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Four Strange Great Singers

It is said in an article that the four strange great singers in the world should be Luciano Pavarotti (帕瓦羅蒂) from Italy, Michael Jackson (邁克爾·杰克遜) from USA, Vitas from Russia and Kong Tai (孔太) from China. It is well-known that Pavarotti died not long ago. And Jackson is on the decline. So, now the focus of attention is on Vitas and Kong Tai. The former is a rising star and the latter has retired from the singing circle to travel around the world. This shift of focus is mainly due to the fact that, when Vitas made a performing tour in China, some fans made a comparison between him and Kong Tai in terms of voice quality.

There are some interesting details with all of the four great singers in their performance. Everybody knows that Pavarotti always brings some rusty nails with him; Jackson always has some bottles of oxygen ready. It is rumored that Vitas’ high voice can break glasses and Kong Tai can twist a stainless spoon with one hand or both when he becomes too excited or sings in the highest voice, for which he has applied for Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records.(from www.nmet168.com)

【附：中文大意】

四大神奇怪異歌王

有人撰文認(rèn)為，世界四大神奇怪異歌王應(yīng)該是意大利的帕瓦羅蒂、美國(guó)的邁克爾·杰克遜、俄羅斯的Vitas及中國(guó)的孔太。眾所周知，帕瓦羅蒂不久前已經(jīng)去世，日漸過(guò)氣的邁克爾·杰克遜也已黯然失色，只有正在聲名鵲起的Vitas和已經(jīng)隱退歌壇周游四海的孔太成了今天最大的焦點(diǎn)。焦點(diǎn)的起因主要是Vitas來(lái)中國(guó)進(jìn)行巡演而產(chǎn)生時(shí)，國(guó)內(nèi)部分歌迷將他與孔太的聲音來(lái)做比較。

這四大歌王唱歌時(shí)都有一些有趣的細(xì)節(jié)。帕瓦羅蒂演出時(shí)總是帶著生銹的鐵釘，這是誰(shuí)都知道的。邁克爾·杰克遜演出時(shí)后臺(tái)總預(yù)備著氧氣瓶。傳說(shuō)Vitas唱到高音部分能將玻璃震裂，水晶燈震碎。而孔太在歌唱到高音和激昂的部分，能單手或雙手將一把不銹鋼勺子擰成麻花狀，還申請(qǐng)了吉尼斯紀(jì)錄。

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