Hello Alberto Serdar Hani Ed and other curious cats,old or new, Serdar, Here's the metacafe link of the Taiwanese song,'the Lonely Bird in the Tree' for those who can't have access to you tube links: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-rLxXJ-KIh7I/wu_bai_shu_zhi_gu_niao_live/
Alberto, Oh my gosh,I just watched POOH on RTL 102.5! That was my very first contact of Italian music about 20 years ago!LOL Well,he began to sing about where his love went missing... Why did he have to wait for his love impatiently? And it went on as how he could live without his woman. So he compared himself to 'the lonely bird in the tree.'LOL Wu Bai has been popular for about 2 decades already. Thank God,he is still around in the extremely commercialized music industry of Taiwan!:) Hani and Ed, I listen to all music around the world though I don't understand Portugese,Spanish,African,Arabic,Thai,Korean,Japanese,Italian,Icelandic,Norwegian,Swedish and etc. If I can understand the lyrics,it will definetly help me appreciate their music more. That's very true,but sometimes when you listen to musicians like Gipsy Kings,you will undoubtfully be touched by their heartfelt voices and emotions which is universal as Alberto said. In the music world,all translations can be in vain.It's the heart that rules,not the mind...;) I suppose that's why music can nurture and heal our souls which no other media can! Ed,is that what you tried to explain to Hani earlier?;) Good night,everyone! I'll catch up with the rest of the discussions tomorrow.;) Pauline On Aug 12, 10:24 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hani > > Thats a good question, > > I´m not musician but I think that music is much more that its lyrics, is a > combination of melody, > harmony and maybe other components that make a music pleasant to listen. > > See you > > ed > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 00:20, hani hammadeh <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > I want to talk about music, how do you feel when you listen to music that > > you > > > Don’t ’t understand anything ????!!!!!!LOL > > > Hani > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > > Behalf Of *Serdar Serdaro?lu > > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:50 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [ESL Podcast] Re: Tell a Song from your country > > > hi Pln . > > > I can't open youtube in turkey because it's banned in Turkey :( > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:50 PM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Alberto, > > > Thank you for your prompt reply to my previous message!:) > > > To give you and other curious cats some idea of how Taiwanese music > > sound,I googled music from my island for the very first time!LOL > > > I haven't listened to any of it since I left Taiwan.Can you believe > > it? > > This is the band I used to listen to because Wu Bai and China Blue are > > one of the very first few who began singing proudly in Taiwanese. > > People in Taiwan were banned to use Taiwanese in public,so it was > > impossible to hear this language on TV,radio or on the street. > > It wasn't until about 20 years ago when we were allowed to speak it > > freely... > > > The rock band is very influenced by the western music as you will > > notice. > > I admire them still for their efforts in remaining as local as > > possible though it is a tiny bit!:) > > > Here's the song,the lonely bird in the tree: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxXJ-KIh7I&feature=related > > > By the way,Wu bai means 500 hundred dollars in Chinese. > > The vocalist,Wu bai believed if Taiwanese people wanted his career to > > strive,they shouldn't expect him and his band to perform for free > > outdoors or at the pubs. > > As a result,he charged all concerts 500 New Taiwan dollars for each > > person!LOL > > > Check it out for yourself and tell me what you think of it,will you?:) > > > Good day or good night, > > Pln > > > On Aug 10, 9:53 pm, Dipodidae <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Very nice topic, but how we should choose music? If everybody will > > > post song which is liked him.. It's could be horror. We choose song > > > that present our culture. For me it's a very hard choose. > > > > Thanks, guys for links! > > > -- > > Serdar Serdaroglu- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
