100 Songs of Chinese Music

The New Old~

Don’t worry~ we’ve gone through the tough stuff.

26. Black Tangerine (黑色柳丁) – David Tao (陶喆) [MV]

27. Infernal Affairs (無間道) – Andy Lau (劉德華) & Tony Leung (梁朝偉)

YES! Andy Lau and Tony Leung — some say, serious actors — sing!

Andy Lau, in fact, is another of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop (I’m sorry… Leon Lai didn’t make the cut), and he sang this song with his Infernal Affairs co-star. Remade as the award-winning The Departed (which finally won Scorsese his Oscar for Best Director), Lau and Leung played Matt Damon’s and Leonardo DiCaprio’s characters respectively.

Two versions of the song exist; one in Mandarin, and this one in Cantonese~

28. Leave Nothing (不留) – Faye Wong (王菲)

Staple Cpop. Faye Wong’s name is a must!

29. Love Love Love – Wang Leehom (王力宏) [clip]

Beginner’s Guide to Leehom’s Chinked-Out.

30. Common Jasmine Orange (七里香) – Jay Chou (周杰倫) [MV]

Beginner’s Guide to Jay Chou

31. Haven (第二天堂) – JJ Lin (林俊傑)

I prefer JJ Lin’s brand of Mandopop R&B over Jay’s xD

32. Exaggerate (浮誇) – Eason Chan (陳奕迅)

Cantopop singer Eason Chan also sings in Mandarin (like everyone else who needs to survive the market), but his Mandopop music isn’t as adventurous as his songs in Cantonese… at least the ones that aren’t sappy love songs.

He’s also the only one that managed to get Faye Wong on his concert for a performance, promising to NOT interact with Faye (who at her own shows just sings and thanks the audience) on stage. As a contrast, Eason is a bit hyper.

amy

YAM Magazine editor, photographer, blogger, translator and part-time web designer. Film junkie, music junkie… and lately series (a.k.a. TV) junkie.

7 Responses

  1. Such a great feature! “Mama Get Me a Guitar” is cute. The Chin Tsai song is so good- what is the title? Either characters or pinyin romanization. Wow at Ding Wei. Laure Shang has such a cool voice. And I’ve probably said before that I really like the clarity of the voices of the Tibetan/-influenced? singers.

    • Amy says:

      The Chin Tsai song is The Forgotten Times (被遺忘的時光) :) – and yes, they all have such quality to their voice. I love it.

    • amy says:

      My favorite new one is #4, Chinese Cabbage. Every time it comes on, I have to sing lol and my mom was listening to it, and translated saying it’s a super sad song! Something about not having your mom and your dad re-marrying, and being poor with your brother having something to wear and something to eat, while you are left with just broth and asking for something to wear.

      You have to be grateful of the excess many live in now, the biggest complain has to be that iPhones and Galaxy phones are getting bigger. Seriously. Grateful for the food that I enjoy every single day.

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