– Master, I wanted to see someone, but couldn’t.
– Have you not seen him in your heart?
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So I finally gave myself time to listen to both Buddha Jump (佛跳牆) albums. Their 2014 one, Let You See (給你看), is pretty good. Fell in love with this tune at first listen~ also, surprised to learn it’s a project by Penny Tai.
The clip below is from a small show they did in China.
You can get the album on iTunes.
Will keep this list updated here.
- The Bangles – Different Light [YT Playlist]
- Arena Hash [Soundcloud]
- NKoTB – Hangin’ Tough [YT Playlist]
- El Show de July No. 2 [YT]
- Nubeluz [YT Playlist]
- Los Nosequien y los Nosecuantos – Con el Respeto que se Merecen [YT Playlist]
- Michael Jackson – Dangerous [YT Playlist]
- Sister Act 2 Soundtrack [YT Playlist]
- Beck – Mellow Gold [YT Playlist]
- Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present and Future [YT Playlist]
- Salserin – Con Mucho Swing [YT Playlist]
- Torbellino – Corazón en la Ciudad [YT Playlist]
- Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [YT Playlist]
- 1999
- Backstreet Boys – Millennium [YT Playlist]
- Faith Hill – Breathe [YT Playlist]
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication [YT Playlist]
- TLC – Fanmail [YT Playlist]
- La Ley – Uno [YT Playlist]
- Alejandro Sanz – MTV Unplugged [YT Playlist]
- Dixie Chicks – Home [YT Playlist]
- Pink – Try This [YT Playlist]
- Bjork – Medulla [Bandcamp]
- Andrea Echeverri [YT Playlist]
- Marit Larsen – Under te Surface [YT Playlist]
- Bibi Zhou Bichang
- Now [YT Playlist]
- Wow [YT Playlist]
- Mayday – Poetry of the Day After [YT Playlist]
- Chang Shilei – Niu China [YT Playlist]
- Jonsi – Go [Bandcamp]
- Hebe Tien – My Love [YT Playlist]
- Galaxy United – The Absinthe [YT Playlist]
- Kishi Bashi – 151a [Bandcamp]
- Calle 13 – MultiViral [YT Playlist]
- Su Yunying – Ming Ming [YT Playlist]
- ANOHNI – Hopelessness [YT Playlist]
- Chen Weilun – Think Miss Sorrow [YT Playlist]
- Chen Li – Playlist [YT Playlist]
- ZenKwun – Existing like God [YT Playlist]
- Yuguo – Angry Horse [YT Playlist]
- Shortparis – Apple Orchard [YT Playlist]
- The Dada – Hello! [YT Playlist]
I’m trying to wrap my head on the fact that Mario Testino photographed these Chinese perfections- (From Left to Right) Zhao Wei, Liu Wen, Carina Lau, Fan Bingbing, and Tang Wei. Li Bingbing, Du Juan, Zhang Ziyi, Chris Lee (Li Yuchun), and Zhou Xun.
Celebrating 10 years of Vogue in Mainland China.
Note, though, that Carina Lau (sitting in gold on the far left) is turning 50 this year. I’m just saying. She’s at least 8 years ahead of Li Bingbing (sitting in gold in between Tang Wei and Zhang Ziyi) and 10 years ahead of Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei. And Carina is sitting below model Liu Wen, who is 27. I’m just saying.
Carina Lau deserves our respect.
I, of course, also ended up finally watching Peter Chan’s Perhaps Love (如果·爱), which is China’s -possibly- only formal foray into the musical genre. They were probably so into Moulin Rouge! and Chicago at some point, they got Farah Khan to whip some of her Bollywood 90s magic. You can see all the influences.
But, of course, Chinese people don’t believe in happy endings… even in musicals! Farah Khan probably watched this and was bored out of her mind because she probably doesn’t get us tortured East Asian souls. I did buy into all the grown-up lamenting love story.
To misquote Ron- I want to suffer, but I want to be happy about it.
I’ve been hearing Ellen Loo’s name very often for the last three years, but I never ever really took the time to sit down and listen to her albums until this weekend… and wow- I’ve just finally gone through her 2nd album You Quietly Hide Away (你安安靜靜地躲起來), which is a tremendous improvement from her debut Ripples (掀起), which isn’t all that bad either. I particularly liked Wait (等等), Hey Boy, Summer of Love, and Satellite Lover (人造衛星情人).
Ni An An Jing Jing De Duo Qi Lai comes as a surprise. I’m also surprised she sings in Mandarin so much, since my Hong Kong friends are the ones talking about her, I expected to listen to a lot more Cantonese.
I thought I could hate Sonam Kapoor and Fan Bingbing with a passion, but hey! Look at Mainland actor Huang Xiaoming or Japanese actor Masaki Okada, they never fail to make me want to punch them in the face. While Masaki Okada does have a sizable fandom of girls, I’ve yet to find someone (ANYONE!?) who likes Huang Xiaoming and his smug face. LOL
Battle conceded to Okada, I guess. xD
I’m currently basking myself in the beauty that is Henry Huo’s (霍尊) first full-length album Heavenly Song or Tianyun (天韵). He was the winner of the first season of Sing my Song (中国好歌曲) when he cause a ruckus with his song Rolled-up Pearl Curtain (卷珠帘) [1], which he ended up performing at the 2014 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
You can listen to the album over at Xiami or Migu Music (for US locked).
Lyrics, English/Español translations and song embed below the break~
Once again, all Chinese translations by me to be taken with a pinch of salt. xD
… and you gotta wing it like a ninja with all these geoblocking business.
Actually- I don’t think Tiger Moms would approve of winging something, but Chinese skills would need to be improved forcefully because Tiger Mom (虎妈猫爸) ain’t getting subbed nor fansubbed alright, because that’s how C-fans deal. You want to enjoy all these fancy movies, cdramas and cmusic, you better learn Chinese alright~
I feel Zhao Wei encouraging claps.
I didn’t know My Fair Princess (aka. Return of the Pearl Princess, 还珠格格) was a scoundrel/robin-hood type of princess! I’d would’ve watched much sooner otherwise~ Haven’t made it that far yet, though, I was greatly entertained by the first episode. Action and feel looks 90s China outdated, but I don’t feel like Mainland Cdrama has improved dramatically.
I’m hoping someone fansubs (or at least uploads) Zhao Wei’s newest Cdrama Tiger Mom (虎妈猫爸) [Trailer].
I made a playlist with all the listed episodes.
