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Music matters too.
By Cindy Carter, published November 24, 2:24p.m.
Literature matters; music matters, too.
Here are some of the best Chinese videos and concert performances I've seen.
Artist: PK 14
hysterical video that knows how to take the piss and employ stock footage
Artist: Second Hand Rose
amazing performance by China's best drag band - Beijing CD Cafe Club 2003
Artist: Second Hand Rose
in the mean streets (hutongs?) of Beijing, sometimes you just can't win
Artist: SUBS / Brain Failure
SUBS and Brain Failure at MIDI
MIDI music festival interview with SUBS,
live concert performances by SUBS and Brain Failure
Artist: Su Yang
live performance of gorgeous song
(there's an animated video too, but it lacks the appropriate pathos)
Artist: XTX and Cold Blooded Animal
Song: Who was it who brought me here?
Yunnan Snow Mountain Music Festival performance with gu zheng and ginormous kick-ass fog machines (in those misty mountain climes, fog machines seem a bit redundant, don't they?)
Artist: XTX
Songs: Living Underground and Circling Sun
live concert footage from Xiao Suo's memorial
Comments
Since you mentioned in a comment that you wished YouTube had subtitling, there is this website that allows you to do that:
http://subtitle.in
Never tried it though.
Thanks for the XTX stuff!
davesgonechina, November 25, 9:47p.m.
Thanks for the link. There's another site (http://dotsub.com) that seems quite good, but I haven't managed to upload anything yet.
Please let me know if you see any interesting Chinese music videos uploaded to these sites, I'd love to subtitle more.
Btw, you're not Texas Dave, Dave o' the Dell, formerly Chineserock.com Dave, are you? Just wondering.
Cindy Carter, November 26, 11:43a.m.
Cindy -- no; he's Dave of the erstwhile 'Musings Under the Tenement Palm.'
Brendan, November 29, 12:08p.m.
Hey Cindy! We're pepped you found our video. Happy to say Dave actually shot the whole shebang, sans stock footage : ) See us soon I hope...
Schweedish Jonney, November 30, 2:04a.m.