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Grace Chang sings CarmenPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 14, 2009 5:03 PM
The inimitable Shanghai born Hong Kong singer and actress Grace Chang (aka Ge Lan 葛兰) performs a really saucy Mandarin version of the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen. |
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Comments on Grace Chang sings Carmen
there's a good deal more of her stuff on youtube.
the finer performances include this, this and this.
来自电影《野玫瑰之恋》(1960年),王晶他爸王天林导演的
she's hot & talented! the movies got famous pretty much because of her & the songs she sang. grace chang this name means "fun & good stuff", that's what matters.
Danwei presents: Spelunker saucily singing politically incorrect Carmen in Mandarin!
六四不过是一种普通的日子 一点也不希奇
民主不过是一件消谴的东西 有什么了不起
LLLLL六四不过是一种普通的日子 一点也不希奇
Mmmmm民主不过是一件消谴的东西 有什么了不起
什么叫和 什么叫谐 民主像尿老百姓都要憋
什么叫喋 什么叫血 六四简直是朱莉生日节*
喳喳查!
是党员我都喜欢不管贪腐和高低
喳喳查!
是党性我都抛奔不怕你再有道理
LLLLL六四不过是一种普通的日子 一点也不希奇
Mmmmm民主不过是一件消谴的东西 有什么了不起
你要是爱上自由,你就自己跳国籍!
我要是唉声叹气,你就死在我手里!
* 朱莉 (Angelina Jolie)
The theme song from Ye Meigui still rocks on classic radio (just like her Carmen, not Spelunker's version.) Ge Lan was the Gong Li of her day, playing freespirited women - sometimes tart with the golden heart - when suffering saints and demure damsels were still the offer.
Her other ouevre was Star, Moon & Sun, abt 3 women in the auxilliary forces of the Resisting Japan War. To my lao ma, those roles epitomised the sacrifice of women in the epic struggle to save China. Both movies were by Cathay Organisation, owned by the Malayan magnate Loke Wan Tho.
The SMSun title is said to riff on the trinity of the republican flag: qing tian, bai yun, man di hong - bright skies, white cloud, bountiful land.