APA十大金曲：鄧麗君經典歌曲
為紀念鄧麗君逝世十五週年，亞太藝術回顧了伴隨鄧麗君音樂成長的歲月，並重溫了她的十首經典歌曲。
作者：Brian Hu
發表日期：2010年5月12日
鄧麗君。攝影：顏明。香港維多利亞港。 2007年6月
泰國，1995年5月8日：傳奇歌手鄧麗君因氣喘病過世，享年42歲。在她的家鄉台灣，鄧麗君國葬。
洛杉磯，1995年夏：我父親從台灣帶回了一本雜誌。我不記得是什麼雜誌了，只記得封面上是一位我不認識的女歌手，但她的歌我父母卻爛熟於心。那本雜誌在我們床頭櫃上放了好幾個星期。不知道我父親現在是否還留著那一期。
香港，1996年11月2日：陳可辛執導的電影《甜蜜蜜》首映。這部由張曼玉和黎明主演的愛情片講述了當代華人從北京、廣州遷徙到香港、紐約的故事。鄧麗君的歌曲為影片提供了中文片名（甜蜜蜜），並賦予了跨越國界的邂逅以文化內涵。
台北，2004年8月：我在台灣一所大學選修中文課。我和同學們都是來自中國大陸和台灣各地的華人移民的後代，他們定居世界各地，建立家庭——從加州到德克薩斯，從波士頓到巴黎。雖然我們只會一些簡單的中文，但在一次偶然的卡拉OK聚會上，我們發現我們都能唱鄧麗君的《月亮代表我的心》。
APA Top Ten: Teresa Teng songs
To mark the 15th anniversary of Teresa Teng's passing, Asia Pacific Arts reflects on growing up with the singer's music and revisits ten of her classic songs.
by Brian Hu
Date Published: 05/12/2010
Teresa Teng. Photo by Yanming. Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. 2007.6
Thailand, May 8, 1995:
Legendary singer Teresa Teng passes away from an asthma attack. She was 42. In her homeland of Taiwan, Teng is given a state funeral.
Los Angeles, Summer 1995:
My dad brings back a magazine from Taiwan. I don’t remember what magazine it was, only that a woman whose name I didn’t know, but whose songs my parents memorized, was on the cover. That magazine stayed on our nightstand for weeks. I wonder if my dad still has that issue.
Hong Kong, November 2, 1996:
Peter Chan’s film Comrades Almost a Love Story premieres. The Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai romance traces contemporary Chinese migration from Beijing and Guangzhou to Hong Kong and New York City. Teresa Teng’s songs provide the Chinese title of the film (甜蜜蜜) and give cultural meaning to chance encounters across borders.
Taipei, August 2004:
I take a Chinese language class at a university in Taiwan. My classmates and I are all children of Chinese immigrants from throughout China and Taiwan, who have settled and raised family around the world -- from California to Texas to Boston to Paris. Though we can read only a smattering of Chinese, we find, during a fateful karaoke session, that we can all sing Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart.”
Las Vegas, May 8, 2010:
On a road trip to Vegas, two friends and I listen to Teng’s “Sweetie” which just happened to be on a CD mix in our car. I’m reminded that my dad used to listen to Teresa Teng’s music during our long road trips. Unbeknownst to us, 27 years earlier, Teng became the first Chinese female singer to perform in Las Vegas. We also don’t realize that it is the 15th anniversary of Teng’s death.
人生難得幾回醉
不歡更何待
(來來來 喝完了這杯再說吧)
今宵離別後
何日君再來
In life, rare is the occasion for indulgence,
Let’s not let this chance pass by.
Come… drink first talk later.
After you leave tonight,
When will you return?
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