![]() Was she doomed to retreat into reading her old clippings and trying to pretend she was as young as she felt or was she able to move on? And if so, where and to what?Īfter a short period of misery and bewilderment facing a future that, without the trappings of youth, looked grim, she decided the only way forward was to start again and begin to furnish a mind that had been left to atrophy, a sacrifice to short-term glamour. Like many another woman Tsai glimpsed the end of a line. Given parts in five Fu Manchu films, she had, she says now, "a stricken conscience, I was so ashamed to perpetuate the myths about my race but I had to eat and I had to learn my craft." At 35, she played 16-year-old Juicy Lucy in the film The Virgin Soldier and wondered how long she still had to play the stereotyped golden-hearted tart. She tripped about London on the arms of desirable men, lit up the gossip columns, suppressed her intelligence, her ambition, her anxieties, and her pride, all packed away as unwanted on voyage. Like many another girl before her, Tsai shut her eyes to the future and made hay while the sun shone. Fresh out of RADA she "sparkled into stardom" as Suzie, the golden-hearted Hong Kong tart in The World of Suzie Wong and, from then on, glittered exotically in James Bond and Fu Manchu films, on television and in cabaret throughout the sixties, capitalising heavily on her looks and her "Chineseness" because any more demanding and "human" roles were as likely to come her way as hot dinners in an igloo. To find a night full of stars, one person quietly listens to Tsai's song, and led the wonderful music flow into your heart.To begin with, Tsai got on with making the most of what she was permitted. Her songs are full of mellow nostalgic colors, and Tsai completely manifests the vicissitudes of life from her performances and bearing. Looking back, those pasting emotions, because of the regret, became more and more soul-stirring. ![]() The past nagging worries, became the slightly miss after the filtration of time once ruthless harm to heart was gradually polished by the years and only provoked a tolerant sigh. Tsai's songs express a sense of tolerance. The afternoon of the autumn, the grace of young woman, lazy sunshine, ancient mahogany, thin gauze and falling leaves outside window, melancholy smile.All these fragmentary chapters are telling the past and present. Tsai's song sketches out a kind of artistic scene. Too young heart cannot understand Tsai Chin’s songs, they will be frightened down by these heavy feelings, because they do not have enough experience to understand such a life sigh too impetuous heart cannot understand Tsai Chin’ voice too, for he simply cannot put his heart into this sensitive emotional world, Tsai's song is only singing to those souls who still save the wonderful memories. Tsai's song is not singing to all the people, only sing to some minded people. Listen to Tsai Chin’s song, one should not drink too strong high degree wine, just drink some slightly bitter grape wine, and get a little drunk, then can only taste its flavor. The remarkable mezzo soprano voice seems to touch your heart, like a burst of breeze blowing the memory of your deep soul. Listen to Tsai Chin’s songs, one should spend a night -as quiet as water, sit in the dark away from the lights, low down the sound volume, slowly to taste, to chew, then you will feel like an old friend gently whispering by your ears. In the music aficionado world, Tsai's albums are used as audio testing discs. Her mezzo soprano voice is rare among the singers. Tsai Chin is that kind of singer who can make you calm down with her low, deep, rich and appealing voice. Her full-throated and natural voice, like a forgotten old language, has a kind of classic romance and an elegant sentimentality. Tsai's song is like a glass of good wine, get better with ages.
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