It's unusual for an artist to sing in a second language perfectly without hints of an accent. Utada Hikaru can do this fairly well, but Angela Zhang surprised me a few months ago when I found she can do it even better. I decided to share her song "Journey" which is sung in English. She sounds remarkably like Alanis Morissette, for those who are familiar with that American artist.
I included a Chinese song so that her Chinese voice can be heard.
Let me know what you all think...
And whether or not you think she sounds like Alanis Morissette.
7 comments:
Her English song is very beautifully sung... there really is no detectable accent. She sounds kind of like Morissette, except her voice is a bit softer and gentler. Maybe it's just that song, though. Her Chinese voice, on the other hand, isn't all that great. She has an accent that makes the words difficult to understand.
Midnight had it dead on. However, Midnight, it does raise one question: You've mentioned that many Chinese singers seem to have a "difficult-to-understand" accent. Stupid question, but is it possible that the Chinese your family uses is heavily accented, rather than the other way around?
yay upppy :D
Actually, many Chinese-speaking people complain about how difficult her voice is to understand. Of course I wouldn't know myself.
Well... no, actually. The Chinese that my family speaks is called "pu tong hua" which translates to standard language. Of course, people who speak a different dialect would probably find it difficult to understand what we say, but technically speaking, our form of Mandarin is the standard.
I'm thinking of taking Chinese next semester. Not sure.
I thought you're taking Korean for both semesters..
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