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| Chinese name | 羅大佑 (Traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 罗大佑 (Simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Luó Dàyòu (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | lo4 daai6 jau6 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Meixian, Guangdong | ||||||||
| Origin | Taiwan | ||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1954 Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Other name(s) | Lo Dayou, Law Tai-Yau | ||||||||
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter | ||||||||
| Genre(s) | Rock, Mandopop | ||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, piano | ||||||||
| Label(s) | Rock Records | ||||||||
| Years active | 1974 - present | ||||||||
| Associated acts | Superband | ||||||||
| Official Website | www.luodayou.net | ||||||||
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Lo Ta-yu or Luo Dayou (simplified Chinese: 罗大佑; traditional Chinese: 羅大佑; pinyin: Luó Dàyòu; born July 20, 1954)is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter who, during the 1980s, affected Chinese pop and rock music with his melodic lyrics[clarification needed], his love songs, and his witty social and political commentary that he infused in his more political songs, often to the point that some of his songs were suppressed in Taiwan and China during the 1980s. He is recognized as a major cultural icon in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China.
Stylistically, Lo Ta-yu defies classification, though his contribution to Taiwanese campus folk song (校園民歌) genre was most significant. His early music in particular shows strong folk roots, and many of his songs tap into native Taiwanese cultural influences. Some songs are reminiscent of 1950s American diner and soda shop rock, and others exhibit a 1970s lounge lizard growl. What captured the hearts of a generation, however, were his lyrics, touching on issues of life, attitudes, social responsibility, and the political problems of both Chinese Mainland and Taiwan with an underhandedly critical strain of dark humor. The lyrical style is not particularly artsy or complex, but rather conversational; the cleverness comes in the meaning, not how the words are put together.[1]
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Biography [link]
Lo Ta-yu was born in Taiwan on 20 July 1954 to an upper-class family. He complied with his family's wishes to finish medical school by graduating from the China Medical University in Taichung, but he showed his independent spirit[citation needed] by deciding to abandon a career as a physician to pursue a singing career.
In 1982, Lo Ta-yu released his debut album Zhī hū zhě yě (之乎者也), the title of which consists solely of grammatical particles from Classical Chinese. A ground breaking album that broadened the horizons of Chinese music and set a new model for Chinese songwriting, it spun off hits including not only the title song, but also "Lukang, the Little Town" (鹿港小鎮), "Love Song 1980" (戀曲1980), and "Childhood" (童年). Singing songs infused with brazen commentary on the social scene of Taiwan at that time and sporting sunglasses, his debut sparked buzz and heated discussion about the issues that his songs raised in Taiwan, such as Confucian pedantry and urban emptiness.
He followed with his next album in 1983, Master of the Future (未來的主人翁), which features several songs: the title song which warns the listener of a future run by children without morals or humanity and "72 Transformations" (現象七十二變), and "Orphan of Asia" (亞細亞的孤兒) which shares its title with Wu Zhuoliu's novel about the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.
In 1985, inspired by the success of the charity single We Are the World by USA for Africa, Lo wrote "Tomorrow will be Better" (明天會更好), a highly successful charity single of his own to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Taiwan's independence from Japanese colonial rule. It was ultimately performed by over 60 different artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, including Tsai Chin, Chyi Chin, Chyi Yu, Sarah Chen, Eric Moo, Fei Yu-Ching, Angus Tung, and Jonathan Lee.
Lover/Comrade (愛人同志) was Lo's next album, released in 1988. In addition to the title song which uses political slogans in the context of a love song, the album also included "Love Song 1990" (戀曲1990), one of his most famous love songs that was written 6 years after he had written "Love Song 1980."
In 1991, he wrote "Pearl of the Orient" (東方之珠), regarded as one of his most famous songs which sings praises to Hong Kong as a symbolic haven from the perils of the Pacific and implores Hong Kong not to lose its Chinese identity in the face of rapid modernization and British colonization at that time. He also wrote "Queen's Road East" (皇后大道東), a Cantonese song that satires the impending Hong Kong handover in 1997 and mocks the absence of a palace on Queen's Road in Hong Kong.
In 2004, Lo Ta-yu formally relinquished his US citizenship to protest the introduction to the US House of Representatives of a resolution regarding the deployment of Taiwanese marines to Iraq. "[W]hen US representatives introduced a resolution requesting that Taiwan send marines to Iraq, I realized that while the US often stresses peaceful negotiations across the Taiwan Strait, the US government is the third party that stands in the way of truly peaceful negotiation," Lo said.[2]
On Sunday, May 25, 2008, at 7pm PST, [https://www.usastarimage.com/Item.aspx?Itemid=ESI20/ Lo Ta-yu held a live concert at San Jose State University Event Center. The concert, entitled "Join 'N Sing", was a celebration of the newly elected president of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou. There were 3 special guests at this show: Kao Ling Fung, Hsu Nai Ling, and Cindi Chaw Yong Hua. This show turned into a charity fundraiser for the earthquake victims of Sichuan, China.
Discography [link]
- 之乎者也 (Zhī hū zhě yě) (1982)
- Master of the Future 未來的主人翁 (1983)
- Home 家 (1984)
- Youth Movement 青春舞曲 (1986)
- Lover-Comrade 愛人同志 (1988)
- Brilliant Days 閃亮的日子 (1989)
- The Year to Say Farewell 告別的年代 (1989)
- Queen's Road East 皇后大道東 (1991)
- Hometown 原鄉 (1991)
- Capital 首都 (1992)
- Love Song 2000 戀曲二〇〇〇 (1994)
- 再會吧！素蘭 (Zài huì ba! Sù lán) (1995)
- 寶島鹹酸甜 (Bǎodǎo xián suān tián) (1996)
- 昨日至今 (Zuórì zhì jīn) (2002)
- Beautisland 美麗島 (2004)
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External links [link]
https://wn.com/Lo_Ta-yu
Lo!
Lo! was the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1931). In it he details a wide range of unusual phenomena. In the final chapter of the book he proposes a new cosmology that the earth is stationary in space and surrounded by a solid shell which is (in the book's final words) ".. not unthinkably far away."
Overview
Of Fort's four books, this volume deals most frequently and scathingly with astronomy (continuing from his previous book New Lands). The book also deals extensively with other subjects, including paranormal phenomena (see parapsychology), which was explored in his first book, The Book of the Damned. Fort is widely credited to have coined the now-popular term teleportation in this book, and here he ties his previous statements on what he referred to as the Super-Sargasso Sea into his beliefs on teleportation. He would later expand this theory to include purported mental and psychic phenomena in his fourth and final book, Wild Talents.
It takes its derisive title from what he regarded as the tendency of astronomers to make positivistic, overly precise, and premature announcements of celestial events and discoveries. Fort portrays them as quack prophets, sententiously pointing towards the skies and saying "Lo!" (hence the book's title)—inaccurately, as events turn out.
Lož
Lož (pronounced [ˈloːʃ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Originally the settlement that is now Stari Trg pri Ložu was called Lož, but in 1341 a new settlement was begun around Lož Castle and the name of the older settlement as well as its market rights were adopted by the new settlement. The older settlement began to be referred to as Stari trg (literally, 'old market town' in Slovene; German: Altenmarkt). The new settlement was granted town privileges in 1477.
There are two churches in the settlement. The church in the centre of the town is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1428. During Ottoman raids in the late 15th century the church was fortified and a wall was built around the town. The second church is outside the town at the cemetery and is dedicated to Saint Roch. It was built in 1635 after an oath by locals in a 1631 outbreak of bubonic plague.
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Ålo
Ålo is a village in Søgne municipality, Norway. It is located with the sea and nearby Mandal municipality.
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Coordinates: 58°03′N 7°42′E / 58.050°N 7.700°E
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Girls On Trampolines
by: LudoThey page Party Guy, he pages them back with the number where's at, they let the phone ring
'Til Party Guy picks it up and says, "Behind Burger King"
Should they make another run? Their fake says they're 21, they're not sure they got enough, should they
go buy more stuff?
He says, "Forget about the stuff, they've got more than enough, they thought of everything," he says,
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"They've got more beer than he's ever seen
And they've got girls on trampolines
They tapped ten kegs since 9:15
And they've got girls on trampolines"
Quoth the Party Guy, he doesn't ever lie, it sounds like their scene, but they don't have a ride
So they call Ride Guy who comes by and with a sigh he lets them in his ride (Okay!)
And Drunk Guy tells Ride Guy to shut up and just drive when he asks about the stuff and about the thing
But Nice Guy kicks Drunk Guy and tells Ride Guy that Party Guy said it's party-time behind Burger King,
he says,
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But Nice Guy's talk of trampolines makes Drunk Guy turn green and he pukes on Jon Fee and Ride Guy's ride
hits a tree
Which causes Weed Guy to drop his seeds at the feet of Officer One, Officer Two and Officer Three
And Officer One says, "Looky here, son, I hate speeding MIP's who have seeds and hit trees,"
One and two wanted to beat 'em and kill 'em and eat 'em, but they deferred to Officer Three who said,
"I hear there's a shindig behind Burger King
And I hear there's girls on trampolines
The tree looks fine and the driver's clean
Just give them girls on trampolines"
God bless the wisdom of Officer Three