C-Music Hangout / The C-Music Show

[saladesu]

We have threads for Japanese and Korean music, but none for Chinese music! I guess the Chinese music scene isn't quite as hot as either the Japanese or Korean scenes, but I'm sure there are some among us who appreciate Chinese music~

So who are your favorite artists? What are your favorite songs? This thread is for anything and everything to do with Chinese pop/music

My favorite artists are: 五月天 (Wu Yue Tian/Mayday), 林俊杰 (Lin Jun Jie/JJ Lin), 周杰伦 (Zhou Jie Lun/Jay Chou), F.I.R. and a couple of others

Here are my current favorite songs:
F.I.R. - 月牙弯 (Yue Ya Wan/Moon Crescent Bay)
Jay Chou - 稻香 (Dao Xiang/Fragrance of Rice)

Lately there have been a lot of Chinese artists who also crossover into acting... I guess the biggest name of them (off my cuff anyway) would be Jay Chou, who just appeared in "Green Hornet" not long ago

[Zeltrax]

Sadly, despite being chinese I'm not that much of a fan of chinese pop, if anything, the only songs that I remember liking the most was the one by JJ Lin and some by Jay Chou.

JJ Lin is awesome of course and one of my fav of his is A Thousand Years Later, Sarang Heyo and Wings, I love mummy too, was my favorite when I was a kid This goooooes way back cos he sang a lot of good ones back then, lol. I was primary 5 then..which is about 12 years old or 11.

For Jay Chou, my favorite is "Gei wo yi shou ge de shi jian"(didn't know if I spelt that right, which translates to "Give me the time of a single song"
and then there is "Tong Hua" by guo liang, sorry but all of them are old songs, I used to be a fan of chinese pop

Anyway, who could forget this awesome chinese duet too?
It was crazy back then, 4 years ago.
Ah nostalgic memories..

[saladesu]

I know what you mean, Zeltrax... I was a fan as well, also around the same time as you If you're talking about JJ's "Mu Nai Yi" (Mummy) then it must have been when the drama Yin Cha Yang Cuo was on TV, right? I love all the other songs you mentioned from JJ and Guang Liang.

I love Liang Shan Bo and Juliet too!! That's one of my friends' and my karaoke staples

Nowadays while I don't actively search out Chinese songs to listen to, my friends often introduce nice songs to me Anyway, since you used to listen to Chinese songs, here are some great songs from that period you probably are familiar with as well!

F.I.R. - Fly Away
JS - Sha Po Lang
Cyndi - Dang Ni
JJ Lin - Bian Hao 89757
Zhang Dong Liang - Dang Ni Gu Dan Ni Hui Xiang Qi Shui
Liang Jing Ru - Ning Xia

Hehe, sorry for just spamming a list of songs!~

[destiny4ever]

Thank you for creating this thread, Salad!

My favorite C-song is:

Yida Huang - Chou Nan Ren

Here’s the translation of the song:

Thanks to yellowyellowyellow for translating the song!

我就是你们女生最讨厌的那种人
wo jiu shi ni men nv sheng zui tao yan de na zhong ren
I'm the kind of guy girls hate to death
专门欺骗女人感情的臭男人
zhuan men qi pian nv ren gan qing de chou nan ren
I'm the kind of guy who deceives women's emotions
我就是那个家里有了一个还嫌不够
wo jiu shi na ge jia li you le yi ge hai xian bu gou
I'm the guy who already has one (woman) in the house but I think it's not enough
还在外头养了一个小女人
hai zai wai tou yang le yi ge xiao nv ren
Outside, I still take care of another woman (mistress, technically)

喔喔喔喔
wo wo wo wo
我就是你们所谓的不在乎天长地久
wo jiu shi ni men suo wei de bu zai hu tian chang di jiu
I'm the guy you say doesn't give a damn about eternity
只在乎曾经拥有的臭男人
zhi zai hu ceng jing yong you de chou nan ren
I only care about how I used to be a filthy jerk/player
我就是那个一三五会在家
wo jiu shi na ge yi san wu hui zai jia
I'm at home on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
二四六哪还用说
er si liu na hai yong shuo
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays? Don't even ask!
而星期天是平静的渡过
er xing qi tian shi ping jing de du guo
And the Sundays quietly pass by

奇怪的是这世界
qi guai de shi zhe shi jie
This world is so strange
男人不坏女人不爱
nan ren bu huai nv ren bu ai
The men aren't bad and the women don't love
要帅要体贴又要关怀
yao shuai yao ti tie you yao guan huai
To look cool you have to appease her, nurture her
这种男人已不存在
zhe zhong nan ren yi bu chun zai
This kind of man doesn't exist anymore.

我就是那个让你不明白
wo jiu shi na ge rang ni bu ming bai
I'm the guy who won't let you understand
让你看不开让你好无奈
rang ni kan bu kai rang ni hao wu nai
who causes you to see badly, who makes you helpless.
对了就是那个臭男孩
dui le jiu shi na ge chou nan hai
You're right, I'm that filthy jerk!
让你叫天天不理睬
rang ni jiao tian tian bu li cai
I make you cry "God!" But God won't listen.

就是那个让你失去
jiu shi na ge rang ni shi qu
The guy who makes you lose everything
让你心痛
Makes your heart ache
rang ni xin tong
让你泪流
rang ni lei liu
Makes you shed tears
让你一生好痛恨的臭男人
rang ni yi sheng hao tong hen de chou nan ren
Makes you to bitterly hate for the rest of your life. I'm that foul jerk!
我就是那个让你无法自拔
wo jiu shi na ge rang ni wu fa zi ba
I'm the guy who makes you unable to free yourself
无法渴望无法预料
wu fa ke wang wu fa yu liao
Unable to want anything, unable to expect anything
一生痛恨的臭男人
yi sheng tong hen de chou nan ren
The foul jerk who makes you hate bitterly for life!

I know the lyrics are not the most girl-friendly or the most romantic and sweetest ones, but there is some truth in them since some girls do love that guy that makes them cry and suffer...

The reason why I like this song is not because of the lyrics, but because of the music. The music is so cool.

[saladesu]

Ooh, Huang Yi Da! My (and Zeltrax's) fellow countryman o>

Here are some more songs by him that I really like and think you would too:
Na Nu Hai Dui Wo Shuo (That Girl Said to Me)
Lan Tian (Blue Sky) [skip the first 0:20]
Xian Wei Jing Xia De Ai Qing (Love Under a Microscope)

Anyway, thought I'd share a few songs from my favorite Chinese band as well, Wu Yue Tian (Mayday)
Lian Ai ING (Love-ing) <-- I LOVE THIS SONG A karaoke staple
Sun Wu Kong (Monkey God)
Jue Jiang (Obstinacy)
Tu Ran Hao Xiang Ni (Suddenly Missing You So Much)

Oh and since this song also pops up all the time when one searches for Mayday, and is also a great song...
S.H.E. - Wu Yue Tian (A Day in May)

[destiny4ever]

Because pokeshipping can introduce you to great songs. Here’s a song I found thanks to an Ash x Misty AMV ^_^ :

Genie Zhuo - Liang San Bo Yu Zhu Li Ye ft. Gary Cao

I have no idea what it says but I can definitely feel it must be a very romantic song. <3~

[saladesu]

Destinyyyy~~~ I love that song It's another of my karaoke staples Liang Shan Bo = Romeo, Zhu Li Ye = Juliet :3 Literal translation of the title is "Romeo and Juliet" so you're definitely right that it's a romantic song! Here's an english translation.

... Oh and I just realized Zeltrax and I mentioned this song too in a previous post in this thread

[destiny4ever]

Destinyyyy~~~ I love that song It's another of my karaoke staples Liang Shan Bo = Romeo, Zhu Li Ye = Juliet :3 Literal translation of the title is "Romeo and Juliet" so you're definitely right that it's a romantic song!

I’m so glad you like it as well, Salad! It is a wonderful song. I tried to find the Misty x Ash AMV but it seems youtube already deleted it. If I’m not mistaken, that song is from the OST of a T-drama, but I don’t know the name of that drama.

Here's an english translation.

Thank you so much for that link!

... Oh and I just realized Zeltrax and I mentioned this song too in a previous post in this thread

Really? Where? I checked you guys' posts (although I must say I did it briefly) to see if you had already mentioned the song.

And here’s another contribution to this thread :

This song is from one of my favorite T-dramas (Fated to Love you).

半情歌- 元若藍 Ban Qing Ge - Yuan Ruo Lan

I haven’t checked the translation of the song but everytime I listen to it, it gives me a bittersweet feeling…I feel as if it is a love song but a nostalgic one.

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Another song that I like is:

Song: The World I Want
by:Kingone

The song is from the OST of a T-drama called “Why why Love”. I haven’t watched that T-drama yet, but it was thanks to it that I found out that Kingone was a singer, I thought he was an actor only. I wonder if he is more popular as a singer or if he is more popular as an actor…

[saladesu]

Zeltrax called it "awesome chinese duet" so that's probably why you missed it

Here's another duet~ Angela Zhang Shao Han and Wilber Pan Wei Bo's "Kuai Le Chong Bai". Super catchy song It's old but I still like it since it's so catchy and hard to get out of your head haha

And another - David Tao Zhe and Jolin Tsai's "Jin Tian Ni Yao Jia Gei Wo (Marry me today)", another catchy song.

---------- Post added June 12, 2011 at 08:46 PM ---------- Previous post was May 30, 2011 at 02:43 PM ----------

Old school favorite - Peng You (Friends) by Zhou Hua Jian

This song is always sung at graduation ceremonies and the like, or when gathered around a campfire on the last night of a camp... Love this song! The kind of song that will really make you miss your friends and appreciate their presence in your lives.

[Zeltrax]

Peng you yi sheng yi qi zuo~ na xie ri zhi bu zai yo ~
Omg sala before clicking that link I was like "Nono it cant be wat I think it is"
And how much do I miss this classic song. I didnt know who the singer is but I remember the chorus by
heart since I was young. Must be from my parents karaoke..and I was really young too.
I adore this song alot.
Haha now I can spam the replay button on it

[saladesu]

I can't believe Wang Lee Hom hasn't been mentioned on this page yet, haha. So here're a couple of songs by him!

Yi Shou Jian Dan De Ge (A Simple Song)
Forever Love
Kiss Goodbye

[BakaHaze]

I don't usually listen to much C-pop because it's hard to find nice songs...Loved all the stuff you guys suggested, thanks ^^
隐形的翅膀 - Invisible Wings - Love her voice
龙的传人 - Descendants of the Dragon - Love the song, but the dancing in the vid is a bit...err... <--Wang Lee Hom Right here!
The chinese version of "The Day you went away"

And some non-mainstream songs.
Olive Tree - Maybe you've heard your parents humming this in the shower or when they're doing the dishes?
...and Finally :Heaven's Road Epic song. ^^

[saladesu]

The theme song to the Taiwanese movie 那些年我们一起追的女孩 has been stuck in my head for a while It's a pretty awesome song though! The lyrics are written by the director of the movie (and the author of the book the movie is based off) himself

[Asarii]

Sadly I don't follow a lot of C-Pop artists, but I do love Singer Sen (歌者森). Her songs are electronic and experimental like Björk.

塞壬 (Sirens)
雪女王 (Snow Queen)
Heartbeats (cover of The Knife)

[destiny4ever]

I have no idea what’s the name of this song, all I know is that it is a beautiful song and that it is part of the OST of the Taiwanese drama called “The girl in blue”.

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