http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,136408,00.html? CELEBRITY FAVOURITES Top of the Singapore pops Listen up as the country's best music-makers turn up the nationalistic volume on their homegrown choices By Samuel Lee MADE-IN-SINGAPORE music has come a long way. On one hand, there are Stefanie Sun and A-do's best-selling Mandarin pop and Sheikh Haikel's soulful R&B. On the other, there are Chou Pi Jiang's Chinese rap-rock and Corrinne May's adult-oriented folk. TANYA CHUA Singer-songwriter, 27 Just wrapped up her new English album, Jupiter, which she hopes to release end August 1 Life Story That's the Dick Lee song sung by Jessica (Soo). Despite being played to death as a TV ad, it's still close to the heart. 2 Paper Plane Sandy Lam co-wrote the music with Singaporean composer Eric Ng, and my friend Xiao Han who wrote the lyrics. It's really cool and triggers off memories of childhood. 3 Love Is Suspicion Talented Han Jin wrote this for Eason Chan. It's quite funky and bluesy, unlike most pop songs on radio. 'National Day is a time to sing songs like Count On Me Singapore and feel nationalistic.' JACINTHA ABISHEGANADEN Singer, 44 First South-east Asian artiste to make American rag Jazztimes. She's now working on her new album which will be a Julie London tribute 1 Majulah Singapura It's a great anthem. Growing up with it, I could identify with it, which is why I'll be doing a different version at the NDP. 2 China Blue This is Mark Chan's signature tune. He played everything on the track, including the flute. It's a simple and elegant tune with all his musicality distilled. 3 Funny Babes Condes, my Filipino friend, wrote this and it always reminds me about her living in Singapore and eventually taking up citizenship. 'National Day means a friends' get-together, unless one of us is involved in the NDP, like me this year.' KIT CHAN Singer-actress, 29 Will release a new album next month, act in the musical East Meets West in Hongkong this month, and take on the lead role of the Empress Dowager in Forbidden City: Portrait Of An Empress as part of the Esplanade's opening in October 1 Voice Of The Ordinary People It's widely sung and associated with kopi tiam culture. It was the theme to the TV series Neighbour in 1986. Chen Jiaming did a great job. 2 Singapore Style This is a hard-sell Singapore song by Liang Wern Fook from the xinyao days with lots of deliberate references to 'Singaporean-ness'. 3 Home A Dick Lee song I sang at the NDP in 1998. I had just moved back after living in Taiwan for five years. So the lyrics, especially 'Wherever my dreams may take me, this will always be home' meant a lot to me. 'National Day is for indifferent Singaporeans. They should remember that this is their country and they've got to do something about it.' DICK LEE Composer-producer, 45 Penned score to the musical Forbidden City: Portrait Of An Empress, which is in The Esplanade's Opening Festival line-up in October 1 Count On Me Singapore It's so well-crafted, it gave me my first sense of national pride when I heard it at 1990's NDP. That's the year my Mad Chinaman came out and I performed the album version of Rasa Sayang at the parade. 2 Home Another ND song but more personal. I wrote it for Kit Chan while in Hongkong doing Snow.Wolf.Lake in 1997. 3 Deeper It's a duet I did with Chris Ho in the early 1980s. I was going through my band phase and playing keyboards with his Zircon Lounge band. I was trying something different. So was Chris, who didn't usually do mainstream pop. 'National Day means work. I'm creative director for this year's NDP.' -- 下仍舊在辨認漸漸淡的氣味 記起當天的鮮花會飛 黃 世遊玩在大地 漸漸再不顧忌 那曉得剎那轉了天氣 紀我記起跟你一起花裡遊戲 那笑聲多愉快多美 耀 再我記起跟你爭先吸一口氣 走過多芳香的奇妙世紀 嬉到這天恐怕一切將要忘記 那記憶荒謬更淒美 明 戲到這天跟你一起不再頑皮 約定下世紀再嬉戲 --

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