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For the First Time Ever Digitally Re-Mastered from the Original Recordings! dicklee.com All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Dick Lee

I've always felt this need to find a musical answer to my identity problem. You see, coming from Singapore, where east truly meets west on an island largely of immigrants, there's always this thing about how we should dress, speak and sound. In my search for an Asian sound, I've come across all kinds of fascinating material, but since my interest (and taste) lie in the mainstream, I've decided to concentrate in 1 the area of pop, And so, here is my version. Most Asian pop is written in the Western genre, but sung in the various Asian languages. Why not throw the traditional aspects in with the contemporary, add a few of my own touches, and mix them up in a new way, I thought. Sort of try to create a new kind of Asian pop. As Asia has practically no rock and roll roots, pop goes back only about twenty years or so. My sources were then limited to the most popular folk songs, sixties' hits and recent Asia chartbusters. With some original material added to these, I've attempted to redefine our popular music, at the same time hoping to make it more accessible. This is happy music - pop music as the world knows it, but with Asian heart. So attention, citizens of the world - this is ASIA. DICK LEE All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore ONE SONG ORCHIDS FROM OUTER SPACE COCKATOO CHIN CHIN CHOO LOVER'S TEARS NINA PONY JAPANESE RHUMBA SUKIYAKI STILL FRIENDS ASIA MAJOR

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All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore ONE SONG I first came across this song on an excursion round the bars of . The tune stuck in my mind, and I had the opportunity to sing it when 1 performed in Thailand not long after that. This is YIN DEE, (with my lyrics) - to me, a truly Asian pop song, and perfect for introducing the world's largest continent. We'll sing in one voice And we'll sing one song VOCALS: Ekachai Uekrongtham, Our separate lands Babes Conde, Theresa Sun, Jimmy Are one from now on Jap, Tomoko Yamaguchi. We are Asia Deborah Png, Kay Hamid, Sandii And we'll sing one song. Suzuki, Henson Lim, Jacintha. GUITAR: Shah Tahir Kap sawasdee kap, selamat datang, huan ying, welcome Annyonghaseyo, konnichiwa, Kap sawasdee kap, selamat datang, mabuhay, welcome huan ying, welcome Annyonghaseyo, konnichiwa, Our song is to make you understand mabuhay, welcome Our people comprise the common man I am an ambassador who brings And under our colours we are all A song for the universe to sing one. A song about freedom and about We'll be celebrating, we will be peace friends In all of our cultures, music is king We will save the world and start 'Cos music embraces everything again From the western horizon up to the Our journey to unity's just begun. east. (Repeat CHORUS) CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL This is Asia This is where we're from {Repeat CHORUS) All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore ORCHIDS FROM OUTER SPACE The national flower of Singapore is the Vanda Miss Joaquim, a purple orchid named after a prominent Armenian lady. As we Singaporeans are in a kind of limbo at the moment from outer space regarding our cultural identity, we VANDA! cling to the orchid as a symbol of who we are (at least until something She came up to me in a cushion of else "evolves"). Now, let me indulge heat in a little (sci-fi) fantasy about the And a light so bright I could not see - origin of the flower. properly. There under the trees and the VANDA: Jacintha equatorial breeze BACKING VOCALS: Dick Lee She said these words to me: "These will bring peace!" She handed me a flower, A gift from up above. See that in the sky? Shining so bright? An orchid with the power Making this a hot tropical night. To spread universal love. That is not a star, but a messenger She looked at me with those lilac She's the woman I love, and they call eyes, and I knew at once I'd be her VAN DA! Another prisoner of love She came to me one midnight, My orchid lady, she sends me A spark out of the dark, Vanda from the Planet of the Orchids (Repeat CHORUS) in the Park! She wasn't at all like the aliens you INSTRUMENTAL BREAK get on T.V. So here I am. a fool in love No little green space invader, she Waiting for my baby with my was an Orchid Lady. gardening gloves, Newspaper and chewing gum CHORUS Be still my heart — here she comes!

Orchids from outer space - VANDA INSTRUMENTAL BREAK Orchids from outer space - VANDA Orchids from outer space, Orchids (Repeat CHORUS) All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore COCKATOO A favourite Indonesian folk song of Lekdung, lekdung, lekdung ooh-la-la mine is BURUNG KAKAK TUA, or Lekdung, lekdung, lekdung ooh-la-la Cockatoo. I remembered an upbeat Lekdung, lekdung, lekdung ooh-la-la twist-y version by Dutch-Indonesian Burung kakak tua. Anneke Gronloh in the 60's, and decided to resurrect the song, I can live without you giving a new interpretation of the Calling everyday title. There's an element of You never really used to anyway. KERONCHONG - an Indonesian I don't care much if you rhythm - and the original lyrics are End up faraway sung by the 1 4-year-old MELLY from I never really wanted you to stay. Jakarta, who sounds enchantingly But once in every midnight finds me like the said bird. pacing all these rooms In search of just a tiny hint of you. VOCALS: Melly But all I find is just this little bird that BACKING VOCALS: Dick Lee speaks my doom FEATURING: The Java Jiva Cockatoo, I miss you. Keronchong Orchestra (Repeat CHORUS)

Once we both were lovers But once in every midnight finds me And everything was fine pacing all these rooms Now we're crying over wasted time In search of just a tiny hint of you I used to send you flowers But all I find is just this tiny bird that Every single kind speaks my doom Now dried up ferns are all you've left Cockatoo, where are you? behind. We used to share a puppy and a Burung kakak tua chatty little bird Menclok di-jendela Now you've gone, the doggone Nenek sudah tua dog's gone too. Gigi-nya tinggal dua. And all I've got is this that keeps repeating just one word: (Repeat CHORUS) Cockatoo Cockatoo

CHORUS

All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore CHIN CHIN CHOO I just had to do a follow up to (Repeat) Mustapha — the Indian movie take- off on my last album. Looking for a Boba! Mama! Baba! song, I stumbled across this little gem Hello, mister, how do you do? included in Mira Nair's excellent film Salaam Bombay. Well, they're Who's that gorgeous dreamboat back in the Singapore version — there, Mustapha and his Heavenly Hindi Giving me that naughty wink? Heartbreaker Chin Chin Choo, I'll return his sexy stare accurately played by JACINTHA. Try my hardest not to blink! Aiyoyo, what lips, what eyes, VOCALS: Jacintha Those curvy mounds that I must hold DRUMS: Jimmy Lee She is saying with her smiles PIANO: Joshua Wan "Baba we can rock and roll!" BASS: Billy Martinez GUITAR: O'Donel Levy REPEAT CHORUS TABLA & CASTANETS: Maniom S R FEATURING: The Horny Horns I will not be very cheap Just enough to say "Hello"! Dignity's what I must keep CHORUS Even if he says, "Let's go!" Won't you visit my abode Meera Naam a-Chin Chin Choo There are moves I'd like to show Chin Chin Choo, baba. Chin Chin We can rock Serangoon Road Choo With bhangra, disco, a-go-go! What's the time, what's up, what's new? REPEAT CHORUS Hello, mister, how do you do? Let's have a-one for the mama A-two for the show A-three for the drama, let's Gopal- go! Baba! Mama! Baba!

Hello, mister, how do you do?

REPEAT CHORUS

All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore LOVER'S TEARS This beautiful Mandarin song was 要不是有情郎跟我 要分开 immortalized by the lpoh nighfingale S K POON in thelate 50's and 我眼泪不会掉下来掉下来 gained popularify via the smash hit movie The Swallow. Here, 90's nighfingale from Hong 你不要忘了我情深深如海 Kong renders a soulful version that brings the classic Chinese ballad up- 为什么要对你掉眼 泪 to-date. 你难道不明白为了爱 VOCALS: Sandy Lam BACKING VOCALS: Jacintha, Dick 要不是有情郎跟我要分开 Lee 我眼泪不会掉下来掉下来 GU ZHENG:Yeo Puay Hin HARMONICA: Ho Chong Wing Don't you cry my baby 'Cos l'II be right by your side Dreaming along with you each & 为什么要对你掉眼 泪 every night Don't you cry my baby 你难道不明白 Everything's gonna be alright Give in to me - don'f put up a fight 为了爱只有那有情人 Love is smiling down 眼 泪最珍贵 Making your head spin around Come to me, we can put away your 一颗颗眼 泪都是爱都是爱 fears Baby, these are nothing Nothing but yourlover s tears. 为什么要对你掉眼 泪 你难道不明白为了爱 All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Nina Pony, Pony Cassie, What is the time Mr Wolf? See for the rainbow, chiak kopi. Dinner time! NINA PONY Nina Pony, Pony Cassie, (dedicated to the See for the rainbow, chiak kopi. Oh Pay Ah-Som O-O-O-O children of Asia) Oh Pay Ah-Som! Oh Pay Ah-Som O-O-O Lom Chiam Pass! REPEAT Here is a nostalgic CHORUS mixture of the games I INSTRUMENTAL Nina Pony, Pony Cassie, used to play as a child. Do you like this girl? Nina Pony is actually a A-E-I-O-U Children play their games A-E-I-O-U skipping game, and the All around the world chant is totally Red Red Botak Head meaningless as far as I REPEAT Blue Blue Hylam Too can tell. The song takes Yellow Yellow Dirty Fellow place in a school Oh Pay Ah-Som O-O-O-O Green Green - playground, where the Oh Pay Ah-Som O-O-O Your father sell ice cream! kinds going, "Oh pay - ah - sam" - the REPEAT Oh Pay Ah-Som O-O-O-O Singapore equivalent of Oh Poy Ah-Som O-O-O "Scissors, paper, stone' Who stole the cookie from the cookie REPEAT - are interrupted by a jar? bunch of bullies. Number One stole the cookie from A-E-l-O-U the cookie jar! A-E-l-O-U THE LEADER : Roy Pang Who me? THE KIDS : Burr Fong, Yes you! Muthusamy was a dhobi Couldn't be! Undalay, Undalay Nothalyn Fong, Andrew Than who? Met his wife in Pondichern Goh, Teo Sze Yong. Number Two stole the Undalay, Undalay Jessy Chew, Yvonne cookie from the cookie Father's name was Muniandy Lim-Sim. jar! Mother's name was Minachi THE BULLIES : Gary Sng, Father, Mother fond of toddy Ian Yap, Chris Yong, Tay REPEAT CHORUS Undalay, Undalay Shan Min, Rizal Ahyar BACKING VOCALS: See for the Rainbow, chiak kopi REPEAT Babes Conde, Deborah A-B-C-D-E-F-G GIRL! Girl! Girl! Do you like this boy? Png, Henson Lim, Jimmy Yes or no? Jap The man and the woman go home TABLA, GADOM, kaki step! SINGARI, NAGARA What is the time Mr Wolf? Eight Maniam S R o'clock! All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore JAPANESE RHUMBA This little ditty originated from Hawaii CHORUS — probably penned and performed by immigrant Japanese before the Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai Second World War. I was enchanted Japanese Rhumba ai-yai by it on first hearing, and when I Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai played it to my parents, found that Ohayo-gozaimas they, too, knew the song. So here are the three Lees - ma and pa and me Nani mamasan - in a nonsensical pseudo-Latin Hayaku papasan, hai number. Ano-ojo-san Chotto matte kudasai VOCALS: Kip'n Liz FEATURING: Mr Iskandar and his CHORUS New Malayanaires Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai Japanese Rhumba ai-yai Doko ikuno Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai Koko irasha-i-ne Chotto matte kudasai Chotto anone Ohayo-gozaimas INSTRUMENTAL

Nani anone Sutekine kono-uta Nani suruno Hello. Konnichiwa

CHORUS

Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai Japanese Rhumba ai-yai Japanese Rhumba ai-yai-yai Hello Konnichiwa

Konbanwa - goodnight Konbanwa - goodnight Konbanwa - goodnight Oyasuminasai! Anone! All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore SUKIYAKI When I first thought about doing a CHORUS Japanese song, the first song which came to mind was this Kyu Sakamoto Ue-o-mu-ite, aru-ko-o-o Kozoete hit. It's about the only Japanese song Namida-ga, kobore na-i yo-o-o-ni Nakinagara Aruku that had international chart success, Ono-i dasu, Haru-no-hi Hitoribochi No Yoru and it has in fact been covered Hitori bo-o-chi-no yoru. several times. In order not to (Repeat CHORUS) desecrate the lilting melody, I've We walked to a park in the centre of added a little rap. 's own Sandii town Suzuki provides the delicate And I saw the cherry blossoms fall to Japanese vocals. the ground I knew I had to go, it was only VOCALS: Sandii Suzuki A matter of time, in fact we were BACKING VOCALS: Dick Lee already starting to get lonely But she was from a world I could just not understand It wasn't long ago I was having fun, Let me tell you, wasn't easy letting go you know. of her hand, and when Jamming in the land of the rising sun The sky changed colour, I was moving my feet to the heat of She simply would not say the beat of the city, "Sayonara." Turned a corner - well, who did I meet But the one I've always known that I Goodbye has different meanings wanted to know To lovers and to friends Oh, I encountered my dream right in So listen to me You are my Sukiyaki, baby the heart of Tokyo. 2X Well, I didn't waste a moment, I went Please be a Suki-Suki-yaki for me right up to say, Let's sing the only words I know. "How 'bout a date? Tonight at eight?" (Repeat CHORUS) But we could not communicate. INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

Touching's a special language for Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni lovers to understand Shiawase wa sora no ue ni So hear me saying: You ore my Sukiyaki, baby Ue O Muite 2X Please be a Suki-Suki-yaki for me Arukoh Let's sing the only words I know Nijinda Hoshi O All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore STILL FRIENDS (for Ja) it all And darling, in the end, at least we'll My favourite kind of song is the have each other mushy ballad, and this version I'll try to support you if you fall. incorporates a tune from the finale of And as for me, you are all I need the classic opera THE Waiting in the wings to see me PATRIOTIC PRINCESS (expertly through performed here by Singapore opera My whole life with you. star JOANNA WONG). The Princess sings this sad melody before she kills (Repeat CHORUS) herself, but my version isn't so dramatic - just a traditional Western- Is there a question of a turning style love song. point decision? Don't ask for confusion with VOCALS: Joanna Wong right or wrong. ER HU: Lum Yan Sing 'Cos there is only love within our CHINESE FLUTE: Urn Sin Yeo scope of vision YANG CING: Loh Chiang How Somehow we have known it all GU ZHENG: Yeo Puay Hian along. GUITAR: Shah Tahir And after all, we know each other well Just ignore the rest who don't agree And listen just to me. CHORUS (Repeat CHORUS) Darling, can we still be friends? Now love begins does friendship And as for me, you are all I need end? Waiting in the wings to see me Nothing will change, you will see through You'll stay the same, I'm stilt me. My whole life with you. Just remember the days when we said this was meant to be - Meant to be.

We seem to understand our future's tied together Don't try, then, to make any sense of All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore ASIA MAJOR Something thoughtful to close this So what makes me this creature collection. A probe into my history, who's neither here nor there my past, to look for my present. As I Whose heart has one direction, but it find myself propelled towards the doesn't quite know where. Pacific Century, I am constantly I need to find the values presumed a reminded of who I am, to keep the right of birth balance right between East and Maybe then I may discover what I am West. worth.

BACKING VOCALS: Jacintha, Babes (Repeat CHORUS) Conde, Deborah Png, Jimmy Jap, Henson Lim. INSTRUMENTAL BREAK SUO NA: Lee Heng Quee CHINESE FLUTE: Lim Sin Yeo (Repeat CHORUS) TABLA: Maniam S R GUITAR: Shah Tahir All this is mine! Tell me where to go And when I arrive, what will I find? I went into my childhood to see what That everything I am I'm made of Has been you all the time To look for treasures buried beneath Everything is mine. the care and love But all I found were fables, left to me in words All the fairytales I never even heard.

CHORUS

Asia Major - you are the truth, you are all that I am Asia Major - you shine your sun, and then I understand Asia Major - You are the body and I am the land Asia Major - I've known all the time, That everything is mine.

All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore THANKS X 1,000,000 All song by DICK LEE, except original versions of Lover's Tears - by YAO To GOD, for His Blessing and Love; MING; Sukiyaki - by ROKUSUKE El MAKOTO - we make a great learn. Let's do it again! and HACHIDAI NAKAMURA; Yin Dee - by ASANEE CHOTIKUL; The HIROSHI SHINOZAKI and TOYO NAKAMURA, for having faith in Asian Patriotic Princess - by TONG TECK music, and introducing me to Japan; SUNG; Mera Naam Chin Choo - by all at WEA MUSIC JAPAN and O.P. NAYYAR and QAMAR SINGAPORE, especially JIMMY WEE and JALALABADI; Japanese Rhumbo - ORITA-san - keep believing; by G.MILLER. my partners at PARALLEL: AL, AZZY and All songs arranged by DICK LEE, except LINDA, for giving me the freedom I need, Chin Chin Choo and Japanese Rhumba, my guests singers, SANDII, SANDY, arranged by . JOANNA and MELLY - you made the Drum programming by MAKOTO songs come alive; KUBOTA the Terribly Talented Lees - MA and PA Keyboards and vocal arrangements by (who lent their voices and provided a DICK LEE house of love for me to grow up in), PEE SANDII SUZUKI appears courtesy of (general all-round support), WAH (who Toshiba EMI took a picture) and JOHNNY (who ISKANDAR ISMAIL appears courtesy of designed the cover) - I love you; UFO Records LIM SEK, my supermanager, and his Recorded at AUDIOMUSICAL and superassistont BOBBIE at M&M - thanks FANTASIA studios, Singapore; ALCHEMY, for looking after the Mad Chinaman; Tokyo; ond Jakarta TOMOKO and all at B.U.S. for Engineered by FRANK LEE at representing me so well in Japan. Audiomusical all my FRIENDS and SUPPORTERS - Mixed by ROLAND HERRINGTON you're always there when I need you, and MAKOTO KUBOTA at especially my best buddy DAVID "MAX- MASTEROCK STUDIOS, London - DOLL-FACE BELCHAK, and "old" friend Mastered by KEVIN METCALFE at GERRY, too; TOWNHOUSE STUDIOS, London and mast of all, to my sweet inspiration, my Special thanks to AKAI best friends, my words ond my music, my DICK LEE's songs published by WEA JESS-JA-"PAM", my JACINTHA MUSIC. Copyright controlled. ABISHEGANADEN. Dick Lee is managed by MUSIC 8. ASIAMAJOR is for my mother, ELIZABETH, MOVEMENT (S) PTE LTD with all my love. RAFFLES CITY P.O. BOX 1482, SINGAPORE 9117. Cover design: DICK LEE and represented by TOMOKO Photography. GARY SNG, RUSSEL YAMAGUCHI, B.U.SYNDICATE INC. WONG, ANDREW LEE 4 F High-City Hiroo, 5-24-3 Hiroo Head-dress: AZLAN and SAMAD from Shibuya - ku RUNWAY PRODUCTIONS TOKYO JAPAN TEL: (03) 4449831 Make up: CECILIA CHNG from FACEWORKS (cover), CELESTINE SNG Produced by DICK LEE and MAKOTO Hair: GINA LAU from THE HAIR SHOP KUBOTA All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore chin chin choo lover's teors nina pony Japanese rhumba sukiyaki ASIAMAJOR - DICK LEE stil l friend s cockato o asiamojo r lif e e th i n lio n orchid s fro m oute r spac e cit y (bonu s c d

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