A Song a day: August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

31st Aug 2012 (誰能明白我 – George Lam)

The song that I chose for today is “誰能明白我” by George Lam. I actually quite like George’s songs. What’s unique about his songs are that they never feel old, even listening to them these days, I still feel that the song would become a big hit if it come out now. The English translation of the title is “Who will understand me”.

The lyrics of the song are about chasing after our dream. It say that every day we are trying to get closer to our dream. Sometime, we might get bored and tired, we just need to take a short rest and we can continue on. Our road could be lonely, other might look at us and think that we are weird. We shouldn’t worried too much as we are all different, all we need to do is to search for the people that would understand us. Hope you will like this song.

11th Aug 2012 (究竟天有幾高 – George Lam)

9th July 2012 (零時十分 – Sally Yip)
3rd Jun 2012 (三人行 – George Lam)

1st Jul 2012 (祝福 –Sally Yip)

14th Apr 2012 (追憶 –George Lam)

誰能明白我 – George Lam

Thursday, August 30, 2012

30th Aug 2012 (讓一切隨風 – Kenny Bee)

The song that I chose for today is “讓一切隨風” by Kenny Bee. Kenny Bee is one of the members of the famous band Wynners, he was the main vocalist. This is one of my favourite songs from Kenny Bee. I generally listen to it when I feel unhappy about something that I got no power of changing (this is really the theme of the song, so I guess that’s why this song come to my head when I felt that way). The direct English translation of the title is “Let it goes with the wind”.

The lyrics are about our feeling when something unexpected happened. The song is actually about the feeling of a guy when his girlfriend left him. He felt very lonely and that he can no longer tell the difference between day and night. Every minute goes by as if he was in a dream, everything is unclear and lost. He seems to have lost control of his feeling and mood. Hope you will enjoy this song.

讓一切隨風 – Kenny Bee

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

29th Aug 2012 (Someone like you – Adele)

The song that I chose for today is “Someone like you” by Adele. This song came out last year, but I only hear it for the first time a few days ago when I was in the gym. Since then I searched for this song on YouTube and have been playing it for a number of time over the last few days.

The lyrics are about the protagonist found out that her ex-boyfriend had moved to a new place and got married. She feel rather sad because she still have feeling towards this guy. She is hoping that he will not forget about her. It seems that she is trying to move on by saying that she will found a guy like him, but yet looking for a guy like him is not really moving on. Hope you will like this song.

Someone like you – Adele

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

28th Aug 2012 (喜歡喜歡你 – Denis Ho)

The song that I chose for today is “喜歡喜歡你” by Denise Ho (Hocc). I chose this song today because someone else posted it up on facebook. This probably isn’t the first time I heard this song, but surely it is the first time this song make an impression to me. This song is one of the old Denise’s song, her style is quite different, so I guess it is quite hard to have a new song from Denise that is in this style. The song sound very fresh. The direct translation of the title is “loving loving you”.

The lyrics of the song are about the theme Loving loving you. It is about the protagonist love the feeling of loving someone. She don’t mind about whether she would be able to married with this person, nor worried about their future, she just love the way that she is when she is in love. It is a very fresh song, and very relaxing as well. Hope you will enjoy it.

7th May 2012 (如無意外 – Denise Ho/孤身走我路 – Anita Mui)

喜歡喜歡你 – Denis Ho

A live version from her 2010 concert:

Monday, August 27, 2012

27th Aug 2012 (花火 – Gigi Leung)

The song for today is “花火” by Gigi Leung. This song was one of my favourite. I used to like Gigi’s songs a lot, but these days, she don’t seems to produce that many Cantonese songs, and her song style have changes as well. The direct translation of the title is “fireworks”

The lyrics of this song are about life. It basically talks about how we have experienced lot of difficulties in our life. We might be stupid to think back to the past. Even so, we believe that the decision that we made back then was correct. These difficulties that we experienced had made us strong. We should always keep a smile on our face no matter how bad it is to remind us of the goods. And to be happy, we should forget about the outcome, but enjoy the process. Hope you will like this song.

花火 – Gigi Leung

Sunday, August 26, 2012

26th Aug 2012 (白金升降機 – Elisa Chan)

The song that I chose for today is “白金升降機” by Elisa Chan. Elisa had been singing for a long time. This song, from memory, came out in the 80’s. Not sure why I like this song, but it some me some excitement everything I listen to it. The direct English translation of the title is “Platinum elevator”.

The lyrics of this song are about rising to the top of the field. I guess it is describing about a movie star that got so much talent that she is shining the world. Her talent is bringing her to the top of the world very quickly. Hope you will enjoy this song.

白金升降機 – Elisa Chan

Saturday, August 25, 2012

25th Aug 2012 (窮得只有愛 – at17)

The song that I chose for today is “窮得只有愛” by at17. at17 is a singing group in Hong Kong, consist of two people, Ellen Lo and Eman Lam. They are usually classify as an indie music group. This is one of the songs that I like that is sung by the group. The direct English translation of the title is “So poor that we only got love”.

The lyrics of the song is about love. I guess the lyrics somewhat describe the group themselves. In the lyrics, it mentioned that they are so poor that they almost can’t afford their daily living cost (a bit exaggerated I guess). But they don’t mind so much, because they feel happy when they got the chance to sing. Other people may have so much money and everything that they would ever needed in their life, but they don’t have love. Hope you will enjoy this song today.

窮得只有愛 – at17

Friday, August 24, 2012

24th Aug 2012 (勁舞 Dancing Queen – Connie (Kitman) Muk)

The song that I chose for today is “勁舞 Dancing Queen” Kitman Muk. This is a very old song, I think it was from the 80’s. I don’t really love this song, but I found it quite funny, it is a very typical Hong Kong 80’s song. The direct English translation of the title is “Powerful dance Dancing Queen”.

I guess from the name it somewhat suggest that you should take this song seriously. The lyrics of this song basically tell the protagonist to dance. It just say that why at night we sit at home and watch TV, we should go to a disco and dance. This is so 80’s. Anyways, I hope you will like this song.

勁舞 Dancing Queen – Connie (Kitman) Muk

Thursday, August 23, 2012

23rd Aug 2012 (自欺欺人 – Bondy Chiu)

The song that I chose for today is “自欺欺人” by Bondy Chiu. I feel sorry for Bondy in some way because she is such a good singer, yet she never became very popular. This song is one of the song that I like from Bondy. These days, Bondy still sing, although she is not popular to the general public, she have found her new market, which is to produce high sound quality CD for audiophile. The direct English translation is “Self-deception”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. It is about the protagonist fall in love with a guy. Knowing that he is a player, she can’t pull herself away from him. So she wishes that she could become his only one. In the song, she wishes that one day if he finally looking for his true love, he would regret not give her the love that she deserved. Hope you will enjoy the song.

Related posts:
21st Sep 2015 (尋人 – Bondy Chiu)
31st Dec 2014 (再見了 – Bondy Chiu)
6th Mar 2014 (我恨我是女人 – Bondy Chiu)
10th Mar 2013 (輸給戀愛的女人 – Bondy Chiu)
16th Jan 2013 (最佳位置 – Bondy Chiu/Kelly Chan)
8th Jan 2013 (每隔兩秒 – Bondy Chiu)
23rd Sep 2012 (尋開心 – Bondy Chiu)

自欺欺人 – Bondy Chiu

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

22nd Aug 2012 (如何掉眼淚 – Sammi Cheng)

The song that I chose for today is “如何掉眼淚” by Sammi Cheng. This song came out in year 2000. From memory, it was one of the CD from Sammi that I bought when it first came out (before that I think I tents to get her old album as they were cheaper). This was the song that was chosen to be play on radio to promote the album. The direct English translation of the title is “How to drop tears” (make more sense as “how to cry”).

The lyrics are about love. It is about the protagonist was having a relationship with this guy. But they didn’t want people to know so in front of others they just pretend to be close friends. Now they have broken up, she realise that she can’t be seen as unhappy because no one know that they were together. Besides, she believes that she is not qualified to be sad because she is no longer related to this guy. Hope you will like this song.

29th Jun 2012 (我們的主題曲 – Sammi Cheng)

28th Jun 2012 (二人行一日後 –Andy Hui)

9thJun 2012 (心照不宣 – AndyHui)

11th Apr 2012 (世界之最[我願意] – Sammi Cheng)

如何掉眼淚 – Sammi Cheng

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

21st Aug 2012 (Stars – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals)

The song that I chose for today is “Stars” by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. I came across this song on YouTube a few hours after I posted for yesterday. This was the first time I have ever listened to Grace Potter & The Nocturnals’ song and I am loving it. I can’t stop myself from playing this song over and over again. Listening to this song make me feel a bit I have released some of my anger and sorrow. It really had been long since I had this feeling for a song, I think the last time was around 3 years ago, it was Lady Gaga's Paparazzi. I am really loving this song, and it have to be one of my favourites in 2012.

The lyrics of this song are very simple. It is about misses someone. The song start of saying the protagonist lit a fire to burn the body of her love one. Following the ashes, she remembers the times that they spent with each other. She remembered how they used to look up the sky and dreamed about their future. She can’t look at the stars now, because looking at the stars reminded her that her love one had passed away, he is now so far away that she can’t reach him, just like the stars. I hope you will enjoy this song as much as I do.

Stars – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

Monday, August 20, 2012

20th Aug 2012 (17歲 – Andy Lau)

The song that I chose today is “17歲” by Andy Lau. Like I have mentioned in my earlier post, Andy Lau is one of the “Kings of Canton Pop” in Hong Kong (though not many people refer to them through this name). Personally, I don’t like Andy too much, but this is one of the songs from Andy that I like. The direct translation of the title is “17 years old”.

The lyrics are basically an autobiography of Andy. This song started from Andy being 17 years, and told us that he went to the actor training in TVB. Then when he became 29, he already got lots of fans and they were all very excited when he sings. At the end of the song, it said he is now 40 (this song came out in 2003 I think, so he should be around 50 by now), some of his famous songs are no longer a classic, but they will remain in our heart and never change.

This song is truly a song for his fans. Although I am not his fans, but I do like the way that this song talks about his feeling being a star and the different chances that he had that make the Andy today. Hope you will like this song as well.

17歲 – Andy Lau

Sunday, August 19, 2012

19th Aug 2012 (我不會唱歌 – Hacken Lee)

The song that I chose for today is “我不會唱歌” by Hacken Lee. This song was quite a hit when it came out. It got quite a lot of publicity because Lang Lang (a world famous Chinese piano player, he had won many awards) played the piano part in the song. The direct English translation of the title is “I don’t know how to sing”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist love a girl and he do everything for her (in the lyrics it uses singing to symbolise his love). But this girl is not interested in him, she actually love another guy. This third guy is very charming, but he doesn’t love the girl at all. So the protagonist is saying that even though this third guy is charming, but he would do anything for her, whether as him, he will even sacrifice himself for her and she would even look at him once. Though, knowing this, the protagonist still giving everything to this girl. He hopes that even if she doesn’t love him, she could hate him for being so annoying (as a way for him to keep some of her attention). Hope you will enjoy this song.

5th July 2012 (藍月亮 – Hacken Lee)

18th Jun 2012 (飛花 – Hacken Lee)

31st May 2012 (一個人飛 – Hacken Lee)

14th May 2012 (紙婚 – Hacken Lee)

1st Apr 2012 (沒有你, 贏了世界又如何 -Hacken Lee)

我不會唱歌 – Hacken Lee

Saturday, August 18, 2012

18th Aug 2012 (身體健康 – Dicky Cheung)

The song that I chose for today is “身體健康” by Dicky Cheung. From memory this song came out in 2003 in Hong Kong, when SARS was breaking out. This song did quite popular because of SARS because the title means “healthy”. The singer of the song, Dicky, is more famous for his TV drama. He started his career in a singing contest, however his songs weren't popular enough. So he end up acting in dramas and movie and got quite successful. These days he still sing, but usually in the form of the group “Big 4”, formed by Dicky Cheung, Edmond Leung, Andy Hui and William So. The other 3 member is still very active in their singing career.

Like I have mentioned earlier about the title, this song is about keeping healthy. In this song, the protagonist found out that he is very sick (got cancer or something similar), he wishes that he could be healthy so that his wife don’t have to take care and look after him (so that he wouldn’t become the burden of his wife). This song brings us a message that we could have everything in the world, but if we aren’t healthy enough, we wouldn’t even have the chance to enjoy it. The lyrics are very toughing. I hope you will enjoy this song.

身體健康 – Dicky Cheung

Friday, August 17, 2012

17th Aug 2012 (如果…陽光 – Fiona Fung)

The song that I chose for today is “如果…陽光” by Fiona Fung. Fiona is a song writer, so she doesn’t sing that many songs. This is one of my favourites from her. This song is not written by Fiona. In fact this song is a very classical TV ad. Fiona’s version is just the newer version for the TV ad. The direct English translation of the title is “If…Sun shine”

The lyrics are about love. It is about the protagonist felt very happy when the boys that she love looks at her (so really it is about puppy love). I hope you will like this song, and if you grow up in Hong Kong, I hope this song will bring you back some memory from childhood.

如果…陽光 – Fiona Fung

Thursday, August 16, 2012

16th Aug 2012 (1984 - Swing)

The song that I chose for today is “1984” by Swing. Swing is made up by two members, Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan. The initial name was called Snowman. These days they don’t sing that many songs and mostly work as composer. “1984” is one of my favourite from Swing.

The lyrics of this song are about the protagonist thinking about the past. The lyrics go like this, the protagonist said that he love this old radio, because listening to it make him feel like he travel back to the past. He remember in 1984, there was this girl who kisses him and said she wanted to be with him. But he didn’t care too much back then, now he regret. And now this girl don’t even remember this incident. Hope you will enjoy this song.

Related posts:
24th Jul 2015 (一命,二運,三風水 – Swing)
15th May 2014 (生日快樂 – Grace Ip/生日快樂 – Eric Kwok)
29th Apr 2014 (帝國大廈 – Swing)
4th Sep 2013 (應承 – Eric Kwok)

1984 - Swing

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

15th Aug 2012 (配角 – Joyce Cheng)

Today’s song is “配角” by Joyce Cheng. Joyce is the daughter of Adam Cheng and Lydia Shum, both are famous star, especially in the 80’s and 90’s. Because both of her parents are stars, she show up on TV very often when she was young. Many people laugh at her because she was very fat, so many people don’t have a good impression on her. In 00’s she decided to lose weight and she was quite successful at that. Not long after her mother passed away, she started her music career. Many people still laugh at her because her fatty image had been imprinted in people head. Because of that image, her music has been ignored by many, as people didn’t even border listening to it. To be honest, I felt sorry for her, she actually sings quite well and her song is quite good as well (at least better than many second/third tire singers). So that is partly the reason why I selected her song today, I hope you will at least listen to it once before you decide whether this song is good or bad. The direct English translation of the title is “Supporting actor”.

The lyrics of this song are about love. It basically talks about how the protagonist love this guy but she never can be his girlfriend because there is always someone else there that play a better ‘role’ than her and picked up the main role to become the girlfriend. So all she wish for is that she will keep playing this role and hope that one day they can be together. I hope you will enjoy this song.

配角 – Joyce Cheng

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

14th Aug 2012 (千載不變 – The Wynners)

The song that I chose for today is “千載不變” by The Wynners. Wynners is a very old band, some of the members are famous individual singer in Hong Kong, for example Alan Tam. This song is very old, but it is also one of the most popular songs from The Wynners. The direct English translation of the title is “Never change”.

The lyrics of this song is about friendship. It talks about how the world would change, people would change, but the friendship between people will never change. Even if we haven’t get in touch with each other for a long time, when we get together again, we would get the warm feeling from each other like the old days. This song was very popular in the 90’s for charity show. I hope you will enjoy this song.

24th Jul 2012 (大大時代 – Alan Tam)

千載不變 – The Wynners

Monday, August 13, 2012

13th Aug 2012 (非禮 – Eason Chan)

Today’s song is “非禮” by Eason Chan. This song is very new, it is in his newest album which was just released last week (in the same album as "重口味"). I usually enjoy slow song a bit more, but this song is one of those that that make me keep looping it. The direct English translation is “impolite”.

The lyrics of this song is exactly of what the title is. This song somewhat reflect the current situation of Hong Kong. A lot of people got negative energy as they are not happy with their current situation, so it make sense that why people argue so much and hence seen as impolite. But I must say this is not unique to Hong Kong, I guess it is a side effect of being highly populated. It is easy for people to get angry if we don’t get what we wanted, and if there is no ways to release this anger, then we all become impolite. Being in a city that is highly populated means that many people are going to share a very limited resources, so lot of people will not get what they wanted. So I hope that by listening to this song, we can release some of that anger.

20th Jun 2012 (寂寞夜晚 – Leslie Cheung/Eason Chan/ To You – Leslie Cheung)

13th Jun 2012 (重口味 – Eason Chan)

29th Apr 2012 (七百年後 – EasonChan)

21st Apr 2012 (路...一直都在 –Eason Chan)

6th Apr 2012 (最冷一天 - Eason Chan/Leslie Cheung)

3rd Apr 2012 (夕陽無限好 – EasonChan)

29th Mar 2012 (單車- Eason Chan)

27th Mar 2012 (What a wonderful world - Eason Chan)

25th Mar 2012 (Shall We Talk - Eason Chan)

非禮 – Eason Chan

Sunday, August 12, 2012

12th Aug 2012 (苦中作樂 – Andy Hui)

The song that I chose for today is “苦中作樂” by Andy Hui. The meaning of the title is “Being happy during sadness”.

The lyrics of the song are exactly about trying to be happy when we are sad. In the song, the protagonist got dumped by his girlfriend. A few days before he got dumped, his girlfriend told him that he is the closest person that she had in her life. Back then he was very happy about that. Now that he got dumped, he still remembers the feeling of happiness from the time that he spent with his ex-girlfriend. So he tried to think about these moments when he feels sad. He will remember this sadness and remember that there could be happiness in sadness. He realised that feeling this sadness means that he wasn’t dreaming that they spent time together.

From the lyrics, this song is about self-healing. I guess one important from this is that we should stay positive. In our life, there are many things that can make us feel sad, but if we had felt happy once during these events, then at least we wouldn’t feel that we are in a tragic. We might not be about to change the things happen around us, but at the very least, we have the power to change our mind set, to change the way we view this world and make ourselves feel happier during hard time. Hope you will enjoy this song.

29th Jun 2012 (我們的主題曲 – Sammi Cheng)

28th Jun 2012 (二人行一日後 –Andy Hui)
9th Jun 2012 (心照不宣 – AndyHui)

11th Apr 2012 (世界之最[我願意] – Sammi Cheng)

苦中作樂 – Andy Hui

Saturday, August 11, 2012

11th Aug 2012 (究竟天有幾高 – George Lam)

The song that I chose for today is “究竟天有幾高” by George Lam. This is an old Chinese song. The direct translation of the title is “How high is the sky”.

The lyrics of this song is about the protagonist always look up to the sky and wonder when he will be able to reach the sky (that is he wonder whether he would be able to achieve high.). Others asked him why he is always by himself staring at the star, he explain to himself that no one would understand him, only the clouds and stars would. I think the message of this song is that the road to success is lonely, other may stare at us and think that we will not success, but if we keep going we might one day get to where we want to be. Hope you will enjoy this song.

9th July 2012 (零時十分 – Sally Yip)
3rd Jun 2012 (三人行 – George Lam)

1st Jul 2012 (祝福 –Sally Yip)

14th Apr 2012 (追憶 –George Lam)

究竟天有幾高 – George Lam