Karen_Koerner

#6 Gong Sound If Sound is how it translates. It's from his "Gloomy Month"  album in 1994.
And yes I read you Midnight Lily.........  I use Babel Fish and sometimes things translate very oddly. You must forgive me if I come up with odd terms.

I found this wonderful topic and I thank you all for sharing. I hope you understand if I miss things because it's a bit laborious to translate every page to find things. I have wandered all over the site and looked at other topics.  I must say your members are incredibly expressive and very poetic in their comments on Chyi Chin's music. I am jealous . I can't express myself half as well. I am sure I will navigate better after I work at it awhile.

For now I will just say that you have made me a "Happy Camper".

Karen Koerner

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You are correct that the album is called Dim Moon. I knew it was in a dialect but didn't know which one. I think Chyi Chin loved it and no one else did. I stick with whatever the translater comes up with so I recognize it when I see it again. My fondest hope is that a better translater will come along, and I'm sure it will with all these young genius computer people working on it.  I have song titles that are hopelessly mangled, and sometimes an entire paragraph will come out that doesn't make a bit of sense.

I have a list of names of other artists in English and with their Chinese name so I can use the name in search engines, My current favorite is Wang Feng  汪峰. I just put the name in the search engine and bingo-I've got it.
I'm curious about Power Station -are they still around? I think they are very good.

I'm talking too much! Somebody stop me! I can't believe I can ask questions............

Karen Koerner

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http://ent.qq.com/a/20100803/000162.htm#p=5

I am pretty much up on the news. It looks to me like the Xi'an concert was a great success. I was happy to see photos of Wang Feng. I've listened to him for a couple of years. Here is a link to photos in case you missed them.  Were you at the concert in 1999?  The funny thing is-the next weekend-August 8th-Chyi Chin and Chyi Yu were at Casino Rama in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. If you look at the distance from my home in St. Cloud, Minnesota to Orillia, Ontario it is about 950 miles.  (You go in between  the Great Lakes and take a left Ha Ha) I tried to come up with a plan to go but simply couldn't afford it. That man must spend half of his life on airplanes.

KK

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Thank you for that explanation about Gaoshanzu Nationality. I didn't understand that. I like both Power Station songs you named and I also really like one I think is called "Rainbow". It had a great music video with a little league baseball team and their coach gearing them up for victory. Very touching video. There is a recording of Chyi Chin and Power Station singing a duet of  "Wolf" that is very good. It very much reflects Power Station's guitar style. Love it.

I am also familiar with A-Mei. She is wonderful and now I have learned about her nationality. You guys are teaching me a lot. My current list of favorites also includes 郑钧 Zheng Jun. I don't spend much time following other artists because it takes a lot of time just to follow Chyi Chin, but I try to keep track of what they are doing.
I am only familiar with little slivers of Chinese music in the middle of the greater whole. Do my choices tell you anything about me?

Thanks to all,
KK

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#43 Messenger Bird?  I hope you are not affected by the tragic flooding in Gansu. The news said that the heavy rains in Shaanxi and Sichuan are contributing to the flooding and mudslides. I hope all are safe. You say you live in Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Warriors. Are they as magnificent as I imagine they are?

Firefly  I am a tremendous fan of Chyi Yu. She does sing like an angel and is so beautiful. I wish she and Chyi Chin would record more together. I know they appear on stage together frequently, but if you look they have recorded very little together. I think an album of them singing together would be wonderful and would live on after them, as their single works will. It is certainly easy to see that he adores her.

Claire  You are so right about Xiaoge recording in other styles. I think he is a wonderful jazz stylist-again because of the emotion he puts into everything he sings.  What album besides "Dim Moon" is a dialect album? I'd like to go back and listen again.

Cheers,
KK

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Messenger Bird: You may very well be right about liking music that gives us faith and power. I can't understand the lyrics, but I can certainly understand the feeling that an artist puts into a song and the feeling created by the song. As for rock and roll, yes, I love it. To me a good rock song starts slow-revs up-has great musicians-and stays revved up right to the end. I think Chyi Chin is a rocker at heart. He certainly can ROCK & ROLL when he wants to.

I didn't even realize "Innocent" was a dialect album. For some reason that is my favorite album of all. I know it was done the same year he won honors for "Silk Road" but I have always liked it better. It's the kind of album you listen to late at night. The jazz interpretations make me wish he would sing more jazz..........

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No, I didn't know "Innocent" was a dialect album. I went back and compared it to "Silk Road" and I could tell. My big conclusion was........OMG How beautifully that man sings!  I don't have a good ear for languages, it's more like just impressions. I recently have found several Pinyin lyrics for Chyi Chin songs and it helps me to read along with a song to understand the language a little better.  I have also thought that he has perfect, clear diction. Even his speaking voice is so perfect. I collected about 10 versions of "Moon Represent My Heart" and I heard some pretty bad Mandarin in there!!!!!  The first music I listened to was in Cantonese, and I found it very harsh sounding. When I discovered Mandarin it was like discovering treasure.

Do I have this right? "Dim Moon" and "Innocent" are both dialect albums-in different dialects? Would he record these for a Taiwan audience?

Speaking of Fujian-isn't that where the big earthquake scare is taking place right now? People are actually leaving because a hoax was pulled that a big earthquake was coming?   That remind me, how many of you have seen the movie "Aftershock"?  It sounds like a gargantuan hit. No one can see it without crying. I love a movie that gives you a good cry. (My favorite directors are Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yimou, and Johnnie To in Hong Kong-along with many others. I love Asian movies, also).

Would anyone mind telling me where you are from, so I can look up your location?

I am so conscious that this is English practice for some of you that I go back and re-check everything I type to make sure it as proper as I can make it. No pressure!!!

Too many questions again,
KK

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http://ent.qq.com/a/20100709/000710.htm

If this works it is a promotional film clip for Chyi Chin's Mainland Concert Tours. I'm curious about the symbol in the lower right hand corner. This is the same as the tatto Ya Ya has on the back of her neck. What does it stand for? Anybody know?

Curious,
KK

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Wow. He has false teeth? At such a young age? I never would have guessed. What happened?  When did he get them? Wouldn't it take a singer a long time to get back to normal?
Also-where did he get those gashes on his nose and forehead?  I've always wondered about that.

I'm going to ask an indiscreet question. What is the tattoo that he has on his lower belly? There, I've said it. Inquiring minds want to know............................................
  
As long as I'm asking about physical characteristics-I'm going to mention his weight gain. I think he looks adorable and healthy with a few pounds on him. The trick is to wear clothes that fit!  He just plain old looks like a happy man and the weight gives him presence. I've noticed that some news reports refer to that little bulge around the middle as a "swimmers ring". We have a better term-we call the bulge around the hips "Love Handles". (Think about it a minute and you'll know why!!) Is that a term you have in China? If not-let's get it introduced in China.
KK

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oops     sorry about that    didn't think the first one went through