opecimmac, any thoughts on 朱之文? also, the winners of 中国好声音; do they generally have any future as stars?
― 乒乓, Thursday, 14 February 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
What's yr take on Omnipotent Youth Society, opecimmac?
― etc, Sunday, 17 February 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/18/171900960/chinas-leonard-cohen-calls-out-political-corruption
― Mordy, Monday, 18 February 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
I know 朱之文 but not much, probably like a Chinese Susan Boyle.
I kind of enjoy 中国好声音 as a show. My favorite is Jin Chi(金池). I don't foresee any of them going to become a true pop star in China, say as big as those from super girl show 2005. However, the Champion Liang Bo (梁博) does have some adorable personality, reminding Dou Wei (窦唯). He has a few decent original works (although ripping off COLDPLAY, could be unintentionally). Maybe he can make it who knows.
BTW, 乒乓, are you Chinese?
― opecimmac, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
To be honest, I belong to the minority who don't like them, or think they are overrated. About ten years ago, I thought that they could be something truly great. But their long-awaited debut album sounds more compromising and cliche than I expected.
You can listen to one of their early songs from "alternative era" here (cassette bad quality) when they were called "The Nico", named after Shannon Hoon's daughter.
― opecimmac, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yes if you are talking about semi-protest or social issue satire, there they are.
Zuoxiao Zuzhou is no doubt the most controversial figure in Chinese rock. I strongly suggest the first two albums from his BAND era: 走失的主人 and 庙会之旅 for anybody with an open mind. In my opinion, these are among the best Chinese alternative rock scene has ever produced.
Generally I am indifferent on his prolific high-profile solo career. I can't get the likeness between him and LC...maybe because LC and Cowboy Junkies are from the same country? :) Comparisons to Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Tom Waits... make more although limited sense. I would say Kenneth Higney is a perfect counterpart.
― opecimmac, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
― opecimmac, Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:21 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
chinese-american!
― 乒乓, Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/ai-weiwei-is-making-a-rock-album
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
When Chinese authorities jailed the dissident sculptor Ai Weiwei for 81 days in 2011, they may have created a monster, of sorts: now Mr. Ai has announced that he is recording a heavy metal album, and he has traced the roots of his interest in music to his incarceration, when his guards asked him to sing, and he realized that he knew only Chinese revolutionary songs.
Cannot wait.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
cannot stop listening to elva hsiao atm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3IrlF6NpGU
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 13 April 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone seen Tang Dynasty? Playing tonight in Wellington.
― etc, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/world/asia/hong-kong-stars-face-mainland-backlash-over-support-for-protests.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
Camping out beneath an overpass outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters, amid a sea of colorful tents, a local pop singer, Denise Ho, said about 80 percent of her income came from mainland China, mostly from performances. But for now, she said, there are no mainland bookings on her schedule.
Anthony Wong, another Hong Kong singer who has joined the pro-democracy demonstrations, said two November shows in mainland China had been “indefinitely postponed” and he had no pending invitations to perform there.
“I’m just guessing, but I think they are trying to ban us because they’re afraid of different views,” Mr. Wong said late Thursday night. “They fear that we would spread them. And of course it’s an attempt to punish us, a cold-shoulder treatment of sorts, so we can’t earn their money.”
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 October 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/10/kenny-g-hong-kong-protests/381830/
kenny g too
― dylannn, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
did sa dingding end up on some tv show, like a duo singing competition where people voteor i am thinking of someone else
― dylannn, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
Not even a mention of 小苹果,huh
Oh well here's something else
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzgwJ8tSE0
― 龜, Sunday, 26 October 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
just came here to post that. watched it like 5 times in a row with my 4 year old. a "what does the fox say" for this year.
― holla back for a dope nakh (how's life), Sunday, 16 November 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Free Mavis Fan (of Taiwan) download here. Good stuff. I'm still not too familiar with her.
http://www.vegetarianfish.net/m--a
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 13 January 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010960/Trove%20of%20Discarded%20Cassette%20Tapes%20Brings%20Back%20a%20Lost%20Shanghai
― 龜, Saturday, 13 August 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link