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Post by reinafu on Mar 18, 2016 21:57:07 GMT
Here's a superb clip. Yes, I know that I often use the word " superb " talking about series or musics, but it's not my fault if all those series and songs are so ...superb !!! Hats off to Adam Cheng and Roman Tam who were able to sing together two different themes (Heaven sword and dragon sabre and Book and sword ) at the same moment without any mistake !! Does anyone can tell me who is the woman who sings with Adam, Liza and Romant Tam ? Also, is the ending theme the one of Gengis Khan TVB and who were the original singers, please ? Enjoy !!
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Post by siuyiu on Mar 18, 2016 23:12:17 GMT
the other female vocalist is jenny tseng, the one who sings the Dagger Li themesong, among others. the original singers of the genghis khan themesong are roman tam and jenny tseng.
and the adam cheng vs roman tam vocal-off proves that roman tam is the superior singer: the background music and drums were for cheng's song; tam had to hold his own.
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Post by reinafu on Mar 19, 2016 18:53:43 GMT
The voice reminded me of Jenny, but I hadn't recognized her, thank you for the precision.
I know that there is a kind of " war " between Adam Cheng and Roman Tam's fans in order to decide who is the best singer...I think that each of them has his qualities and, though I don't know very much Roman Tam's songs, I appreciate him, but there are sometimes some intonations in his songs that I don't like and since I'm dived in Adam's songs since a long while now, I still prefer him, but I'm doing efforts to better know Roman Tam in order to make up my own minds.
Also, I noticed that in Gengis Khan's theme, when the two of them sing together at the end, it's very difficult to recognize whose voice is who since they are very near in tone.
After posting the above clip, I found another one with the same song sung by Roman Tam and Jenny Tseng and it seems to me that on the above clip, at least at the very beginning of the song, Adam's voice is more powerful than Roman's one in the second clip.
Sorry if Roman Tam's fans don't like my comments, I'm not very neutral regarding Adam Cheng, as everybody here knows (giant smiles !), but it doesn't mean that I dislike Roman Tam at all and I even plan to buy some of his cds in order to discover his works...
Here's the other clip with Jenny and Roman :
Enjoy !
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Post by siuyiu on Mar 20, 2016 1:25:53 GMT
oh, i didn't mean to be one of those "i like my singer, so i hate yours" types. just stating fact. roman tam had peking opera training, so naturally, he was more skilled. the clip just gave evidence. and i agree: roman's voice had a certain piercing quality to it that's not always kind on the ears. in terms of quality of voice, i prefer michael kwan's.
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Post by chefying on Mar 21, 2016 10:30:59 GMT
Also, is the ending theme the one of Gengis Khan TVB and who were the original singers, please ? Excellent clip, reinafu! If memory serves, the title theme to Genghis Khan was originally sung by Roman Tam and Jenny. In the clip, Jenny sang a few songs by other singers. Her rendition of "The Bund" feels more sultry while Francis Yip's was edgier, I feel. I remember reading somewhere that the title theme from "Book and Sword" was originally sung by Roman Tam. Since Adam Cheng was acting in that TV series, Adam Cheng's recorded a version of the same song and it was Adam Cheng's version that was used in the TV series. Adam Cheng said the followed Roman Tam's presentation of the song when he recorded "Book and Sword" title theme.
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Post by reinafu on Mar 23, 2016 16:10:11 GMT
Thanks for the informations.
I love this theme from Gengis Khan !! I guess that it's another music from Joseph Koo, right ? This man is really a great composer !!
I wonder if Adam Cheng and Jenny Tseng ever paired to sing their own theme song in a series ? Does anyone know ? If not, it's too bad because I think that they both have powerful voices and that it would have been a great theme song if they had sang it together...
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Post by siuyiu on Mar 23, 2016 23:40:55 GMT
Thanks for the informations. I love this theme from Gengis Khan !! I guess that it's another music from Joseph Koo, right ? This man is really a great composer !! I wonder if Adam Cheng and Jenny Tseng ever paired to sing their own theme song in a series ? Does anyone know ? If not, it's too bad because I think that they both have powerful voices and that it would have been a great theme song if they had sang it together... no, not to my knowledge, anyway. the quality of their voices is quite different, so if you paired them together, it won't work as nicely. joseph koo and michael lai and the songwriters and lyricists of that generation were quite knowledgeable and particular about the themesongs. and the composer of the genghis khan theme is michael lai.
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Post by reinafu on Mar 24, 2016 20:21:56 GMT
Thanks for the information.
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Post by reinafu on Mar 24, 2016 20:24:53 GMT
oh, i didn't mean to be one of those "i like my singer, so i hate yours" types. just stating fact. roman tam had peking opera training, so naturally, he was more skilled. the clip just gave evidence. and i agree: roman's voice had a certain piercing quality to it that's not always kind on the ears. in terms of quality of voice, i prefer michael kwan's. From what I remember of having read on some forums devoted to Adam Cheng, he also had opera training and I saw pictures of a tribute to his master a few months ago, where he was among the other students of his master. And he defends himself very well in opera, see him in Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai :
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Post by reinafu on Mar 24, 2016 20:28:40 GMT
A third version of Gengis Khan theme (more soft). Who is the woman who sings with Adam Cheng ?
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Post by siuyiu on Mar 24, 2016 23:56:43 GMT
that's kelly chen.
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Post by chefying on Mar 28, 2016 16:07:54 GMT
From what I remember of having read on some forums devoted to Adam Cheng, he also had opera training and I saw pictures of a tribute to his master a few months ago, where he was among the other students of his master. And he defends himself very well in opera, see him in Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai : Wow, I have not seen Adam Cheng performing Chinese opera before. Thank you for this clip, reinafu. I think Adam Cheng acted well in this clip. It is not easy manipulating the very long sleeves (know as shui xiu 水袖 - water sleeve). Adam Cheng's voice was strong in this performance. Generally speaking, I like a strong voice, but this segment was the death of Liang ShanBo, and I rather expected more sadness and misery in the singing. This is a segment from the TVB series "Liang ShanBo and Zhu YingTai" also know as "Butterfly Lovers", starring Liu SongRen 劉松仁 as Liang ShanBo. The singing was dubbed by Roman Tam. The song and the singing style is quite different.
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Post by chefying on Mar 28, 2016 16:34:15 GMT
I like this performance by Adam Cheng.
This is an excerpt from the story "Purple Hairpin" is where the long separated lovers meet once again. I felt Adam Cheng sang quite well in this scene.
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Post by reinafu on Mar 29, 2016 18:22:44 GMT
I was just about to post the same clip ! Thanks !
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Post by reinafu on Mar 29, 2016 18:25:03 GMT
I haven't watched this show as yet, but I had seen a few extracts earlier and it seems to me that Adam Cheng also performs opera in it.
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