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FASHIONABLE MATADOR
by Sean
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Unknown artist - "Unknown song" [I call it "Say Yes (Fashionable Matador)"], from David Barclay's CD of found Taiwanese tunes.

The fashionable matador is the talk of Taiwan. He arrived on a sky-blue yacht, standing on the prow. He is tall, but not too tall; broad, but not too broad. He has dusky eyes and thick eyebrows. The fashionable matador walks as if parts of him are oaken - steadying, strong. Other parts instead seem made of rope, or soapstone, or man. His matador outfit is at once classic and modern, with velvet epaulets, sequins, sunglasses. He has a five o'clock shadow and it is only eleven in the morning. He sits eating scrambled eggs in a Taipei square and the girls gather around him, silent, hands clutched to chests, wondering how quickly he can kill a bull.

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Posted by Sean at June 22, 2009 1:11 PM
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lovely post!

Posted by Petra at June 24, 2009 10:48 PM

whoa... chick's got a crazy accent. sounds almost like an american singing chinese. her chinese is fine, as is her english... just sounds really unique.

Posted by barrett at July 1, 2009 12:35 AM

Could it be Yin Hsia's Say Yes My Boy?

Posted by celine at July 3, 2009 2:38 PM

it appears to be Sakura & Rita's "Say Yes my Boy" as can be found here http://www.nicesnacks.com/Taiwan/tw.html

Posted by jarret at August 28, 2009 6:35 PM
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