Here is this years theme video!
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TAF GLEE!
July 28th, 2010WELCOME ONE WELCOME ALL, TAF2010 IS HERE!
July 25th, 2010The 30th birthday of the Taiwanese American Foundation’s annual summer conference starts TODAY! We here at the official TAF blog are excited to welcome those traveling in from across the country to Manchester College to LOVE OUT LOUD! And we hope for those of you following from home, either parents or past campers & staff unable to attend this year (insert sadface), this blog will keep everyone updated on the exciting events of TAF2010 and satiate some of the not-at-TAF Blues that can hit hard (insert more sadface). Maybe, just maybe, we can give the outside world a little taste of TAF (insert happy face!). There will be a plethora of updates and media content on display, such as the daily newsletter, video recaps, and other silly things, so stay tuned and share with others!
And to start you off right, we present to you a new music video called “TAF RULES”, starring Young Mingy feat. A.L.O. Enjoy and WELCOME TO TAF 2010!!!
Exit Clov - Ai-Biahnh Jah-eh Eah
August 22nd, 2009Emily and Susan Hsu of the band Exit Clov are former TAFers that recently recorded this video to support TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s Artist & Performers Typhoon Fundraising and Relief Efforts to help victims of typhoon Morakot. And the video is going viral! After an initial goal of 500 hits, Emily and Susan have surpassed 27,000 hits for their rendition of a classic Taiwanese fight song — in just three days!
While Emily and Susan have reached the max amount for their own donation, please remember that you can still make donations at TaiwaneseAmerican.org just by purchasing a shirt! At the least, we hope you’re inspired by these two TAFers and the impact they’ve made just by sharing their gifts with the world :).
Viva Love Forever
August 7th, 2009What an epic mashup. Thanks to a car ride with Jeremy Chen and Andrew Lo through the cornfields of Indiana on our way to North Manchester, IN, the possibility of mixing Coldplay’s megahit “Viva La Vida” with arguably the two biggest TAF classics, the old school ” Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order and the timeless “Forever Young” by Alphaville was discovered.
To download the official tafLabs live recording of Viva Love Forever, click here: tafnight09-vivaloveforever (right click and Download File As or Save File As to get it on your hard drive). And then proceed to rock out on your iPods!
And for those aspiring musicians at home, here are the chords and lyrics to Viva Love Forever to release your inner TAF Night performer!
Viva Love Forever
(Viva la Vida + Bizarre Love Triangle + Forever Young)
Standard tuning, capo on first fret.
INTRO: C - D - G - Em x2
(Em) C D
I used to rule the world
G Em
Seas would rise when I gave the word
C D
Now in the morning I sleep alone
G Em
Sweep the streets I used to own
C D
Every time I think of you
Em G
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
C D
It’s no problem of mine but it’s a problem I find
Em G
Living a life that I can’t leave behind
(Em) C D
I used to roll the dice
G Em
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
C D
Listen as the crowd would sing:
G Em
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”
C D
There’s no sense in telling me
Em G
The wisdom of a fool won’t set you free
C
But that’s the way that it goes
D
And it’s what nobody knows
Em G
While every day my confusion grows
C D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G Em
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
G Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C D
Every time I see you falling
G Em
I get down on my knees and pray
C D
I’m waiting for that final moment
G Em
You’ll say the words that I can’t say
C D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G Em
I get down on my knees and pray
C D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
G Em
You’ll say the words that I can’t say
C D
Every time I see you falling
G Em
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C D
I’m waiting for that final moment
G Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C - Em x3
(bop your head convincingly!)
D x2
C - D - G - Em x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)
C D G Em
Forever young, I want to be forever young
C D G Em
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever
C D G Em
Forever young, I want to be forever young
C D Em G
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever
And stay tuned to blog.tafworld.org for the release of a rumored studio version of Viva Love Forever…wink.