涟漪 10/23/23: My Favorite Chinese Album
Do you have an album that you love so much, but you rarely listen to because you know you’ll end up listening to the whole thing? That’s how I feel about Li Jian’s self titled 6th album from 2015. The songs in this album don’t have official translations, but here are the unofficial translations of the songs I played on air this week:
1: Searching Deep Seas
2: Beautiful As the Dawn
3: Before Sunset
4: Boat on the Ocean
5: First Sun After Rain
6: Secret Essences
7: Fog
8: Windy Dusk
9: Disappearing Moonlight
10: The Classic (a cover)
《深海之寻》
《美若黎明》
《日落之前》
《沧海轻舟》
《雨后初晴》
《众妙》
《迷雾》
《风吹黄昏》
《消失的月光》
《假如爱有天意》
涟漪 10/2/2023: Abolish Boring Ballads
Today I’ve got some fresh tracks to spice up your listening! This is the first of a new series I’m doing called Abolish Boring Ballads, where I share Chinese language tracks that aren’t the boring ballads that tend to rise to the top of the charts. As usual, an asterisk denotes an unofficial English translation.
“Stillness” by Naiwen Yang, SILENCE
“i wanna tell u” by Lexie Liu, The Happy Star
“Moonlight – Single Version” by I’mdifficult, Moonlight
“King of the Universe”* by RubberBand, King of the Universe*
“Lightly” by Eason Chan, Lightly
“Getting Warmer” by TNT, Getting Warmer
“In Your Rice Shop — Live” by Zhang Weiwei and Xiao He, Folk 2022 Episode 1
“Want to Go to the Beach”* by Summer Invasion Program*, Want to Go to the Beach*
“No One Cares About What You Care About”* by Then I Understand What You Mean*, No One Cares About What You Care About”*
“Three Kingdom Love” by TANK, Fighting !
”Accidentally in Love” by Sweet John ft. Waa Wei, In Mind
“Bungee Love” by Panther Chan, Bungee Love
“静止“ 杨乃文，《SILENCE》
”i wanna tell u” 刘柏辛, 《The Happy Star》
“Moonlight” 我是机车少女，《Moonlight》
”宇宙之王“ RubberBand, 《宇宙之王》
“尘大师” 陈奕迅，《尘大师》
“渐暖” 时代少年团，《渐暖》
“米店 – 现场” 张玮玮 和 小河，《我们民谣2022第一集》
“想去海边” 夏日入侵企画，《想去海边》
“没有人在乎你在乎的事” 那我懂你的意思了，《没有人在乎你在乎的事》
”三国恋“ 吕建忠，《Fighting！生存之道》
”不小心爱上你“ Sweet John ft. 魏如萱（xuan)，《In Mind》
”伸缩自如的爱“ 陈蕾，《伸缩自如的爱》
涟漪 9/18/2023: Autumn Stories by Sodagreen
Today we listened to the concept album Autumn: Stories by Sodagreen! Here’s the tracklist:
The Story
Starting with a Fallen Leaf
1
When I’m Alone
I Miss You So
11
Idle Wings
Sunny Everyday
111
After Saying Goodbye
Met Again
1111
The Gleaners
The Last One Who Live in Your Heart
Little Star
故事
从一片落叶开始
一
独处的时候
我好想你
一一
偷闲的翅膀
天天晴朗
一一一
说了再见以后
再遇见
一一一一
拾穗
你心里最后一个
小星星
涟漪 9/11/2023: A-mei
Tonight we celebrate the music of Cpop diva A-mei, Kulilay Amit. Her career spans over 3 decades of amazing. Here are just 11 that we played tonight. Note that * denotes an unofficial English translation.
“Turns Out You Don’t Want Anything”*, Sisters
“Listen to the Sea”, Bad Boy
“As Early as Possible”, Regardless
“Remember”, Truth
“Together with My Crazy”, Fever
“Love Song of Nalu Bay”, Peut Etre Demain
“Get Right to the Point*”, A-Mit
“Bold for My Love”, A-Mit
“Rainbow”, A-Mit
“Matriarchy”, AMIT2
“Catfight” feat. LaLa Hsu and Eve Ai, Story Thief
《原来你什么都不想要》，《姊妹》专辑
《听海》，《Bad Boy》专辑
《趁早》，《不顾一切》专辑
《记得》，《真实》专辑
《跟我一起疯》，《发烧》专辑
《娜鲁湾情歌》，《阿密特》专辑
《开门见山》，《阿密特》专辑
《好胆你就来》，《阿密特》专辑
《彩虹》，《阿密特》专辑
《母系社会》，《AMIT2》专辑
《傲娇》，《偷故事的人》专辑 (feat. 徐佳莹，艾怡良)
涟漪 8/28/2023: Y2K Taiwan Pop
I’m so happy to be back for fall! And this upbeat attitude has reminded me of the slick, clean, cheery vibes of Y2K Mandopop. In this era, artists from Taiwan had a huge wave of popularity, bringing in more Western influences into the genre. In fact, every artist in this show is from Taiwan, or in the case of Singaporeans JJ Lin and Stefanie Sun, started their careers there. Here’s the playlist for this week’s show! Note that * denotes an unofficial English translation.
“Take it Easy” by Jolin Tsai, Lucky Number
“Simple Love” by Jay Chou, Fantasy
“River South” by JJ Lin, Second Heaven
“Love You” by Cyndi Wang, Cyndi Loves You
“Our Love” by F.I.R., F.I.R.
“Stubborn” by Mayday, God’s Children are All Dancing/Falling Angels with a Flying Soul
“First Day” by Stefanie Sun, A Perfect Day
“Rain Love” by Rainie Yang, Rainie & Love…?
“Tropical Rainforest” by S.H.E, Youth Society (lyrics by Fang Wenshan, music by Jay Chou)
“Dear, That Isn’t Love”* by Angela Chang, Ang5.0 (lyrics by Fang Wenshan, music by Jay Chou)
《Take it Easy》蔡依林，《Lucky Number》
《简单爱》周杰伦，《范特西》
《江南》林俊杰，《第二天堂》
《爱你》王心凌，《爱你》
《我们的爱》F.I.R., 《飞儿乐团》
《倔强》五月天，《神的孩子都在跳舞》
《第一天》孙燕姿，《完美的一天》
《雨爱》杨丞琳，《Rainie & Love…? 雨爱》
《热带雨林》S.H.E, 《青春株式会社》
《亲爱的那不是爱情》张韶涵，《Ang.5.0》
