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strikingstar
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01 October 2010 at 12:52am | IP Logged

kottoler.ello wrote:

One of the hardest things for learning Mandarin for me is the
lack of good music to listen to in the language. I can remember hearing about two
popular artists that were bearable, ever. I think Chinese traditional music is
interesting, but I haven't found any, especially with good Mandarin vocals. Does anyone
have suggestions? My tastes are pretty wide other than that so anything would be
good.

I have some recommendations for traditional Chinese music. These songs feature
traditional instruments like the 枇杷 and the 古筝 so you might find them interesting.

沧海一声笑:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iknGg9l4a7s

只记今嘲笑：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-Qo1DJKKo &feature=related

This is another song I like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-47s8ES5Ik

It comes from a TV adaption of 水浒传 which is acknowledged as one of the 4 greatest
classical novels of Chinese literature.

This is a purely instrumental version of 'One Night in Beijing' aka 北京一夜. There are
obviously no words but it is an awesome rendition nonetheless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdK8X20yCU

Edited by strikingstar on 01 October 2010 at 1:25am
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cacue23
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Message 11 of 19

11 September 2013 at 12:28am | IP Logged

newyorkeric wrote:

Jay Chou (Taiwan) and Stefanie Sun (Singapore) are very, very popular singers that I like to listen to now and then.

Stefanie Sun is fine, but Jay Chou... Can you follow him?
You know how some Chinese who got sick of taking English tests wanted to make it mandatory for English speaking folks to take HSK, and they want to put Jay Chou's songs on the listening section? Of course that's a joke, but you get the idea.

Edited by cacue23 on 11 September 2013 at 12:29am
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cacue23
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11 September 2013 at 12:30am | IP Logged

kottoler.ello wrote:

One of the hardest things for learning Mandarin for me is the lack of good music to listen to in the language. I can remember hearing about two popular artists that were bearable, ever. I think Chinese traditional music is interesting, but I haven't found any, especially with good Mandarin vocals. Does anyone have suggestions? My tastes are pretty wide other than that so anything would be good.

If by Chinese traditional music you mean folklores, you could check out Song Zuying, Peng Liyuan, Jiang Dawei, and... sorry I don't have the rest of them on top of my mind.
But I should probably warn you that these songs sometimes get political.

Edited by cacue23 on 11 September 2013 at 12:33am
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11 September 2013 at 3:38am | IP Logged

cacue23 wrote:

If by Chinese traditional music you mean folklores, you could check out Song Zuying, Peng Liyuan, Jiang Dawei, and... sorry I don't have the rest of them on top of my mind.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've found this beautiful song with subtitles. The lyrics seem to be so simple that I could even understand (I guess and hope) part of the song.
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11 September 2013 at 3:38am | IP Logged

I wish Paperdoll would do more in Mandarin. They mostly sing in English.
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11 September 2013 at 10:41am | IP Logged

And now for something completely different - nobody's mentioned my two favourites:
二手玫瑰 and PK14. They are on Youtube.
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cacue23
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11 September 2013 at 12:09pm | IP Logged

Flarioca wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions. I've found this beautiful song with subtitles. The lyrics seem to be so simple that I could even understand (I guess and hope) part of the song.

Lol, I haven't heard that one before, but her songs are generally good. I personally would prefer some other songs she did, but I wouldn't mention them here since we probably have different tastes.

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