CarSick Cars - ZhongNanHai

[JoshuaCromarty]

Thanks for playing to a handful of locals in Newcastle, Australia last night.

Great to see you guys, hope you can come back soon!

[rrlcruz]

I like the audio here better...its sad the majority of people who appreciates thier music is not their own...

[abone30]

i smoke this stuff like all the time!!XD..ZHONGNANHAI!!

[lowmazda626]

When are you coming to Oregon?

[baluba830]

we'll be in california in april...

[jinanimal6]

zhong nan hai!!!

im not a big fan of this band, but cheers to zhong nan hai lol

[occeo]

I actually like it...usually I'm not into this kind of music :]

[weiner66]

They've just hit NY, and the natives are saying this is revolutionary stuff unlike anything they've ever heard before. Just kidding.

[biantai888]

Sounds just like "Ich Will Spass" from German new wave (Markus) in the 80s.

/watch?v=Wvm8pefHZMk

[AVShoreBrothers]

I wish I could find proper tabs, figuring this stuff out by myself is quite hard

[SamBrown1900]

f'king awesome!!!

[bonafide1978]

fucking great!

[wode007]

Great music flys! GO Kids

[melnikovkolya]

why are there language barriers...i dont know Chinese, but i would love to know what the song is about!

[neo666167]

it s abt a cigarette brand called ZHONG NAN HAI

[morondothoron]

zhong nan hai refers to a couple different things, but this is about a PRC cigarette brand

lyrics are:

zhong nan hai (over and over)

chouyan zhi chou zhongnanhai

--(I) only smoke zhongnanhais

shenghuo libukai zhongnanhai

--(I) can't live without zhongnanhais

shei tama chou le wo de zhongnanhai

--Who smoked my zhongnanhais, dammit?

Great song.

[yersi]

誰抽了我的囧男孩

[Fridaysh0w]

I heard the guitar guy is from beijing technology institute. I love his style

[MaxwellZ0906]

The Velvet Undergruond in Beijing!

[gimpshocker69]

中南海，中南海，中南海，中南海

抽烟就抽中南海

what a merry band of chinese badassess

[klanzit]

This ISN'T just about cigarettes...

Zhong Nan Hai is the political complex in Beijing that houses the leader of the People's Republic. Is's essentially the White House or 10 Downing Street...

[ryzingsun11]

生活离不开 Carsick Cars

[TaxiiiDriver]

秋烟只秋红金龙!

[gothicspoon]

WOW that guitarist has the same guitar as me!

And zhong nan hai are the best cigarettes out here in my opinion

[gothmanmech]

wo xiang ni D22!!!

[Freekwilly2]

a song about a cigarette brand :P

good stuff

[ezekieloak]

No ni. Hyvää Ruokahalua.  Nauttikaa savukkeistanne! D-22, Baby!

[manny0409]

This is one of the bands that will finally get the Chinese rock scene noticed. There are many good bands in China and there are people working hard to get them out into the ears of willing listeners.

[minimoogeryanlo]

對！抽煙只抽中南海！

[SirQLa]

Anthem of the Beijing Underground!

[kienlim]

Keep rockin!

[R1chNFam0us]

They ROCK!!!

[slivershaw]

抽烟只抽中南海,嘿嘿.绝!!!

[RhinoGen]

If this band was from Beijing (ie, were not from China), would people care about them? How much of who they are is mixed in with what they are? It this was a bunch of suburban white kids...

[bleuboia]

people in this world prejudge others, and never ever know who they really are, but just what they read, see, hear, but hardly what they know about the individuals that actually exist.

[wade575]

if some suburban white kids made songs with these melodies, then i'd care. actually, there are a lot of bands made up of "suburban white kids" that i also like.

[tonyli3s]

why the heck do you have to bring racism into this? where all people, we all love, we all hurt, we're all just trying to get by, why does it matter if their "suburban white kids" or beijing kids?

[KrankyClown]

If these were a bunch of suburban white kids they'd be playing to millions of white kids. Instead, they're playing to billions of Asian kids!! Great music!!!

[RhinoGen]

Ummm... Great... But billions? Hardly. i thought this band was from the "Shanghai Underground". Chinese kids listen to maudlin pop that they can sing karaoke to. Whatever, i'll chalk the hyper-language up to enthusiasm.

i still say this is derivative, late eighties to early nineties art-rock though. Just because it is happening in China doesn't really erase that.

[mick1316591]

Are you sure that Carsick Cars come from Shanghai? I thought they were from Beijing. I do hear a little influence of Sonic Youth in this music, but I wouldn't dismiss this band as totally derivative.

[RhinoGen]

Yeah, Beijing, but China's "art rock/underground/whatever" scene happens to be centred more in Shanghai. i am not saying this band is totally derivative, just saying that if they were white and from the West... Part of their appeal is the context i suppose.

[MaxwellZ0906]

They are from Beijing!

[ryzingsun11]

beijing is in china.

[weiyinforever19]

cool song～

[weiyinforever19]

顶～～

[yerman81]

Great song!!!

[barkleyinus]

they totally rock. saw them live tonight at yugongyishan.

this kid is the real deal!

[kinsxu]

haha. you should get sponsorship from the Cigerrette company

[gnimuas]

there were more than 1 pack of 'zhong nan hai' being throw on the stage!! :D