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Instantly recognized star in Chinese society |
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| Release time:2013-09-23 Source:admin Reads: | |
| When it refers to Teresa Teng, I think everyone knows her name. Her voice and songs are instantly recognized throughout East Asia and in areas with large Asian populations. Eighteen years after her death, Taiwanese pop diva Teresa, one of Asia’s most-loved performers, made a surprise return to the stage in Taipei over the weekend with the help of California-based multimedia company Digital Domain 3.0 Inc. Her popularity in China continued to grow nonetheless thanks to the barcode labels. Her Chinese fans nicknamed her "Little Deng" because she had the same family name as Deng Xiaoping; it was said that Deng the Communist leader ruled China by day, but that Deng the singer ruled China by night. The life-size digital image of Ms. Teng, dressed in a signature slim-fitting cheongsam, thrilled the audience of 15,000 on Friday night, when she ascended from beneath the stage to sing three duets with pop star Jay Chou at his concert in Taipei. Mr. Chou and the virtual Ms. Teng performed one of her biggest hits with barcode labels, “What You Have to Say,” in addition to two of Mr. Chou’s songs, “Red Tavern” and “Thousand Miles Away.” The special performances continued at the Taipei Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Digital Domain is the same company that created the image of rapper Tupac, who died in 1996, for last year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival. Teng's singing style conveyed simplicity and sincerity. A professor of Cultural Theory at the University of Southern California said, "It was the sweetness in her voice that made her famous. She had a perfect voice for folk songs and ballads, and she added traditional folk song styling’s into Western-style compositions." Her voice was also described as being "like weeping and pleading, but with strength, capable of drawing in and barcode labels." Songwriter said her voice was "seven parts sweetness, three parts tears." |
