found a song today, loving it and remembered this thread, so here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDdGUuWxXGE
it's by the popular Taiwanese female group S.H.E. (the name is made up of the initials of the members of the group). it is in Taiwanese, is their first Taiwanese-language release and, apparently, is sort of a ground breaking move for the members of the group, who don't speak Taiwanese natively and were tutored through each line of the song (if i'm not mistaken).
the lyrics are sort of a wistful tribute to childhood, tradition and family in rural Taiwan. which is really cool because i love Taiwan (a sentiment admittedly based solely on the four days i was there, all of which were spent in urban Taipei, but still). here are the lyrics, in chinese characters and some sort of romanization, plus english and mandarin translations:
http://bananaxmushroom.blogspot.com/201 ... e-hua.html
For a moment I envisioned something akin to Hammerfall in a Slavic tongue, and then my ears were violated...
, but yes - this is not Russian, the guy is just singing nonce syllables. I thought that video was yesterday's internet meme already?
