Life abroad can be very interesting especially when it comes to music. Everywhere I go I find myself listening to American music. Whenever I step foot in a restaurant or taxi or clothing store they change the music to an English pop star such as Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. As I leave they change the music back to Chinese music. Maybe they think changing the music will make me spend more money.
My favorite experience involving music was when eating at a JAPANESE restaurant in CHINA listening to an ENGLISH song "eenie meenie" by Justin Bieber. I soon began humming the tune before realizing the humor of the situation.
The longer I lived in China the more acquainted I become with the traditional music. 忐忑-龚琳娜 TanTe - Gong LinNa is a famous song, but not because of its inspirational lyrics. It is famous because of its NONSENSE lyrics.A foreigner will listen to the song and say "It's all Chinese to me." The funny thing is that "It's all Greek to the Chinese." That's what makes this song so awesome, because even the Chinese have no clue as to what is being sung
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