"You Can't Sing In Chinese!!!"

[MiasmaMoon]

Hiya guys. I have a little problem. You see, I'm Cantonese myself. However, I speak Mandarin more. Now, when I speak Mandarin, it's not so bad-sounding (except that my mom sometimes can't understand me at all). Now, there's only one little problem I have to ask:

Whenever I sing in Mandarin Chinese, my mom yells, "Stop singing! I can't understand a word you're saying!" It really confuses me because I thought my accent marks weren't that bad.

Okay guys... Here's the question:

How do you sing in Mandarin Chinese, yet keep the accent?!  

[Cat-Whiskers]

same way as speaking? confused  

[Niphz]

Hmm. It's hard to explain, it's just the same as singing in any other language.. maybe it's something to do with stress, make sure you accent the words you normally would accent in speech, or something?

 

[mymiridon]

if your mom doesn't understand what you're saying when you're speaking in mandarin, what made you think she'd understand if you sang it? rofl  

[tamcharles]

You know how in "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol" there are those people who are absolutely and obliviously not self-aware? Well... it might be a situation where the singer can't really "hear" what everyone else "hears." Just puttin' it out there. sweatdrop twisted  

[KairiYukine]

mymiridon

if your mom doesn't understand what you're saying when you're speaking in mandarin, what made you think she'd understand if you sang it? rofl

My dance is almost complete
But I think I have fallen for her
If it is true, my dance cannot be complete.

What she said.

If it is true, I will have to sacrifice myself
But I know my love for her
It is true.

 

[mymiridon]

tamcharles

You know how in "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol" there are those people who are absolutely and obliviously not self-aware? Well... it might be a situation where the singer can't really "hear" what everyone else "hears." Just puttin' it out there. sweatdrop twisted

whoa, you get that in canada? I've always thought Canadians wouldn't bother with that crap eek  

[Kuchiki_san]

I don't really sing in chinese or anything but when i sing its like speaking but there a tune with it or something so lol i don't really suck at singing in chinese  

[Niphz]

mymiridon

tamcharles

You know how in "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol" there are those people who are absolutely and obliviously not self-aware? Well... it might be a situation where the singer can't really "hear" what everyone else "hears." Just puttin' it out there. sweatdrop twisted

whoa, you get that in canada? I've always thought Canadians wouldn't bother with that crap eek

xD

Actually.. it came from Britain originally. -__-" With Popstars, back when I was still like 11 or something. Before that there was a show called Stars in Your Eyes on which people dressed up and pretended to be famous singers..

 

[Chibito7]

Yep, twas Britain which started the trend...

ninja

*doesn't know whether or not to be proud of this fact*  

[mymiridon]

Niphz

mymiridon

tamcharles

You know how in "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol" there are those people who are absolutely and obliviously not self-aware? Well... it might be a situation where the singer can't really "hear" what everyone else "hears." Just puttin' it out there. sweatdrop twisted

whoa, you get that in canada? I've always thought Canadians wouldn't bother with that crap eek

xD

Actually.. it came from Britain originally. -__-" With Popstars, back when I was still like 11 or something. Before that there was a show called Stars in Your Eyes on which people dressed up and pretended to be famous singers..

what?! no way, popstars was an american thing. i remember because i use to watch it all the time in america when i was in the 6th grade. They went around the country looking for girls to make a pop group that kind of disappeared after they ended the show. I remember!! I remember!! pirate  

[Niphz]

Definitely British! D< Popstars was definitely in Britain. P:

...why am I arguing for something I can't stand anyway..? .__.

 

[berryscary1]

scream arrg, i can't stand reality shows  

[kt_jingle]

uh, just sing like how you do with english?
(: sorry that didn't help much.

 

[Chibito7]

We British came up with the Popstars idea first. I remember that only too well. rolleyes Then America caught the wondrous fever. Will Young became the first Pop Idol winner, Gareth Gates the runner up, and Michelle McManus won the second year's. Kelly Clarkson became a star after American Idol, the alternative of Pop Idol, started. Then we scrapped Pop Idol and created X Factor.

*sigh*