Final Exam Prep Flashcards
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Anticipating the Spring Breeze
- Sung by Feng Feifei
- One of the first Taiwanese pop songs recorded and published in Taiwan
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Flowers in the Rainy Night
- Music by Deng Yuxian
- HOKLO lyrics by Zhou Tianwang
What song is this? Tell me about it (give it a second to start playing)
- Hometown at Dusk
- Hoklo lyrics by Wen Xia
- Set to a Japanese melody
- Sung by Wen Xia
What song is this? Tell me about it
- The Moonlight Reveals my Heart
- Sung in Mandarin by Teresa Teng
- Released in 1977
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Heirs of the Dragon
- Music and Mandarin lyrics by Hou Dejian
- Sung by Li Jianfu
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Beautiful Formosa
- Sung by Hu Degu (aka Kimbo)
- Composed by Li Shuang-tse
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Democracy A-Tsao
- Performed by the Black List Workshop
- Sung in Taiwanese
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Bad Boy
- Sung in Mandarin by Zhang Huimei (A-mei)
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Lonely Tree, Lonely Bird
- Performed by Wu Bai and China Blue
- Sung in Hoklo
What song is this? Tell me about it
- “Takao”
- Chthonic
- Metal
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Mazinger Z
- Assassin
- Metal
What song is this? Tell me about it
- I Love Taiwan Girls
(real) - by MC Hotdog and Chang Chen-yue
- Hip Hop
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Korean Wave Invasion
- By MC Hotdog , Dwagie, MC 168
- Hip Hop
What song is this? Tell me about it
- Change Taiwan
- By Dwagie
- Hip Hop
What are the characteristics of Taiwan’s pop music scene?
- American and Japanese Influences (Japanese colonialism and American militarism)
- A coexistence of Hoklo and Mandarin songs
- Significant emphasis on love songs (partly self-censorship)
- Increasing number of songs with social and political messages after martial law was lifted
- Since the mid 1900s, significant increase in Taiwanese Indigenous music and musicians
When was martial law lifted in Taiwan? What influence does it have on its pop music ?
1987; increasing number of social and political messages in songs
When was the first recording company in Taiwan established? What is the most representative song from them?
1933; “Anticipating the Spring Wind” by Deng Yuxian (music) and Li Lingqiu (lyrics)
What is “Flowers in the Rainy Night” about?
A tragic story of a young woman who’s forced to work in a tea house, thus ruining her reputation and future
What popular song was made into a Japanese patriotic theme during ww2?
“A Flower in the Rainy Night”
Key Events for the following dates:
1. 1936-38
2. 1945
3. 1949
4. 1950s
- 1936-38: early zenith of popular music in Taiwan, but Taiwanese songs were banned b/c of Japan
- 1945: departure of Japanese colonial govn’t -> Taiwanese music regained some vitality (among other things)
- 1949: Nationalist gov’t banned Japanese music and unofficially suppressed Taiwanese songs (“too depressing”)
- 1950s: became common for Japanese songs to be sung in Hoklo
What is the significance of “Hometown at dusk” ?
Meaningful to Taiwanese people that were blacklisted by the Nationalist govn’t and forced to live abroad to avoid being imprisoned (until sedition laws were repealed)
What and when are the periods of Taiwanese pop songs?
- “Shanghai Period” before 1949
- “Hong Kong Period from 1949-1970
What is the relationship between American and Taiwanese music?
Association that Western/American music is “better” than Taiwanese music -> degredation of Taiwan’s popular music as vulgar
Give me the rundown on “Campus Folk Songs”
- 1971, ROC replaces the PRC
- late 1970s is a turning point, Taiwan’s college students boycotted Western pop music
- “Sing Our Own Songs” slogan
- wanted to “release” Taiwan music from the shadow of American music
- escape commercialization
- strong political consciousness
are you smart and capable? (sorry it’s cheesy, sue me)
no. (i’m lying, you are)
What is the Musha Incident?
The last major uprising against colonial Japanese rule
Who is Freddy Lim and what stance does he take?
Main dude for chthoniC; nonpolitical (except for UNlimited Taiwan)
