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SBS Gayo Daejeon - Taeyang and Junsu Piano Battle

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johnnydorama in Music | 29 Dec 2008 - 11:15 AM

 
Xiah Junsu Taeyang 2008 Gayo Daejeon Awards

According to our poll, this was the most highly anticipated special stage battle of the night!

The Piano battle between TVXQ's Xiah Junsu and Big Bang's Taeyang went down on December 29th, 2008 at the 2008 SBS Gayo Daejeon Awards.

Taeyang performed "Don't wanna try" by Frankie J. And this wouldn't be a post about Big Bang if I didn't say, he really should stop trying. But I do have to admit, his English has gotten better. If this was the 2008 ESL Awards, he'd be the gold medalist.

Superior vocalist Xiah Junsu performed "My Everything" by 98 Degrees. Although his Engrish was cringe worthy and funny at the same time, his vocals clearly outshined Taeyang's.

You guys be the judge, who did better?



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Who had the wet panty inspiring performance?

  
 

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hmmmm junsu i don’t get what the heck he’s singing @_@ but he definitely can sing (at least his rumored gf can sing better english) while Taeyang hot and can sing too but kinda lil bit shaky? yeah well good anyway

 
CandyGirl89's avatar

well if english is not a big deal. why do everyone mke fun of rain when he try singing in english? dont try to act like it is not important that you can say the words correctly in english. if it dont matter no need to tease rain when his english is not the best. all i see is people teasing rain english when it is actually good. anyway going back on topic taeyang still did the best

 
Sofia's avatar

Even if TaeYang performance was good, I rather prefer Xiah performances!! He have such a great voice

 
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lol If it was just piano, then everyone would be bored after a while. xD There isn’t much appreciation for just musical instruments in modern entertainment today.
Junsu’s voice was great. He would have definitely won if they hadn’t sung in English. Taeyang was good too~

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:09 PM50. amanda (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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Candy: Do you listen to korean music? Or any other music other than in your native language?

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i know about some korean songs. you wont catch me trying to sing them that is for sure

 
ALETA's avatar

WOoOoW is soo romantic I like both of them, but I love Taeyang preformance more..
saranagyo Taeyang oppa.

 
rijae's avatar

2 things impressive in this performance..:
1.) Taeyang’s english
2.) Junsu’s vocals

oh damn!i love them!

 
Arie's avatar

@CandyGirl89: do try to come up with understandable english while criticizing others’. you sound like you need some spellcheckingz.

 
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hmm. neither. cause..
if it was a piano playing competition taeyang would win. his song was harder to play. junsu almost looked like he wasn’t playing the piano cause there were no hand shots >.< haha
if it was a singing competition Junsu would win. despite the vocal track in the background and his english problems. he had the harder song to sing and he sounded great. =)
taeyang’s song was really… un-passionate. while junsu’s song was really passionate.
i enjoyed this but it wasn’t really a piano battle. (originally i thought they were just going to duke it out on the piano with no singing. hehe)

 
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Junsu’s Voice ahhh~~ DBSK is just VERY BUSY~ and they have no time to take english lessons i hope they can get some too ~

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:17 PM

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junsu obviously pwned vocally..
i think people like taeyang because of the
tone of his voice but he just doesnt have the range.
as for english…both of them struggled w/ pronunciation..
some say that taeyang is better at english..but
i dont even understand some of the words…
and also i always thought music was a universal language??
doesnt matter what language you’re singing in you can always tell
when a person goes off tune…
i guess i’m one of these people who sing in a language that i dont speak..since i dont know korean or japanese…who causes what language it is music is music.

 
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That was amazing *plays piano as well*. Um, vocally, I preferred Junsu. He had a very strong voice, but I really like Taeyang’s voice as well. He sings nicelly =)!! For piano, I’d pick Taeyang. Probably because I liked the melody of his song better. All in all, I’ll vote neither because I just can’t choose. XD

~Ixchel

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:19 PM

63. coolkid (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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i thought both did really REALLY well.

though Junsu still wins by his vocals(duh) and Taeyang claps so cute.lol.

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:21 PM

64. :) (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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I thought both of their English was hard to follow. BUT Junsu, just took my breath away. His vocals were amazing.

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:21 PM

65. jlksa (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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nichkhun sang dont wanna try
you can see what the song sounds like without engrish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZPWoGiJPk

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:17 PM58. Arie
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@CandyGirl89: do try to come up with understandable english while criticizing others’. you sound like you need some spellcheckingz.

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oh hush about my grammar. of course my grammar is not my best but english is my first language and know very much about how much people being hypocrites. always teasing rain engrish but this guy i dont care how great he may sound to you all not is not even saying most of the words correctly. all he getting is omg he is so great. psst come on now

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:22 PM

67. amanda (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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Candygirl: We are not talking about singing in a different language. Maybe the organizers told them to choose english songs. We’re talking from our point of view about how they sound. And based on the vocals junsu was better. I think should have chosen an easier song to sing so he could play. Or vice versa, since the songs are different you can’t really compare.

I personally don’t make fun of Rain’s english singing skills. I have a laugh at his interviewing speaking skills completely different. Singing in a different language and trying to speak in a different language is different.

 
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I pick Junsu hands down.  He practically glow when he was playing the piano and singing at the same time.  He’s amazing.  Taeyang did great too

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:25 PM

69. gbgha (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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both english sucks.singing,vocals,kim junsu won the battle

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:26 PM

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Candygirl)
and you’re saying taeyang did better because he can pronounce English?

Alright then so if i sing “my everything” all out of pitch but with perfect pronunciation then i’m better then the both?

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:21 PM65. jlksa (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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nichkhun sang dont wanna try
you can see what the song sounds like without engrish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZPWoGiJPk
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well he can sing in english but still was not impressed.

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:26 PM70. caelum (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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Candygirl)
and you’re saying taeyang did better because he can pronounce English?

Alright then so if i sing “my everything” all out of pitch but with perfect pronunciation then i’m better then the both?

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i am not saying just because i knew what he said. he actually sound good too. plus please spare me your singing

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:28 PM

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^@candygirl89
not to get in the middle of your little squabble but apparently you don’t know english either..LOL..cause you’ve got grammatical error! case in point= “my point is dont sing in english if you wont sound good” so before you bash, please clean up your own act! raspberry

anyways, i enjoyed both performances! you can obviously tell that both junsu and taeyang appreciate each other’s performance…junsu singing along to taeyang and taeyang clapping like mad at the end for junsu. so yeah…nothing further!

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:31 PM

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im not going to lie, junsu’s performance was better.. but I HEART taeyang!!!! i wish that he picked a different song. I love the song Don’t wanna try but it didnt showcase his vocals properly. DBSK and BIG BANG FIGHTING!!!

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:28 PM73. stfu (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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^@candygirl89
not to get in the middle of your little squabble but apparently you don’t know english either..LOL..cause you’ve got grammatical error! case in point= “my point is dont sing in english if you wont sound good” so before you bash, please clean up your own act!

anyways, i enjoyed both performances! you can obviously tell that both junsu and taeyang appreciate each other’s performance…junsu singing along to taeyang and taeyang clapping like mad at the end for junsu. so yeah…nothing further!

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tsk tsk i know english just cant write it in all that. sorry dont try to diss my english. try again you are not the first person to talk about my grammar. sorry i would never change my grammar my bad grammar is what is me. in this battle you all must like engrish more than english. for me it is english and good vocals.

 
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Neither. It was nice, but seriously so much hype over pretty much nothing. I’d rather see Younha rock out on the piano.

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:47 PM

77. amanda (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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So you choose to have bad grammar? That’s new.
For you it’s Good English, good vocals over okay English,great vocals?
When it is a MUSIC competition?

I’m guessing you were a taeyang fan before this yeah? I’m a junsu fan but i’d at least admit taeyangs piano performance was better.

 
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Eh.. the piano playing was nice, nothing amazing from either of them. Junsu has great vocals, though.

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:47 PM77. amanda (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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So you choose to have bad grammar? That’s new.
For you it’s Good English, good vocals over okay English,great vocals?
When it is a MUSIC competition?

I’m guessing you were a taeyang fan before this yeah? I’m a junsu fan but i’d at least admit taeyangs piano performance was better.

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i am not a taeyang fan but i know when someone actually sound good. yep i wont change my bad grammar for nothing

 
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ok english is when i can understand most that it is being said. i thought he was singing in korean until i had to open my ears and notice it was english or atleast he wanted it to be english

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 12:55 PM

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everyone kept cheering when the cameraman showed junsu so i think junsu won ^^ sad taeyang but compared to junsu his vocals are not enoughh

 
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I could understand TaeYang’s Engrish more, but Junsu’s vocals win hands down. :D

 
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though junsy’s song is better and he has a better voice than taeyang, i’ll have to say that taeyang won. it’s because of junsu’s english. i thought he lived in the U.S., right?

 
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junsu did an awesome job! his
“kenyan and engrish mixed” were soo cute ^^

if taeyang could have chosen a better song :D

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 02:02 PM83. Tynice
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though junsy’s song is better and he has a better voice than taeyang, i’ll have to say that taeyang won. it’s because of junsu’s english. i thought he lived in the U.S., right?

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finally someone who know talent

 
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@Candy? don’t you think that’s kind of pointless to bring it up in a KPop site? Yeah…just don’t try…I get what you want to say but it doesn’t really matter here.
anyway, both of their English sucks…there’s more piano skills in Taeyang’s song but Junsu’s voice just take your breath away. and he looks gorgeous too…he has to bring back his long hair…
@Arie…I think taeyang did enjoy Junsu’s performance, it’s just that Su is more on the showy part because of his personality and sang along…TY clapped in the end with a big smile…

 
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umm am i weird for saying i could understand what junsu was saying for most of the song. ehh anyway Junsu won in my opinion so yea…taeyang was ok too but c’mon…did you see taeyang’s face while junsu was singing haha sorry ‘bout that….umm so yea, junsu won here case closed. lmao.

 
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both did great =)
but i Like taeyang more,
Junsu had background music so he only focus in singing
I still like his performance

 
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Junsu’s voice was heavenly, but I liked YB’s performance overall. “Don’t Wanna Try” isn’t meant to be over-sung, so I kinda wish he would have picked something different but the song is difficult to play anyway. Junsu’s vocals were excellent but there were times when I couldn’t even hear the piano. Either way, both did great =]

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 02:06 PM86. HPDANM
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@Candy? don’t you think that’s kind of pointless to bring it up in a KPop site? Yeah…just don’t try…I get what you want to say but it doesn’t really matter here.
anyway, both of their English sucks…there’s more piano skills in Taeyang’s song but Junsu’s voice just take your breath away. and he looks gorgeous too…he has to bring back his long hair…
@Arie…I think taeyang did enjoy Junsu’s performance, it’s just that Su is more on the showy part because of his personality and sang along…TY clapped in the end with a big smile…

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ok agreed i am done with this topic

 
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TAE YANG!! WOOTT!!!!
(I didn’t even finish Junsu’s part. I just know
that he sucked.)

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:21 PM

92. Passerby (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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SBS shouldn’t call this performance a “piano battle” since it’s nothing like a piano battle… They should’ve just called it singing contest…[*shouts to SBS*] Ask Jay Chou how it is done!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCwXpTDmPk

Hands down to Xiah’s vocals.. [*whisper*] Daesung is a better singer than taeyang…

TVXQ and Big Bang = LOVE in the ICE (coz it’s december(??)) and HEAVEN

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:26 PM

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Junsu’s vocals owned. He needs to improve on his English though, but wow, that was an amazing performance. Taeyang did awesome too <3

 
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29 Dec 2008 - 01:32 PM

94. Passerby (Unregistered User - Sign Up!)

 
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This is what SBS call a piano battle?? They should’ve just called it a singing contest. [*shouts to SBS*] Ask Jay Chou how it’s done!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCwXpTDmPk

Hands down do Xiah’s vocals.. [*whisper*] Daesung’s a better singer than Taeyang.. Anyway, Taeyang won in the piano playing department (that I can tell even if the cameraman is so in love with Xiah’s face).

TVXQ + Big Bang = MIROTIC + Heaven (*faints*)

 
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Junsu blew me away :D I already thought he was sexy enough when he sang with that power of his, but combine it with the one instrument that I also know how to play relatively well and you get a recipe for success in my book. But I’m also biased.

Liked Taeyang’s performance too, good english and good skills <3

 
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aaahhhh i like it both and you have to admit tae yang was very cute right their and junsu to, don’t get me wrong XD

btw junsu’s mouth was funny to watch XD
it was so wide open

 
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Junsu is soo cool
he looks sohandsome and his voice and the piano
ahhh priceless

 
Leah's avatar

woah Taeyang can actually sing ... in English too. Honestly, when Junsu started singing, I though he was singing in Korean. Then, I remembered that it was by 98 Degrees. Overall, they both did well. Junsu has obviously better vocals but both gave an awesome performance.

 
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Oh, and yes. I was totally let down by the “Piano Battle” label. It seems like this was a “Singing Battle” first and they let them play the piano as an afterthought. I agree with slave, it would have been better if they just skipped the singing and played the piano shirtless.

 
chen_shinhwa's avatar

I prefer Tae Yang. His song is great, his voice is great. even his english is great.
I can’t even understand a word from JunSu’s performance. His english is soooo bad, but he also has a great voice

hwaitinkiwi: I’m so agree. YG Family is the best in tonight show, all of them, even Tae Yang can make other singer “move their ass” when GD & T.O.P’s performance

YG Family hwaiting

 


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