leader Jonghyun is to have them sound as good as this even with one member lacking. Oh, Yonghwa-ssi, I’m sorry. You know I love you, guess I’ll just have to wait and see how well you’ll be able to lead your bandmates.

The effing lyrics… ah… I can hear the soju calling me…

Thanks to Ninang Kel for introducing this video to me. ^^

video credits to XtinaMaria @ youtube

credits to iBreatheLifeMusic @ youtube

And I loved how they did a cover of this song. I haven’t heard it for over a decade, and I really didn’t think someone would actually have the balls to revive this song. Obviously, I thought wrong. ^^

credits to Asaliko @ 4shared

I love TaeMin, I really do. But I was a bit shocked to see how much he looked like a girl in this video. Even skinnier than me, hmph! Ahaha. Anyways, I still love him. ^^

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Wonder Boys: TaeMin & Key of Shinee, Taecyeon & Wooyoung of 2PM, and MC Mong

credits to keyloverr @ YT for the video

And then there’s this old video of the Wonder Boys* doing a live parody of “Nobody” which has been spreading all over the sales floor (courtesy of Ninang Kel), as reported by Hans. Pretty much everybody from the sales force knows the dance moves.

Not so long ago, Dani has been downloading songs from the Boys Over Flowers soundtrack for her daughter Meg, and when I mentioned to her that what she had on her iPod was from the first OST, she borrowed my USB flash drive to copy the other BOF songs that she didn’t have. Going back to “Nobody”, she has both versions and likes the Korean more than the English one.

Coolness!

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Wonder Boys: SeungRi from Big Bang, JoKwon from 2AM, ShinDong & SungMin from Super Junior, TaeMin from SHINee.

video credits: gracelee88 @ YT

No matter how much I want to, the person I can’t see
Trying to think of you, trying to think of you

As a dim figure appears
No matter how much I try, I’m still a helpless person

I tried calling you, tried calling you
No matter how much I try to recall the dim memories

Only those warm eyes appear
Often uncontrollably thinking of those memories

Even if I say no now, I still can’t help it
I live within the remaining memories of you

No matter how much I wait, I can’t do anything about it
I’m waiting for you, waiting for you

No matter how painful the memories that have disappeared are
Only those warm eyes often appear

Only those warm eyes appear
Often uncontrollably thinking of those memories

Even if I say no now, I still can’t help it
Those memories of us always together can only remain where they are

I often think of those hands that found me
I often think of your smiling face as you saw me

Even if I say no now, I still can’t help it
I live within the remaining memories of you

Only those warm eyes appear
Often uncontrollably thinking of those memories

Even if I say no now, I still can’t help it
I live within the remaining memories of you

(English translation c/o yuyaindou @ blogspot)

Coincidentally, the arcade videoke had Korean songs. So what do you get when you have that plus 4 Hallyu-addicted people?

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