Basketball authorities ban 'disturbing' song
By Zhang Xuanchen |
January 28, 2011, Friday
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A CHINESE chart-topping folk song which gained huge popularity on the Internet for its unique lyrics and melody has been banned by authorities from being played during Chinese Basketball Association games as some teams turned it on deliberately to rattle opponents.
The song, titled "Disturbed," or "Tan Te" in Chinese, whose lyrics are a string of words without obvious meanings, has spread like wildfire since last August and it has reportedly been used as a new type of weapon on -basketball courts.
"My hands are shivering. I almost collapsed when the music was on," Zhu Fangyu, a "most valuable player" award winner from south China's Guangdong Province is quoted as saying in Beijing Times yesterday. Zhu recalled feelings when hearing "Disturbed" for the first time in a game this month in his microblog.
Meanwhile, a team from east China's Zhejiang Province blamed its rival host team from northeast China's Liaoning Province for playing the song as background music to distract its players in attacks and free throws in a game early this month.
On a three-game winning streak, Zhejiang only hit 30 of 80 shots and lost the game against Liaoning by 25 points. Meanwhile, Wang Han, a coach at Jilin Province team, also attributed the team's loss to the "terrible music" which they had never heard before. Jilin Team lost the game to Liaoning by 29 points.
In response to growing complaints, the Chinese Basketball Association on Wednesday issued a notification barring the playing of the song and other "discordant" music that is deliberately turned on to affect competitors' performance in games in the national league.
The song, titled "Disturbed," or "Tan Te" in Chinese, whose lyrics are a string of words without obvious meanings, has spread like wildfire since last August and it has reportedly been used as a new type of weapon on -basketball courts.
"My hands are shivering. I almost collapsed when the music was on," Zhu Fangyu, a "most valuable player" award winner from south China's Guangdong Province is quoted as saying in Beijing Times yesterday. Zhu recalled feelings when hearing "Disturbed" for the first time in a game this month in his microblog.
Meanwhile, a team from east China's Zhejiang Province blamed its rival host team from northeast China's Liaoning Province for playing the song as background music to distract its players in attacks and free throws in a game early this month.
On a three-game winning streak, Zhejiang only hit 30 of 80 shots and lost the game against Liaoning by 25 points. Meanwhile, Wang Han, a coach at Jilin Province team, also attributed the team's loss to the "terrible music" which they had never heard before. Jilin Team lost the game to Liaoning by 29 points.
In response to growing complaints, the Chinese Basketball Association on Wednesday issued a notification barring the playing of the song and other "discordant" music that is deliberately turned on to affect competitors' performance in games in the national league.
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