So let me share something from my past, something from my pre-blog, pre-web 2.0, pre-knowing-much-about-computer age.....
愛與夢飛行
This is an album by Leo Ku (古巨基) released back in May, 1998. What I want to focus on this time is not the music though, but rather some aesthetic appreciation!
I believe I first learn of this album when I was walking pass HMV in a shopping mall in HK. I saw a big stand up poster of Leo's new album and immediately fell in love with the art work (yes a rare thing from me).
What first caught my attention was the title of the album, 愛與夢飛行 (Flying Love and Dreams). This immediately led me into a chain of thoughts. Love & Dream.....definitely something that most people would not only long for, but hope to become successful in both subjects.
And then looking at the poster itself, I just love how he held the model aeroplane, looking as if he is aiming to fly it up high (which totally portrayed the idea I mentioned above). The poster contains powerful symbols put together in a very simple way. The green background just gives you the peace of thoughts (although I am not sure about the green....but probably because green isn't one of my favourite colours!).
Seriously I stood there for at least a few minutes, thinking about the album title and the poster itself. I just love the name, the idea and the image (and probably more importantly because this is something I believe in, so obviously I was able to link to it)! And since that day, the quote '愛與夢飛行' and the image of the poster just got stuck in my head. (Which is a nice thought really! Somehow gives you a sort of positive feeling towards life.....for me anyway! : P )
Special Note:
I only found out about this tonight while searching for information on this album. It turns out that my artistic sense has 'some' taste to it (if not unique)! : P Because apparently Jan Lamb (林海峰) designed the cover and packaging of this album! As the blogger in the following blog post stated so!
我的巨基年代
(Take a look at the picture in this blog, it showed some of the contents inside the CD box)
Now I'm actually interested in looking at the actual content of the CD box to see how it was packed and the pictures that were used in the album!
Music-wise:
I think I would be left with a funny feeling if I don't mention about the songs in this album at all (esp. as this is an album I enjoyed and one that not much people knew/remembered about it). So here I go.
On the plus side, this album is not bad at all. Although it wasn't 'that' popular or 'that' famous (it couldn't live up to the over-whelming hype create from his previous album with the song 歡樂今宵). But in general I feel that the album was trying to do something different (and for that I do give credit for). The album is pleasant to listen to (for anyone who get a chance to 'dig' up this album hehe).
Good songs from the album include:
來年來日, 所謂愛情, 苦浪漫, 不敢說我愛你 and (of course) 愛與夢飛行!
P.S. - haha OOPS! This is actually the #100 posts (including drafts post that I've 1/2 written or never or not yet published)! Nonetheless I guess I can still celebrate on 'initiated' the start of 100 blog posts! hehe
