{"id":1443,"date":"2021-12-16T15:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:38:38","slug":"throwback-mandopop-song-recs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2021\/12\/16\/throwback-mandopop-song-recs\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback: Mandopop Song Recs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Growing up, my parents would always play music on long roadtrips. It\u2019s been almost a decade, but we still have the many of the same CDs, and the CD player in the car works just the same. The CD I have the most vivid memories of was the one with a strange medley of miscellaneous songs and artists: Michael Jackson, Jay Chou, Spice Girls, some opera, unknown voices, and 99 piano pieces. One artist that especially caught my ear was a Taiwanese singer-songwriter named Qi Qin (\u9f4a\u79e6). Apparently, my parents had listened to his songs in their youth in the 80s, and can still sing along to some of the lyrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs and music that can be enjoyed by different generations at a different point in time are always special\u2014 I was surprised by how much I enjoyed listening to Qi Qin\u2019s songs. His songs have a timeless quality, and I think, are perfect for karaoke. Here are a few of my favorites from the CD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u5927\u7d04\u5728\u51ac\u5b63 (D\u00e0yu\u0113 z\u00e0i d\u014dngj\u00ec) \/ It&#8217;s about in Winter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u9f4a\u79e6 - \u5927\u7d04\u5728\u51ac\u5b63 \/ It&#039;s about in Winter (by Chyi Chin)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MF_UoUW_Tns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/d%C3%A0yu%C4%93-z%C3%A0i-d%C5%8Dngj%C3%AC-%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%A6%E5%9C%A8%E5%86%AC%E5%AD%A3-probably-winter.html#songtranslation\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/d%C3%A0yu%C4%93-z%C3%A0i-d%C5%8Dngj%C3%AC-%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%A6%E5%9C%A8%E5%86%AC%E5%AD%A3-probably-winter.html#songtranslation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translated lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u61f8\u5d16 (Xu\u00e1n y\u00e1) \/ Cliff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u61f8\u5d16\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ZpSE70K1zc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/%E6%87%B8%E5%B4%96-cliff.html#songtranslation\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/%E6%87%B8%E5%B4%96-cliff.html#songtranslation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translated lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u9019\u4e00\u6b21\u6211\u7d55\u4e0d\u653e\u624b (Zh\u00e8 y\u012bc\u00ec w\u01d2 ju\u00e9 b\u00f9 f\u00e0ng sh\u01d2u) \/ This Time I Definitely Won\u2019t Let Go<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u8fd9\u4e00\u6b21\u6211\u7edd\u4e0d\u653e\u624b \u9f50\u79e6 (\u6b4c\u8bcd\u7248)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnbrmBYDSY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/%E9%80%99%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E6%88%91%E7%B5%95%E4%B8%8D%E6%94%BE%E6%89%8B-time-i-definitely-wont-let-go.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translated lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u5916\u9762\u7684\u4e16\u754c (W\u00e0imi\u00e0n de sh\u00ecji\u00e8) \/ The Outside World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u9f4a\u79e6 - \u5916\u9762\u7684\u4e16\u754c \/ The Outside World (by Chyi Chin)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_ARPAl2fwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/%E5%A4%96%E9%9D%A2%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-world-outside.html#songtranslation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Translated lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope any readers enjoy these songs as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, my parents would always play music on long roadtrips. It\u2019s been almost a decade, but we still have the many of the same CDs, and the CD player in the car works just the same. The CD I have the most vivid memories of was the one with a strange medley of miscellaneous &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2021\/12\/16\/throwback-mandopop-song-recs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Throwback: Mandopop Song Recs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,89],"tags":[159,104],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-music","tag-chinese","tag-recommendation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}