不得不愛 Irresistible Love
December 16th, 2005 by MarkThe backdorm boys have released another video, and here it is. Tian took his copy down, so I linked to a different one.
In this video, the 後舍男生 (The Backdorm Boys) cover a song called 不得不愛, or “Irresistible Love”. I’ve been hearing it quite a bit on the radio recently, especially when riding in cabs. 黄艺馨, the guy on the left, puts on a performance sure to give even mildly homophobic viewers the creeps. Still, it was a well done cover. I’ve written about the Back Dorm Boys before.
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December 16th, 2005 at 4:41 pm
Mark, I have a stupid question - do you know anywhere in Taipei that’s good for taking low intensity Chinese classes? I want to start studying again, but probably about 6 hours a week.
December 16th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Well, I’m not sure what part of town is convenient for you, but if you live near Shida, then I recommend Pioneer. It’s right across the street from Shida, they use the same books, enrollment’s a snap, and it’s much cheaper than Shida. If you really want to improve, the teachers at Pioneer will push you, but most of the students there are either there for the visa, or else just “Asia bums” passing through. As a result, in a class of eight, after the first couple of weeks there will only be three or four people coming each time. It’s about as “low intensity” as it gets, but due to the small class sizes, you can still learn quite a bit there if you want to. I don’t know if this phone number’s still good or not, but here’s the contact info:
Pioneer Language Center
200 Heping East Road, Section 1, 6th Floor
Taipei, Taiwan
(02) 363-3535
December 18th, 2005 at 4:12 pm
That sounds great actually. I have just placed a deposit on a beautiful apartmanet by Guting MRT, so that will be, as they say in Taiwan, very convenient.
December 19th, 2005 at 9:27 am
Mark, I got here from the link on my blog, so everything is OK now.
Michael
December 20th, 2005 at 8:13 am
Mark, I went to Pioneer yesterday and it looked good. I’ll probably be studying one to one for the moment. And the textbook will be, as you predicted, Audio-Visual Chinese.
They offered me a yellow textbook with simplified characters, as I’d told them I had started learning in China, but I pointed out that I knew so few characters, it didn’t really matter. And plus, I leafed through the book, and the pin yin looked, well, a little odd. Then I got to a list of words I knew and saw
zaijian = how much does it cost?
I asked her if zaijian really meant how much does it costs, and she hurriedly put the book away, saying it was written by a private school.
Daniel
December 20th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Wow, that little yellow book sounds pretty bad. I’ve never heard of that one. The little yellow books with weird pinyin I’ve blogged about are different. They’re for students who have already finished AV Chinese 2, and I think they’re actually pretty good. I’d stick with the Practical AV Chinese, or the Far East Everyday Chinese.
January 14th, 2006 at 1:37 am
Hey guys…I just think thiz video iz so nice … these 2 boys r super cool ^^ ..lol …how professional r they in playing after those lyrics..
Actually I’ve seen 3 videoes of them ..they r super super funny.. lmao
Anyone know their email or anything else?
so plz upload their info. here or mail to me at mai_vn_dk@yahoo.com
thx much ^^
November 6th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
i’m from mexico and i want the lyrics of this song please help me
November 6th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Here are the lyrics. If you need to know how to pronounce them, copy and past them into Adsotrans.
December 8th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Where do you get the song irresistable love?