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Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin
Monday, 12 October 2009
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乐队(band): 南拳妈妈 Nán Quán Māmā Nan Quan Mama 国家(country): Taiwan
Nan Quan Mama are a Taiwanese pop group that are famous throughout Taiwan and China for their brand of C-pop / Mandopop that incorperates rapping and singing by different members. The guys all rap, whilst the choruses seem to be usually 'Lara' the female vocalist singing a catchy melody. Nan Quan Mama are also the official spokespeople for Motorola in Taiwan.
It turns out past this one song I really don't like this group at all. But this song has a really catchy chorus that gets stuck in my head.
南拳妈妈 Nán Quán Māmā 破晓 pòxiǎo Day Break
This song is a bit more slushy and rap driven. But it was reccomended to me so I thought I would share it here for other people to have a listen.
南拳妈妈 Nán Quán Māmā Here We Go
And here is one of the more ballady sickly pop songs Nan Quan Mama have released. My girlfriend says it is very pretty and reminds her of a Disney film. Equally I detest it as being far too twee.
南拳媽媽 Nán Quán Māmā 下雨天 xià yǔtiān Rainy Days
Please let me know what you think of Nan Quan Mama below in the comments.
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Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin
Friday, 4 September 2009
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乐队(band): 李玟 Lǐ Wén Coco Lee 专辑(album): 东西 dōngxī East to West 国家(country): China 发行时间(release date): August 2009
Coco Lee is probably the Chinese equivalent to our Madonnas or Beyonces. Coco is a singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Coco Lee sang the song "A Love Before Time" for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. For that performance, she received huge worldwide exposure when she sang the song live at the 73rd Academy Awards ceremony.
Warner Music present her new album 'East to West' which includes songs that have a strong RnB and soul feel to them. They have strong melodies and driving rhythms. A couple of videos for the songs are below as is a link to download the album.
Party Time: Despite reminding me a little of Daniel Beddingfield's "Gotta get through this" Party time is a great pop song with a solid grove.
流轉 liú zhuǎn Flow / Turn
In addition to her status in the Mandarin music market, Lee's English-language performance has also received recognition. Her love song "Before I Fall In Love" was included in the soundtrack of the movie Runaway Bride. And "Do You Want my Love?" has also been released making headway in American and the UK Music market.
Do You Want My Love?
Album: East to West Release Date: 18th August 2009
Tracklist:
01 美麗的主題曲 (Beautiful Theme Song) 02 Party Time 03 流轉 (Circulation) 04 愛要現在 (Love Right Now) 05 BYOB 06 影子 (Shadow) 07 Ready Or Not 08 我愛看電影 (I Love Going To The Movies) 09 三角心 (Three Hearts) 10 既然愛了 (Already Loved) 11 東西 (East And West)
Download East to West free (as always if you are the content owner email me and I will remove this link)