Nathan Mao Posted June 5, 2014 at 10:24 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 at 10:24 PM I can't believe I forgot to mention this before now. YouTube! Here's a famous song, also easy to understand: http://youtu.be/8sH1O2437w4 This one includes pinyin, and there are links to other songs with pinyin in the right column. Here's another one of my favorite artists. The pronunciation is clear on this one, but the grammar is a little complex in the chorus... http://youtu.be/JZu6NkCx364 Two more of her songs, but the characters are extremely small in both. Recommend finding the lyrics elsewhere, and reading as you listen. http://youtu.be/-cRvMnaQe2I http://youtu.be/ddM7sgOW3Ao Follow links to other songs. You will find songs and artists you like, and those you don't like. Stick with the ones you really like, and you get language practice without feeling like work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouwei Posted June 6, 2014 at 08:16 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 08:16 AM i put some Chinese songs with pinyin and story of them ,if you like,contact me ,i can send to you.I made it because some foreigners asked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 6, 2014 at 08:19 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 08:19 AM Perhaps you can post them here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouwei Posted June 6, 2014 at 09:08 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 09:08 AM i have a try .but that is in ppt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 6, 2014 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 09:31 AM ppt files should be ok, maybe it's too large? If you want to make it available you can email it to me (admin@chinese-forums.com) and I'll upload it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenth Posted June 6, 2014 at 11:54 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 11:54 AM if you can recommend me the Chinese Nick Cave or Johnny Cash, I'd be forever grateful! But I guess that would be a different topic. I don't know about a Nick Cave equivalent, but if you're interested in good indie rock, you could try Carsick Cars. One of their best songs is here; listening to it now is kind of timely. You could also try PK14, starting with 他们 or 暴风的中心 (right now, I can only find extremely thrashy live versions on Youtube, but I'm sure they have a good studio version too). And, of course, there's 二手玫瑰 - now that I think of it, they are probably closer to the likes of Nick Cave. Try 火车快开 for a start. Excellent stuff IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben von Zwack Posted June 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM I'm already a big fan of all these bands you mention, but thanks, Laurenth! The video to 他们 is too funny. A pity there only seem to be this Low-Res version circling around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 6, 2014 at 12:54 PM Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 at 12:54 PM Ok, the ppt file was .pptx, so it wasn't recognized. Zhouwei, I'm attaching the ppt and doc - I'm not uploading the videos, they should be easy to find online. 康定情歌 kang 1 ding 4 qing 2 ge 1.doc 遇上你是我的缘.pptx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechuan Posted June 7, 2014 at 06:33 AM Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 at 06:33 AM This is one of my favorites. It's not about love, is quite simple, and has useful language: http://ktvxiaojie.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/%E6%97%A9%E5%AE%89%EF%BC%8C%E6%99%A8%E4%B9%8B%E7%BE%8E-zao-an-chen-zhi-mei-by-%E7%9B%A7%E5%BB%A3%E4%BB%B2-lu-guang-zhongcrowd-lu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenth Posted June 18, 2014 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 at 03:43 PM Ruben, I just discovered this gem (thanks to Olle's new "Resources") . Check it: wonderful wacky song with the transcript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie1989 Posted June 18, 2014 at 11:42 PM Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 at 11:42 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQW-H1gLWo This helped me when i first started learnign, might be useful to you too. Nice song, little mushy, but very easy to understand. Don't know if you're learning Traditional or Simplified though? This is a Taiwanese band so the lyrics are Traditional but it didn't get in the way of me learning simplified. Nevermind, i found simplified lyrics too: http://studymorechinese.com/video/matzka-q-ngr-n-de-y-nl-i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted June 19, 2014 at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 at 02:14 PM If you like learning songs you're gonna have to deal with traditional characters eventually, they're on all the karaoke machines! I often half-joke that all my knowledge of traditional characters comes from two sources: KTV, and 蜡笔小新. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBird Posted December 7, 2014 at 12:26 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 at 12:26 AM A website I havn't seen mentionned yet, which I think is worth looking at: http://www.singchinesesongs.com/ratings.php It features a few hundred songs sorted by difficulty level and lyrics in simplified characters are provided. There is also pinyin that is displayed in the player while the song is being played. From the few easy one I checked so far, the singers are famous artists and the lyrics are pretty clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lee Posted April 21, 2015 at 12:01 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 12:01 PM Guang Liang - "Tong Hua" Rainie Yang - "Ai Mei" Jay Chou - "Shuo Le Zai Jian (Ocean's Heaven)" Harlem Yu - "Qing Fei De Yi" Wang Lee Hom - "Duo De Shi Ni Bu Zhi Dao De Shi" ... Check them out on Youtube.com... You can type the pinyin if you want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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