It’s been an interesting day or two for me and the Taiwanese band F.I.R.
A few days ago, I heard the very distinctive opening to “Lydia” on the Chinese radio, and today I saw them on some Hong Kong variety show, performing “Lydia.” I love “Lydia”–it’s a great song–but I have to wonder if they’ll be relegated to one-hit wonder status because of it. It’d be a terrible pity, since F.I.R. released a pretty strong debut album.
What struck me the most about their performance was how much like CORE OF SOUL they were. All the ingredients are there: a strong female vocalist, and two guys, one on guitar, the other on keyboards. Fukiko and Faye even seem to command the stage (inasmuch as there was one) in the same fashion. All in all, it was really rather scary.
And, if nothing else, the interview pointed out some obvious facts about “the background” behind “Lydia,” and gave us the story of how this group was formed.