QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 1 28 PM) [snapback]2574705[/snapback]
I think they may have gone through the song a bit before the recording of the show since Alan said that he rehearsed his song with Charlene a couple of times before recording, but his part was harder to portray since he needed to sing in a comedic tone with Cantonese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese lyrics. It probably was a performance on short notice, like they might've found out about the songs they were singing when they got there, but I think Gillian and Charlene were probably allowed to rehearse their songs a couple times through to get familar before actually performing. Nevertheless, Gillian did a great job; she proved her voice of being versatile again.
She's also found herself a great duet partner.
Wouldn't it be great if Gillian got a chance to officially collaborate with Alan later on?
Yeah, I think Xiao S felt that Charlene and Alan's collaboration wasn't quite effective since she only commented that Alan made a good effect of being comedic during the performance, but she actually stated that Gillian and Alan collaborated very well. I think during Charlene and Alan's song, Charlene should've either joined in with Alan's entertainment to the audience or should've sang completely seriously with the emotions. As Gillian and Alan got further into the song, they were both very much into it. Just imagine if they had the chance to collaborate on the whole song.
The duet was well done on short notice, and the nice blend was an absolute bonus.
I just found it incredibly awesome how much chemistry and comfortable Alan and Gillian grew together by just a few practices; everyone knows that Gillian is initially a timid person due to respect so at times Gillian's considerate side inhibits her from performing her best but I didn't expect Alan out of everyone to bring out Gillian's strengths, Alan is someone Gillian hasn't really interacted with in comparison to Kenny and Sa but he was able to pull Gillian into the spotlight together with him. I mean, Alan and Rainie must have practiced 100 times more than Alan and Gillian YET the duet turned out so-so but Team Alan-Gillian is what I call meant to be.

Gillian can synchronize well with others but unfortunately, when it comes to Twins, it's a sad reality check.
Hm, out of Twins, who sang their duet first? I've only watched a few sections of the show here and there. If Alan and Gillian sang their duet first, perhaps Sa heard how compatible they blended so Sa probably switched the duet from being originally funny to serious in order to achieve similar results whereas Alan who probably didn't care, just stuck to the original plans of performing a comedic song. Observe Xiao S in the background while Alan-Gillian are singing together, she was quite surprised and cheering them on.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 1 28 PM) [snapback]2574705[/snapback]
I don't know for sure, but it seems more likely for it to be the hosts who choose the songs. It'd be weird if Twins chose it themselves. It actually wouldn't make sense if they did. Why would Charlene choose a comedic song to sing instead of a serious song that she can develop and portray better in? It seems likely to be Alan, or the background crew of the show, who chose the songs since 'Love Expert' is Alan's song, but then Alan did say that he's never heard of the song he sang with Charlene. It seems likely for it to be the planners of the show who did the arrangements, etc. 
Well, a pat on their backs for having good judgement. Hm, it would be great if Alan was the one interested in seriously collaborating with Gillian so he requested Gillian out of Twins to share his personal song with.

And as for Sa's duet, Alan just pushed that responsibility towards the crew members to decide thus the weird unknown song.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 1 28 PM) [snapback]2574705[/snapback]
I think it's a habit of Charlene's as well, trying to overpower her partner in singing. I guess it's not completely a problem between Twins; it happens with Charlene's other singing partners, but it's most obvious when she's with Gillian since Charlene sings with her the most and female voices are easier to crowd out than male voices. Charlene forces herself harder with Gillian as well; with Alan, she didn't give too big of an intention to it, but with Gillian, she gets intense. You're not being selfish! I'm sure all of us here would love to hear the whole song, but unfortunately they only sang a portion of it.
It'd be great if Alan could invite Gillian to sing at his future concerts, or invite her to sing a duet with him. I'm sure he's aware that he makes a great blend wih Gillian. An artiste usually doesn't let a good partner slip away without an official collaboration.
Yeah, I understand that not everyone's voices synchronize well with each other's, but overcrowding the other person's voice is a whole different issue. The line where Alan and Charlene joined sounded really out of place. When dueting, the two people should at least be able to balance out their volume with each other even if they don't synchronize in the best way. Charlene's best partner is still Gillian; perhaps it's because Gillian and her voice is more tolerant with the overcrowding habits. 
The English parts! I almost forgot about those! It'd be awesome if Gillian could sing a couple of English phrases!! This is the kind of song that Gillian should get into singing more. She can show off her English and try the high notes!! I hope Alan gives Gillian an invitation since I think he should want to collaborate with her again because they obviously synchronize well with each other.
Haha!! Alan as Goldilocks! I love your comparisons/metaphors!
But it explains the situation in a great way! Here's a clearer version of Alan and Gillian's duet: Love Expert.
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...986F8ED63E133BF Ironically, when Gillian sings with Sa as Twins, Gillian tends to weaken her voice so that both Twins can somehow synchronize in an orderly fashion but it doesn't seem to work.

Clearly, when Gillian shares a duet with someone else like Kenny and Alan, her voice becomes quite strong, synchronizing so well in the duets. I say, Gillian shouldn't restrain herself in Twins songs because it's rubbing off a negative image on her like how fans claim that Gillian's voice is too soft to hear

but then again, as Gillian begins singing normally, Sa somehow decides to increase her volume as well, not necessarily quality, making the entire show a messy battle.

I guess towards Alan, Sa wasn't as intensive because he's just not Gillian.
Alan is an honest guy; hopefully, he can successfully request Gillian for a serious duet making it a rare, HK and Taiwanese collaboration. When Alan and Sa finally joined voices at the end of the audio clip, Alan immediately threw in his white towel and gave up; he must have figured that the real duet parts of the song wouldn't work anyway, as Alans voice decreased in volume and faded out, Sa still continued increasing her volume towards the very end.
Ah, Alan-Gillian are such a great pair. They definitely need to collaborate again. Some great singers like Joey and Hacken don't even blend in as well. It's so rare for two voices to be so compatible like this, their companies, agencies, whoever is in charge should really consider a serious project for both.
I know. I was just rambling, then all of a sudden, that analogy popped up.

Thanks so much for this clearer version. Alan-Gillian sound even better lol.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 2 02 PM) [snapback]2574869[/snapback]
Is it just me, or is Charlene just practising Twins' recent songs instead of her singing in general?
She sounds quite nice in the recent Twins performances of their recent Mandarin songs, but her singing falls apart during other songs, like her song with Alan. Twins also sang 'Starlight Amusement Park' after their duets with Alan, and Charlene sounded extremely shaky in there with very loud breathing, but she sounded fine in 'I Really Want To Love Him' during the end of the show. I agree. Perhaps Gillian's instructor has only been properly training Sa in the new Mandarin songs so Sa is still lost in which singing technique to use in those older songs and her first instinct is to resort back into loud singing instead of working on quality.
I have to say though, Twins' new Mandarin ballads are quite simple to follow along as well, um ok, one:
I Really Want to Love Him which happens to be the one main song Twins have been performing endlessly during their promotions.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 4 14 PM) [snapback]2575305[/snapback]
Hmm, should we be happy or sad?
Tian Liang definitely looks better than the 1983 Twins, but he also has no acting experience. It's also a surprise that Twins will be going for the same guy for once.
Now they're going to make it obvious of who's more main between the two females because there's a guy in the game; it is usually the one who ends up with the guy who is more main, and we all know which one of Twins that's going to be for this film.
But there is that occasion when the one who steps out is felt for more.
Or it's going to be the cliche of Twins where they choose their sisterly love over the guy, which is what they do for everything that involves a love triangle. I already hate this film. Hm, let's see why. In a film that involves a love triangle, the main character would have to be the one with the most onscreen time. Obviously, that's Sa without a doubt. The male can fall in love with Gillian all he wishes but if Sa has more onscreen time to show her pain, development of her character, and the process of falling in love with someone she's forbidden to, Gillian will easily fade into the background of
just that girl the guy loves but the main role will be Sa. Just like the music video, they completely concentrated the entire storyline on Sa's character, her pain, her misery, her battle. And Gillian just popped up at the end to conclude the love triangle. Wow, what a great film eh?

Gillian can sacrifice her passionate love in exchange of her sisterly love towards Sa all she wants as well but if Gillian doesn't receive the proper onscreen time to develop her character's pain, struggles, and situation, the audience will never sympathize for Gillian. Hm, even if Gillian does end up with the guy but Sa's dominant onscreen time may actually even persuade the audience in hating Gillian and the guy for neglecting Sa's character and so selfish of their love etc. GR. I'm quite upset.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 24 2006 5 45 PM) [snapback]2575521[/snapback]
I made a second MV; this one is based on EG. The production was a bit rushed, so don't mind if any bad quality comes up.
Comments welcomed.
The MV is based on storyline of 'Moving Targets', a film starring Nicholas Tse, Edison Chen, and Gillian Chung. This MV narrates of how Gillian is reminiscing about her past with Edison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZWAbsAPcE Oh, I love it. Produce more.

I love the scenes you chose and the song flows beautifully along each scene. You're talented in this video production area too. Gillian can always use more and more videos at Youtube. Thanks so much for sharing.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 25 2006 2 04 PM) [snapback]2579505[/snapback]
Aw, her hair is back in curls. As you hoped, I hope it's just the style she's keeping for the promotions of 'Around the World with 80 Dollars'. Hopefully, it'll straighten out as the promotions for the Mandarin album is ending soon. I think her hair is straight for the Cantonese album because I read some news about how Twins finished shooting for the cover of their next Cantonese album a few days ago, and Gillian's hair was straight a few days ago, I mean if it wasn't a wig.
Hopefully she does have straight hair for the film and the Cantonese album. Yay. Gillian's curls won't be for long.
I love these Gillian solos. Seems like Twins were wearing fake eyelashes, it's pretty evident on Sa but Gillian, hm...I'm not sure if they're real or fake eyelashes.

Gillian looks so cute, like she's on National Geographic, travelling.


Anyway guys, I just wanted to request some music videos or files so see if you guys can help me out okay, the files I'm looking for are:
Twins- Women Scent MV (without the huge Karaoke letters, that bugs me lol)
Twins+Boy'z New Year MV NGs
And the files when Twins were in Japan, kimonos, some type of documentary. Huge thanks for at least reading lol.GO GILLIAN~