JACKY CHEUNG IN MY OMONA!?! : Taeyang's "Prayer" actually a sample

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

It seems that Taeyang's "Prayer" is in fact a sample of Chinese music artist, Jacky Cheung's "Cry." Once you hear the original, it's almost funny because it literally sounds like it was chewed up in the 80's and spit back out out in 2008! The opening sounds exactly the same and the chorus' are very similar, except for the difference in tempo.

You can never fault the artists for these kinds of things, just their companies. And even though it's obvious that my opinion is insanely bias, Taeyang's version is better. If not because "Prayer" is more catchy, but merely because Taeyang had his shirt off for half the video and... and... well I think that's good enough reason, don't you?



Jacky Cheung - Cry

LMAO OLD SCHOOL VID IS OLD. LOVES IT.

Taeyang - Prayer

Source: allkpop

STILL STUNNED TO SEE JACKY CHEUNG AND TAEYANG IN THE SAME POST.& before everyone goes batshit on Jacky Cheung, he's this super awesome Hong Kong singer with the voice of god.

This comm knows Jacky Cheung! :')

EDIT: Okay, so it was Teddy AND Jacky Cheung (maybe?) who sampled from the same guy David Hallyday. video. One of world's mysteries: SOLVED!

Comments

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Jacky Cheung is AWESOME. Legendary in HK. Seriously. I love Taeyang. But Jacky's freaking amazing. I love old Cantopop. TT-TT I'm old. *le sigh*

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Am I allowed to stand with you? Cos I'm old as fuck in his kpop fandom too. And I love old Cantopop lmao.

[blabby-lwy.livejournal.com]

Siding with ya. Old Cantopop is FTW.

[remy-hahn.livejournal.com]

Me toooooooooo. He's so awesome. <3

[phantomizedacid.livejournal.com]

JACKY CHEUNG MY HOMIE.

[mangoparadise.livejournal.com]

i was gonna post this. u beat me lol
anyways its really unbelievable i wonder if it was taeyang jacked from jackie

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

It was Teddy that produced this.

[amorspesfides.livejournal.com]

O/T but I've just started watching BOF (I know, late like WHOAH) and the scene where your icon came from was so kickass, it was so much more awesome than the wussy punches the Taiwan/Japan versions gave their counterparts. 8D

[civilized-era.livejournal.com]

HOLY WHAT. @_@
But yeah Jacky Cheung <3 I used to karaoke to that song when I was like, four.

[agehahime.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, same here. Though I have no idea what I was singing, since I don't understand Chinese.

[agehahime.livejournal.com]

"Cry" is classic! I can't believe I didn't make the connection. =.= *Shoots self*

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

I never made the connection because I've never heard Prayer. LOL.

[jtyy239.livejournal.com]

JACKY CHEUNG OMG. I used to sing that song so well, but I can hardly remember the lyrics anymore D: I love old Cantopop too.

[amorspesfides.livejournal.com]

man, Jacky Cheung and Tae Yang was the most unlikely coupling I'd see in OMNTD. O_o

But I can't hear the similarities ;_;

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

The starting especially. And the chorus, despite the difference in tempo.

NGL, I was always the bigger Andy Lau fan though LOL.

[olive-101.livejournal.com]

My excuse for not recognizing the song is i wasn't born yet when it came out. (cry). I'm recovering from the shock of Jacky Cheung and Taeyang being int eh same post. xD

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

O_O OH MY GOD YOU ARE A BABY! *depressed*

[liliabloom.livejournal.com]

LOL. OH JACKY CHEUNG, ILU. I can listen to Wen Bie all day. ♥

Actually, if you look at the song credits for Prayer, it says "Original title HIGH / Original artist DAVID HALLYDAY..."



So I guess Jacky sampled him first? Cause High was apparently made in 1988, and Cry was in 1989?

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

IT'S A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE OF SAMPLING.

[amorspesfides.livejournal.com]

OMG JACKIE CHEUNG IS SO EPIC ;_; HIS VOICE

(oh and that movie he co-starrs with Takeshi Kaneshiro...Perhaps Love - a must-watch)

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

DAAAH Perhaps Love. T_____T

I never know who to look at, him OR Takeshi Kaneshiro omg OR Zhou Xun cos she's so damn fucking gorgeous. Maybe I should watch that again.

[gypsy-sonata.livejournal.com]

Song credits

02. 기도 ft. Teddy
composed by Teddy + Kush / lyrics by Teddy / arranged by Teddy + Kush
original title : High / original artist : David Hallyday / original writer : David Hallyday, Lisa Catherin Cohen

Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBf9rlTwBQ

[sojufever.livejournal.com]

I just watched a few of Jacky Cheung's videos on YT and his voice really is amazing.

[nightfrost75.livejournal.com]

"If not because "Prayer" is more catchy, but merely because Taeyang had his shirt off for half the video and... and... well I think that's good enough reason, don't you?"

Yes, yes it is.:)
And this whole post is reason enough to watch the video over again.(YAY!)

[princess-momo.livejournal.com]

JACKY CHEUNGGGGGGGGGGG. I facking love him.

But, TaeYang's version is pretty neat >.> .... by just a bit >.>

[jackichen007.livejournal.com]

whoaaaa this is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[herro-is-vip.livejournal.com]

It says it in the song credits on the album. People are always trying to cause problems without telling the full story.

[crimsonredd.livejournal.com]

*LOL* I know Jacky Cheung way back when Meteor Garden was a hit in my country because he made "Love Scar" with Jerry Yan. I think he's an awesome actor. ^^

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

LOL i've never heard that song of taeyang's before. and this is kinda strange, seeing jacky cheung on this comm. hahaha.

[chan-friend.livejournal.com]

Jacky Cheung is awesome ^^
Didn't know Prayer was a sample of one of his songs... 0.o