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"Sunshine in the Rain" by Swedish group Bodies without Organs began propagating through Chinese BBS communities in 2006. After conquering northern China Internet cafe by Internet cafe, the song broke mainstream with this Chinese-language cover by Taiwanese megastar Jolin. And while the cover is now an Asian blockbuster, very few westerners have ever heard of the original.As part of our research for today's lesson we conducted a casual survey of Popup Chinese listeners, to whom we submitted the two videos along with a request for feedback. None of our respondents had ever heard of the Swedish band, and responses ranged from "everyone will hate it," to "really addictive." Interestingly though, when asked which video was better, our poll came overwhelmingly down on the side of Jolin. And we have to agree. Enjoy.
orbital
said on February 11, 2009
This is an awesome song. I clearly need more Swedish techno-pop in my life. Wonder if I can actually find their stuff on the black market here.
paganfarmer
said on February 13, 2009
one of the songs that always make me cringe. i mean..'日不落的想念?'。。what the..? listen to the lyrics, it makes my hair stand! 'the bus of love?...hahaha. even a pre-pubescent girl will squirm at this.
trevelyan
said on February 13, 2009
@paganfarmer - three comments from you, one of which was offensive and two of which were borderline offensive.Nobody has any need to justify themselves to you. Unless you can chill out consider yourself invited to take your negativity elsewhere. You're not doing anyone any favors otherwise.
menglelan
said on February 15, 2009
请问Jolin叫什么中文名字？
orbital
said on February 15, 2009
她的名字就是蔡依林. I really liked her music back when she was dating Jay Chow too. They were a good couple. 很合适. :)
Echo
said on February 15, 2009
@orbital,
Well, it was said Jay Chow hurt her deeply :(
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
paganfarmer
said on February 28, 2009
Are you guys sure it's not all a figment of Jolin's wild fantasies? I honestly can't imagine a talented, original and intelligent guy like Jay wanting to have anything to do with her. Edison Chen would've been a more believable candidate.
Gail天堂的声音
said on March 2, 2009
@paganfarmer,
What's different from Edison Chen, and similar to Jay Chow, Jolin is really a hard-working girl.
And, she is popular...
Gail天堂的声音
said on March 2, 2009
>_<
