figure I'd be more proactive in this if I had something more to account to than just my earss
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
so far the first/only cantopop CD I've bought on the recommendation of one of my friends. the subtitle is '49 songs in 1' which is very...chinese. the cover art makes me vaguely uncomfortable when I look at it.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/janice%20wish/loveme2006a/l_p1021592361.jpg
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
err
http://www.91now.com/down/upload/2009-11-28/2009112839628421.jpg
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy5W2XJa9FY
this is the title song off of it. it is the first song in the tracklisting. I like it, and it gets me excited to listen to all 49 songs because there is a sound of a car being started at the beginning and I feel like I am embarking on a journey.
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM2w0fIKt8E
I like the na na na na's that trail off. the production puts me in the same mood as 'go west' by the psbs. I like that weird climbing horn thing.
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
okay one more and then I'll try to find another artist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpFP7w39Ho
apparently 'cookie' is the name of her lover. not the other cookie you may be thinking of!
in conclusion, this album is full of jams. would buy again!
― dyao, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
diggin the vibe of this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPl074HKIw
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:20 (fourteen years ago) link
having my aunt's name emblazoned in large letters across the top makes that cover even more unsettling
― I'm so 3000-and-8080 (The Reverend), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:40 (fourteen years ago) link
mind giving me her telephone #?
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:44 (fourteen years ago) link
creepiez
― I'm so 3000-and-8080 (The Reverend), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJavbJ5HTs
this is pretty good too. cantopop has always had great ballads imo.
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:55 (fourteen years ago) link
sandy lam covered bizarre love triangle wow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkeXutGKlNU
― 龜, Monday, 23 November 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FQlKKbd.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 23 November 2015 00:17 (eight years ago) link
Discovered this track by Priscilla Chan earlier this year 陳慧嫻 - 反叛 'Rebel' I think is the translation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVV9N96YRY
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 23 November 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
Sweet find, though those traditional characters throw me, eh. I've spent a few hours sifting through small cantopop vinyl stalls in some GZ markets with my phone opened to Xiami and puzzling things out, though I find the ballad/banger ratio a bit hard to deal with coming from a more freestyle/italo zone. One of the Sandy Lam LPs I listened to had a retitled cover of "Take My Breath Away", for what it's worth.
Not sure how well Tudou works outside of China, but here's 劉美君/Prudence Liew's "Subtropical Boy":http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/qyZXtD1-wZw/
― etc, Monday, 23 November 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that's a pretty well known one - it featured prominently in wong kar-wai's first movie as tears go by
― 龜, Monday, 23 November 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
one of the best cantopop tunes ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq6gZBTwPFk
― 龜, Sunday, 22 May 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3E6mnE7MyQ
imo
― soyrev, Sunday, 22 May 2016 10:56 (seven years ago) link