I should have introduced Alex sooner but I do not know what was pulling me back. Probably it was like an unknown force such as "lack of proper knowledge." Well, I am lacking in proper knowledge in all of those artists anyway --- so here it is the impact of Alex in part of my world.First time I saw him, it was on television. He was playing piano and a white dove came out of the cage??? Something like that. I was like who is this? Someone recently came back from Japan? I think that is "Thi chin Chit thu" ad, the first album of Alex if I am not mistaken. It's original is a Japanese song "Saigo No Iiwake" by Hideaki Tokunaga. All time favorite song in Asia. I have heard this song in so many different languages : Vietnamese, Thai, Tagalog, Chinese??--- so why not Burmese? Alex's version is pretty good remix compared to the original except that the original is a bit more soulful. I like both in different ways. There are songs with the melodies very special in the way that it can be tested against time or across the barriers of spoken language. It only exist as a musical international language. This song is one of those special songs.
I listen that song again in "Alex's Best Songs" album in much later year. I like that best song album a lot and listen to it quite often. Then, I heard him again in 19:18. I would say Alex is the strongest in 19:18, probably because his voice is the middle pitch which bringing in both STL and SOH's voices together. That is just my personal opinion. (side note: Alex has a puppy eye just like STL in a differnt version =) ). I have known quite a few friends who like to listen to Alex although those friends are not a frequent listeners of Burmese song. I like Alex voice quality, his style of singing, and passion, and coolness of low maintenance appearance with just a little touch of effort to show the respect.
I saw him in a magazine with his family --- seems like a happy family --- good for him --- I am happy for him. He was being interviewed about something like "eating out" --- It is kind of a cheesy title to do an interview. May be he needed some PR appearances. Then I saw him crossing to hip-hop mixes which are still very listenable. Except that, not only Alex almost all Burmese hip-hop are very predictable. One catchy repeating verse with a good vocalist and the other parts of rapping in the same kind of tone and style. No criticism, it is all good. It's all good --- we just need to crawl quite a while before we can run I guess. The time will come when we will have a bubble of light bulbs like "Ding!!", and start composing fabulous songs. I am all positive.
Anyway, let's get back to Alex. Yes, Alex is one of the singers that I support. I cannot find much fault with him in his singing. It is in the range of my likability. Did he re-made "Wut-hmone" too?? I think he did but I prefer Moon Aung, may be I am just bias.
What would Alex be doing now? Rock? Pop? Hip-hop? Or cross over everything? Managing idol groups? That's awful lots of guesses, one of them should bound to be true.
Listen Alex songs here:
Tha Chin Chit Thu: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWm4zo3dPc
About the missing days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46x0UCjva9c&feature=related
