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| CommanderPC Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4297 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, German | Message 9 of 14 01 March 2013 at 10:38pm | IP Logged | ||
That's actually not that bad. To be honest, I'm extremely tolerant when it comes to music. Anything strikes my ear as a good. Unless is American mainstream stuff(Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, etc) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4447 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes  Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 10 of 14 02 March 2013 at 6:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Personally I don't follow any Rock n' Roll idol. For singing in Mandarin, you can be in China, Taiwan or
Singapore. A few years back I was following the Soler (with an "e" not "a") band with 2 lead singers Julio & Dino Acconci. They have Italian names. The father (Italian) married to Burmese and the family lived in Macao. Learned to be fluent in Cantonese & Portuguese and later picked up Mandarin & English. Lived in Italy for a few years and became fluent in Italian as well. Both living in Hong Kong and made recordings in all 5 languages. The other singer Corinna Chamberlain (New Zealand - Australian mix) popular in Hong Kong who sings in both Cantonese & Mandarin. Came across a middle-aged Black (African) singer in China a few years ago. He sings a lot of old songs. Watched a few CCTV videos featuring him as a lead singer but can't find the name. The last singer who was featured in a recent Chinese New Year show was the French Canadian Celine Dion singing "Molihua" (Jasmine flower). Don't think she speaks any Chinese. She only learned the song for her CCTV appearance. The Chinese are as enthusiastic about Karaoke as the Japanese who invented it. I've seen a reality show recently from Taiwan 超級童盟會. It is a show rather like American Idol but with kids doing the audition. Instead of buying records and passively listen to music, nowadays there are more people trying their talent in front of TV viewers. And there are just as many glued to the TV for new talent. Many years ago got an old recording of "东方红" (The East is Red) from China. Like "The Red Brigade" has revolutionary songs in Mandarin from the Mao period in the 1960s & 70s. I don't think anybody listens to that stuff anymore. Edited by shk00design on 02 March 2013 at 8:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6585 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 11 of 14 04 March 2013 at 8:03am | IP Logged | ||
Alright, then check out Jay Chou. I find some of his songs pretty good, others less so, but I can't deny he makes some pretty sweet music vids. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dcbaok Groupie United States Joined 4485 days ago 46 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 12 of 14 04 March 2013 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Over the weekend I discovered 2 classic Chinese cartoons from the 80's
1. Inspector Black Cat Amazingly violent to American sensibility for such a simplistic and childish show. I watched 3 episodes before getting bored. Interesting for its place in history and the anti-American messages embedded in the show. http://asiaobscura.com/2011/08/inspector-black-cat-chinas-an swer-to-tom-jerry.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfsgYtnCSI 2. Calabash Brothers Amazingly weird to American sensibility. It's beautifully animated and most importantly the dialog audio is exceptionally clear. The story is weird and wonderful. I'm recommending this even to my non-Chinese speaking (or learning) friends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash_Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oliV4nBWRfg Edited by dcbaok on 04 March 2013 at 2:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4491 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 13 of 14 16 March 2013 at 7:11am | IP Logged | ||
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I just watched a few episodes of Calabash Brothers. Pretty cool cartoon.
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| Waylon Newbie United States Joined 4287 days ago 10 posts - 14 votes Studies: French, Georgian, Persian | Message 14 of 14 16 March 2013 at 1:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would recommend checking out cntv. I was always able to watch spongebob and shin chan on that, but I
believe some "channels" don't work in the US. With that being said, I think most channels do and you can watch children's shows, dramas, and documentaries. I've always gone to the full Chinese site because I think the English site has shows that teach you mandarin, and I found those really good. Edited by Waylon on 16 March 2013 at 1:43pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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