國外聲樂老師點評《數字人生》Vocal Coach Reaction to "Life of Numbers"

[@phine1]

Rozette老師您好，這裡要先跟您說聲不好意思，作為土生土長的香港人，加上我本身是粵劇編劇及演員，廣東話的九聲真是非常重要，除了九聲還有韻母，不是不能從中找尋轉音的方法，就像您聽過Hacken Lee唱的“月半小夜曲”，當中也包含了不同字的轉音，但全都源於正確的九聲及韻母，每個字都包含“字首、字腹、字尾”，舉例說您說的“Rainbow”，可以是“Raaaaaaa~in~bow”，也可以是Raiiiiii~in~bow”，也可以是“Rain~bo~ow”，如此類推，但廣東話中有很多字是不能延伸的，如廣東話的“一”字，是入聲字，粵音拼音是“jat1”，用英文拼念作“Yut”，必需是高音並短促收尾音，否則就會成了另一個字，“一”字是九聲中的第七聲，九聲中只有一至六聲是可延伸，七至九聲收尾音必需短促。還有是這個“一”字屬於九聲中最高音的，所以不能放到低的音調，否則又會成了另一個字甚至不存在世上的字。 引用林子祥這首“數字人生”中一句，唱詞是“13942”，音是“fa mi re do si”，如果只唱成“1~942”，即“1”字要唱“fa mi”兩個音，就有機會變成了一個不存在的字。又或是旋律不變，只更改唱詞的數字，假設把“13942”調動成“93421”，那麼“9”字就會唱成不雅的粗口字，“4”字就會唱成廣東話中的“死”字，“2”字又變了另一些字而不再是“2”字，“1”字亦會唱成了廣東話中的“日”字。還好這首是數字歌，歌詞沒甚意思，但如果換成有意思的廣東話歌詞，就可能會被弄到不倫不類，詞不成詞，句不成句，甚至唱出了一堆“粗口”來。 例如“數字人生”這四個字如果要唱出來，可以是“do la so re”，或“so mi do la”，基本旋律要符合“中高 中 低 高”這起伏，否則就完全不是“數字人生”這四個字，例如改成“ la so mi do”，那“數”唱成了“騷”或“鬚”或另外同聲韻的字，“字”會唱成“支”或“知”或另外同聲韻的字，“人”會唱成“孕”或“刃”或另外同聲韻的字，“生”則唱成不存在世上的字。這樣“數字人生”就變成“騷支孕X”。 如果踫著一些旋律令字唱成了粗口，那就真真不堪入耳了。 如Jay說到的“塑料粵語歌曲”(約在9分鐘03秒左右有插播了一少段)，這類歌曲除了詞不成詞/句不成句之外，更經常出現不雅的“粗口”字發音，但歌者自己不知(因為他不懂廣東話的九聲)而樂在其中，不懂廣東話的聽眾甚至會大讚寫得好唱得好，但事實是極度極度尷尬甚至嘔心。 廣東話填詞真的是很難很難，這也是沒辦法，但作為母語，我們也必須堅守這語言，希望盡量不讓它變質甚至消失。 再次向Rozette老師說聲不好意思🙏🏻，我的話說得太多，但也希望您能明白和諒解！🤗

[@ClubZeroMedia]

Thank you for sharing. You are very knowledgeable. 🙏

[@checheokhei]

​@@ClubZeroMedia The tones of Cantonese always give people a punchy and bouncing feeling. Especially this song was arranged in a rock/pop style, lacking riff is reasonable although it may not match the classical melody. Additionally George Lam is a Rock Singer with a metallic voice of sort making the outcome of the language more hard and sharp in texture. It is glad to hear different understanding from non Cantonese speaking people and your point of view does get me into thinking of whether Cantonese language singing could perform techniques like riff. Please do check out Hins Cheung’s 騷靈情歌 and more other songs from Hins, he could be the one of your taste. Again big shout out for reacting George Lam, the legend, hope you could have more George Lam to react on. Thanks alot, love you and keep going🎉🎉🎉

[@flyonground]

Best explanation I could find in the comments

[@phine1]

@@ClubZeroMedia 不用客氣，也很謝謝您的影片，我學到很多唱歌知識和技巧🤗

[@phine1]

@@flyonground 多謝你😉

[@meomeoow]

Language teacher here. Think of Cantonese as being a scale, like the major scale. When you play/sing the major scale (DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, SI, DO), no matter where you start, it sounds "the same". Cantonese is the same thing. The only difference is that the major scale has 8 tones (or 7, since there are 2 DOs), while Cantonese has 6 tones/notes. Every single one of us have our own starting note, but in the end we are each singing our own Cantonese scale with some of us maybe starting our lowest tone on, say, a B flat, while another person may start theirs on A sharp, and no, I am not speaking in metaphor; this is literally the case. This is the Cantonese scale. Each word corresponds to one of these notes within the scale: 1 - High, 2 - low mid rising, 3 - mid, 4 - low mid falling, 5 - low rising, 6 low-mid For example, let's take the word mom 媽 (maa1) (1 = high). If you use SOL to sing it, it fits, but if you sing it with RE, it would sound like 罵(maa6) (6 = Low-Mid) instead, which means to yell at. Or the number four (sei3, mid). It fits with FA, but if you sing it with SOL and put a rift/bend in there, it might sound like 死 (death, sei2 - low mid rising). This type of meaning changing doesn't happen in English. So, if you put too much rifts/bends in there, it could turn it into non-sense. It's not impossible, but yes, it is much more limited. Then on to the difficulty of this song! If you are just doing la la la la then of course it's not difficult, but imagine you are singing this with English tongue twisters, having to enunciate all the sounds correctly, needing to constantly hit some really high notes accurately with your chest voice, not taking many breaths, yet your voice maintains this brightness and resonance! I can understand why it doesn't sound "good" to everyone though. 😁

[@fragrantsnow1495]

Prefect explanation in English, thx

[@ericleung1578]

I really like this explanation. I wish Rozette would read this.

[@alexpoon8606]

As a Cantonese native speaker myself, what Jay said in the video was absolutely correct, the single word could have different meanings in different tones. For example, “Si”, if you pronounce it in slightly different tone, it could be 詩、史、試、時、市、事, every single character with a very distinctive meaning. So if you change the tone of the character to match the key/melody of the song, it would sound very off and weird. Another example is that the English word “she” or “he”, no matter how you bend it, the word itself is still distinctive (at least I can’t think of any other word on top of my head). On the other hand, if you do the same to a Cantonese word, it would change the meaning of the word depending on the tone or how are you bending it. Tltr: Jay is right🤣

[@FarenLi]

Basically Cantonese songs are just made by how ever they speaks. Speaks out the Lyrics will not be a big difference than singing it.

[@0301bb8068]

Yesss, so basically if you are reading the cantonese lyrics, you can probably guess more than half of the melody since the tone is almost the same with the word

[@JayWong-bp3jt]

傑在影片中充當了很重要的角色,因為Rozette老師可能不太理解粵語,但是要我解釋我也不太會解釋,但大致上就是用ABCD唱出旋律但是A Aˊ Aˇ Aˋ A˙會改變A著個詞的意思,所以不能做太多聲調的變換,最多只能改變他的音調,但這樣聽起來也會怪怪的,會又聽起來像別的字,甚至拉長應後聽起來會像警報聲

[@sr0160]

普通话也有声调，为什么不受声调的限制呢，只是普通话的听着能接受在歌曲中的音调改变吗？好奇

[@selene218]

As a Cantonese native speaker, who also speaks 4 other foreign languages with one Cantonese dialect, my ears can tell tons of pronunciation and tonal difference. Jay is correct here (even though his Cantonese has mandarin accent with incorrect tone, also HuXia the other singer mispronounced and butchered the Cantonese lyrics many times) about the very little room of manipulation of Cantonese for songs. That is why it is notoriously hard to write lyrics in Cantonese. Growing up, I was often confused why the gospel music in Cantonese sound so weird, because they just took the lyrics written in mandarin directly and sang them in Cantonese. mandarins only has 4 tones not even mentioned the pronunciations of characters are also different. Of course they sound weird and stupid. Canton pop only started to bloom in the late 80s early 90s, because how hard it is to write lyrics in Cantonese. Before that, Hong Kong people listened to singers and songs in mandarin mostly from Taiwan. I wouldn’t say there is absolutely no way to riff the Cantonese lyrics, but the wiggle room is so small, you risk being the bad Cantonese lyrics writer. If that is the case, then why listen to Cantonese songs. Go back to just listen to English and mandarin songs.

[@AlphenLi-h5g]

这一期太有趣了。真的是说到我心坎了……粤语发音比国语复杂多了，有自己的音调，所以粤语歌作曲必须要和歌词的音调协调。粤语歌作曲比其他语言都难多了！这一期内容非常具有学术意义。 这个频道的真的非常深度，作为音乐爱好者很开心看到你们的探讨，特别是文化交流的部分。will keep following you, thanks

[@thomaslee629]

所以我們廣東人客易學國語，而相反來講比較難😂

[@christineli4294]

多謝！

[@leungrachel]

不得了，這集笑爆咀😂😂😂😂 個配樂揀得好好，老師好cute❤ 好想教老師唱：鵝滿是快烙滴好耳痛，鵝悶天天一戲個窗！

[@taibutterfly9742]

我也想起這首歌，好搞笑😂😂😂

[@icewong2308]

我都好想睇老師唱呢句

[@leungrachel]

老師學唱頭2句應該已經好崩潰🤪

[@icewong2308]

@@leungrachel 應該學頭個2個字已經崩潰咗

[@waiwai5687]

粵語就係咁難，音調差啲，就係另一個字，點解成日講懶音懶音，就係咁啦！😂😂😂

[@YuehFengHo]

應該讓老師聽聽看林子祥的十分十二寸 堪稱神級現場

[@Rossignol1989]

沒用的，這老師不喜歡林子祥直直的唱腔，再加上她不會知道這裡頭到底串了多少首歌，給她聽她一定一樣會說一樣的話，覺得從頭到尾都在喊叫

[@princesssaisai]

I speak English, Chinese and Cantonese fluently and I totally agree with Jay...he is NOT messing with you!

[@8KEUNG8]

用（人）字做個比喻 第一聲 讀音（因）英文=because 第二聲 讀音（忍）英文= Tolerate 第三聲 讀音（印）英文= print 第四聲 讀音（人）英文= people 第五聲 讀音（引）英文= lead 第六聲 讀音（刃）英文= blade 第七聲 讀音（壹）英文= one 第八聲 讀音（沒有相應同音聲調字） 第九聲 讀音 （日）英文= day 又打個比喻，將（壹/1）第七聲在唱歌時轉作第四聲（人），除了發聲會好奇怪，意思亦會變得無法解釋😂😂😂

[@gloriacrane5729]

好想看這個！！！終於有阿Lam

[@ohyourgodagain]

香港聽眾的我來發表一下自己的見解😀 我們在唱這首歌時,那一大串看似"隨機"沒意思的數字,我們是不用硬背起來的 Jay一直解答不到老師的疑惑,因為他把重點都放在字的"音調"上,而不是音調與音調之間的"走向" 30624700廣東話的每個字之間的高低音走向,基本上就和旋律大致上是一致的(但沒有到完全一樣) 跟據旋律走向,就可以大概知道下一個數字要唱甚麼 所以在老師眼中那些只是"隨機"數字,在我們的角度裡卻不一樣

[@reneelau7304]

對，這首只聽幾次，我便可毫不費力記得歌詞

[@ranjack061]

冇錯 呢首歌只要記旋律就唱到啲數字 一填錯就好明顯 冇得兜

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

@@reneelau7304神奇

[@ting9412]

@@Y3llow_Submarin3 因為唱出來跟說出來的音調差不多，所以不用特意去記歌詞，只要想到那個音，腦海中就可以自動想出要唱的歌詞 這首歌對於會說粵語的人來說，記歌詞超容易，而且一定不會記錯

[@siumay414]

呢首歌填詞嘅人，簡直係天才😂

[@violachen3803]

我以前在一个电视节目(忘了是哪个节目了)解释过这首歌的数字的其中一个意义是代表股市的指数， 数字那一段快速的唱法不单是炫技，还表现了人们看着股市指数上上下下时的澎湃心情。我个人觉得林子祥很好地表演了这首歌的精髓。

[@89NG]

Stocks are categorize as 4 digit in HK. It was an irony to that era people are crazy about trading stocks. Also to add 13943 13424 already has life and death associate with it

[@chiehroctwpuli01]

應該也是說我們的人的一生跟數字脫離不了關係,出生就有出生日期，體重身高等....上學考試的分數，上班的薪水數字，乃至於時間分分鐘都離不開數字，所以叫數字人生。

[@89NG]

The inspiration also come from a movie about a robot talking back from Lam. She does have a point why graduation song? The original was actually a horse racing jockey song on the middle…

[@lemonlovestea]

這集真的辛苦jay了XD 不過其實粵語是九聲六調，簡單來說只有6個tone！但填詞的時候有幾個調是相通的 所以其實填詞只需注意四個調！！那就是所謂的「0243」，有興趣的人可以看看香港電影「填詞L」很好看 也把粵語填詞解釋得很好❤ 另外一直很好奇為什麼國語也有四個聲調 當中有一些甚至跟粵語聲調差不多！但為何粵語填詞要「啱音」 但國語就不用呢？？😫 有人知道為什麼嗎？ 另外粵語好聽rnb例子一大堆啊！！ 就隨便說幾首我個人很喜歡的： jay fung愛斯基摩人之吻 側田erica 咖啡因萬歲 gemx側田 合唱歌 然後幾乎所有gareth t的歌！！ 可是說回數字人生 林子祥根本是神人 他厲害是毋容置疑 但其實這首歌真的難嗎？🤔🤔 他的「敢愛敢做」那些才是真的難吧xd actually as a hongkonger/cantonese this song isnt really hard at all.. well except maybe for the last part where u have to sing really fast and one part where the pitch(key？) eg 明明刨正23～is kinda high for guys～other then that, even kids can sing this lol, so i dont understand why jay say its hard～ i think people say its hard maybe because that younger singer isnt native in canto so its hard for him to pronounce the words correctly.. 我是香港人，其實這首歌大部份都很容易唱啊😅 就是有一兩句男key來說比較高音，然後後面要很快就稍微有點難度.. 可是前面一堆數字根本是香港人都能很容易唱.. 像兒歌一樣 甚至是音痴也可能可以manage 因為這首歌特別之處就是用數字填 很容易跑調的人反而比較容易唱對音，因為這首歌就像直接唸那些數字出來的時候已經有大概的音調.. 不過這真的很難對不懂粵語的人解釋 所以我很懂jay的痛苦 lol😂😂 然後關於廣東話vs英文那部分jay固然說得沒錯，但其實粵語歌一直在進步慢慢衝破一些限制 沒有因為這些限制而固步自封 例如以前沒有那麼多粵語r&b 現在已經有超多很好聽的 當中也有很多是有轉音的！雖然我覺得老師有點固執，語言本身setting絕對是很大的因素啊！她始終沒明白粵語填詞要「啱音」的那個重點，不過我也認同雖然粵語是比較多限制 要加轉音那些比較難～但當然不是不可能 但要有技巧～ 我自己也很喜歡r&b 所以一直希望多點粵語r&b～～ 推薦jay放側田和gem的「合唱歌」給老師聽聽！！！jay fung gareth t等等都是很棒的粵語r&b歌手 快給老師聽「愛斯基摩人之吻」另外側田也有很多rnb feel的歌超正的 推erica、咖啡因萬歲等等🙆🏻‍♀️ 還有衛蘭 souljase marf... 不能盡錄

[@learnyee]

for a native cantonese speaker, it is not really hard to sing, but the hard part of this song is, it is technically hard to sing (or pronounce) the lyric correctly while maintaining the correct pitch and tone of the word/lyric and not singing it using falsetto. Most of George Lam's song, he sang with chest voice which can be very demanding sometimes.

[@leslieleegz]

你可以去聽聽Gareth T湯令山唱「緊急聯繫人」和MC張天賦版本的比較。。。原唱改字音慘不忍睹

[@lemonlovestea]

@@leslieleegz 邊粒字有改字音？🤔

[@leslieleegz]

@@lemonlovestea kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6avZJV8gZqaadE

[@mightypowers9455]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@JsFunk2010]

數字人生唱的不只是想展現歡樂的氣氛，隨著歌曲的推進及語氣的變化，從原先的感嘆到後來的永不放棄奮鬥的精神，是本片最後的純粹娛樂是不一樣歌曲的定位。

[@sannie0208]

因为他们把评论重点放在粤语发音😂。。。真心觉得他们应该要重做这集，好好专心听一段再评论

[@ottovalar5974]

@@sannie0208 真的，用数字和粤语歌来表达人生的无常，这也是小伙子一开始说老师不懂语言的所在。但是后面一直在纠结发音，好无语。。。

[@kendalllao]

This discussion is music to my ears. Jay’s explanation is spot on. I’m loving the heated and thoughtful conversation about a Cantonese song on a linguistic as well as musical level. You have set yourself apart from many other channels with this. 广东歌词确实特别难填，香港的填词人对推动粤语音乐和文化真是功不可没。I want both of you to be my besties 🤭😍 Very thought provoking video!! 👍🏼

[@wongdaniel7659]

As a Cantonese native speaker, I really want to jump into the screen and explain to you guys how amazing George Lam is

[@checheokhei]

Super amazing

[@checheokhei]

Big fans of George lam for 30years already

[@learnyee]

not easy to sing his song with chest voice and with accurate pronunciation....

[@puhahasu]

그는 천재에요…

[@正日宗]

As a Cantonese speaking Hongkonger, I have to say he is right.

[@derrikc882hk]

Hong Kong native who also studied a bit linguistics in university here. I will have to say Jay is so right in this one. Cantonese is just restrictive in terms of lyrics writing. You really have to match the tone of the word to the relative pitch or it will lose intelligibility - it can either be a totally different word, or a non-existent nonsense sound that aren’t related to any existing words. So Cantonese lyricists, especially the good ones, are hailed as Masters because they really have to know their shit well, and most of them do well in Mandarin lyrics too because they are so well-trained. I would say it’s not entirely impossible to do riffs in Cantonese, but there are just so much constraints. If u can go up and down like roller coaster when u sing in Cantonese, u will inevitably get another word in many of the notes u glide through, though people will probably still understand what is being sung as the first note is in correct tone, it will somehow sound a bit stupid when the notes land at words that carry funny meanings. Take the word four “四” that Jay used in the video as an example. When Jay tried to shift its tone, he actually borderline hit the tone for the word “死” which means die, as “four”and “die” share the exact same sound, just varied by tone (four is in the 3rd tone and die in the 2nd). So u can imagine how funny it is when u doing riff of the word four but may have told people to die for a few times in the process lol. Well there are singers who do riffs in Cantonese songs, but they are mostly limited to the non-lyrical ad-lib parts, the riffs in lyrics part are much much less and they have to be planned out carefully beforehand.

[@Trinetra3382]

just like how you try to say "she" but end up sounding like "shit"... lol

[@caroltran4647]

Jay why are you so adorable..I'm a fan of Jay from this episode. I don't any Mandarin native speakers can speak Cantonese as well as Jay. I think you have explained it very well...WELL DONE!

[@ivanleung4561]

I think it can be explained as follow: Like the sound 'Yen' mentioned in the video, pronouncing in different tones would have different meaning Yen (因) = Reason; Yen (隱) = Hide; Yen (印) = Print; Yen (人)= People; Yen (引) = lead; yan (刃) = knife So if you sing in a different tone - Words have different meaning and you can't understand what the singer is singing at all @@ and of course meaning of the song will be massively different!!

[@pamwan3703]

👍👍👍

[@YGTTTT]

So difficult to explain how cantonese works to a western person…

[@dannyip23]

Great explanation. Just wanna add: it is not a question of "can or cannot?". it is more like "how much can you do it with each character before it sounds weird and unnatural". some are more forgiving, while some can be very strict. not to mention when you combine chinese characters into words. when combined, the rules can become even more strict.

[@ckyap2868]

Great explanation

[@gn02289424]

解釋得好👍 除此之外, 下次可以引用口型要求嚴謹的入聲字, 例如"足、逐、續、辱、綠、曲", 更加容易解釋轉音後會變成另一個意思。

[@angelawong1224]

I am a native cantonese speaker, living in Hong Kong. I totally agree with Jay. Cantonese has 9 tones, even the same word pronounced in different tone will have a different meaning. For example, Jay taught Rozette to say "人" (means human), but when Rozette pronounces it sounds like "印 YOUNG" (means print), it's different meaning. If just saying this single word, honestly, I don't understand. But if saying it in a whole sentence, I might able to guess what you're talking about.

[@dog0cument524]

As a native Hongkonger fluent in Cantonese and with a background in linguistics and music, I can understand the viewpoints expressed by both Teacher Jay and Teacher Rozette. *** Like Jay mentioned, Cantonese is distinct from English and Mandarin due to its unique phonetics and wide range of tone patterns. As native Cantonese speakers, we can easily recognize when non-locals genuinely try to learn but struggle with even the slightest 0.001% mispronunciation of a vowel or tone. (Interestingly, there is a growing number of mainland Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysians, and even South Koreans learning and speaking Cantonese due to their love for Hong Kong movies, singers, or TVB broadcasts.) *** I also agree with Rozette's observation that certain Cantonese words have extended sounds, resulting in a smoother and less abrupt delivery. However, this poses a challenge for songwriters and lyricists creating Cantonese songs. *** Balancing the use of sound-extendable characters to fit the melody structure while conveying meaningful themes aligned with the overall message, story, and emotions of the song is incredibly difficult. *** Cantonese songs primarily emphasize the comprehensive picture, emotions, narrative, and lyrical meaning over musical rhythm. For example, the song "數字人生" aims to depict the stock market and the thrilling moments experienced when witnessing dramatic drops or increases in stock prices. Intentionally the songwriter densely packs numerical lyrics, while the original singer, Mr. Sam Lam, delivers the words sharply. *** If the CZ Media team is interested in non-choppy Cantonese songs, I highly recommend listening to Terrence Lam, the pianist and songwriter of "是但求其愛" in your previous video. His songs convey complex and deep emotions, without adhering to the usual clear pronunciation of Cantonese singers (which is why some Hong Kong song listeners don't appreciate Terrence and humorously refer to him as a monk due to his intentionally unclear pronunciation, haha) (This version of Terrence's 某種老朋友 is beautifully performed! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a32VZIusqcefq5o).

[@amberchan8669]

嘩 我本人認為林家謙有一種同以前開聽嘅廣東歌有一種另類嘅感覺，但係又講唔出係咩 但我覺得係好聽嘅多謝你嘅解釋

[@dollyw4412]

informative

[@chloeleung1581]

@@dog0cument524 haha I tried to listen to Terrance's song and the canto sounds so off-putting for me.

[@MaggieMugs3]

如果讓老師聽出粵語的聲調人聲與普通話的層次面分別，希望能建議可以讓老師聽取多點、一些廣東歌改編自英文歌： 林子祥(我愛你)改自_(Uptown Girl) 林子祥(千憶個夜晚)改自_(Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone) 林憶蓮(依然)改自_Mariah Carey(I Still Believe) 陳曉東(愛一天多一天)改自_Westlife(Open Your Heart)等等...... 或者改編自日文歌： 張學友(壯志驕陽)改自_Kan(愛は勝つ)。 張國榮(有誰共鳴)改自_谷村新司(儚きは)。 羅文(好歌獻給你)改自_西城秀樹(Blue Sky Blue)。 國語歌-周華健(花心)改自_夏川りみ(花)。 其實，太多我們耳熟能詳的歌曲都能容易對比就聽得出粵語普通話的聲音語氣或歌曲味道分別之處。 ❤

[@HLai69]

As a Hongkonger, coach he is absolutely right 😂😂😂😂

[@miicosillustration1750]

Coach, he is 100% right, haha He did not messing with you. As a Cantonese Native Speaker and a Hongkonger. His example of 4, if singing in a different tone like coach's example (That 4 with a rifts and runs) could make 4 sound like dead..... so singer is hard to add rifts and runs as free as English and Mandarin. That's why for a Cantonese native speaker might feel harder to sing English song well. ( I mean the vibe not the pronouncing)

[@miicosillustration1750]

This song's number is showing a social phenomenon about "people are crazy to get wealthy from stocks" in 80s-90s 's Hong Kong. Those numbers is mimicking when people shouting the number of stock they own in front of the stock index. Like Horse Racing, people would shout the number of horse they bought during the race. That's why he sing in that less musicality way

[@TeenieGreenieHK]

He is 100% right 😂 trust him. We might still be able to guess it but it just doesnt sound right. Totally unbearable

[@firedog9976]

but i think he did not explain it well, the numbers from the lyrics are actually also referring to the tones.. if this is mentioned, i think everything will be make sensed

[@返璞歸真]

​@@miicosillustration1750英國管理香港99年，英語被列為官方語言，唱英文歌還會那麼難嗎？🤔

[@GeorgeHaiweiPeng]

I am Cantonese speaker, I total agree the guy's opinion

[@yimtip2663]

用 詩、史、試、時、市、事、昔、錫、蝕可能會解釋到九聲😂 Btw Jay was already great and tried the best to explain it😂 As Hongkonger, thx for explaining and promoting Cantonese and Canton pop.

[@chloeB030]

and Jay can explain the meaning of these words are so different. 詩is poem, 史 is history, 試 is try, 時 is time, 市is market, 事is things.

[@cityeb]

細個唔記得睇咩節目係用"真好笑牛上樹解釋六調

[@LingLaw-pd7fu]

老師聽完呢9個字可能會癲左~~

[@sylviafung4671]

I guess traditional Cantonese opera (粵劇）involve the use of vibrato and 轉音，but pop Cantonese song does not

[@fiddlep]

@@sylviafung4671 的確，粵劇多好多轉音

[@michelle-vy3fn]

Hi Rozette, I'm fluent in Mandarin & Cantonese. What he explained to you is absolutely right.😊

[@陳雅萍-x2f]

文化差異碰撞出來的討論空間，很有趣😊

[@fk91227]

其實佢講得好啱, 佢話只係聽到兩個人係度大叫, 其實真係好啱 因為呢首"歌" , 根本上係利用廣東話既"九聲聲調" 去取代唱歌既"音調" 所以佢聽到既"用唱歌音調去唱一D字出黎", 其實係"用九聲聲調"去講一D野出黎 呢個過程係發音上其實係好RAW, 冇加入音樂元素(冇高低音,但會有拉長縮短) 而都係證明左廣東話歌詞係好難加入高低音(可以話係無法加入), 所以要用填詞去做功夫遷就作曲的音樂(音調) 簡單D講, 以下句子, 你只需要講出黎, 唔需要加入"唱", 就已經有"唱"既效果 3~0624700, 3~0624770

[@swlee123123]

同埋外國老師沒有了解本曲內容,就係生活被量化數字壓迫, 所以要更快更急地去唱

[@milkmilkmilk0901]

I’m from Hong Kong native Cantonese speaker and I can ensure you you can trust Jay😂

[@whateverwhateverwhatever8102]

This was one of the funniest videos of yours! I never realized that this song would be difficult to appreciate as a non chinese person so it is really amusing to hear someone try and explain why this song is awesome while the other just thinks it's a lot of yelling. haha I hope you'll have another george lam song to analyze sometime since george lam has such a unique voice and interesting songs.

[@poinsettia2691]

Coach, he's not messing with you he's right seriously!

[@user-xili]

what about cantonese opera yue ju, 粤剧😊maybe cantonese Opera doesn’t speak cantonese.😊

[@Deal5deal]

@@user-xili would be interesting to see 粤曲 reaction

[@viclau1218]

@@user-xili listen to the lyrics of yue ju carefully then I found those note the vocalist / performer play with at the end of each phrase, those are not a recognizable cantonese words anymore, just a bench of yiiiiiiiii, aiiiiiiiiii, etc.

[@user-xili]

honestly i didn’t finish so i didn’t know what the argument really was. just thought they might be talking different things. plus i don’t know any cantonese. however if listening to yue opera it may help. 😀

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

Coach, the way you said yan is more like saying yam, tone is going down and short haha. 人should have the same intonation as errr/ erm, low throat sound.

[@joanmanchan]

也很推薦林子祥和胡夏合唱的那些年，一首歌兩種味道❤

[@witzlui]

This song is writing for describing our life keep chasing for different numbers like the stocks, money, KPI, etc. So the energetic performance in the chorus is working for showing our effort, non-stop, non-break in our life, so i think George Lam did it well to show that kind of energy and emotion. The melody of the graduation song in the end, is a metaphor that our life is going to the end after chasing for the numbers for many years. Somehow we thought we are going to rest and retire, but this world still bring us to the numbers again, so they back to the chorus. Besides, I think this song also showed the magic of Cantonese, as a native Cantonese speaker, I even need not to read the lyrics, given that I remember the melody of the chorus, I can pop-up the exact same number lyrics in my mind. Because we have a rule when writing Cantonese lyrics, and the lyrics of this song demonstrate well how we use our language in music as lyrics.

[@manvivimusic]

Jay you really made my day!!!! Laugh tiill can't breath now. As a Hong Kong-er, i felt your "oh no......" in your heart😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@winterleung1411]

這次我站在杰凱那邊，粵語最jb的一點就是極講究音調，九聲六調平聲仄聲，不顧發音咬字去玩轉音你只會讓懂粵語的人眉頭大皺而已，目前我個人認為能用粵語唱出優秀的靈活性的人只有陳奕迅跟側田兩人而已，填詞更是困難，用粵語講話的人不像其他語言可以突然高音或改成別的音來遷就你的情緒，硬要這樣做你出來的東西就不是粵語了，不然你問方大同為什麼不愛唱粵語歌😂

[@snoope.snoope]

他似乎說過很不好轉，所以他才在香港出國語唱片

[@jasonsung1561]

所以為什麼同樣的歌曲，普通話和粵語都必須重新填詞，粵語叫李香蘭，普通話變成秋意濃。因為若要硬翻，歌詞押韻都沒了。更何況粵語連捲舌音都沒有！

[@mod6365]

梅豔芳呢？她的粵語歌怎麼樣？

[@ranjack061]

任何填詞人都清楚國語語係易寫過粵語極多

[@ww2200]

@@mod6365 艷*

[@alvinor813]

睇到我好激動🤣好想衝去幫Jay一齊去解釋

[@kogajima7635]

Same😂😂😂

[@mingshingli961]

係啊😂搞到我又笑又周身癢

[@TheShaggyChef]

Me too 😅

[@Jojo-dk1ld]

12:47寫人［如］數字，但講咗人［魚］數字😂 其實係人［與］數字有許多怪事 看看計數機裡幽禁幾多人質

[@danielhung6499]

​@@Jojo-dk1ld Very good example 😂

[@adaho9281]

This reminds me of those translated hymns from school. 歌詞：「我是主的羊」，但唱出嚟就變晒「我是豬的羊」 或者「疴屎豬的羊」

[@HKK123]

Yes!! 大部分聖詩都係咁🤣🤣仲有“主能夠”

[@SY_lala]

😂

[@SEELE3619]

完美並貼切解釋😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

[@learnyee]

@@HKK123 which church you coming from bro?

[@ranjack061]

主撚鳩 主撚鳩 教會歌真係完美例子😂

[@roychan8690]

As an applied linguist and a phonetician, Jkai is absolutely right. The major difference between Cantonese and English is Cantonese is a tonal language - changing a tone may change the meaning of the word. Cantonese works on vowel and consonant plus 9 tones. English works only vowel and consonant - in which changing the tone may only change the sentence stresses. Also, the diphthongs in Cantonese is slightly different from English (some overlap though). I hope I can help to support JKai’s point.

[@sosocool7937]

廣東歌發音原自生活，那種貼近自然的語境，帶來的震撼力是無與隣比的

[@ww2200]

倫*比

[@sosocool7937]

@@ww2200 🤣

[@jt92ck]

希望老师能多看看林子祥的歌……他是一位很传奇的歌手

[@julieng264]

Jay is damn right about Cantonese!.

[@cheungkijohnnywong4351]

As a Cantonese speaker, Let me try to give an example for you. Let's say the lyrics is : " when you're happy and you know it clap your hands" You can put it into the melody of "London bridge is falling down", or " twinkle twinkle little star", or "mary had a little lamb". In English you won't feel there's something wrong. However, when you put the same lyrics into different melodies in Mandarin/ putonghua / Cantonese, every Chinese speaker will be messed up. That problem exist in every song. Somehow Chinese usually come in pairs (I.e. 2 words), you have to be comparatively right on the tone for that 2 words to make that word make sense. So, It will be even much difficult when you want to make the whole sentence right. Hope this can explain a bit.

[@kwoo24]

Yes, what Jay said was totally correct. Cantonese speaker here. It's more challenging to do riffs and runs in Cantonese, because of the specific tone of each single word. But of course, that doesn't mean impossible. You just need to choose the perfect part to do it carefully. (and pick the right notes for your runs) R&B singers like Khalil Fong and Jay Fung do it very well. But still, you can compare... when they sing english songs, they tend to have more freedom doing riffs and runs. But when they do Cantonese songs, they can't go as free and as intuitive. If you simply sing Cantonese lyrics and do runs and ornamental notes without considering the tone of the words, the whole song would sound like a Cantonese-wannabe weird foreign language....

[@icewong2308]

I wish to have an episode about what’s coach Rozette thought after reading the comments😂😂 Jay is damn right, he didn’t mess you up!! Btw I like Jay’s 心裡小劇場 at 11:40, The BGM in 12:53 and 絕望的 “零五一五呀！“ 23:10 This episode is so much fun, and I really want to jump in the video and help Jay😂

[@sophytsangtsang]

我是香港人，學習了其他語言才發現，廣東話真的是一種沒有什麼包容性的語言，不像國語、英文、日文、韓文⋯⋯那樣，被允許有著不同地區的口音，例如聽到別人跟自己的口音不一樣，不會馬上判定對方的口音就是「不標準」、或判定對方應該是外國人，而是會先猜對方的出身地可能距離自己很遠。但廣東話只要有一兩個字的發音講的「不標準」（不是香港口音），我們幾乎會馬上認定對方不是土生土長的香港人，就是這麼嚴苛。😂

[@xjw1734]

既然叫“廣東話”，或者“粵語”，這門語言本來就是廣東省內流通，甚至廣西也有部份地區使用，粵語在廣東省內不同地區有多個不同分支，只不過因為廣州上千年都是省會，無論政治或是經濟地位都是省內最高，所以廣州口音被廣泛認為是粵語的主流口音。香港的原居民本來不是說廣州口音的粵語，他們部份說“圍頭話”--類近東莞話的粵語，有些客家村落說客家話而非粵語，只不過二十世紀後大量珠三角一帶人口移入香港，將廣州音粵語帶進香港，所以令香港主流口音從圍頭話變成廣州口音。廣東話從來沒有不包容，不包容的只是香港人。

[@Whatever0123able]

@@xjw1734哈哈我聽到廣州粵語我也能分辨他們不是香港人 利申：我是大馬人

[@yufred9569]

​@@xjw1734兄弟，他是比喻，你自抬了

[@xjw1734]

​@@yufred9569很遺憾地，很多香港人一聽到其他人講不同口音的粵語時，就一臉嫌棄，先入為主覺得其他人不正宗。我一直覺得這種思維正正是對推廣粵語一大障礙。動不動就被人笑有口音、不正宗，其他人又怎會願意學習粵語呢？

[@jamesjian]

@@xjw1734 反而美國人對非本土帶口音語的人較包容

[@chenlychun7001]

Agreed 大风吹....... very funny, I would laugh if I sing this😂

[@kellychan4814]

老師聽過幾次廣東歌都無法理解🤣 好想看老師被香港/廣東人的聲樂老師教她一首廣東歌😂

[@reikei9783]

就爱看你俩的自由辩论，思想的火花如同夜空里的烟花🎆灿烂美丽，加油继续，我学习到了很多知识谢谢你们

[@Endize]

10000％ agree with Cantonese tone, 6tone+3cut tone(k,t,p). Actually in Cantonese lyrics, sometimes you can twist the tone a little bit, to match the melody. But if you make a wrong tone in Cantonese, will be a totally different meaning. For example, in Cantonese "9", wrong tone will be "enough", "dick", "old".

[@小宇-t6c]

The Best Example Here🤣🤣💖👏👏

[@骆俊昇]

Old not "lou"?

[@junjie5658]

​@@骆俊昇I think IT is “旧”

[@yingwong2834]

@@骆俊昇 old=舊

[@Endize]

@user-dx1cf6sk7k maybe I use "vintage" instead of "old" will be better？

[@pianoandwhisky]

While "Lover's Concerto" was a popular rendition of "Minuet in G major" from the 60's, George Lam's 1986 version was inspired largely by "The Duel", an electronic version by Giorgio Moroder from the 1984 movie "Electric Dreams". Moroder's electronic music in the soundtrack has a great impact on contemporary pop music of it's time.

[@SummerKuang]

終於等到林子祥了❤，其實在聲生不息中有更多林子祥的現場

[@Y先生-s4o]

12:25 I have to agree with Rozette. There are characters that you can easily use in riffs such as 啊、呀、喔、家、天、美、多、歌…… and so many more!

[@SameSamFamily]

While watching, I wish I could explain to Miss Rozette in person! Jay was right that Cantonese has NINE TONES (!) and if the word doesn't fit into the note, it would sound really silly. For example, for 'ma', if it is 'so' (in so-fa names), it could mean 'mother', if it is in 'me', it could mean 'blaming', if it is in 'do', it could mean 'linen (the material)'. There are nursery rhymes (or even hymns) with 'words not fitting the sounds', and they just sound funny and being teased sometimes. As an English teacher in England with Cantonese being my mother tongue, speaking also Mandarin and French, plus some basic German, Spanish and Japanese, I believe I have got the knowledge to explain about what is so unique about Cantonese. Back to this particular song, however, I think that Jay tried really hard to explain, but did miss one IMPORTANT POINT: It was the VIBE of the song! In Chinese songs, lyrics are so important as we previously discussed (or are in ongoing discussions), the lyrics of this song, 'Life of Numbers', was actually about how Hongkongers were controlled and manipulated by the the numerous numbers in their everyday life, even pushed and stressed by all these various numbers everywhere. In view of that, the song was presenting how 'rush' the people's lives were. This song was produced in an era when Hong Kong's economy was high flying, and the pressure in life was getting higher and higher. #The 'numbers' in this song did indicate things like 'codes of stocks in the stock market' and 'number of the horses in horseracing', etc.

[@cecilyyip8774]

這期真的很有趣，喜歡老師們的互動，討論文化、語言、音樂等等問題👍🏻👍🏻 有時看得真想加入一起討論😂 粵語比國語更難填詞，粵音很多時改了或拉動少少音的話就變成另一個字及意思。 聽著聽著就想，如果黃霑還在世就好，一個懂中古音律而母語又是粵語的作曲填詞家，一定可以滿足到老師的問題😂

[@user-minict]

好想Rozette橘老師用粵語講「入實驗室㩒緊急掣」「西施死時四十四，四十四時西施死」🤣 語文文化交流🥹不過要辛苦杰凱😂我們廣東話真是好難講😔 另外想補充下，聽過唱者講過那一段數字是反應我們人生，年齡，機械，計數機股市等等都與數字有關，即使音樂也是一樣！ 你們加油！我超級鍾意你們的channel

[@KC_1020]

I love the way she face to the camera and ask us if he was correct 😂😂😂😂 and YES! he is TOTALLY CORRECT 👍

[@chanchiwah1669]

終於有80年代香港前輩歌手評論

[@holysxit]

I listen to this song since i was born and never thought of the numbers in the song have meaning

[@kylelo3249]

It is just how Cantonese is. This is why Cantonese is so unique and why we are so proud of it. I am sorry you can't relate to it but I am pretty sure most of us Cantonese finds it amazing.

[@SiFatGwai]

真係很有趣的討論

[@luke9045]

我想兩個主持人爭論的點都不是這首歌要表達的原意，這是一首緊湊的趣味歌，難度就是人很難快速準確跟上快節奏及歌詞，這首歌人享受征服速度的快感，就像你不能在rap中間要求轉調，不然整個味道都變了，這個歌跟rap一樣就是在追求速度極致的趣味，男主也講錯粵語為啥不能轉調，粵語在抒情歌就轉的很厲害，但有些歌曲的呈現並不是只是在凸顯唱功多厲害，有些則是追求速度一氣呵成的快感。

[@里夫-l1b]

沒錯 這首歌歌詞又多又密 中間能喘口氣就不錯了 根本就別想再有多餘時間展現一下轉音會顫音 如果要討論這一點 挑首抒情慢歌也許會比較容易理解 不過這首歌我聽起來大部分的音都是重音 但正確粵語發音也是重音嗎 這我就不知道了

[@Awan777]

最後面有講到這點了 這緊湊的節奏一口氣唱完是非常困難的 橘老師也才恍然大悟 但真的是最後面才發現

[@daimiao]

說得好！舉的例子也很容易讓人了解！

[@nuagecloudchan]

I like Ms Rozette singing 「那那星星」 at 20:48🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lifewillbesweet]

小時候聽林子祥是享受，現在聽是感慨歲月如梭，聽合唱只有唏噓即使老了還無人媲美，這差距⋯⋯

[@michaeldang8189]

I would be on Rozette's side about stressing Cantonese words (I am a Cantonese). To some degree, we could stress and go up and down for a word in a Cantonese song, it is still perfectly fine. The point in this particular Number Song, the song writer and the singer want to express life in a very busy, very quick and non-stoppable way. The extreme difficulty of this song is that the singer will easily run out of breath. But Mr. Lin, the older original singer, can sing it without any issue. And he is 77 year old now, he was 70+ in the performance as well. :) Thanks for your great and fun video!

[@Jacindalau25]

This song is about the numbers in our lives, called Life of Numbers. It’s about our lives being surrounded by numbers, from our ID cards, passport numbers, licence numbers, net worths, weights, IQs, stock prices etc., a more modern relevance can be instagram followers, KZbin views, mobile numbers etc. Numbers are essentially life. It’s supposed to be funny but also makes us reflect on the numbers in our lives and their significances. I think the end sounding like graduation can be interpreted as the graduation of life after learning to enjoy life ignoring the numbers. And yes, those are random numbers, just like the numbers assigned to us throughout our lives, relatable. The difficulty lies in them being able to memorise random numbers and sing or scream them correctly and quickly.

[@katarina0906]

13:37 你說我連一個字都說不出來？😢 老師超可愛❤

[@stephenlai8669]

林子祥(Lam)絕對是香港的歌神。❤

[@HarryHo02]

第一代铁肺歌神

[@shingodkto9219]

我覺得佢係香港認第一 冇人敢認第二

[@hingyu4924]

Lam，真係勁

[@yukimak5454]

還有 Sam HOI 許冠杰 ，香港當代流行粵語歌曲鼻祖

[@張益桓]

如果指的是稱號上的話他是鐵肺歌神，香港歌手是許冠杰、張學友、陳奕迅，但如果你指的是實力上的話，他確實有資格被稱作香港歌神

[@kevin13un]

之前係另一條片都留過言，希望日後可以試一下已故霑叔的滄海一聲笑，粵普兩個版本只有數字之差，是我心中是真正的神曲 #我係澳門土生土長聽齊廣東同香港兩邊粵語口音長大

[@awesomeexpressionexp]

終於有"我們的歌"!這個節目出了很多精品合唱值得去挖。“聲生不息”也是。超期待老師聼七十多嵗的林子祥，真正寶刀未老。

[@DanFan210]

He’s not messing with you. I’m a Cantonese speaker myself, and I’ve tried teaching foreigners Cantonese and Mandarin, and I wasn’t proud of myself 😂😂. I think if you are doing riffs and runs on a single character, it would be weird. Perhaps it might work on some noun or verb compounds. And if you do riffs on Cantonese, listeners might need to see the lyrics to understand what you mean. I think the difficulty to do riffs in a tone and toneless language is different, and there are limitations to do so. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for making so many fun videos.

[@carli1273]

😂😂😂老師反應好搞笑

[@vincentzhang2293]

I like your discussions

[@qqweasdq]

老師，相信傑，粵語真的不簡單🤣 另外，老師結尾那首歌好好聽呀！！🤩

[@queeniemagenta1653]

I found your tubes yesterday, really funny and enjoyable. Have you shared songs from 盧冠廷 yet? It will be exciting.

[@OarlsCat]

詢問我粵語母語的另一半，他說我的比喻不錯 「普通話寫出來的粵語歌，就像是外國人說中文，你知道他在說什麼，但就是哪裡不對」

[@kin10000]

不完全對，就像影片中9:02那裏的（騎瘦馬），如果沒字幕只靠聽的話，真的猜不出來，因為音調完全不同。

[@ronhui5325]

知不知道他在說什麼，要看聽的那個人的慧根😂

[@里夫-l1b]

香港歌星來台灣說普通話 我們也知道他們在說甚麼 但仍舊感到彆扭啊 但是知道 能溝通不就好了 很多歌曲本來詞是第三聲 但是曲是第二聲 那在唱的時候還是得唱成第二聲(上揚) 不然整首歌就失去流暢感了

[@OarlsCat]

@@kin10000 難怪她叫我不要學這首w

[@Kindydr]

哈哈哈，就像野狼Disco

[@ananielee]

應該給老師聽聽林子祥的男兒當自強和敢愛敢做，那兩首都把林的特點發揮的淋淋盡致，也就是中氣十足的豪邁高音(因為很多人唱高音都只是音高但聲細，唱不出強穿透力的豪邁感)

[@athomenotavailable]

哈哈，这个好玩了

[@mtylam]

The song is a satire of the rapidly growing Hong Kong lifestyle in the 1980s. Many aspects of life were determined by numbers such as grades, stocks, and income. The way George delivered the song may also reflect the fast-paced lifestyle in Hong Kong. This song is a classic because it struck an emotional chord with many people living in Hong Kong. It's a fun song to sing and brings back fond memories.

[@tonytong2733]

敢爱敢做 should do, he is the legend, i join member for please do reaction for 敢爱敢做

[@SiFatGwai]

給老師聽聽一水隔天涯😂只限一水隔天～～～～涯😂

[@alvinor813]

Jay is right!! When I was thinking how to explain, I found there were so many great examples in the comments🤣

[@sharenyao3968]

這集真的很歡樂，老師真的很可愛！杰沒有在唬您！但老師說2人一起歡樂地大叫真的很貼切😂⋯⋯，因為小時候看我的表弟妹三人一起快速大聲用粵語聊天時，也感覺他們三個開心的在罵人，雖然知道他們在說什麼！⋯⋯但粵語只要高聲一點，語速快一點，氣勢如虹呀！想起周星馳電影中罵人片段還是得是粵語才有那個味道

[@小宇-t6c]

Expecting for coach Rozette listen more Cantonese songs there‘re many skillful song 😄😄

[@SiFatGwai]

This is land of hope and glory

[@阮善善]

在這裡看到好多對語言和聲調的分享，真心喜歡這種氛圍，謝謝頻道主也謝謝所有在此的聽眾

[@lamstella1228]

As a Hong Kong er , yes ma'am! Cantonese has the absolute tone that if its inaccurate, we need to guess and look at the lyrics to know the words. Look at Eason! He can still do riffs yet he complete the word first then hold it on for longer duration for room of techniques

[@NathanielC105]

廣東話聲調變了就成為另一個字，之前看過香港女歌手何韻詩的哥哥何秉舜分享，他是演唱會音樂總監，他說很多時會即興點歌，有時沒排練過但看到歌詞就大概知道旋律，因為廣東話9音，知道發音就知是那個音階

[@鄭翠儀-x6y]

林子祥 聲生不息誰能明白我 超好聽👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackcyx6659]

也可以做他们两公婆的合唱👍

[@elainewu30]

用一個字讀九聲作示範應該比較容明白～我是在香港讀中文系的，要學廣東話，普通話，也要學英文的語言系統，根據我的學習直接把一個字用九聲讀，然後說這九字也有其意思會比較能知道廣東話系統的複雜性 但我也明白老師會懷疑的想法，始終太不同了，有求真的想法很好，但也辛苦解釋了😂因為真的很難短時間或用簡單數句解釋到😂加上廣東話不是你的母語😂😂

[@超人李-u9i]

我睇完你留言終於明佢地嘈咩😂 廣東話有9音，每個音代表一個字，如果轉左音就變左第2隻字意思都唔用。 好似刁，屌😊 英文就小咁既情況出現，仲可以拉開個音來講/唱😅

[@kathieng4853]

Totally agree with Jay. I am Hongkonger and now living in canada. I also learn Cantonese in the past .. Jay told you the truth.. :-)

[@JourneyingwithJenny]

希望老師評價更多經典粵語歌曲😊

[@locamel9451]

我聽不懂粵語，但第一次聽到林唱這首很驚豔，老師的點評讓我非常意外，但這集很有趣，老師太好笑了

[@michael199461]

等好久了❤

[@jedijoelam]

Cantonese is special because the same letters pronounced in a different intonation mean completely different things. That's why Chinese, especially Cantonese lyricists are absolutely geniuses, since the word intonation has to match the note. As for the lengthening of a sound in a song, you can do it, but the initial intonation has to be correct.

[@eric3632]

同一首歌，林子祥還是強太多了，一換林子祥，才開口唱幾個數字我的雞皮疙瘩就冒出來，用靈魂唱歌的歌手真的不一樣。

[@starrisk]

高手就是高手。。。

[@pengyunfei]

老师想说fuck说了一半停住了😅

[@1275hk]

最勁系依個年紀都可以high C

[@silentboomber]

听了他的前两句，我是真的鸡皮疙瘩都起来，明明我是一个音痴，根本分不出两个人的有什么不同，但潜意识自己作出反应了

[@lovekey22244]

母語可以有加成呢～

[@aerosun5313]

you win, Rozette always wins，Jay just shut up pleeeease , hahahahaha, so much fun😄😄😄😄

[@andylau2456]

一向很喜歡這位樂評人或者可稱為一位專業音樂人，但這次好明顯超出了她的音樂認知！她的中國朋友也沒有足夠的廣東話能力去解釋或介紹這首歌的哲學也沒足夠認知及能力去講解給這位加拿大音樂人認識廣東話的博大精深！希望網上有識之士能幫幫她們！

[@srpgwen2369]

No, he is not messing with you~🤣Really😆English and Cantonese are totally different.

[@shirleyc4169]

I just watched this video & I want to help Jay explain this. In Cantonese, the tones are not just going up, going down and dipping. There are flat tones. My Japanese teacher invented a system to teach Japanese people Cantonese and came up with the do re me scale for the flat tones. Saying "see" in "so" means poem, saying "see" in "fa" means to try, saying "see" in "re" means an event, saying "see" in "do" means time. Native cantonese speakers have a tough time understanding if your relative tones are not correct. That's why it's hard to find lyrics to fit a certain tune. Mandarin speakers may understand more even if the lyrics don't fit exactly, because their ears are less sensitive to tone.