#c-indie

task: to form an acronym with your url out of song names

tagged by @seventh-fantasy! thank youuuu ^^ (and i got to know some new songs through you as well! like the douyin song and the thai song).

this is so interesting but my url has so many repeated letters and there are some i seriously can’t think of songs for, so i’m going to be blatantly cheating here D: and I realised I'm just supposed to list the songs but I’m a bit of a 话痨/full of word vomit so please excuse the accidental random self-indulgent rambling ahaha i have lots of feels for songs I like and I actually could go on a lot more lmao :P

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You Yuan Jing Meng (游园惊梦/Dream in the Garden) by 卡奇社/Carrchy: a really lovely fusion of bossa nova and gufeng [the lyrics/title are taken from a famous scene in the Kunqu opera 牡丹亭/The Peony Pavilion]

One Night In Beijing (北京一夜) by 陈升/Chen Sheng & 刘佳慧/Liu Jia Hui: okay I don’t know why it seems like people always sing this as a joke/laugh at this in karaoke  because every part of this song - the beijing opera elements/the lyrics/the Beijingness of it all gives me chills?!

gU Xiang De Yun (故乡的云/The Clouds of My Homeland) by Fei Xiang/费翔: the lyrics of this song always make me want to weep, even if I’ve never experienced leaving my homeland. This cover by Han Hong/韩红 is one of my faves ever)

Tang Yun (唐韵/Music of Tang) by Tan Jing/谭晶: From the Glory of Tang Dynasty OST, love the references to cultural elements in Tang and the imagery and Tan Jing’s voice is exquisiteeee in this :) Huge feels whenever I listen to it

In Christ Alone written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend: Haha a bit of a jump from the rest of the songs but this is one of my favourite hymms/worship songs ever, the Gettys and Townend write really rich lyrics

Ai Lang Man De (爱浪漫的/We Who Love Romance) by 羽泉/Yu Quan: A super early work of soft rock duo Yu Quan. I had a huge admiration for Hu Haiquan a few years back and I especially love his lyrics/poetry from Yuquan’s heyday. He wrote this song when he was 19 and it is relatively simple but I love it so, especially because despite its name suggests, the song is actually written about the time his high school clique of friends whose friendship was purely platonic came to visit and stay over at his university and they stayed up late all night talking about life. “我们都是爱浪漫的人 用片刻的幻想筑起心灵的阁楼 我们是爱上浪漫的好朋友 在年轻的夜里品尝着彼此的拥有” I think of this song every time I have heart-to-heart-talks with my own friends and it fills me with such warmth <3

Over You by Cashew Chemists: home country representation!

Song Lin De Di Yu (松林的低语/Murmurings of the Pine Forest) by 凤飞飞/Fong Fei Fei: my favourite Fong Fei Fei song! so melancholic and full of longing in an understated way

Hua Luo Sui (花落随/Follow the Falling Flowers) by 袁耀发/Yuan Yao Fa: This is my favourite gufeng song of all time haha, it’s not packed to the brim with classical Chinese/poetic/historical references like other songs in the genre but it’s just so soft and tender :)

gU Lou (鼓楼/Drum Tower) by 赵雷/Zhao Lei: Zhao Lei is really good (of C-indie/民谣 genre) and this song really makes me want to go to Beijing

The Flow of Jianghu (江湖流/Jiang Hu Liu) by C-BLOCK & GAI: One of the few rap songs I know and (even with my limited understanding of what constitutes good rap) everything from the lyrics to the beat to the mv is amazing

xI Chuang De Yu (西窗的雨/The Rain of the West Window) by 好妹妹乐队/Good Little Sisters Band - Contrary to their name, HaoMeiMei is a male duo also in the C-indie/民谣 sphere. The two of them really love Chinese oldies and it reflects in a lot of their stylistic choices/cover choices. One of my fave songs from them, which they apparently sent to Tsai Qin because they thought she would be a perfect fit (which I concur, but Qin Hao of the duo has one of my favourite male voices too), but alas nothing came out of it. 

Ai (爱/Love) by 小虎队/The Little Tigers: I had an Alec Su phase a few years back hahahaha (still like him alot). This song is just so wholesome and pure and adorable (and has sign language actions too!!)

hOng Dou Ci 2000 (红豆词2000/Red Bean Song 2000) by 南方二重唱/Southern Duet: Lyrics taken from the famous 红豆词 of Dream of Red Chamber, and melody composed by one of Singapore’s most iconic songwriters 梁文福/Liang Wern Fook whom I loveeee and wish more young people know about his works beyond 细水长流. 南方二重唱 is a female duo that I really like too.

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