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Hey there, my fellow East Asian tunes enthusiasts.
I’ve got these melody fragments stuck in my head from when I was a kid (early 2000s or earlier?), but my memory is fuzzy and I could only salvage part of these songs in terms of partial lyrics or tune sequences or both. I recreated what I could recall using Online Sequencer. If you can help, I would much appreciate it. I can also assist with what I can recall in terms of language and partial lyrics. If you need reference to the era, refer to the songs Too Softhearted by Ritchie Jen and Our Intimate Relationship by Sammi Cheng. My song list doesn’t go any further than the end of 2005. And an extra note of precaution: sometimes these songs use words in at least two different languages. E.G, PreCure the anime sometimes uses Spanish words like “Seniorita” and DECO*27’s Telepathy uses “まじでSTOP 脈ナシハラスメント” = “Seriously, STOP. No chance HARSSMENT.”
Here's what I netted so far in terms of tips from assistance elsewhere (I have to be proactive and use time effectively):
Song 1: (most likely) Mandarin
BPMs: 70BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: female
Words/lyrics recalled: wo sha fay
Additional notes: N/A
Song 2 (SOLVED): (Mandarin or Cantonese)
BPMs: 87BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: male
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: N/A
Title: 戰場上的快樂聖誕 (Wartime Merry Christmas / Merry Christmas on the Battlefield) Artist: Aaron Kwok 郭富城
Song 3: (Mandarin)
BPMs: 87BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: male or a dark-sounding female
Words/lyrics recalled: wo jin nay/fay
Additional notes: You know Roz from Monsters Inc? Although it sounds female, she's actually voiced by a MALE! And in many animes and some west cartoons, the males are voiced by a female. That's what I'm referring to.
Song 4 (SOLVED): (Mandarin)
BPMs: N/A
Vocalist(s) gender: male
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: most likely a hip-hop themed song. I'm no music expert, but this is my best guess on the song's genre.
Title: 舊約 Artist: Leon Lai 黎明
Song 5: (Cantonese)
BPMs: 87BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: female
Words/lyrics recalled: a dark female "yeah" at the end of the song
Additional notes: a squeaky toy us used throughout half the song.
Song 6 (SOLVED): (Cantonese)
BPMs: 87BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: female
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: near the end of the song, the chorus raises a semi tone. Use Crystal Snow by Aqu3ra as a reference on semi tone raise (it raises pitch at 2:57)
Title: 捨不得你 (Can't Let You Go / Shed Not You) Artist: Sammi Cheng 鄭秀文
Song 7: (Mandarin)
BPMs: 70BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: female
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: N/A
Song 8: (Mandarin)
BPMs: 55BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: female
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: N/A
Song 9 (SOLVED): (Cantonese)
BPMs: 90BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: male
Words/lyrics recalled: COME ON!!!!! GENERATION INC.!
Artist: Aaron Kwok 郭富城 Song: 唱這歌 (Sing This Song)
Song 10: (Cantonese)
BPMs: 80BPM
Vocalist(s) gender: male
Words/lyrics recalled: N/A
Additional notes: N/A
Ok, judging by the 4 songs I found so far, maybe this list can help.
01–10: The Four Heavenly Kings era 01. Aaron Kwok 郭富城 02. Andy Lau 劉德華 03. Jacky Cheung 張學友 04. Leon Lai 黎明 05–10. Leslie Cheung 張國榮, Alan Tam 譚詠麟, Roman Tam 羅文, George Lam 林子祥, Danny Chan 陳百強, Sam Hui 許冠傑
11–20: Second-tier HK legends 11. Alex To 杜德偉 12. Emil Chau 周華健 13. Kenny Bee 鍾鎮濤 14. Eddie Ng 吳耀漢 (more comedy) 15. Michael Kwan 關正傑 16. Fung Wai-hung 馮偉棠 17. Adam Cheng 鄭少秋 18. Joseph Koo 顧嘉煇 (soundtrack king) 19. James Wong 黃霑 (lyricist/singer) 20. Teddy Robin 泰迪羅賓 Hacken Lee
21–40: Taiwanese & crossover suspects (popular in HK pre-2000) … (Wu Bai 伍佰, Richie Jen 任賢齊, etc.)
41–99: The deep cuts & one-hit wonders (L.A. Boyz, Grasshopper members solo, early MC HotDog precursors, TV theme singers, ad jingle guys, etc.) — all the way down to obscure 1999 releases.
Sammi Cheng 鄭秀文, Faye Wong (王菲), Anita Mui 梅艷芳, Priscilla Chan 陳慧嫻, Sandy Lam 林憶蓮, Sally Yeh 葉蒨文, Teresa Carpio 杜麗莎 Cherrie Choi -《對話》Pansy Ho Julia Peng Teresa Teng (鄧麗君) Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) Kelly Chen (陳慧琳) Joey Yung (容祖兒) Vivian Chow (周慧敏) A-Mei Chang (張惠妹) Stefanie Sun (孫燕姿) Gigi Leung (梁詠琪) Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅) Lena Lim (林志美) Kit Chan
Chan Ka Lo
Ring me back ASAP when you get something; time is money.
Kind regards.
P.S, 80s and 90s ONLY (This is the GOLDEN ERA) - it doesn't go any further than the end of 2005.
