Wednesday 11 October 2017

SONGS 11/4/19

SONGS









Richard Clayderman Beautiful Piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRC9GOVKIQM

Amazing Northern Lights, Beautiful Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Stress Relief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIWc8PJGv4A

https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/1058

The Blue Danube Waltz - Andre Rieu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V7pkbnZ14o


Christmas in Vienna 1999 The Three Tenors L.Pavarotti, J.Carreras,P.Domingo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3K5oLg-Fq4


Kitaro Greatest Hits - The Best Of Kitaro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2gAls1CCrM





Living for Jesus a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I do;
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.
O Jesus, Lord and Savior,
I give myself to Thee,
For Thou, in Thy [redemption],*
Didst give Thyself for me;
I own no other Master,
My heart shall be Thy throne,
My life I give, henceforth to live,
O Christ, for Thee alone.
2
Living for Jesus who died in my place,
Bearing on Calv’ry my sin and disgrace;
Such love constrains me to answer His call,
Follow His leading and give Him my all.
3
Living for Jesus wherever I am,
Doing each duty in His holy name;
Willing to suffer affliction and loss,
Deeming each trial a part of my cross.
4
Living for Jesus through earth’s little while,
My dearest treasure, the light of His smile;
Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem,
Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.
https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/456



8 Hour Sleeping Music, Music Meditation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8ezH0iXh8

Kitaguni no Haru (Spring in the north)

Shira kaba aozora minami kaze
Kobushi saku ano oka kitaguni no
Aaa... kitaguni no haru
Kisetsu ga tokai de wa wakaranai darou to
Todoita ofukuro no tiisana tsuzumi
Ano furusato e kaerokana kaerokana

Yuki doke seseragi marukibashi
Karamatsu no me ga fuku kitaguni no
Aaa... kitaguni no haru
Suki da to otagai ni iidasenai mama
Wakarete mou gonen ano ko wa doushiteru
Ano furusato e kaerokana kaerokana

Yamabuki asagiri suishyagoya
Warane uta kikoeru kitaguni no
Aaa... kitaguni no haru
Aniki mo oyaji nite mukuti na futari ga
Tama ni wa sake demo nonderu daroka
Ano furusato e kaerokana kaerokana

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/m/masaosenlyrics/kitaguninoharulyrics.html

    

Indonesian folksong: Bengawan Solo River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RhCGENdlE&list=RDZyvwuJPACSE&index=18

满山葡萄红艳艳 》孙经信•金仲鳴 合唱 周明震 词•黄准 曲

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25R-yMl9ro&list=RDy25R-yMl9ro&start_radio=1&t=8

太阳的后裔Original Soundtrack Full 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FadLUW54kyg

Latin Cha Cha You Will Never Stop 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo_KNzmeR3Q

TOP OF RUMBA CHACHA TANGO 



Winter Sonata - From The Beginning Until Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pisbO7J_AYs&gl=SG


余天 Yu Tien - 榕樹下

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKv1WkSeQs4&list=RDRKv1WkSeQs4&start_radio=1&t=0


尤雅《 往事只能回味 》

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da5W-Kg0gDA&list=RDftqUXq4pLPQ&index=27


The Greatest Classical Masterpieces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGfBTRkN0y0

Abba Greatest Hits Full Album 2019 - Best Of Abba Songs Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWe9QHmCUw


Mongolian Folksong: Ulan Bator's Night ☆ 美女歌星琪琪格:烏蘭巴托之夜

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STedDqChuKg&list=RDSTedDqChuKg&start_radio=1


北國之春 (夢之旅合唱組合演唱)◇ 北国の春 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVeo-1FfFw&list=RDZyvwuJPACSE&index=3



Doctor Zhivago as played by The Metropolitan Pops Orchestra (1965)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkzQMDo6UP4&list=PLeyspeEawPj_hvdQqau6wGoomFLsk7nrU&index=6

The Best of Richard Clayderman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkUFT9Agv0&t=2607s

The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3I4bC4t0No

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs


Top 56 Christmas Songs and Carols with Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3Tdpr2QGk


We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Bring us pudding
Bring us pudding
Bring us pudding
And a cup of good cheer
We won't go 'til we get some
We won't go 'til we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring it out here!
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
And a happy New Year
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.

Merry Christmas


Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Through the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, jing-jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, brruup
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Through the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.






Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!
and surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot,
sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
sin auld lang syne.
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!
and surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.



新阿瓦尔古丽

https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/%e5%88%80%e9%83%8e/%e6%96%b0%e9%98%bf%e7%93%a6%e5%b0%94%e5%8f%a4%e4%b8%bd-40

远方的人请问你来自那里
你可曾听说过阿瓦儿古丽
她带着我的心 穿越了戈壁
多年以前丢失在遥远的伊犁
多年以前丢失在那遥远的伊犁
流浪的人你是否来自伊犁
你可曾看见过阿瓦尔古丽
她美丽的眼睛 是否还多情
可曾听见萨它尔忧伤的声音
可曾听过见萨它尔忧伤的声音
戈壁滩上的驼铃我问问你
你能否告诉阿瓦尔古丽
不管是日落 还是黎明
痴情人在等待她归来的消息
痴情人在等待她归来的消息
用最美的声音等你的消息
远方的人请问你来自那里
你可曾听说过阿瓦儿古丽
她带着我的心 穿越了戈壁
多年以前丢失在遥远的伊犁
多年以前丢失在那遥远的伊犁



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLJPC1z-kFw&list=RDZyvwuJPACSE&index=17

敖包相会

十五的月亮升上了天空哪
为什么旁边没有云彩
我等待着美丽的姑娘呀
你为什么还不到来哟嗬
马头琴:巴特
如果没有天上的雨水呀
海棠花儿不会自己开
只要哥哥我耐心地等待哟
我心上的人儿就会跑过来哟嗬
马头琴:巴特
十五的月亮升上了天空哪
为什么旁边没有云彩
我在等待着美丽的姑娘呀
你为什么还不到来哟嗬
我在等待着美丽的姑娘呀
你为什么还不到来哟嗬
敖包相会铃声
敖包相会试听





It's all because of you I'm feelin' sad and blue
You went away, now my life is just a rainy day
I love you so, how much you'll never know
You've gone away and left me lonely
Untouchable memories seem to keep haunting me
Of love so true, that once turned all my gray skies blue
But you've disappeared, now my eyes are filled with tears
I'm wishin' you were here with me
Soft with love are my thoughts of you
Now that you're gone, oh, I don't know what to do
If only you were here, you'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine, and once again you'd be mine, all mine
But in reality, you and I will never be
'Cause you took your love away from me, oh
If only you were here, you'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine, and once again you'd be mine, all mine
But in reality, you and I will never be
'Cause you took your love away from me
Oh, baby, you took your love away from me
Sayonara

https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-lyrics
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year

[Refrain]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[Verse 2]
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And bring some out here

[Refrain]
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

[Verse 2]
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing 'Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born

[Verse 3]
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth


https://genius.com/Eddy-arnold-i-really-dont-want-to-know-lyrics
How many arms have held you and hated to let you go
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
How many lips have kissed you and set your soul aglow
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know

So always make me wonder always make me guess
And even if I ask you darling don't confess
Just let it remain me your secret but darling I love you so
No wonder no wonder I wonder no I really don't want to know



Tsai Chin  When is the moon?




























https://mojim.com/cny100312x58x17.htm
Seeing the month, such as hook sometimes comparative study after dusk
but also sometimes think the time of reunion after dusk
comparative study of May saw the head
but also cause for some sadness comparative study from the floor on the photo sympathetic
glance told me to find a silhouette month pledge to spend
sometimes At dusk, after the twilight, there are
eyes that look at the moon and cause a break.


Lyrics: Ji Yuncheng
Composer: Siamese folk songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ-UAeqpbTY&list=RDZyvwuJPACSE&index=14

have seen you since the Acacia River. It’s like the spring breeze blowing into
my heart. I want to tell you gently not to forget me. Since the Acacia Riverside, your
infinite pain is buried in your heart. I want to gently Tell you not to forget me,
why the autumn wind is ruthless, why did you blow down Danfeng youth, why is it ruined, red,
ah, life is a dream, since the Acacia Riverside, your infinite pain is buried in the heart,
I want to gently tell you not to Forget me




Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
Julia HoweHe is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.

(Chorus)
Glory, Glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.

(Chorus)
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal";
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.





Great is the Lord
God almighty
Great is the Lord on high
The train of His robe
Fills the temple
And we cry out
Highest praise
Glory to the risen king
Glory to the Son
Glorious Son
Lift up your hands
Open the doors
Let the king
Of glory come in
And forever be our God
Holy is the Lord
God almighty
Holy is the Lord on high
Let all the earth
Bow before you
And crown You Lord of all

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Adele-3/Water-Under-the-Bridge



I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
And may all your Christmases be white (all your Christmases be white)
And may all your Christmases be white (all your Christmases be white)
And may all your Christmases be
(All your Christmases be white)
(All your Christmases be white)


Hark! the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations rise;
Join the triumph of the skies;
With angelic host proclaim
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Hark! the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of the favoured one.
Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King"
Hail! the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail!



I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card, I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card, I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

And may all your Christmases be white (all your Christmases be white)
And may all your Christmases be white (all your Christmases be white)
And may all your Christmases be
(All your Christmases be white)
(All your Christmases be white)


I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve'll find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams



Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!
Christ, by highest heaven adored:
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of the favoured one.
Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail, the incarnate Deity:
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!
Hail! the heaven-born
Prince of



夢之旅合唱組合演唱:哎喲,媽媽!Indonesian folksong: Oh, mom! Oh, maman! Oh, Mama! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyvwuJPACSE&list=RDZyvwuJPACSE&start_radio=1&t=7



山口百恵!スペシャル!2018年!Momoe Yamaguchi!special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_xSV_eLYfM



北国の春 - 千昌夫 HD-1080i CHJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftqUXq4pLPQ&list=RDftqUXq4pLPQ&start_radio=1&t=8




Andrea Bocelli Greatest Hits 2018 Best Andrea Bocelli Songs of All Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvB36EcxGo

Come, and let us sweetly join 
1. Come, and let us sweetly join,
Christ to praise in hymns divine;
give we all with one accord
glory to our common Lord. 
2. Hands and hearts and voices raise,
sing as in the ancient days;
antedate the joys above,
celebrate the feast of love. 
3. Jesus, dear expected Guest,
thou art bidden to the feast;
for thyself our hearts prepare;
come, and sit, and banquet there. 
4. Sanctify us, Lord, and bless,
breathe thy Spirit, give thy peace;
thou thyself within us move,
make our feast a feast of love.



Don't Cry for Me Argentina
It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom, running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to
Don't cry for me, Argentina
The truth is, I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance
And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired
They are


Memory
Daylight
See the dew on the sunflower
And the rose that is fading
Roses wither away
Like the sunflower
I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day
Memory
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there
The meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember
A time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale, cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies in the cold air
Another night is over
Another day is dawning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will
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Edelweiss, edelweiss

Edelweiss, edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow
May you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look
Source: LyricFind




Official Lyrics: I will follow him I will follow him, follow him wherever he may go There isn't an ocean too deep A mountain so high it can keep me away I must follow him Ever since he touched my hand I knew That near him I always must be And nothing can keep him from me He is my destiny I love him, I love him, I love him And where he goes I'll follow, forever, and ever And side by side together, I'll be with my true love And share a thousand sunsets together beside him I will follow him, follow him wherever he may go There isn't an ocean too deep A mountain so high it can keep, keep me away Away from my love I love him, I love him, I love him And where he goes I'll follow, forever, and ever And side by side together, I'll be with my true love And share a thousand sunsets together beside him I will follow him, follow him wherever he may go There isn't an ocean too deep A mountain so high it can keep, keep me away Away from my love







Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee

  1. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
    God of glory, Lord of love;
    Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
    Opening to the sun above.
    Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
    Drive the dark of doubt away;
    Giver of immortal gladness,
    Fill us with the light of day!
  2. All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
    Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays,
    Stars and angels sing around Thee,
    Center of unbroken praise.
    Field and forest, vale and mountain,
    Flowery meadow, flashing sea,
    Singing bird and flowing fountain
    Call us to rejoice in Thee.
  3. Thou art giving and forgiving,
    Ever blessing ever blest,
    Wellspring of the joy of living,
    Ocean depth of happy rest!
    Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
    All who live in love are Thine;
    Teach us how to love each other,
    Lift us to the joy divine.
  4. Mortals, join the happy chorus,
    Which the morning stars began;
    Father love is reigning o’er us,
    Brother love binds man to man.
    Ever singing, march we onward,
    Victors in the midst of strife,
    Joyful music leads us Sunward
    In the triumph song of life.
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Blessed Assurance
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood
Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blessed
Watching and waiting, looking above
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long

Oh what





Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love; Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
Oh, let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit, like a dove, Will descend upon your life and make you whole.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Oh, come and sing the song with gladness as your hearts are filled with joy.
Lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name.
Oh, give him all your tears and sadness, give him all your years of pain, And you'll enter into life in Jesus' name.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love; Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
Oh, let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit, like a dove, Will descend upon your life and make you whole.
Will descend upon your life and make you whole.



 Swan Lake, Irina Kolesnikova Dmitry Akulinin - St Petersburg Balet




Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (Official Video)




12 HOURS of Amazing Niagara Falls ~ Breathtaking Nature Scenery & Waterfall Sounds (No Music)


Children of Troubled Times - 风云儿女 1935

Tajik Han Chinese Song - Gulbita Why are the Flowers So Red

John Lennon - Imagine


Barbra Streisand - Memory



北国风光组曲4首》郭颂·李世荣·鲍桂芳 迎春曲·

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCFjFA1fecw&list=RDnCNVWnnLmwQ&index=15



春节歌乐03《春晓》中央广播民族弦乐团演奏



Vangelis Greatest Hits 2019 - Vangelis conquest of paradise - Vangelis alpha



山歌戀 (1964)葉楓 / 關山 ( 1-3 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7_UkTW5wA

阿诗玛》一朵鲜花鲜又鲜



Ed Starink - Chariots Of Fire (extended version)




Mary Hopkin Those were the days lyrics


https://www.classicfm.com/composers/puccini/guides/why-nessun-dorma-is-best/


The London Symphony Orchestra - Take My Breath Away


满山葡萄红艳艳



nice music russian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIJJknhyXc


Canon In D | Pachelbel's Canon | 1 Hour Version



Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet


金鹰情歌



The London Pops Orchestra! (1 Hr. Album) Beautiful Scenery In 1080p! Side B! #ProfHowdy

LONDON POPS SONG LIST: Chariots Of Fire, April In Portugal, Charmaine, From Russia With Love, Hello Dolly, Hey There, I Will Wait For You, Radetzky March, Swedish Rhapsody, The Big Country, The Blue Danube, Till There Was You, I’ve Got No Strings, Midnight In Moscow, Music Box Dancer, New York New York, Patricia, Red Roses For A Blue Lady, Stella By Starlight, Strangers In The Night, Tonight, Laura’s Theme, Holiday For Strings, Telstar,

CHARIOTS OF FIRE theme WITH LYRICS ~ The Olympic Song ~ VANGELIS



CHARIOTS OF FIRE lyrics

There is one freedom
Man running along
Each step that he's taking
A step to his soul

The passion and courage
It takes to be there
A man and his spirit
Alive in the air

And if he should stumble
as he goes
If he should fall
It won't really matter
If he knows
he gave it his all
The way becomes clearer
The way is complete
The need to be running
Admit no defeat

The circles together
Hold hands to the sky
A man and his spirit
he's learning to fly
And if he should stumble
as he goes
If he should fall
It won't really matter
If he knows
he gave it his all
Let no one surround himself with pain
But use it to free him
The game is to learn to live again
A race to the end

[Interlude]
And if he should stumble
as he goes
If he should fall
It won't really matter
If he knows
he gave it his all

Let no one surround himself with pain
But use it to free him
The game is to learn to live again
A race to the end


kitaguni no haru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgg4Zzana0Q#action=share 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IEHYLlXa3U&list=RD9IEHYLlXa3U&start_radio=1&t=1

支那之夜 China Night Shina no yoru - 李香蘭 Li Xianglan - 山口淑子



Bohemian Rhapsody


支那之夜 China Night Shina no yoru - 李香蘭 Li Xianglan - 山口淑子

Hark the herald angels sing

蔡幸娟 - 真情.avi -The angelic voice of Delphine Choi  (Jolin Tsai)


《放羊调》 徐世芳唱•中国民歌



Best French Songs Of All Times - Nos Souvenirs Collection


https://www.carols.org.uk/hark_the_herald_angels_sing.htm


尤雅《 往事只能回味 》



Richard Clayderman Greatest Hits 


Li Xianglan - Heart Song ( Eternally ) 李香兰-心曲 1957


Mitch Miller - The River Kwai March ~ Colonel Bogey March


满山葡萄红艳艳 》孙经信•金仲鳴 合唱 周明震 词•黄准 曲

The Best Of YIRUMA Yiruma's Greatest Hits ~ Best Piano



The Sound of music- Hills are Alive - Lyrics - HD



https://www.austincc.edu/dlauderb/1302/Lyrics/BattleHymnoftheRepublic.htm
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage
Where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
Of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Chorus
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watchfires
Of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar
In the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence
By the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet
That shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men
Before His judgement seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him;
Be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom
That transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy,
Let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on. 
Chorus
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.



Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Original Spoken Intro Version) ABC Records 1967, 1970




The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

李香蘭 Li Xiang Lan 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0w0mWB3uA&list=RDX95q6YZogk4&index=6


Liu Sanjie(刘三姐)

山歌戀 (1964)葉楓 / 關山 ( 1-3 )

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Lyrics)

My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews



Andre' Rieu - Fernando - ABBA


Rock of Ages


Battle Hymn of the Republic




Be Thou My Vision by 4Him -Lyrics (Celtic Version)

Scarborough Fair - Celtic Woman live performance HD
The Very Best Song ABBA - ABBA Full Album Playlist

Flashmob Nürnberg 2014 - Ode an die Freude

Andre Rieu - Blue Danube

The Godfather Theme Song



The Magnificent Seven Theme


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDB7GMnbUQ

The good the bad and the ugly - The best theme tune ever


 黃河鋼琴協奏曲 - 第一樂章(黃河船伕曲)

Silent Night

Auld Lang Syne

Red River Valley - Eddy Arnold


The Sound of music- Hills are Alive - Lyrics - HD

André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDaJ7rFg66A&list=RDLUBKrxvQYhA&index=25



The Godfather Theme Song



The Sound of Music: Overture




Silent Night


江山美人》電影插曲 《戲鳳》靜婷 青山 現場演唱版


Mix – Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGqUoKaTQoc&list=RD2nGKqH26xlg&index=4




山歌戀 4




Mountain Song Love 4



Andy Williams - The Best Songs. - Video


https://www.lyrics.com/



经典歌曲:五朵金花 蝴蝶泉边


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzz_slh5HVA&list=RDdDCC5C6rVrY&index=2




A Time for Us





Golden Songs - Beegees




Edelweiss - Julie Andrews - The Sound Of Music, HD with Lyrics




Doxology: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (with lyrics)




Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) - Kyu Sakamoto





Sound of Silence - Dana Winner, Simon and Garfunkel


经典歌曲:五朵金花 蝴蝶泉边

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzz_slh5HVA&list=RDdDCC5C6rVrY&index=2


POWERFUL: The Most Popular Russian Patriotic Song Of All Time - The Sacred War


Battle Hymn of the Republic





Be thou my vision - (with lyrics)


Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service W. Lyrics



Edelweiss - Julie Andrews - The Sound Of Music





北国の春 ..千昌夫 .. Kita Guni no Haru - Sen Masao - North Country Spring .. a Japanese song



小白船 78RPM PALACE LABEL CHINA 1959 ( RE-POST )



André Rieu - Loy Krathong / เพลงลอยกระทง (Live in Bangkok)






China Night ( 1940 Nights of China Cover ) - English translation from Japanese






老鷹之歌




USA FOR AFRICA




The Sound of Music: Overture


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDGpvcFi-g&list=RDLUBKrxvQYhA&index=22



江山美人》電影插曲




Auld Lang Syne





Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

André Rieu - Don't cry for me Argentina live at Radio City, New York



André Rieu - I Will Follow Him






Andre' Rieu - Fernando - ABBA






電影《劉三姐》@1961 (精選片段)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXggiUVhTqs&list=RDsXggiUVhTqs&start_radio=1&t=40

Arirang  (Korean song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w73-gPNlzVs#action=share


아리랑 (Arirang) - Korean Folk Song






So Hyang - Arirang Alone



ARIRANG (아리랑


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOQ6HjHEC0&list=RD0ZOQ6HjHEC0&start_radio=1&t=51




Auld Lang Syne






北国の春 ..千昌夫 .. Kita Guni no Haru - Sen Masao - North Country Spring .. a Japanese song




Sukiyaki Kyu Sakamoto 




China Night ( 1940 Nights of China Cover ) 




Andrea Bocelli I Sarah Brightman - Time to say goodbye





Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz






Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World 


N Korean version North Country song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5uQx9xGD4&list=RDDb5uQx9xGD4&index=1

André Rieu - Loy Krathong / เพลงลอยกระทง (Live in Bangkok)




民樂迎春05《草原晨曲》通福作曲•中央廣播民族管弦樂團





草原之夜- FOLK SONG OF CHINA




《江山美人》電影插曲 《戲鳳》靜婷 青山


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_iULxSznTM






北国の春 千昌夫






The East is Red 东方红 1965 Chinese 'song and dance epic' with English subtitles


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQaK3tL6qIE



Morning Song Over the Prairie 草原晨曲 - Excerpt


André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube

The past can only be reminiscent - Yuya




Kita Guni no Haru - Sen Masao - North Country Spring .. a Japanese song




北国の春





Purple Sunset(紫日)| Chinese/English Sub | Full movie 1080p


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRUzty7dI-Q


《北国风光组曲4首》郭颂·李世荣·鲍桂芳 迎春曲·溜冰园舞曲





Rock of Ages

Rock of ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy riven side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Cleanse me from its guilt and pow'r
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling
Naked, come to Thee for dress
Helpless, look to Thee for grace
Vile, I to the fountain fly
Wash me, saviour, or I die
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Rock of Ages lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management


Andrea Bocelli - Besame Mucho - Live From Lake Las Vegas Resort, USA / 2006





Dr.Zhivago - André Rieu





Edelweiss - Julie Andrews - The Sound Of Music




A time for us Romeo and Juliet 1968




John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Audio)




San Francisco Scott McKenzie





Richard Clayderman - Love song in winter (Winter Sonata





Be thou my vision - (with lyrics)






Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee | Henry J. van Dyke






Kenny G Greatest Hits | The Best Of Kenny G


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E61nPsEAtB0




The House of the Rising Sun versión THE ANDES








Música Clasica China II - Classic Chinese Music II 古箏





Kitaro Greatest Hits | The Best Of Kitaro | Best Instrument Music







ANDREA BOCELLI (HQ) AVE MARIA (SCHUBERT)







Abba - Fernando





Abba - Dancing Queen



USA FOR AFRICA - We Are The World




memory - elaine page.mkv





André Rieu - Edelweiss







André Rieu & Mirusia - Memory (Cats)




Mary Hopkin Those were the days lyrics



Sissel Kyrkjebø - Shenandoah - 2001





André Rieu - La Paloma


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5L1UAGow3k&list=RDEkktfPo0Gqg&index=22





André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube





Aida - Triumphal March 개선행진곡 Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra



The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra






The Good, The Bad and The Ugly-Ennio Morricone Live@Palais Omnisports (Paris)





Madame Butterfly. Coro a boca cerrada. G. Puccini





Maria Callas Incredible ! La Traviata London 1958





支那之夜 China Night Shina no yoru - 李香蘭 Li Xianglan - 山口淑子






《远方的客如请你留下来》彝族民歌 范禹词•麦丁曲 720HD


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scrP3Wcq7oA




周璇 - 何日君再來


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PoAnXCcMw&list=RDA3PoAnXCcMw&start_radio=1&t=16




Andre' Rieu - Fernando - ABBA




Dances with Wolves-Músic-John Barry(performed by Andre Rieu)HD.






Anne Murray - You needed me (video/audio edited) HD



Song Zuying - Jasmine Flower 茉莉花





Liu Sanjie(刘三姐):A highly acclaimed film musical






The Sound of Music - Laendler (Maria and The Captain - Dancing)




Christopher Plummer - Edelweiss - The Sound of Music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMuTDdWXbNo


Famous Waltz Blue Danube Strauss - Silvester 2008




往事只能回味 - 尤雅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmgyHTt2Gsg


The East is Red 东方红 1965 Chinese 'song and dance epic






China Night ( 1940 Nights of China Cover ) - English translation from Japanese





Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)


Green Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones

Olivia Newton-John - Don't Cry For Me Argentina

《明月千里寄相思》小提琴曲·陈蓉晖·谢琳演奏·钢琴伴奏

Bee Gees Greatest Hits Full Album 

Conway Twitty, Bee Gees, ABBA, Leo Sayer, The Carpenters, Boney M - Best Oldies Songs Ever

Andrea Bocelli I Sarah Brightman - Time to say goobye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPrf-svWUAQ

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Karen Carpenter-Don't Cry For Me Argentina


草原之夜- FOLK SONG OF CHINA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTomZmtjTsg

《满山葡萄红艳艳 》孙经信•金仲鳴 合唱 周明震 词•黄准 曲
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John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Audio)



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《北国风光组曲4首》郭颂·李世荣·鲍桂芳 迎春曲·溜冰园舞曲


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宋祖英鸟巢音乐会:我的祖国 - 宋祖英


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Julie Andrews 'The sound of music'
Lyrics
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
That rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
Stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music


And I´ll sing once more
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Edelweiss Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

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Lois Armstrong

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world

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The spherped girl  julie yeh feng/ Kwan Sun

เพลงรักลมสวาท พากษ์ไทย 3-5.avi


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beethoven ode to joy lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbMUEHvoAo&gl=SG&hl=en-GB


Joy, beautiful 
spark of the gods, daughter of Elisium, 
We enter fire- drowned 
heavenly, your sanctuary.
Your spells bind again, 
What fashions are strictly divided, 
All men become brothers, 
Where thy gentle wing dwells. 
Who the great hit managed 
to be friend of a friend,
Whoever has won a fair wife, 
mingle his jubilation! 
Yes - who 
calls even a soul being on earth! 
And whoever has never been able to steal 
crying out of this covenant!
Drinking pleasure ...

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Auld Lang Syne


Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp!
and surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot,
sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl’d i' the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin auld lang syne.
And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp!
and surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Songwriters: KENNY G / W. AFANASIEFF
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Andre' Rieu - Fernando - ABBA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NIhYFQkfS0&list=RD7NIhYFQkfS0&start_radio=1


Fernando Lyrics Song by ABBA

Can you hear the drums Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar
They were closer now Fernando
Every hour, every minute, seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid Fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I’m not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry
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周璇 - 何日君再來


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PoAnXCcMw
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USA FOR AFRICA - We Are The World - Rafael Casado Drummer



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草原之夜


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Barbra Streisand - Memory (Official Music Video)

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Bee Gees - Melody Fair (1971)


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Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA&t=1104s

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50 Most Famous Pieces of Classical Music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKFwQFBwQFU

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Richard Clayderman Greatest Hits 2018 - Richard Clayderman Playlist


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYIbIDVCIw

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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata | Piano & Orchestra


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7hscHkfPw

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet


---------------------------


红色娘子军 快乐的女战士,万泉河水


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNgHO8wLyI

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"Chinese folk song theme song 24" China National Symphony Orchestra


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Sound of Silence - Dana Winner & Simon & Garfunkel [show]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewaJDMY3zko

------------------------------------------------


MORNING HAS BROKEN - Cat Stevens (Lyrics)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rifby1tVE8

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Be thou my vision - (with lyrics)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMclLT_Hjg

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622



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《緬桂花开十里香》李世荣 舒超



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《满山葡萄红艳艳 》孙经信•金仲鳴 合唱 周明震 词•黄准 曲



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草原之夜 吴雁泽



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78UabR10hMg

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Morning Song Over the Prairie 草原晨曲 - Excerpt


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32PszpDuXmw

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经典歌曲:五朵金花 蝴蝶泉边



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzz_slh5HVA

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Abba - Dancing Queen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

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The Beatles Best Songs - The Beatles Greatest Hits Full Album


The Best Of Country Songs Of All Time - Top 100 Greatest Old Country Music Collection



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Best Songs Of Lobo │Lobo Greatest Hits


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoQOZrc2f3A

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-mA9OMP3DE


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Best Song Of Alan Jackson - Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrI_KKeIMTU

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Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Qe1U5JIt8

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Red River Valley /Michael Martin Murphey (with Lyrics)


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Battle Hymn of the Republic


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6AOGRsR80

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Tina Arena - Don't Cry for Me Argentina


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzF0Ih4jDCE

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Doris Day - Greatest Hits (Not Now Music) [Full Album]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJyOufQFBEA

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Nat King Cole - All The Best Songs



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Mary Hopkin Those were the days lyrics


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[野姑娘] 山歌求偶 - 鮑培莉·男聲合唱 / 凌雲·李菁 [1948-2018]


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山歌戀插曲大清早


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONyexasLoRs&list=RDw4gEmr4OatE&index=2

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金鹰情歌


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Dr.Zhivago - André Rieu


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André Rieu - Bésame Mucho


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCxzbW9mtY&list=RDW9I4D0D2qgE&index=20

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Liu Yun _ know not know


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Ludwig Van Beethoven's 5th Symphony in C Minor (Full)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE

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Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz



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谷村新司2017年『星』Japanese song


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500 Miles- Justin Timberlake (Inside Llewyn Davis) || Lyrics video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sciC1NMR8Kk

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El Condor Pasa 重生雄鷹 (老鷹之歌)


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The House of the Rising Sun versión THE ANDES


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James Bond Medley - BBC Proms 2011 Last Night Celebrations in Scotland



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Evita "Don´t Cry For Me Argentina" (Legendado)


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Dr.Zhivago - André Rieu













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28/11/19

ASEAN: Towards a  
Security Community?

KB Teo

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The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting is underway in the Thai capital, Bangkok. Top officials from Southeast and East Asian nations, including China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, are attending the five-day event. The South China Sea and free trade issues are on top of the agenda. What's next for China-ASEAN diplomacy? 31/7/19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFV8BaTJq1w


Why is the ASEAN so important today?



ASEAN explained in 5 minutes



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct82hPU8nRI
Karl Deutsch:  definition

   Members of an SC do not wage war against one another.


Is ASEAN an SC?  Yes.




1   There have been no militarised conflicts among the ASEAN states since 1980.  Before that, there were serious military conflicts between Thailand/Cambodia (Prear Vihear temple dispute 2008), Vietnam/Cambodia (Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh had dreams of creating an Indochinese Federation, to include Laos and Cambodia).  The Prear Vihear temple dispute was peacefully resolved in 2018 with the ASEAN framework (award by the ICJ).  

Indonesian President Sukarno's Krontasi Campaign 1963-66 against Malaysia and Singapore.  Sukarno was discredited because of his close ties with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).





2   ASEAN's focus is on promoting national and regional resilience:  political stability, economic growth, and prosperity.  
ASEAN's average growth rate 2000 - 2017 was 5.7%, much higher compared with the US (1%), EU (1.8%) and Japan (1.2%).
War is a sunset industry for the ASEAN states.


There are two schools of thought.  The first school ('Aseanists' like Amitav Acharya) argued that ASEAN has grown into an SC ('community' and common identity).  

The second school (e.g. Nicholas Khoo, University of Otago, New Zealand) disagrees.








ASEAN Regional Forum at 18: Dealing with regional flashpoints



Author: See Seng Tan, NTU

As the ASEAN Regional Forum meets in Bali, for the eighteenth time, it bears in the eyes of many few signs of institutional maturity.




None of its 27 participants has quite quit the forum yet, but discontent over the ARF’s perceived ineffectiveness in managing the region’s security has indubitably risen in recent years. The ARF — ‘Avoiding Regional Flashpoints’, if you will — has garnered a reputation for keeping hard security challenges off its agenda, and doing little when such issues happen to force their way in.
In functional terms, the 18th ARF meeting will likely produce few surprises. The ARF meeting in Hanoi last July produced a plan of action for implementing the ARF Vision Statement. The vision statement outlined goals for enhanced collaboration in a number of ‘areas of cooperation’, but little progress will be expected this year toward their anticipated completion in 2020. Opinion over the ARF’s ability to implement an ‘action-oriented’ agenda has been cautionary at best. Disputes over the South China Sea (SCS), and other diplomatic flare-ups in the region have made for a thorny run-up to the Forum. How the Forum operates in the context of these flashes, and whether it will be useful for teasing out these issues, will be an interesting test of its maturity.
Blame for the ARF’s inaction is usually placed on the big powers, particularly China, for their evident preference for treating such issues as bilateral rather than multilateral in nature, and smaller countries that might otherwise seek multilateral solutions eschew doing so for fear of angering Beijing. The US has gone some way to shaking up this dynamic. At the 2010 meeting in Hanoi, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took umbrage with alleged Chinese references to the SCS as part of China’s ‘core interests’ — a category normally reserved for Taiwan and Tibet — and urged the creation of a binding code of conduct for the six claimant countries (including China) as well as a ‘collaborative diplomatic process’ for resolving their claims. As Douglas Paal recently noted, Mrs Clinton’s comments implied that Beijing’s position on the Sea constituted a violation of the Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) of 2002.
On top of the SCS dispute, other diplomatic flare-ups have complicated the Forum’s context. In June, Vietnam accused China of harassing a Vietnamese seismic survey boat and damaging its research cable, while China demanded that Vietnam halt oil exploration activities in the area. Vietnam responded with a slew of nationalistic demonstrations and naval exercises. Later that month, following Mrs Clinton’s talks with Philippine counterpart Albert del Rosario, Mrs Clinton clarified that the US would not take sides in the SCS disputes. She also reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to the defence of the Philippines as part of their longstanding mutual alliance arrangement, amid rising tensions in the Sea. (Manila has complained of nine separate incursions by Chinese vessels into its territorial waters since late February.)
Despite these events, recent developments suggest the meeting in Bali could prove less volatile than last year’s. As part of their bilateral Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Beijing and Washington have taken to conducting ‘Asia Pacific consultations’, the first of which were held in Hawaii on 25 June. Although China went into the consultations holding firm to its inveterate view that countries should refrain from ‘internationalising’ the SCS disputes, its relative silence since those talks — and, as Paal has noted, its ‘increasingly UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) observant approach to the issues’ — imply China could be seeking to preclude an escalation of tensions, at least for now. With non-claimants such as Singapore also calling on China to clarify its claims, the pressure on Beijing to rely less on nebulous ‘historical’ claims — as in the case of its nine-dotted U-shaped line covering virtually the entire expanse of the SCS — and more on narrower, UNCLOS-based rationalisations is rising.
The US also has an interest in managing tensions with China. Writing for The Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria has cautioned against his fellow pundits’ quest to find a new grand strategy in President Obama’s foreign policy, suggesting that ‘strategic restraint’ best explains the president’s non-doctrinarian approach to international affairs. For all its recent bad press, China is generally restraint-minded as well. As some Chinese analysts have implied, Beijing’s assertiveness towards Hanoi over the seismic boat incident could have been due to Chinese perceptions that Vietnam failed to reciprocate Beijing’s efforts to assuage Hanoi’s anger over joint Sino–US oil exploration in a disputed area near the Spratly islands during the early 1990s.
For all its faults, the ARF has done one thing well: bring big powers and regional countries together into regular dialogue with one another. While the vision of serious security discussions among and across all 27 participants is probably far fetched, the Forum could be a venue for focused dialogue on pressing political and strategic concerns, not least on the SCS, among interested parties, even if only on the Forum’s sidelines.
Should regional flashpoints enjoy airtime at the ASEAN Regional Forum, rather than be assiduously avoided, the ARF will accomplish a key objective even if no solutions are immediately apparent. The journey from talk-shop to workshop is long and winding, and success is far from assured. But it certainly helps to get the basics right.

3   Since 1979, the ASEAN states have not waged war against one another. In December 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia to remove the murderous Pol Pot regime.  It was followed by China's attack against Vietnam in support of its Cambodian ally.


Singapore-Malaysia differences over water and territorial issues have been solved through peaceful negotiations.  This could be seen in the 9th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders' Retreat held in Kuala Lumpur in early-April 2019.  PM Lee Hsien Loong and PM Mahathir Mohamad had a good discussion to intensify mutually beneficial relations.  

Singapore and Malaysia will begin negotiations on delimiting their maritime boundaries within a month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on April 9, 2019, a day after the two countries mutually suspended their overlapping port limits.
“We have made progress to de-escalate the situation at sea and avoid further incidents,” he told reporters at a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad, held in Kuala Lumpur.

On 26 April 2019, DPM Anwar Ibrahim said it was important for Malaysia and Singapore to be 'on the best of terms'.


Malaysia's average growth rate 2000 - 2018 is 1.5%.

Indonesia
Its main priority is internal growth and development.  
President Jokowi was elected to a second term of office in mid-April 2019.
Its average growth rate of 2000 - 2018 is 5.7%.


Singapore's relations with all the ASEAN states have continued to intensify.  


Vietnam is a new "Asian tiger economy".  

Singapore-Vietnam economic relations continue to soar.
Vietnam's growth rate of 2000 - 2018 is 6.5%.

Singapore's ties with Vietnam prospering: PM Lee Hsien Loong during his official visit in March 2017.  There are more than 900 Singapore projects in Ho Chi Minh City alone.


Thailand's average growth rate of 2000 - 2018 is 3.8%.


Intra-region trade links in Asean closer than in EU



Asean's latest intra-regional trade intensity index reading was 3.54, compared to the EU's 2.04
(2016)
 ASEAN has made tremendous economic progress over the recent decades. With current combined gross domestic products (GDP) of almost US$2.8 trillion in 2017, ASEAN is now collectively ranked as the world 5th largest and Asian 3rd largest economy. 
ASEAN’s real GDP growth rate has been consistently positive during 2000-2017. Following the economic recovery from the Asian financial crisis in 1998-1999 with a growth rate at 6.0% in 2000, ASEAN GDP then continued to grow steadily with the annual average rate at 5.3% until 2017.



ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA (AFTA)

The ASEAN Heads of State and Government decided to establish an ASEAN Free Trade Area or AFTA in 1992. The objective of AFTA is to increase the ASEAN region’s competitive advantage as a production base geared for the world market. AFTA was completed in 2002.


Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh pointed out in January 2018  that Asean brings enormous benefits to Singapore.


It has a domestic market of 5.6 million consumers. Under the Asean Economic Community, the ambition is to integrate the 10 economies into a single market and production base. This means that our total domestic market is 630 million consumers.  The Asean economy is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. It is currently the world's seventh-largest economy.  By 2030, Asean could become the fourth-largest economy in the world.




Asean has a large and growing middle class. 
Unlike the protectionist trend elsewhere, Asean remains committed to free trade, regional integration and open economies.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would be one of the biggest free trade areas in the world.
ASEAN has free trade agreements with 6 partners, i.e. China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, and New Zealand.


ASEAN Security Community 'still a distant goal', Albert Lai 2004

Lack of unified voice on SCS dispute showed bloc still has some way to go.

“There is still a long way to go before we get to an ASEAN Political-Security Community,” said Mr Ong Keng Yong,  former ASEAN Secretary-General in an interview with TODAY 2015.

ASEAN does not have a unified position on the South China Sea dispute.  Hun Sen's Cambodia supports Beijing's position.  Cambodia is a recipient of Chinese financial aid.  
Kishore Mahbubani & Jeffrey Sng, The ASEAN Miracle. 2017
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