I don't see any thread for Chinese Pop Music or Good Movies, which is a travesty as we have some outstanding artists, and there are three distinctive pop culture markets, PRC, HK and Taiwan, some of which do not cross over,...pity. I'll start by posting one of my current favorites, Jam Hsiao, 蕭敬騰, a Taiwanese even though I'm not too into traditional rock. He's small in stature but he has a great deep voice that sounds much bigger, I just *LOVE* his voice :

http://www.jamsclub.net/

This song reminds me of Inception/Michael Jackson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p;v=qTQkaDoeaGQ

This song, The Prince's New Clothes, has really interesting lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dvplFTGUM...feature=related

王妃 reminds me of an old rock hit, but I can't pin it down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOoHEZ9uZas...feature=related

Ok, ENJOY. If you have any favorite music or movies, let's share them!

Im addicted to 蕭敬騰's songs.
And I think we should dedicate an entire thread to those who produce their own music.

If you guys are interested in a Pulp Fiction type absurd HK gangster movie, my favorite is Too Many Ways to be No. 1. It is hilariously pathetic, smashes a lot of stereotypes and I suspect shows a truer picture of the mobster's less-than-glamorous life. The first half is better than the second, imo. Lau Ching Wan is simply a gem of an actor, and this is one of his best roles. I think this ranks as one of the best movies from Hong Kong ever.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/zPbVVXnpWCU/

He is one of the very RARE ones, who is not ONLY eye-candy, but who is talented in music, writes poetry and who has one of the best male vocals I've ever heard, deep and very strong.

Ha...corrected, yes, he is cute!

He is cute!(Do I sound gay?) He has a great personality too.
His new song,some people think its weird,but I loooooooooooove it!
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/190397

Actually many singers nowadays write their own songs.They may not be as good as Jay Chou or Leehom,but most of them are actually pretty talented too.Id give them credit for just writing them.

Here's another old, harrowing but GREAT HK Gangster movie based in Macau. "The Longest Nite":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrRP-GSKxe4...e=youtube_gdata

For all BRUCE LEE fans....the Immortal's Own Words Electro Mix, this is GREAT Mix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GbNe8mEXI...feature=related

Youku has posted a few of their own movies, which have a more relevant theme to mainland China. Check out the 筷子兄弟.

^
Trying too hard...

People would never go to AF for this sort of things.

There's yinyuetai, baidu, etc for this...

AF? What a joke... more like AsiaPoliticFinest

Post some links, especially artists like Jam Hsiao.

Here's another oldie, Jay Chou+Jet Li's "FEARLESS", I'm sure lots of fans here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V0opKObsPY...e=youtube_gdata



"Fearless" is especially fun to listen to when posting about politics, bash away.

Links please!

方大同，Hes released five albums now and he wrote and produced all of his own songs.He also wrote a lot of songs for other singers.He is hawaiian chinese btw.
Love Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jTKlbqsQUM
Sing a long song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR0C4PgyK2Y
南風吹
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9njANMewKI

徐佳瑩，she became famous in the same show as 蕭敬騰，she is a great singer and wrote <身騎白馬> which I think is one of the best songs of 2010.
身騎白馬
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/56053
Another song of hers.
失落沙洲
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/2439

BTW,why are all the videos I found on youtube so blurry?

My favorite singer ever,許巍，oh yeah!
藍蓮花
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/31934
像風一樣自由
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/40182
那一年
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/31936

Do you know this super cool Tomboy Zhang Yun Jing? She really looks like a very cool boy, so unexpected and different. I love how she REALLY PLAYS & SINGS, a lot of substance, not the usual made-up Doll.

張芸京- 義氣:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dge19t4U8_U...feature=related


Yeah 許巍! 实力派!

I bet none of you heard of this band before:萬能青年旅舍
My all time favorite 不萬能的喜劇
http://www.tudou.com/playlist/p/l10906934i66047964.html
杀死那个石家庄人Kill the person from shijiazhuang
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/5oQyBmpUkHE/
在這顆行星所有的酒館
http://www.tudou.com/playlist/p/l10906934i66048395.html

張芸京 is like the taiwanese version of 李宇春.LOL.He/she has some really good songs though.Did she write it?

Yeah, she writes all her own songs, plays the guitar and arranges her own music. Great talent!

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjE4MDU1MDE2.html

you seem to like gangsta movies.. have you seen taiwanese gangsta movie?

艋舺 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqj5NyywbMg

混混天團 2010


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5koKLrFK42A


for music... obviously i like mr. king zhou..i like his best buddy in ebiz genghong . i like this song 情画

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNWbWTfEl4

and he's always wear a beanie hat no matter what. the dude is so cool that he wears a collar shirt + tie with a PAJAMA PANT on stage!. how cool is that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDEmCtzrdVA

and can you guess how many word (美) was in this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO2mdpWF6wE

It's not that I like Gangsters... ...it's just that there are very few REAL Chinese movies that show a lot of character and reflect societal reality. I don't like all gangster movies though, I really dislike John Woo's cliched flicks. Feng Xiaogang and some Taiwanese films are great too, but they got more commercial these days.

One of the good Mainland movies I saw is "Shower".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215369/

混混天團 2010/Gangster Rock looks like a very cool and funny movie, I'm going to catch it! Thanks for the tip.

Like this thread.

Every section in this forum should have their own entertainment threads like this and have it pinned.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2i6d3EMlMA
Fiona Sit and Khalil Fong - 四人遊

if you don't gangsta movie, then which genre you like? i thought you enjoy triad movie...

I like "REAL" movies and films, i.e., art that reflects life. It doesn't mean it can't be fantasy, as long as it says something that is meaningful, that tells us all about some DEEPER truth about human nature, eg. Terry Guillaume's "Brazil".

I like laughing at Stephen Chow's movies, but they are ultimately feel-good fantasies, though less pretentious than John Woo. Zhang Yimou used to keep it "real", but unfortunately, not anymore.

ic.. then watch "cape no. 7" it's an award movie ..

Thank you and the mods for keeping it, let's share some good stuff, from Taiwan, HK, China and elsewhere!

Cool MV too! Great Indy sound, and evocative about relationships, isn't it?



Thanks, I'll catch it. I have high expectations for Taiwanese movies, after Hou Hsiao Hsien and Ang Lee, who are very reality-based. I worry it's too much like "Nana" type of Japanese movies.

what's hk movie would you recommend watching. i haven't watch movie quite a while...

like this song .. especially live
零 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgDL9p0w2-k

Very nice MV from Alan Kuo, thanks! Brilliant cinematography, reminds me of Fight Club. Lyrics are great too.

One of my absolute faves from HK, Johnnie To captured HK so well in this frighteningly real film. It is a very intelligent and evocative thriller, though psychologically gripping, not an "action" film, but keeps you guessing till the end :

The Accident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZj6wGjMTyw...e=youtube_gdata



Do you like Shawn Sung 宋岳庭, RIP.

A *genius*, but had a terrible life and died too young. His songs are for pensive moments.

Warning, don't listen to his songs if you feel depressed!

Life's a Struggle

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

- Let Me Fly (讓我自己飛)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nl7I08LIZA...feature=related

u a woman?

Stephen Chow (周星馳) has given me lots of endorphins.



Kung Fu Hustle

thanks.. i like watching hk flying movie in the '90. i wish they go back to 90s version of martial art fighting.

song is really depress. never heard of this singer.

You must have seen "Shaolin Soccer" and "CJ7" right?




There are also some new ones, eg. Andy Lau's "Detective Dee" and Donnie Yen's "Guan Yu"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123373/

Detective Dee is an enjoyable thriller, not too deep or anything, but good entertainment.

Unfortunately, with Jet Li's retirement, there isn't another martial arts star to take over the genre!

I'm currently listening to 郭靜, singer with a good voice! I like these two songs by her in her last album:

郭靜 - 總算我們也愛過
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3B7MasznI0...feature=related

郭靜 - 每一天都不同
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVkXn_YIJZ4

李宇春's new song.Im addicted to it!And she wrote it herself.Im really surprised.I knew she writes some of her own music.But I didnt expect it to be so good.
《失心疯》
http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f6293775o1p0.html

I've just listened to this on my car radio, awhile ago. Sounds awesome.

Mind telling me what's the lyric all about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcQj8vR0Zk

Sure! "狂想曲" means "Fantasia", and the lyrics are a bit nonsensical, about opening a book and falling into its world, going crazy over the ancient rhythm of Haydn and the Theory of Gravity of Newton, and feeling like he can Fly. It's not bad though, original in its own way. This song reminds me of old school rock, when bands like Queen included orchestral arrangements into rock opera music like "Bohemian Rhapsody". Can you hear some Michael Jackson style of singing here?

Did I post before about Ke Ke Xi Li, a great film about the wilderness and endangered Tibetan Antelope in Tibet? This is one of the most achingly beautiful but difficult to watch films ever made. It is stunning quasi-documentary, brutal and tragic, not a dry eye in the house, and not for those who like typical movies and their plotlines.


http://www.tudou.com/playlist/p/a50614.html

林宥嘉 - 我總是一個人在練習一個人
編曲：林宥嘉

Co-producer：林宥嘉

和聲編寫：林宥嘉

吉他：林宥嘉


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10reEDQ3X-4...re=topvideos_mf

hey gwenty, since you like chinese politics talk... have you watch 建黨偉業?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzhJC0lQCXs

Remember when CPOP was dominated by hongkongese,and everything was so much cooler?
http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/200077

Ha, you're mistaken, I'm interested in geopolitics, more like strategies, even warring strategies, not power politics, which is about personal power and eliminating one's rivals. This film looks like it is about the power figures and their cult status, as well as the ruthless politics at that time in China. I actually dislike most politicians, eg. Mao and Chiang - they are all about their own power, wealth and position. They are cunning, cold-blooded and extremely vicious, that is all. If there's someone from that period I find quite fascinating, it is Lin Biao, 林彪. Yes, I know he is wrongfully treated as part of the "Gang of Four" clique by Deng, but he had a major split with Mao, and his latter years are all about self-preservation, especially as Mao eliminated his comrades and rivals one by one.

His early military career is brilliant, like a modern Zhu Ge Liang - he not only predicted the Sino-Japanese wars, he defeated the Japanese Army in his early 20s, routed the Nationalists (Chiang called him "Demon of War") and correctly predicted several moves by Hitler, including the crossing of the Maginot and the mobilization against Russia. The Russians did not believe him and paid dearly, and they seeked his opinion thereafter. If only the Allieds had seeked his advice against Nazi Germany, instead, he is unacceptable because he's a Red.

Mao really valued his strategic advice, which won the Communists many victories, but also at the expense of a lot of Chinese lives. Lin correctly analyzed Mao's character and predicted his moves, including Mao's move to eliminate him, and almost had Mao killed instead!

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E5%BD%AA

It is amazing that his daughter vowed to clear his name, and to this day, his role in history is still controversial, yet he is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant strategists in Chinese history. The truth of Lin's story is what I would find fascinating, not the ruthless power-mongering and vainglorious self-elevation of these big historic characters.

that's what i mean. you still know a lot about chinese politics there.

Ha, ok! I am interested in political history too, but I really dig wit and strategic intelligence. I'm the sort who grew up with detective novels, not Mills & Boons. Incidentally, if anyone knows of some interesting sources about Lin Biao or other Chinese strategists like him, let me know!

Did you see the movie? I might watch it as I think Tang Wei is a good actress.

you mean modern strategists or ancients? there are a lot of them that i think are better than zhuge liang. and since you like detective work, you should watch the new movie 武俠 2011 starring my favorite action actor mr. yen and mr. kaneshiro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GE3zb_EdkI

i haven't seen it yet. don't much like movies without kung fu action. lol

Wu Xia looks interesting, a bit like last century Chinese CSI, will try to catch it. I like the actors, though I'm still trying to recover my respect for Kaneshiro after "Red Cliff".

Still undecided about 建黨偉業, the trailer isn't good at all, looks very cliched, but will wait for reviews to make up my mind.

Did you see Detective Dee? It's a pretty good thriller, with awesome martial arts and cinematography to boot. It's good entertainment:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/2CmT8XMJogY/

yeah, i've watched detective dee. it was kind of easy to spot out the killer. kinda of expected but story kept spinning around. martial art scene is "so so". not what i call good like "14 blades".. have you seen 14 blades?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA0542mYF3M

Not yet, thanks for the heads up! Will watch it soon.

New songs:

江映蓉 《武装》 Great song.
武装

一百万种亲吻 -- 梁文音
一百万种亲吻

爱上了瘾 -- 胡杨林
爱上了瘾

追 -- 孙燕姿
追

只能想念你 -- 萧敬腾
只能想念你

大人国 -- 蔡卓妍
大人国

怕爱 官方版 -- 苏醒 Song is great,mv not so much.
怕爱

候鸟 电影<回马枪>主题曲 -- 尚雯婕
候鸟

没有你怎么办 120s版 -- 严爵
没有你怎么办

富万代--古巨基
富万代

还是朋友--梁文音
还是朋友

寓言斯朵利--魏佳庆
寓言斯朵利

Another great song that I recently found out.
弦子--醉清风
醉清风

good song there. she got famous after collaborate with weibo.