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发表于 2004-3-25 17:02
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if you are boring english,let's take a look at this article
Taiwan Rocker Chyi Chin
2003-12-9 11:08:27
A Taiwan- born pop singer and songwriter, Chyi Chin is a household name around 1990's. Now over ten years has passed, the then idol has grown and changed, while the only thing remains the same is in his pursuit of music.
Buying a Shanghai home is not a new thing for Taiwanese singers -- Richie Jen and Jonathan Lee have done that. And Chyi has another reason to feel at home in the city -- his elder brother owns and operates a hot pot restaurant on Nanjing Road. But home or not, building a studio here is not an easy thing. "I find it quite odd that a big city like Shanghai doesn't have many famous Mandarin singers," says Chyi. "There must be a great many talented singers who simply lack the opportunities or simply a platform, and that's what I want to create for them." Chyi, who has a studio in Beijing, is profoundly aware of the importance of opportunity and mentoring for young singers. After all, his path out of his troubled youth came via such a mentor -- in his case, it was his elder sister, the diva Chyi Yu, who gave him a guitar and helped him establish his musical career.
Although Chyi hasn't yet finalized the guest performers for the New Year concert, he has a clear picture of the type of music locals like. Based on his concerts during the 1990s, he notes that "Shanghai audiences prefer my slow, romantic songs, while Beijing audiences prefer rock 'n roll.'' He is right. Shanghai audiences much prefer his romantic, ballad-style music from the late 1980s and early 1990s to his latest album, "Calling.''
"I like Chyi's melancholy songs, which have a beautiful melody, especially his old songs,'' says Jiang Wen, a 29-year-old local fan. "Actually, I don't know much about his new songs.'' It's hard to say, at this point, whether Chyi's upcoming concert will be as sensational as Emil Chau's was in August.
The veteran Taiwanese singer's concert went until midnight, with fans singing along throughout the entire concert, turning the Shanghai Grand Stage into a big KTV room. But regardless of what happens, Asia's veteran pop legends are beating a path to Shanghai: In addition to Chyi and Chau, Alan Tam and Hacken Lee, Tsai Chin, rock band Beyond and "The Godfather of Chinese Rock,'' Cui Jian, have all performed or will soon perform here. So what's the appeal? Is it the nostalgic songs or the singers that the fans are flocking to see? While fans like Jiang argue that the old songs are more melodic than the hottest R&B and hip-hop hits, the agencies that book these acts have their own, shrewd reasons.
"Fans of the older singers have are now older themselves, and have greater purchasing power than younger fans," says Jin Yun from Shanghai Arts Corp, which promoted Chau's concert. Despite the glittering competition from his peers, Chyi is quite upbeat about his chances at the box office, noting that there are more than 600,000 Taiwanese working in Shanghai. But he's also quick to point out that he doesn't want to push things: "Both Chief Chaw and Jeff Chang (two Taiwanese veteran singers) had concerts on the same night in Beijing this past September," says Chyi with a grimace. "Whether it was a mere coincidence or on purpose, that's really going too far."
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发表于 2004-3-22 17:33
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