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Wú suǒ wèi yì kāi shǐ shuí xiān ài shàng le shuí Learn Chinese Time From This Chinese Song Lyrics: I hope you enjoyed reading about (and listening to) “Where You Are,” there is plenty more to come.īecome a Patron of the blog at /musicgamer460Ĭheck out the YouTube channel (and consider hitting the subscribe button)įor more great Disney songs and films, check out the main page here: Disney/Dreamworks/Pixar/etc.Bie Mian Qiang 别勉强 Don't Force Lyrics 歌詞 With Pinyin By Deng Zi Qi 邓紫棋 G.E.M Zhou Xing Zhe 周兴哲 Eric
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I feel like I haven’t done a Disney series in ages, so I’m happy to finally be starting up again with Moana. But of course, this is a Disney movie, things NEVER stay in the status quo for very long. I still believe that Moana is one of the few Disney Princesses who is mostly content to remain in their situation for the good of the family (contrast her attitude by the end of “Where You Are” with, say, Mulan, Ariel or Belle).Īnd maybe if things had stayed in the status quo, she really would have been happy. Moana doesn’t seem particularly thrilled with this, but then she has an encounter with Grandmother Tala (Tui’s mother), who loves the ocean as much as Moana does, and together the two dance like the waves.īut once you know what you like, well, there you areĪs time passes, Moana begins to finally accept that, while she does love the ocean, she can be happy on Motunui, she doesn’t have to leave, everything she needs is right here “where you are.” And you almost believe her, except for the side glances she still sends over to where Grandmother Tala is still dancing. But time and time again, her parents are there to head her off and push her back to the island’s interior, where, as she grows into a teenager, she is prepared to take her place as a young chief on the island. But Moana DOES want to leave, or at least, she wants to explore the ocean. In this song, Tui and the others describe how the island provides everything they need for life: coconuts, fish from the lagoon, palm fronds to weave baskets and other materials, and “no one leaves.” The tone of the song is so happy that you almost don’t realize at first that the sentiment of no one EVER leaving is repeated multiple times. (Who needs a new song? This old one’s all we need)Īnd Moana, there’s so much to do (Make way)ĭon’t trip on the taro root, that’s all you need “Consider the coconut…” One of my favorite lines in the song Unaware of this, her well-meaning parents determine to do their best to raise Moana in such a way that she’ll never want to leave the island. Moana is (at the time) the toddler daughter of Chief Tui and Sina, and in a surreal encounter with the living presence of the ocean, is chosen to someday return the stolen heart of Te Fiti. And the first big song in the film is “Where You Are” which establishes daily life on the island of Motunui. She is also the first Disney Princess to have no romantic sub-plot in her film whatsoever (which is fine with me).įrom the moment I first watched this film in theaters, I fell in love with the soundtrack, which features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (you know, of Hamilton fame) among others. Moana is the first Polynesian Disney Princess and the youngest Disney Princess since Snow White. But when I saw the previews for Moana, I was determined that at the very least I would see THIS one, and boy oh boy, I’m glad I did. I still haven’t seen Tangled (2010, The Princess and the Frog (2009) nor have I seen Frozen (2013) (shocking I know). Considering that I’m a lifelong Disney nerd, I’ve been pretty terrible at catching most of their recent films.