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| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6002 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 1 of 19 07 September 2010 at 6:12am | IP Logged | ||
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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.
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6581 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 2 of 19 07 September 2010 at 9:17am | IP Logged | ||
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How's this? 谢天笑：约定的地方. That's an old favorite of mine.
This is pretty groovy, too. Please ignore whatever the heck is going on in the beginning of the video. 王力雄：改变自己. Your tastes might have to be quite broad to like this one, but it's certainly a break from the endless love ballads: 土土：我是老土 If you're more into, uh, Green Day and Avril Lavigne or something, maybe this is your thing: 反光镜：还我蔚蓝. Not my cup of tea, but I judge not. There's a pretty fun rap song, too, called "在北京", but I don't have time to find it now. Don't remember the name of the band. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5765 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 3 of 19 08 September 2010 at 7:59am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm all for Cthonic, but they might not be your kind of band ...
What about 张悬/Deserts Chang? She's a solid singer-songwriter and her songs are catchy and have clear sing-along vocals. 蔡琴 sings folk songs, some are pretty nice. It would be helpful to know which artists you actually heard before and didn't like. Maybe you'll find something via the music alliance pact? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| markchapman Diglot Groupie Taiwan tesolzone.com/ Joined 5471 days ago 44 posts - 55 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Portuguese | Message 4 of 19 19 September 2010 at 10:59am | IP Logged | ||
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A lot of modern Chinese pop music is pretty grim, but I do like a lot of the old Shanghai music from the 1930's. It's
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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6378 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 19 19 September 2010 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jay Chou (Taiwan) and Stefanie Sun (Singapore) are very, very popular singers that I like to listen to now and then.
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| Jezrul Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5231 days ago 27 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 19 19 September 2010 at 8:57pm | IP Logged | ||
I like S.H.E, so I second this. As for other cute music, if that's your taste, I'll nominate Rainie Yang. When I was studying Mandarin, I would listen to the soundtracks from the dramas I watched. If you don't already know of Sugoideas, you should google it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5443 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 8 of 19 19 September 2010 at 11:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had this same problem when I was actively studying Chinese, so I have quite a few suggestions for you.
First, do you visit Neocha? They are always putting out free samplers of Chinese indie music. They also have a downloadable (or web embedded) "NEXT player" that allows you to stream all sorts of Chinese music: indie, folk, rock, electronic, hip-hop... If you like rock, I'd recommend the "father of Chinese rock", Cui Jian. My personal favorite, though, is the group Baojiajie 43 (鲍家街43号). My favorite songs by them are titled "Loser" and "Small Bird" in English. I also like Xu Wei, particularly his song "Gift". For something a little more bluesy, I like Hang Tian. I love the "Papa Competition" ("比比爸爸") song. For something a little more mellow, I like Carrchy (卡奇社）。 I guess I would describe them as a mellow indie band with a a female singer that has an adorable and soothing voice. For hip-hop, the only group I am familiar with is the group Yin Tsang, who did "Zai Beijing", as Ari mentioned above. It's a fun song--you should check it out! If you want funny music to laugh at, listen to Xue Cun (雪村）。 His song 东北人都是活雷锋 makes me laugh. If you can find it, his song called "星期三的第二堂课" is too funny: it's about a kid that falls in love with his substitute teacher. “开，开，开出租” also makes me smile. Sorry for the long post, but I hope it helps. I can recommend more if you want something more "out there", but these should be a good start! 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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