Mandopop Madness Recommendations
Remember in August I did a giveaway for music? Yeah. Fast forward to November and I finally got around to completing the promised playlists. Yes, I am soooo bad. Below is the playlist won by lynette31. I had to make some adjustments because songs that were once available via iTunes went “poof” so you’ll get to see the original choice and the replacement. Enjoy!
- Alan Kuo – “Wake Up” (拼了)
- Anthony Neely – “Happy Armageddon”
- Yoga Lin featuring Elephant Gym – “Speaking in Tongues”
- William Wei/Weibird – “Wolves”
- F.I.R. – “Better Life”
- UNIQ – “Falling in Love” Chinese version
- Anthony Neely – “Everything is Love” (Tiny Time 1.0 theme)
- A-do – “Valentine’s Day”
- Hua Chenyu – “Let You Go”
- David Tao – “Dear God” (this album is no longer available)
- Claire Kuo – “Be Ok” (replaced David Tao’s unavailable song)
- FUN4 – “Shuō ài nǐ de shíhòu” (說愛你的時候)
- Roger Yang – “Nothing But the End”
If you were putting together your own Mandopop recommendations, what would you choose?
I don’t care much for the current mandopop scene, so what I do listen/like is pretty old-school. I find older songs have more meaningful lyrics, and ballads back then really had them feels. I also prefer singers who can properly enunciate:
费玉清 – 一剪梅: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfiuQupcQxU
陳昇&劉佳慧 – One night in 北京: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4BN3ygExI
葉倩文 – 瀟灑走一回: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbRUsYtZ2fs
張宇 – 用心良苦: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVshwIevShg
林淑容、李茂山 – 无言的结局: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqgfZ9okkGM
邰正宵 – 九百九十九朵玫瑰 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0aC1W13upI
鳳飛飛 – 追夢人: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqUFh96_JQ
張信哲 – 過火: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urtJ79AQjqo
彭羚 – 囚鳥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNmFCThJj0o
黄安 – 新鸳鸯蝴蝶梦: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkKHtaBGaY
周華健 – 花心: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ8-K3YPVN0
陳淑樺 – 笑紅塵: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx5Yx9OFiHE