一 : 五月天英文介绍

Mayday (Chinese: 五月天; pinyin: Wǔ Yuè Tiān), is a Taiwanese rockband that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, namelyAshin (vocalist), Monster and Stone (guitars), Masa (bass) and GuanYou (drums).

Formerly making music under the name of So Band, they officiallycame to be known as Mayday in 1997, with the name originating fromMasa's online nickname.

Musical Style and Influences
Mayday's songs are written mostly in Min Nan (Taiwanese dialect)and Mandarin. They are popular for capturing the zeitgeist ofTaiwanese youth in the 1990s which was an era of dreams, growingup, loneliness, love and disaffection.[2]

Mayday has made no secret of itsadmiration of the Beatles whom they cite as influencing theirideals of rock music. )[3] The eighth track of their fifth albumhas a track called John Lennon (约翰蓝侬) where the band espouses itsdreams to become the "Beatles of the Chinese World" (华人世界的披头四) andone day, to become better than them. Other diverse musicalinfluences include the Irish band U2, the British band Oasis, theJapanese pop music artists Mr. Children, Sting as well as theChinese rocker Wu Bai and China Blue.

In lyrics on recent albums, Ashinhas also alluded to several cultural icons notably the Chinesemythical monkey-god Sun Wu-Kong, Mickey Mouse, Superman, NeilArmstrong and Che Guevara. The song "Armour" (武装) was alsoinfluenced by a Chinese drama 《孽子》and Haruki Murakami's novel,Kafka On the Shore.[4]

[edit] History

[edit] Formation and Early Years :So Band (1995-1997)
Mayday evolved from So Band which was formed by Ashin, Monster andthe first drummer Qian You Da (钱佑达) in 1995 while they werestudying in The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan(师大附中). They were later joined by Masa and Stone, who wereattending the same school. After graduation, the members went todifferent universities but continued to cut their teeth performingin pubs and eateries. They were also actively involved in promotingthe growing rock music trend in Taiwan [5]. In 1997, the bandregistered under the moniker Mayday [6] in order to join the FormozFestival (野台开唱). This would become the official name of theband.

[edit] Early Recording Career :(1997-1999)
Shortly after participating in the Formoz Festival (野台开唱), the bandbegan to actively send demo tapes to various record companies inthe hope of sealing a record deal. Their demo impressed RockRecords executive Lee Zong Sheng (李宗盛)[7] who described them as"the ones who would usher in the sound of thefuture".[8]

As a result, they signed theirfirst record deal with Rock Records in 1998. In the same year, theyalso took part in the release of the Taiwan Independent CompilationAlbum 《ㄞ国歌曲》by indie music label tcm (角头音乐) which included theirfirst studio recording Racing Car 《轧车》. [9] In June 1998, they alsoreleased the Embrace《拥抱》 compilation album for which they took onmost of the songwriting, production and recordingduties.[10]

In 1999, Guan You became theband's fourth drummer and they went on to release their firstfull-length studio album 《五月天第一张创作专辑》under Rock Records on July7th, 1999. Their debut received critical acclaim and gained afollowing among the Taiwanese. It went on to move more than 300,000copies, a feat for a new band in the then pessimistic and saturatedmusic industry. [11] They were also nominated for the 11th GoldenMelody Awards under the category of Best Band (十一届金曲奖最佳乐团奖). [12]The tracks "Peter and Mary" 「志明与春娇」and "Embrace" 「拥抱」 also caughton among the youth, and became the top songs in the KTV list."Peter and Mary" was one of the top ten songs of the year accordingto the The Association of Music Workers in Taiwan (中华音乐人交流协会). Onthe 28th of August, they held their first large-scale performancecalled "168 Performances 「第168场演唱会」," cementing their position asone of the rising bands in Taiwan.

[edit] Release of Viva Love andPeople Life, Ocean Wild : (1999-2001)
The band's second album Viva Love 《爱情万岁》was released 7th July,2000. Sales of Viva Love exceeded their previous album, shiftingmore than 350,000 copies.[13] Additionally, Viva Love won them the"Best Band" award at the 12th Golden Melody Awards(十二届金曲奖最佳乐团奖).[14] Mayday also held a series of concerts called"Ten Thousand Youths Standing Up" (「十万青年站出来」巡回演唱会) in Taipei City,Zhang Hua and Gaohsiung City. The concerts were famous for havingthe most concert-goers in 2000.[15]

In 2001, Mayday worked for thefirst time, on a movie soundtrack and accompanying score for themovie Migratory Bird 《候鸟》which starred Rene Liu and Huang Pin Yuan.Two months later, Mayday released their third album People LifeOcean Wild 《人生海海》, sales of which hit more than 35,000 copies afterjust a month.

[edit] Temporary Hiatus :(2001-2003)
In view of Masa's impending military call up, Mayday decided totake a temporary hiatus at the height of their popularity. This ledto their farewell concerts titled Where Are You Going? 「你要去哪里」from18th August 2001 to 1st September 2001. Tuo La Ku and Japanese rockband Glay were special guests at the concert. Memorably for manyfans, guitarist Stone chose the occasion to propose to hisgirlfriend and the proposal song was also included in the liveconcert album. In November 2001, the members temporarily disbandedwith Masa going into the military, Stone heading to England tolearn production techniques and Guan You to Los Angeles in order tohone his drumming skills. Meanwhile, Monster and Ashin remained inTaiwan with Rock Records, taking up recording and production dutiesfor other label mates.

[edit] Return to the Music Scene :(2004)
During their hiatus, Mayday released the autobiographicaldocumentary titled The Wings of Dream 《摇滚本事》, with ticket saleshitting more than NT1.2 million in barely three days. [16]. Theyalso released an accompanying soundtrack.

After Masa's official release fromthe military, the band regrouped and made a return to the musicindustry. To mark the event, Mayday held their City of the Sky「天空之城」 concert on the 16th of August 2004 at the Taipei Stadium(台北市立体育场举办). The concert attracted nearly 400,000 fans which brokethe record for most concert-goers at a concert, a record previouslyheld by Michael Jackson.[17]

On the 11th of November 2003, theband also released their 4th studio album Time Machine 《时光机》. Salesof the album hit more than 15,000 within two days[18] , with Maydayseeing no decline in their popularity despite their hiatus. TheTime Machine also won Mayday their second "Best Band" award at the15th Golden Melody Awards.

In the summer of 2004, Mayday alsoparticipated in the making of an accompanying soundtrack for themovie 《五月之恋》in which they also presented new arrangements of someof their old songs. Guitarist Stone also had a supporting role inthe movie.

5th of November 2004 saw therelease of their 5th studio album God's Children Are AllDancing/Flying Angels With A Falling Soul 《神的孩子都在跳舞》. This albumused the simultaneous recording technique to create a "live-band"sound and the band flew to Japan for the recording. In 2005, theyalso released a best of compilation album Just My Pride(《知足最真杰作选》)，which included six new songs and favourites culled fromprevious albums.

[edit] Final Home Concerts :(2004-2006)
Near the end of 2004, Mayday embarked on an ambitious worldwideseries of concerts called Final Home - When We Are AllTogether「Final Home 当我们混在一起」. This took them round the world toAmerica, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. Theconcerts lasted for six months until early 2006. A compilation oflive performances from those concerts were released in a DVD-CDformat and simply titled 《Final Home》.

Not content with performing on theground, Mayday also took to the top of the Taiwan 101 building toperform. Called the "Nearest to the Sky Concert"/"Our HeadsReaching the Sky Concert" 「史上最接近天空演唱会」(or「头顶天空演唱会」)，Maydayperformed at a height of nearly 390.6 metres from theground.

[edit] Continuing the Dream :(2006-present)
Born to Love 《为爱而生》was released on the 29th of December 2006, withMayday organising an autograph session lasting ten hours thatbecame the first in 2007. In conjunction with their new album andsponsored by Le Tea, they also held Born to Love 《五月天 le power天使，为爱而生新歌演唱会》 concerts around Taiwan. Tickets to these concertswere packaged within the first edition of the Born to Love albums,and fans formed lines overnight in order to get their hands on theactual tickets that allowed them entrance into the concerts. Maydayplayed a total of 12 concerts, and the best performances arecompiled into a DVD that was packaged with the third edition of theBorn to Love album.

2007 also saw the release of Jump!(Leaving the Surface of the Earth) 《离开地球表面》, which included severalnew songs, live performances from the concerts of the same name andthe promotional tune Going Crazy 《抓狂》 for the video-game Halo 3.Included also is a duet with singer Cheer Chen, Elope to theMoon《私奔到月球》. Not to be outdone by the previous year, Mayday held aconcert 《突然很想见到你》on January 1st of 2008 that lasted from 1:00 AM toaround 6:00 AM.

Presently, Mayday are in the midstof preparing for their Returning to the Surface of the Earth《回到地球表面》 concerts which will take place in mid-2008. They have alsobegun planning for their 7th studio album which is slated to bereleased sometime in 2009.

[edit] Members

[edit] Ashin
Real Name: Chen Hsin Hung (陈信宏)
Date of Birth: 6 December 1975
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Instrument: Vocals/Guitar/drum
Position: Vocalist
Height/Weight: 180cm/74kg

[edit] Monster
Real Name: Wen Shang Yi (温尚翊)
Date of Birth: 28 November 1976
Place of Birth: Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Instrument: Guitar
Position: Leader
Height/Weight: 168cm/62kg

[edit] Stone
Real Name: Shih Chin-hang (石锦航)
Date of Birth: 11 December 1976
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Instrument: Guitar
Height/Weight: 172cm/67kg

[edit] Masa
Real Name: Tsai Shen-yen (蔡升晏)
Date of Birth: 25 April 1977
Place of Birth: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Instrument: Bass, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica
Height/Weight: 172cm/66kg

[edit] Guan You
Real Name: Liu Yen-ming (刘谚明)
Date of Birth: 28 July 1973
Place of Birth: Miaoli, Taiwan
Instrument: Drums, Keyboards
Height/Weight: 178cm/60kg

二 : 失语五月天

“小时候都没有抢到遥控，大了不想看了只能怀念。好时光都在记忆里，还是记忆里才有好时光？”难得发句新浪微博，在今晚的讲座上看到屏幕上的微博于是才想让自己的也出现在上面。关于动画，没什么要表达的，两位老师都是教过我的老师，加上和朋友一起也就听了这个讲座，还是觉得提问环节真是精髓。

傍晚在双杠上试着半倒立，就是坐在一根杠上，双脚勾住另一根杠，然后上身弯下去。手放开，大脑充血的感觉。这是初一时候学会干的事情。旁边有个男子，明明还有器材的，他突然跟我共用双杠，然后我就走掉了。其实他不是学校里的学生。最近校园开放以后，多了好多市民逛校园和运动，晚上也有，感觉不是很喜欢，乱乱的。一般都是没有太阳了我就叫甜甜，一起跑步。还在说笑肺大肺小的问题，其实在说肺活量，她跑着跑着嫌鼻子不够用，张口呼吸，所以我笑她来着。我没什么长进，倒是看着她坚持下来状态比最初好很多，着实为她高兴。慢跑的话，我是可以大声说笑甚至唱调调的，这个要归功到高二的体育课的边跑边唱了，和阿雷。慢日子足够美好是因为不能期待更多了么。

午觉真是不能自持了。饭后最易困，愣是坚持看完一篇小说才趴桌子睡觉。睡了一个小时，梦见自己在高楼就要畏高掉下去，然后突然感觉自己抽搐了一下。五月的多变与各种可能，让一开始嚷嚷着“五月不早起”的我，也过得有点曲折有点不安。作业堆起来，等到最后期限效率奇高。情感的较量，发觉有人在我心里的分量日积月累竟然很重，而有人还是没能增加应该的分量。哀伤，总是明白得太迟太晚，到最后都不知道怎么向自己交代。好在平静的日子里，能够抽离不靠谱的感觉，简单地过着记下来也不一定能记住的生活，提醒自己到底怎样才能欢喜自己的任何表现。忘记吧，若可以；再说吧；下一个空间名称想好了：就这样吧，就那样吧。

早上教育心理课的课前提问，张某某和我分别是第一个和最后一个回答问题的。坦白说的话，我跟不上老师的思路的，总是这样。大概注意力集中的能力久久不用就退化了么。倒是不知怎地想起了好几个告白的方式，想把记得的都列出来整理成日志什么的，列着才知道原来记得的并不多。夏至未至中傅小司对立夏说的是，让我试一试。继承者们中有，或许，我是不是喜欢上你了？巴厘岛的故事中，男二对水晶说，我喜欢你你知道吗？我为你着迷中，李绅对葵媛说的是，我的愿望是希望你重新喜欢上我。千万个字眼与词句，用什么来表达自然各人有各人的方式，最常见的当然是简单与直接的我喜欢你。可是我喜欢你然后呢？喜欢你什么啊。喜欢又怎样啊。我亦曾思考什么言语能够打动我自己呢，还是想不到，一定是对方是谁才最重要。我要用什么词句来表达呢？想来好笑，竟愿是“我喜欢过你啊”。过去式的表达，并不期待现今与未来。与其说表白，不如说告别。学不会在爱中期待，便选择以等爱的方式爱着。

《眼红馆》还是有词的有味道一些。“ho hey ho哪位今晚吻我说场地冷 hoheyho哪位今晚与我去送玫瑰花 发觉我正红着眼旧座位没有她 就像盛事未到一次压轴就着了灯 我信你也红着眼 寂寞便在红馆中一起搜索 就算这分钟够黑我想起会喊 ”

三 : 爱在五月天（人物简介）

　　女猪脚：龙晓雪，活泼爱动，天真，爱笑，雨何豪坤是欢喜冤家，长得像个芭比娃娃。双鱼座一，爱幻想的孩纸。

　　男猪脚：何豪坤，何氏集团大Boss，冷漠，在遇见龙晓雪后被龙晓雪改变。

　　摩羯座。女二号：何莉，很强的嫉妒心，后来她爱上了何豪坤，和龙晓雪决裂。她确实比龙晓雪强一点点。

　　天蝎座。第二个女二号：林曼生，喜欢何豪坤，何豪坤只把她当妹妹。她讨厌龙晓雪。天秤座。

　　男二号：林浩，是何豪坤的下属，何豪坤一直把他当兄弟。喜欢龙晓雪。

　　女三：赵晓，大大咧咧的富家千金，富家千金的身份到最后才说出来。龙晓雪死党。白羊座。

　　男三:未出场呢。喜欢何莉，一直默默的跟着何莉，帮他做坏事，最后和何莉一起进了监狱。

　　天秤座。龙套：带龙晓雪去Boss哪的助理，孙可唯，曹阳，贝爽，陈志豪，景佳人，赵欣然，张佳欣……感谢大家支持我写的爱在五月天，我会努力把它尽早更完！爱你们，么么哒！

    五年级:孙晓雪

四 : 爱在五月天（人物简介）

　　女猪脚：龙晓雪，活泼爱动，天真，爱笑，雨何豪坤是欢喜冤家，长得像个芭比娃娃。双鱼座一，爱幻想的孩纸。

　　男猪脚：何豪坤，何氏集团大boss，冷漠，在遇见龙晓雪后被龙晓雪改变。

　　摩羯座。女二号：何莉，很强的嫉妒心，后来她爱上了何豪坤，和龙晓雪决裂。她确实比龙晓雪强一点点。

　　天蝎座。第二个女二号：林曼生，喜欢何豪坤，何豪坤只把她当妹妹。她讨厌龙晓雪。天秤座。

　　男二号：林浩，是何豪坤的下属，何豪坤一直把他当兄弟。喜欢龙晓雪。

　　女三：赵晓，大大咧咧的富家千金，富家千金的身份到最后才说出来。龙晓雪死党。白羊座。

　　男三:未出场呢。喜欢何莉，一直默默的跟着何莉，帮他做坏事，最后和何莉一起进了监狱。

　　天秤座。龙套：带龙晓雪去boss哪的助理，孙可唯，曹阳，贝爽，陈志豪，景佳人，赵欣然，张佳欣……感谢大家支持我写的爱在五月天，我会努力把它尽早更完！爱你们，么么哒！

    五年级:孙晓雪

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