Good chinese pop/alternative artists?

[Wheatmaster]

i want to get back to my roots and try listen to some chinese music. anyone know any good chinese pop and/or alternative artists they can recommend?

 

[Mo0o]

Jay Chow. But it realy depends on your definition of "good" and "chinese"

 

[HamSupLo]

chinese pop is garbage.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Jay Chow. But it realy depends on your definition of "good" and "chinese"

cannot agree anymore.

or some old school Jackie Cheung.

 

[Maximus96]

beyond

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Jay Chow. But it realy depends on your definition of "good" and "chinese"

cannot agree anymore.

or some old school Jackie Cheung.

isn't jay chow more rap? and i prefer cantonese, but some mandarin can't be bad also

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

This is true, if you ever watch their music video channel (for instance, in the wee hours of the morning as you wait for sleep to take you at a hotel), you will find that it is almost all bad stereotypical soft rock pop music.

Its ridiculous, its so absolutely horrible I don't think I've seen anything quite so funny in a while.

 

[andylawcc]

Jay Chou is not really rap, only a few tracks are "rap-like." The rest are more R&B / Pop like (cool beats and some dj skretching)


if you want Cantonese, do you want old school stuff or new stuff?

I completely lost track of the most current stuff (since there's always a new pop star every month to replace the older one). But the most "enduring" stars nowadays in HK are Joey Yung, Eason Chan and Twinz. I always like Nicholas Tse but he seems to fall off the charts. I also like Leo Ku, Andy Hui, Candy Lo.

old school stars are like Andy Lau, Jackie, Wong Kit (my favorite), and as mention Beyond.

for REAL old school you can look for Anita Mui, Sam Hui, and Tang Lei Kwan

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

nice nickname

and yes, majority of HK-pop is crap, but hey, some of those crap sounds good to me.

 

[newbiepcuser]

HK pop isn't geared towards ABCers. It actually sells well in Asia, etc. Yeah, some of the video are corny as hell and costumes are cheesey as hell.

You might want check out Faye Wong. Her stuff is usually pretty good.

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

nice nickname

and yes, majority of HK-pop is crap, but hey, some of those crap sounds good to me.

HAHA i just realized that.

what music is more geared toward abc?

 

[Koing]

Another vote for Jay Chou

Koing

 

[maddogchen]

Jolin!!! SHE's soooooooooooooooooooooo cute in her music videos. Don't know what she's saying, but who cares!

 

[duke]

Faye, Beyond, Jacky, and Andy are my fayevorite.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

nice nickname

and yes, majority of HK-pop is crap, but hey, some of those crap sounds good to me.

HAHA i just realized that.

what music is more geared toward abc?

nothing says ABC more than Coco Lee.


anyways, I can't think of any group/singer that's geared towards ABC? I mean, they sing with an accent?

ohh... in the case, Edison Chan is your choice than. his songs kinda suck though.

 

[cchen]

i LOVE stefanie sun

 

[dc]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

nice nickname

and yes, majority of HK-pop is crap, but hey, some of those crap sounds good to me.

haha, didn't notice his nick. hkpop hurts my head, i don't even know why i have a bunch of it on my computer. i never listen to it. lol.

 

[FuZoR]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
chinese pop is garbage.

rotflmao at your nick

i don't understand chinese music but from what my parents/cousins listen to.. they suck!

 

[simms]

I like Jay stuff.. I have a few of his music vids, they're pretty good.

Although I don't like the fact that most HK/Chinese songs are about like heartache and break up... where's a plain romantic song when you need it???

 

[HamSupLo]

what's up with all the chinese boy bands? like Energy, F4, ......

 

[aolj]

I like a few of them myself.

Jacky Cheung, Faye Wong, Andy Lau, Beyond, Aaron Kwok(not so good), Sammy Cheng. There are a few more, can't recall the names. Kelly Chen or something.

 

[imported_vr6]

Eason chan and Jay Chou. Everything else = teh suck.

 

[Rumpltzer]

I'll throw a vote in for Stefanie Sun and add Penny Dai

 

[EvilYoda]

The usual Jay Chou, Andy Lau...I don't believe that no one's mentioned David Tao yet. And then speaking of Mr. Tao, a group that he produces, called "Tension".

I have a lot more music at home, but can't remember the full names right now...really depends on if you're looking for the usual pop stuff, or more downtempo stuff, or whatever.

Just look at the top 10 lists at yesasia.com