As the applause sounds - Feng Fei Fei

[soundofwonder]

This song never fails to make me cry whenever I hear it. Aunt says Feng Fei Fei doesn't express as much emotions as Teresa Teng but that's just like, her opinion, man.

A quick translation of the lyrics:


孤獨站在這舞台　
Standing alone on this stage
聽到掌聲響起來
Upon hearing the applause
我的心中有無限感慨
My heart is deeply moved
多少青春不再
How much youth has been lost　
多少情懷已更改
How many feelings have changed
我還擁有你的愛
Yet I still have your love
想起初次的舞台
Thinking about the first time on the stage
聽到第一聲喝采
Hearing the first cheers
我的眼淚忍不住掉下來
My tears couldn't help but fall
經過多少失敗
After how many failures
經過多少等待
After how much waiting
告訴自己要忍耐
Telling myself to endure
掌聲響起來
As the applause sounds
我心更明白
My heart understands even more
你的愛將與我同在
Your love stays with me
掌聲響起來　
As the applause sounds
我心更明白
My heart understands even more
歌聲交會你我的愛
The singing combines your love and mine
經過多少次舞台
After how many performances(lit. stages)
聽到多少聲喝采
Hearing how many cheers
我的眼淚還是會掉下來
My tears still fall
經過多少失敗
After how many failures
經過多少等待
After how much waiting
告訴自己要忍耐
Telling myself to endure
我用誠意換你的愛
I used sincerity to exchange for your love



Also, after a day of listening to old chinese music, it makes me wonder whether if modern singers (western singers in particular) receive the training that the classic chinese singers do? If not, I suspect that's why there's a recent trend of singers having to undergo surgery for vocal nodules. IIRC the chinese singers of the olden days are trained to sing from their diaphragm, and they do talk about it (and the vibrato) on shows and stuff.

Also don't watch singing competitions much, but the impression I have is that chinese singing competitons/shows tend to focus on the technical aspects more - if only I had a dollar every time a judge said that the contestant didn't enunciate properly....

Comments

[brithistorian]

That's a beautiful song! Thanks for sharing.

I think you might be onto something with the theory about how singers injure their throats. On the other hand, I used to read Opera News and opera singers, who you'd expect to be some of the most highly trained, were having the same sort of injuries. (I think a big part of the problem with opera singers is that were's asking them to sing in larger buildings and over the volume of a larger orchestra than the human voice is built to handle, but that doesn't explain pop singers, where you've got amplification to take care of that part of it.) And I'm just rambling now, so I'm going to stop. Have a happy new year!

[soundofwonder]

Yeah, this recent trend of vocal problems kind of puzzle me because it's not heard about previously?

I wonder if it's due to a change in the environments they have to sing in AND singing techniques...The frequency of singing live may factor in too? Or perhaps it's just not reported in the past 🤔


Happy New Year to you too!

[brithistorian]

Or perhaps it's just not reported in the past 🤔

That's also a distinct possibility.