What Does It Mean?

Though I've been listening to T-ara's song for a while now, I realized that I don't really know what the lyrics say. And as such, I've decided to slowly (but surely) find the English translation and get a better understanding of their songs.

So here's the first song I decided to look up:

I decided to check this song out because I really don't get all the "ma boy", "ma boo" and the other "ma" in Kpop.

Now that I've read the translation, I realized that this song is easily one of T-ara's saddest song (granted that I don't know the meaning to many of their songs).

Also, according to a more musically-inclined friend of mine, this song uses the same chord progression as TTL; this means that you should be able to sing TTL to the track of Ma Boo.

Other Recommendations

While I'm definitely a QUEEN'S, I do enjoy songs by other artists too.

In the comments section of almost every snsd YouTube video, you can see a huge fan war being waged. I once saw a commenter, even after claiming that he or she is a sone, being attacked after saying that the performance is "not perfect". I suppose that's one disadvantage of being too popular - you attract really really crazy fans, and it just takes a single one to ruin the image of the whole.

I'm proud to say that us queen's seldom concern ourselves with such wars; we're a peace loving bunch! However, in the event that we are involved in fan wars, it certainly helps for us to know songs beyond T-ara's. (so we can give a balanced argument)

And here's one that I really really like; and it's still T-ara related (if you're a queen's you should know)

Different Voices of SoYeon

Almost all groups have a member designated as the Main Vocal; but while the main vocals in other idol groups are usually in charge of the sustained high notes towards the climax of the song, SoYeon almost never does that.

SoYeon's real forte when it comes to singing is her phenomenal vocal control.
Let's start with the first example:


"SoYeon is more about blending in then standing out; rather then purely standing out" -- TimeToT-ara

[Eng Sub] I Know

I'm on a subbing spree!
Here's YangPa's new song - I Know(알아요) featuring SoYeon(T-ara) and Lee BoRam(SeeYa)


So far, I'm only done with EunJung's part; will continue with the lyrics soon.

CCM Ballads

While Kim Kwang Soo may be weird in his way of managing T-ara, it's hard to deny the fact the CCM has produced many of the best ballads around.

Random Picture of EunJung

Evidence?
An anecdotal one - every time CCM releases a new ballad, listening to it just once will not be enough for me, be it
Davichi's Don't Say Goodbye,
Davichi and T-ara's We Were in Love, or the more recent
Love is All the Same byYangpa, Lee Haeri and Hanna, and many many more,
the first listen will be followed immediately by a second one, and most likely the third.

While we await So Yeon's participation in Yangpa's coming album, below is "Love is All the Same" by Yangpa, Haeri and Hanna

Listened to Some Old Songs

Quick question - what is T-ara's first ever released song?

Lies? Congrats, you got the wrong answer.

T-ara's by not-T-ara

Due to my trying to learn the guitar, recently, I have wondered into the road not taken - fan covers.

I suppose most 'normal' fans would ignore those fan cover videos when browsing on YouTube; however, I would suggest that - once in a while - you click on one of those videos, and you may be surprised by what you find.

Enough talk, here's what clicking on cover videos lead me to (not really fan covers though)