Haiku's Music of Asia Archival Adventures (1980-2004) October 24 @13:30 BST

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Song 2: Jeanette Wang - Taipei's Sky (1985 Taiwan)
Jeanette is a massive starlet of Chinese classical pop. This song is about a lovehurt woman yearning for her lover, viewing the eponymous Taiwan sky to remind herself of him.

 

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Something a bit more out of the box next.

 

[Diddy]

Love that old romantic @Haiku put this in. I'd be too scared that half my audience would flee at the sight of a ballad / non-banger

 

[COB]

Well I'm getting an ad between every song so far

 

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hope this one doesn't scare off audiences.

 

[COB]

This is EVERYTHING already!

 

[Diddy]

There actually IS something a bit Natalie Imbruglia about this if she had jumped on the Indian influence of the late 90s too, anyway

 

[COB]

This is extremely reductive () but I'm getting Madonna Ray of Light era vibes, not that I can remember the specific song I'm reminded of.

 

[COB]

Is it 'Swim' I'm thinking of?

 

[Diddy]

hope this one doesn't scare off audiences.

I've watched over 10 ASFMs, I think I've got a pretty strong stomach now

This sort of reminds me of a more chart-friendly 90s version of that Kazakh girlband @COB found

 

[COB]

I've watched over 10 ASFMs, I think I've got a pretty strong stomach now

This sort of reminds me of a more chart-friendly 90s version of that Kazakh girlband @COB found

Kesh You? OMG yes

 

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Song 3: Stefanie Sun - Shen Qi (Magical) (2003 Singapore)
Born in Singapore, Stefanie is well known for experimenting with different styles of music and drawing upon musical influence of other countries. Shen Qi is no exception.

 

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Also Kesh You <333333

 

[Diddy]

I wouldn't kick this out of bed - very EVOCATIVE and well at least China has a border with India

 

[RJN]

Yeah this is something different... maybe less so for me but not bad

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Up next, another Chinese weepy diva love ballad.

This one is from the 90s though!

 

[COB]

China is so big it actually has a border with every country in the world, imo.

 

[Diddy]

Oh she's from Singapore! well still it's good.

Do I smell a 90s Disney Ballad? LOVE whatever instrument that is, I don't know the name. Like they use on Colours of the Wind

 

[RJN]

Oh she's from Singapore! well still it's good.

Do I smell a 90s Disney Ballad? LOVE whatever instrument that is, I don't know the name. Like they use on Colours of the Wind

piano by way of computer effects?

 

[COB]

I might just be in a funny mood today but these ballads are actually quite affecting to me Probably helps that the giraffe isn't around to pour cold water around the place

 

[Diddy]

@Haiku you are quite young aren't you? So how have you totally sunk my battleship with these genre picks? 80s sentimental, 90s ballad gloop and indie-lite pop, and 00s summer bopz?!

 

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Song 4: Winnie Hsin - Scent (1994 Taiwan/China)
Very Disney-ish and a-dozen-by-the-dime ballad, I know but there is something I find magical about this one. Winnie Hsin is a professionally trained Soprano singer and has a career that now spands 35 years.

 

[COB]

Just remembered CoCo Lee's A Love Before Time from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, that always made me cry when I listened to it

 

[Diddy]

OMG is she drowning herself? AND stretching out the elastic by balling her socks? don't do it! on both counts!

 

[Diddy]

Just remembered CoCo Lee's A Love Before Time from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, that always made me cry when I listened to it

I need to dig that out, never heard of it knowingly (thought I've seen the movie)

I guess that's not Coco from Fragma?

 

[COB]

FAG ENDS

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

@Haiku you are quite young aren't you? So how have you totally sunk my battleship with these genre picks? 80s sentimental, 90s ballad gloop and indie-lite pop, and 00s summer bopz?!

I've always been soft for older music, I think it's just what I grew up around with has stuck.

 

[COB]

I need to dig that out, never heard of it knowingly (thought I've seen the movie)

I guess that's not Coco from Fragma?

Not her, no - though could you imagine

 

[Diddy]

Really thought she was flushing the toilet

Oh now I'm getting Chinese adverts now makes a change from that bloody Japanese real-estate one I get more than half the time

 

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Up next one of China's biggest divas

More well-known for her ballads but I already had two so here's one of her pop tracks instead!

 

[COB]

Really thought she was flushing the toilet

Oh now I'm getting Chinese adverts now makes a change from that bloody Japanese real-estate one I get more than half the time

I got ads for a skin cream containing MANDARIN orange - they know

 

[COB]

VERY YES to this

 

[RJN]

The late 90s At least I think

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Just remembered CoCo Lee's A Love Before Time from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, that always made me cry when I listened to it

I very nearly added A Love Before Time (just decided to go for something less known). <333 Always makes me sentimental too

 

[Diddy]

Up next one of China's biggest divas

More well-known for her ballads but I already had two so here's one of her pop tracks instead!

Excited to see all this Kanji too, is this called Sister? Like all great songs

 

[Diddy]

After rinsing out Sanomi in the ESC rate this morning, now this lot!

Mother, I'm having a 90s vaguely ethnic relapse

 

[COB]

Can't believe China was casually popping out classics like this, and what did we have at the time? Louise.

 

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Song 5: A-Mei - Zǐmèi (Sister) (1995 China)
A lovely little cute early slice of pop song with a hint of female empowerment!

 

[Diddy]

If you'd told me that an English version of this was recorded by basically ANY big female artist in 1993, I'd believe you
LOVE

 

[COB]

BABY Oh yeah