Chinese Movies and C-Pop Thread, Let's take a break here from the politics Options

[InitialDJay]

I heard it on streaming radio, someone sent me the link, I'd look it up and post. It is harder, has some rock, which is great, except it doesn't sound....hmm...coherent? I think my favourite genre of his was when he was doing the Jet Li/FuoYuanJia and General's March (Jiang Jun Ling) mix.

i don't like exclamation at all, sound too CGI generated voice.

well this one is better but still a bit of artificial voice. i like the melody though. lyric is same as always (about love breakup). the new is the dancing from jay. i prefer he doesn't do all this kiddy stuff. i prefer his old self.. him and his piano and just sing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-B1nfo3nhQ

btw, nice pix there miss gwerty.

This post has been edited by InitialDJay: Nov 2 2011, 11:55 PM

[qwerty2010]

i don't like exclamation at all, sound too CGI generated voice.

well this one is better but still a bit of artificial voice. i like the melody though. lyric is same as always (about love breakup). the new is the dancing from jay. i prefer he doesn't do all this kiddy stuff. i prefer his old self.. him and his piano and just sing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-B1nfo3nhQ

btw, nice pix there miss gwerty.

Thank you! This was taken last Saturday, I usually look like a dork in photos, but it was early morning and somehow I was actually relaxed enough to get a half decent shot.

Yes, feel a bit alienated by "Exclamation!"...he is trying to push some boundaries, but it's not working. I prefer his Chinese rap better.

For more quiet music, there's 蘇打綠 Sodagreen. Enjoy :

oh, how can I forget to include this new song? It is...beyond description, if there's one song from Sodagreen you've got to hear, it's this one:

你在煩惱什麼
What are you depressed about?

http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/296746

詞/曲：吳青峰

沒有不會謝的花
There are no flowers that do not wither
沒有不會退的浪
no waves that do not recede
沒有不會暗的光
no light that does not dim
你在煩惱什麼嗎?
Are you upset about something?

沒有不會淡的疤
No scars that do not fade
沒有不會好的傷
no injuries that do not heal
沒有不會停下來的絕望
no despair that do not end
你在憂鬱什麼啊
What are you worried about?

時間從來不回答
Time will never answer
生命從來不喧嘩
Life does not make itself heard
就算只有片刻我也不害怕
even if I have only a moment I am not afraid
是片刻促成永恆啊...
that moment could be transformed into an eternity

生命從來不喧嘩
時間從來不回答
就算只有片刻我也不害怕
片刻促成永恆啊......

就算只有片刻我也不害怕
片刻促成永恆啊......



融雪之前 - Before the Snow Melts - truly poetic lyrics, reminds me of Faye Wong's music :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwHjfiwFeQ&feature=fvst

交響夢 - Dream Symphony - again, beautiful words :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wx7jZnvr48...;feature=fvwrel


遲到千年 - A Thousand Years Late
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83TjxZWFXVI...feature=related


喜歡寂寞 - Like Loneliness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUv4_lsYb6U...feature=related


And one more STUNNING MEANINGFUL PIECE...this one's faster, a little indie-rock, but it is really uplifting when you're sick of the petty people and stupid things in the world sometimes! You will feel great retreating to your 小宇宙 回到我的世界 無謂的事都走遠

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HiN1CjaAGA...feature=related

小宇宙 (修改)

詞曲/青峰

左手邊有個年輕人插隊 看一眼看一眼眼神充滿不屑
電扶梯一對情侶相依偎 你看我我看你擋在走道左邊
右手邊一個婦人丟紙屑 走向前走向前好像沒有不對
公車站車門停在我面前 擠向前擠向前把我擠回路邊
賣衣服的店員態度就好像 我花錢我花錢只是買她臭臉
不太熟的朋友靠近我身邊 他的嘴他的臉充滿世故氣味

為何這城市為所欲為 我只要只屬於我的宇宙

給自己一些從來沒有過的寧靜快樂季節
已老去的歲月化成蝴蝶都飛翔在我的房間
向時間交換來的新語言和心上的山水說聲謝謝
面對著那些不美的世界都不想不去掛念

左手邊車水馬龍吐著煙 壓過線闖過街直到我看不見
右手邊充滿暴躁的情節 一支筆一條線通通劃下句點

回到我的世界 無謂的事都走遠

左手邊窗簾拉開了一些 我的房間我的身邊多了一些光線
一瞬間瞳孔縮小了一些 我的房間我的身邊充滿鮮豔藍天
右手邊音樂放大了一些 我的房間我的身邊多了一些氣味
一瞬間心門拉開了一些 我的房間我的身邊充滿想像空間

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 21 2011, 01:39 AM

[machpunch777]

I'm taking a liking to an artist called wulan touya (乌兰托娅)

songs:

Wulan Tuoya - The Plateau is Blue / 乌兰托娅 - 高原蓝
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEqRMrIVqCc

Wulan Tuoya - Lasso Pole (Horses Shot) / 乌兰托娅 - 套马杆
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzAewS_Tgo...feature=related

《卓玛》 Zhuo Ma - 乌兰托娅 Wulan Tuaya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COEWInGaZy4&NR=1

[qwerty2010]

I'd like to share several versions of 大海 "Sea" one of the best Chinese pop song ever written by the late 張雨生. It is a heart-wrenching song about losing one's love, the great pain of that loss and the memory of the lover. These are great talent!

The late 張雨生's version is the original, plaintive and poetic :


大海
张雨生

从那遥远海边,慢慢消失的你,
from that distant seaside, as you slowly vanish

本来模糊的脸,竟然渐渐清晰.
the fading face, strangely gradually becomes clearer

想要说些什么,又不知从何说起,
want to say something, but know not where to start

只有把它放在心底
so it is kept deep in the heart



茫然走在海边,看那潮来潮去,
walking aimlessly by the sea, watching the tide ride in and out

徒劳无功,想把每朵浪花记清,
futilely, trying to remember every little wave

想要说声爱你,却被吹散在风里.
want to say I love you, but it's dispersed in the wind

茫然回头,你在那(哪?)里.
Lost, I look back, where are you/you are there


reff 2

如果大海能够,唤回曾经的爱.
If the great ocean could, recall the love we once had

就让我用一生等待.
then let me, with my whole life, wait

如果深情往事,你已不再留恋.
if the past deep feelings, you no longer treasure

就让它随风飘远.
then let it float away with the wind

如果大海能够,带走我的哀愁.
if the great ocean could, take away my sorrow

就象带走每条河流.
just like it takes away each riverflow

所有受过的伤,所有流过的泪.
all the pain suffered, all the tears that have flowed

我的爱……
and my love...

请全部带走.
please take it all away



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv28GJxlAzI...feature=related

This is 陈伟联's version, melancholic, gentle and pure, it has some real people at the end of the MV shouting the names of their loved ones out, a nice touch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-DW7bZX8Jg...feature=related

楊培安's voice is phenomenal, it is one of the most beautiful voice I have ever heard, and he added a rocking riff to this song, it's really surges like the waves :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYCZqpWQqw...feature=related


Finally, Japan's godfather of Rock, J-Walk, paid an AMAZING tribute to this song, he not only added an incredible rock track, this song poured the feelings out in such a powerful way, it really makes you feel like crying along. He added beautiful Japanese lyrics in the beginning before belting out the original lyrics in Chinese, the transcript for the Japanese lyrics is in the second video. This is my favourite version, cathartic, poetic but ROCKS :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7f7YTPUy3Y...feature=related

Better version, better sound, with transcripts, but without the MV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXNGmlYgBw...feature=related

如果能夠漫步在這片大海無論多遠
If I could just stroll along this great ocean, no matter how far
或許就只是這樣走著吧 不向我靠近
perhaps simply to walk, not too close to me
雖然是個幻影
even though it's an illusion
如今還是感覺能夠看到你
I still feel as if I can see you

如果你在這片大海的某處
If you are somewhere on this great sea
一個人孤獨的等候著我
alone waiting for me
對於什麼都不做只能這樣站著的我
for the me, who can only stand here,
你可以不必原諒這樣的我
you don't have to forgive someone like me

隨波逐流不停轉動的貝殼
Like the shell tossing ceaselessly with the waves
你是否也會如此直到變成一粒沙 不在乎自己的命運
will you go on like this till you turn into a grain of sand, with no regard for your fate
這樣生存下去 真的好嗎
To live like this, is this really good?
你哭著問我無法回答你的我
You cry as you ask me, the me who cannot offer you the answer
只能一直這樣站著
only standing here like this

如果 這片海能夠看到
Can this ocean see
是否知道這不是謊言呢
that this isn't a lie
第一次有那樣的感覺
the first time I feel this
我居然有那樣的感覺
even I have such feelings

牽起你的手 絕不會放開
Holding your hands, not letting go
希望能夠一起走下去擁你入懷中
hoping to walk this way together, holding you in my embrace
許下誓言的那一天 我不會忘記越是守護著
whenIi made that promise that day, I will not forget that the one who keeps it
越容易受傷 希望有人告訴我
is the one who is more readily hurt, hope someone will tell me
但是無論我怎麼問大海不會回答我
but no matter how I ask the sea will not answer
只能這樣站著直到最后
I can only stand here till the end


This part is identical to the original Chinese :
如果大海能夠喚回曾經的愛
就讓我用一生等待
如果深情往事你已不在留戀
就讓他隨風漂遠
如果大海能夠帶走我的哀愁
就像帶走每條河流
所有受過的傷所有流過的淚
我的愛 請全部帶走

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 21 2011, 01:46 AM

[doggyji]

qwerty2010, do you know any good Chinese music chart site for different genres? Better if it's in English.

[qwerty2010]

qwerty2010, do you know any good Chinese music chart site for different genres? Better if it's in English.

Hiya doggy! Hmmm..I think there's yingyuetai...lemme check. Can you read Chinese?

http://www.yinyuetai.com/mv/all

They do have genres, they have a lot of K-Pop too..

Look, the "Most Recommended" under Pop Category are all K-Pop

http://www.yinyuetai.com/mv/all?genre=1&am...totalRecommends

Which genres of Chinese music are you looking for? I'll send you the link from the site.

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 17 2011, 09:32 AM

[doggyji]

My Chinese vocab is limited but I can always use a dictionary. Thanks for that video site but I'm interested in comprehensive music charts so I can get an idea of what songs are popular in China. I'd like to listen to whatever is mainstream and popular in China for now.

Do you know some must-listen classics such as this one? This song never gets old.



[1977][Live] 鄧麗君 "月亮代表我的心"

This post has been edited by doggyji: Nov 17 2011, 06:28 PM

[DOUBLEMINT]

李仁港 this little b!tch is gonna butcher one of my favorite stories again.I can foresee how lame this movie will be.But lets pray that during the last few years he grew out of his lameness and has become a somewhat Okay director.
I still like 刘亦菲 though.


This post has been edited by DOUBLEMINT: Nov 18 2011, 09:21 AM

[qwerty2010]

My Chinese vocab is limited but I can always use a dictionary. Thanks for that video site but I'm interested in comprehensive music charts so I can get an idea of what songs are popular in China. I'd like to listen to whatever is mainstream and popular in China for now.

Do you know some must-listen classics such as this one? This song never gets old.

[1977][Live] 鄧麗君 "月亮代表我的心"

Oh that site has Music Charts for PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe-US, Korea and Japan too, in that order:

Go to VChart or V榜:

http://www.yinyuetai.com/vchart

Are you involved in the Music Business in any way?

Teresa Teng is the Goddess of Chinese Pop, unfortunately, she has passed away. My favourite song of hers is 但願人長久

It is based on a poem by Su Dong Bo, a Sung Dynasty poet, a sad song about the Moon, parting and missing one's loved ones :

明月幾時有 把酒問青天
不知天上宮闕 今夕是何年

我欲乘風歸去 唯恐瓊樓玉宇
高處不勝寒 起舞弄清影 何似在人間

轉朱閣低綺戶照無眠
不應有恨何事長向別時圓
人有悲歡離合 月有陰晴圓缺
此事古難全 但願人長久
千里共嬋娟

我欲乘風歸去 唯恐瓊樓玉宇
高處不勝寒 起舞弄清影
何似在人間

轉朱閣低綺戶照無眠
不應有恨何事長向別時圓
人有悲歡離合 月有陰晴圓缺
此事古難全 但願人長久
千里共嬋娟

This is a true classic, and I really like this version by Faye Wong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIdDASnirbY...feature=related

Another really old but beautiful song is 何日君再来, I like it when she sings without music, you can hear clearly the intense sweetness in her voice, fast forward to 0.37 to skip the intro in Japanese:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyXd-tiDFs

邓丽君 何日君再来
好花不常开 好景不常在 愁堆解笑眉 泪洒相思带
今宵离别后 何日君再来 喝完了这杯 请进点小菜
人生能得几回醉 不欢更何待
[白]来, 喝完这杯再说吧!
今宵离别后 何日君再来
停唱阳关叠 重擎白玉杯 殷勤频致语 牢牢抚君怀
今宵离别后 何日君再来 喝完了这杯 请进点小菜
人生能得几回醉 不欢更何待
[白]哎!
再喝一杯,干了吧!今宵离别后 何日君再来


Enjoy

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 18 2011, 04:46 AM

[doggyji]

^ Thanks, I see the chart now! No, I'm not professionally involved in any music or entertainment industry unless you count the fact that I'm a pro-SONE.

Thanks for the beautiful songs. I looked up the translated lyrics. I know 王菲 is a big name in C-pop but I haven't really checked her discography extensively. She's released so many songs so far. What are your favorites of hers besides 但願人長久?

[qwerty2010]

^ Thanks, I see the chart now! No, I'm not professionally involved in any music or entertainment industry unless you count the fact that I'm a pro-SONE.

Thanks for the beautiful songs. I looked up the translated lyrics. I know 王菲 is a big name in C-pop but I haven't really checked her discography extensively. She's released so many songs so far. What are your favorites of hers besides 但願人長久?

You're most welcomed! I'm glad you liked them, as they're really old and classic.

Btw, what is pro-SONE?

I've translated 但願人長久, it is worth the effort. I should translate the other songs I posted too, for the non-Chinese AF members, they are quite meaningful. Will add them to the posts.

When did the moon first appear? I raise my wine and ask the sky. Which year is it, high above in the heavenly palaces?
I long to ride home with the wind, but I fear the opulent towers and jade terraces are too high and chilly to reside.
I dance with my lone shadow, it is as if not on earth.
The moon moves round the cinnabar court, shining through the low carved windows on the sleepless.
The moon should not dislike man,but why is there always a full moon when loved ones are separated?
Among men there is happiness and sadness, union and parting.
The moon has phases, clouded and clear, round and fragment.
Perfection is not possible, it has been thus for the ages.
Hope we have many years more, through thousands of miles, we are reunited in the same moon.

何日君再来 When will you return? Modified from the lyrics on the net

好花不常开，
Beautiful flowers do not always bloom.
好景不常在。
Beautiful scene is not always present.
愁堆解笑眉，
Sorrow burdens smiling brows
泪洒相思带。
Tears fall on..?
今宵离别后，
After parting tonight,
何日君再来？
When will you return?
喝完了这杯，
After you have finished this cup of wine,
请进点小菜。
do have a little dish.
人生难得几回醉，
In life seldom it is to indulge in inebriation,
不欢更何待？
So why wait for such enjoyment?
【白】来来来，喝完这杯再说吧。
[Speaking] Come, let's finish this cup, talk can wait.
今宵离别后，
After parting tonight,
何日君再来？
When will you return?

停唱阳关叠，
Stop singing on this farewell journey,
重擎白玉杯。
Raise again the white jade cup,
殷勤频致语，
Speak softly and tenderly,
牢牢抚君怀。
Hold onto you tightly.
今宵离别后，
After parting tonight,
何日君再来?
When will you return?
喝完了这杯，
After you have finished this cup of wine,
请进点小菜，
do have a little dish.
人生难得几回醉，
In life seldom it is to indulge in inebriation,
不欢更何待？
Why wait for such enjoyment?
【白】唉，再喝一杯，干了吧。
[Speaking] Ah, have another cup, kan bei,
今宵离别后，
After parting tonight,
何日君再来?
When will you return?




Faye Wong is one of the few female artists who has some true talent, "實力", not just a pretty face. Usually, C-Pop is split into 實力派 and 偶像派 (idols), and I prefer the former. Does K-Pop categorize in a similar way?

Another favourite Faye Wong is this:

Passenger 乘客:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPancFmo4g...mp;feature=fvwp

I'm Willing 我願意 This is one of her oldest, and a favourite of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyNIlRNiVR4...feature=related

Missing you懷念
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiMaUHoGxVs...feature=related

Love Letter to Self 給自己的情書 Sang in Cantonese, see if you can tell the difference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwySuoBtvv0...feature=related

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 20 2011, 10:44 AM

[Yerroperil]

I'd like to share several versions of 大海 "Sea" one of the best Chinese pop song ever written by the late 張雨生. It is a heart-wrenching song about losing one's love, the great pain of that loss and the memory of the lover. These are great talent!

The late 張雨生's version is the original, plaintive and poetic :

從那遙遠海邊　慢慢消失的你　本來模糊的臉　竟然漸漸清晰
想要說些什麼　又不知從何說起　只有把它放在心底

茫然走在海邊　看那潮來潮去　徒勞無功想把　每朵浪花記起
想要說聲愛你　卻被吹散在風裡　猛然回頭　你在那裡


如果大海能夠喚回曾經的愛　就讓我用一生等待
如果深情往事你已不再留戀　就讓它隨風飄遠

如果大海能夠帶走我的哀愁　就像帶走每條河流
所有受過的傷　所有流過的淚　我的愛　請全部帶走

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv28GJxlAzI...feature=related

This is 陈伟联's version, melancholic, gentle and pure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-DW7bZX8Jg...feature=related

楊培安's voice is phenomenal, it is one of the most beautiful voice I have ever heard, and he added a rocking riff to this song, it's really surges like the waves :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYCZqpWQqw...feature=related


Finally, Japan's godfather of Rock, J-Walk, paid an AMAZING tribute to this song, he not only added an incredible rock track, this song poured the feelings out in such a powerful way, it really makes you feel like crying along. He added beautiful Japanese lyrics in the beginning before belting out the original lyrics in Chinese, the transcript for the Japanese lyrics is in the second video. This is my favourite version, cathartic, poetic but ROCKS :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7f7YTPUy3Y...feature=related

Better version, better sound, with transcripts, but without the MV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXNGmlYgBw...feature=related

如果能夠漫步在這片大海無論多遠
或許就只是這樣走著吧 不向我靠近
雖然是個幻影
如今還是感覺能夠看到你

如果你在這片大海的某處
一個人孤獨的等候著我
對於什麼都不做只能這樣站著的我
你可以不必原諒這樣的我

隨波逐流不停轉動的貝殼
你是否也會如此直到變成一粒沙 不在乎自己的命運
這樣生存下去 真的好嗎
你哭著問我無法回答你的我
只能一直這樣站著

如果 這片海能夠看到
是否知道這不是謊言呢
第一次有那樣的感覺
我居然有那樣的感覺

牽起你的手 絕不會放開
希望能夠一起走下去擁你入懷中
許下誓言的那一天 我不會忘記越是守護著
越容易受傷 希望有人告訴我
但是無論我怎麼問大海不會回答我
只能這樣站著直到最后

如果大海能夠喚回曾經的愛
就讓我用一生等待
如果深情往事你已不在留戀
就讓他隨風漂遠
如果大海能夠帶走我的哀愁
就像帶走每條河流
所有受過的傷所有流過的淚
我的愛 請全部帶走

Holy sh1t someone actually mentions this... My parents are obsessed with this song,I want to punch the inventor of karaokes its a great song only when it isn't butchered by my parents...

[qwerty2010]

Holy sh1t someone actually mentions this... My parents are obsessed with this song,I want to punch the inventor of karaokes its a great song only when it isn't butchered by my parents...

Yes, it's quite an obsession, a heartbreak song and a true classic by the late 張雨生. This is why so many other singers have reinterpreted this song in their own way, as a tribute to him, and I like J-Walk's version best, it was as if he was singing it to a genuine lost love. I edited and posted English lyrics to this too.

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 20 2011, 10:24 AM

[Yerroperil]

Yes, it's quite an obsession, a heartbreak song and a true classic by the late 張雨生. This is why so many other singers have reinterpreted this song in their own way, as a tribute to him, and I like J-Walk's version best. I edited and posted English lyrics to this too.

Why did 張雨生 die... seems geniuses die young

[qwerty2010]

Why did 張雨生 die... seems geniuses die young

He was only 31 when he died in a car accident...RIP

Tom Chang Yu Sheng，1966年6月7日－1997年11月12日, exactly 14 years ago.

This post has been edited by qwerty2010: Nov 20 2011, 10:01 AM

[doggyji]

Poetic songs sound way better after you know the lyrics. 但願人長久 has really grown on me. I also got hooked on 我願意 and 給自己的情書. qwerty2010, I think you can add a directory to your OP like the one in my signature so we can keep listening to the songs with lyrics you've posted even after the thread has grown bigger.

Btw, what is pro-SONE?

SONE is someone who appreciates the meaning of Soshibond. In other words, 少女時代 fan.

Faye Wong is one of the few female artists who has some true talent, "實力", not just a pretty face. Usually, C-Pop is split into 實力派 and 偶像派 (idols), and I prefer the former. Does K-Pop categorize in a similar way?

The distinction between artists and idols in K-pop has gotten weaker lately as "talented idols" have gained popularity. My relevant posts are here and here. K-indie as opposed to K-pop is a broad term that lumps independent non-dance pop artists who determine the orientation of their own music. Who would you pick for the most popular C-pop idol/group today?

This post has been edited by doggyji: Nov 21 2011, 06:30 PM

[TruthNeverKnown]

Who would you pick for the most popular C-pop idol/group today?

Not my cup of tea but 杨幂 is very popular these days


as well as 唐嫣

[doggyji]

^ Are they more famous as actresses than as singers like 刘亦菲?

[TruthNeverKnown]

^ Are they more famous as actresses than as singers like 刘亦菲?

I would say they are more popular currently than miss Liu in mainland China, although Miss Liu is very much well known.
My personal favorite is Alan, an ethnic Tibetan singer.

[TruthNeverKnown]

^ Are they more famous as actresses than as singers like 刘亦菲?

I would say they are more popular currently than miss Liu in mainland China, although Miss Liu is very much well known.
My personal favorite is Alan, an ethnic Tibetan singer.