Hi everyone, I am posting a few songs a week onto this blog. Hope you will like my pick for the day. Feel free to post links for songs that you think are related to my pick :D
The
song that I chose for today is “A.I.N.Y. (愛你)” by G.E.M. This is one of
G.E.M.’s representative songs. I personally think that this song is quite hard
to sing, but G.E.M. handle it quite well. The direct English translation of the
title is “A.I.N.Y. (Love You)”. The “A.I.N.Y.” is actually the shorten of the pronunciation
of “Love You” in mandarin pronounced as “Ai Ni”.
The
lyrics of the song are about getting dump. The protagonist said that ever since
they broke up, she found that every night seems to be silent. She can hear the
soft noise made by her clock. His tender voice used to come through her phone,
but now all it left is emptiness and an emotionless reply. She said she once
gave him her heart, but he didn’t treasure it. She begged him to love her back
by telling him how much she love him, but it didn’t work. His arms were once a
place that gives her comfort, but how she wonders who is leaning on his chest.
Her last memory of him was that he was walking away from her and she breaks
down and started crying. She cry every time she thing about this, but she still
love him. She hate herself of being so stupid and can’t controlling her emotion.
Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “寂寞夜晚” by Hacken Lee. This song is a
cover version of a French song “Le Mal De Toi” by François Feldman. Personally
I like Hacken’s version better, probably because I understand the lyrics and I
heard this version first. But I do think that Hacken’s voice seems to bring out
more of the song. Anyways, the direct English translation of the title is “Lonely
night”. I have talked about a song with the same name by Leslie Cheung and
covered by Eason Chan, but this song that that by Leslie are two different
songs, they just happened to share the same name.
The
lyrics of the song are about a broken heart. The song starts off with the
protagonist telling us that it is a lonely night and as usual it is quite. Looking
at the celling, he feels that he is saying goodbye to the romance that he had. Now
he is starting to get used to his arm feeling empty (as in his girlfriend no
longer with him, so he can’t hold her anymore) and the past is pasted he knows
that it wouldn’t come back. Back then she said she will be with him always and
that they will love each other until they die, but now he is left alone. He
felt so warm in those days, but now it is so cold. He is slowly getting used to
this lonely atmosphere. I have linked to
both Hacken’s cover version and the original. Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “一首獨唱的歌” by Shirley Kwan. This is
surely one of Shirley’s classic. I am not Shirley’s fans, but I remember I love
this song when I was a kid. Back then Shirley was fairly popular as well, but
as times goes, her songs were further and further away from pop, which I think
was the reason why she seems to disappear in the last few years. I think it was
last year she produced a single, which was a cover of Eason’s “陀飛輪”.
Personally I don’t like her cover version as it feel so different, but it did
make some noise in the market. The direct English translation of the title is “A
solo song”.
The
lyrics of this song are about the protagonist think of her past. She said in a
foggy night, she unintentionally walks past a street that they (she and her ex-boyfriend)
used to hang out together. Walking along their footstep, she thought of their
past and memorised how said she was. She wishes that it was just a dream so
when she wakes up it would be all gone. She remembers back then, she was
singing their love song, but he didn’t sing along. She knew that their fate
have long gone and her crazy dream about their future have also been broken,
all she see was that he left her was she was at sleep. She said that when human
are in love, we can’t distinguish what is wrong. Perhaps they know that their
relationship would lead to a dead end from the beginning, but they still
decided to give it the spark of love. Love is crazy and it shouldn’t be treated
as a toy, but now it is too late to understand all these. She remembers that
day, he was crying so badly. As for her, she felt sad, but wasn’t hurt as deep.
She wishes that he could forgive her and look at her again. She feels that she
is the only one left on the bench sitting by herself. Hope you will like the
song.
The song
that I chose for today is “准我再一次” by Alex To. Alex was very
popular in the late 80’s and 90’s in Hong Kong. These days he is more active in
China and Taiwan. I really don’t remember many of his songs, but this one is
one of those that I got some memory of it. The direct English translation of
the title is “Let me do it again”.
The
lyrics of the song are about love. It starts off telling us that the
protagonist asked to be forgiven to leave while they are still in love. He
knows that neither of them wanted to say goodbye as neither of them wanted to
be blamed. But he understands that their love has come to a dead end, and he is
with a broken heart. Love could not be
understood nor predicted. He said if in the future, her special one makes her
feel unhappy, just remember that he will always be there for her.
The
song is quite straight forward, it basically talk about a guy leaving his
girlfriend when he still loves her because he knows that she got another
boyfriend but don’t want to make the decision. So he decided to leave, but
wishes that if one day they broke up, she will come back to him. Hope you will
like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “愛的習慣” by Justin Lo. This is one of the
newer songs from Justin but it was still made from around 2-3 years ago. Justin
these days are very inactive. He has moved to China as he was sick of Hong Kong’s
paparazzi. I think it is rather sad to lose an artist like that, son hopefully
he will become active in the Hong Kong market again soon. The direct English translation
of the title is “Habit of love”.
The
lyrics of the song are about love. In this song the protagonist question how it
would be like if he knows that he will break up with his girlfriend before they
started. At the beginning, the protagonist said that his girlfriend asked him
to forget their relationship, perhaps just treat her as if she is one of his friends.
But he said that even if he manage to treat her as a friend from the beginning,
they would still end up in the same position as he would fantasize how it would
be like to breakup with her. Even though they end up like this, but he just can’t
forget or let go of the happy time that they had together. He said
even if he know that if he know beforehand that she would be the person that
make him very happy and very sad, he wouldn’t try to avoid the breakup by not even
starting the relationship because no one will know the future and he would
still tried to be with her. Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “井” by Hins Cheung. Hins is one the singers
that I like these days, so a certain degree, you can view him as the male version
of Ivan Wong (beside the two of them are good friends as well). This song came
out in later 2011 or early 2012. The direct English translation of the title is
“Well” (as in the place that people collect water).
The
lyrics of the song are about dead. The protagonist starts off saying that it is
getting cooler, wetter and darker. Getting further, weaker and lighter, he is
willing to scarify his life for love but she didn’t care. When he decided to
hold his breath, he feels as if he could fly, floating into the sky. Now he returns
to the ground and found himself dead. He now thought why his love relationship
ends like this. He said, it doesn’t have to end like this, if he got the courage
to end his life, he must have the courage to get back up. So please don’t think
that committing suicide would make you into a legend.
The
message of this song is quite deep. What it is trying to say is that don’t kill
yourself because your love one leave you. If you got the courage to end your
life like this, you much have the courage to recover. Hope you will like the
song.
The
song that I chose for today is “出生入死” by Denise Ho. This song is one
of my favourite by Denise. It is also a song from the first Denise’s album that
I bought. These days, Denise’s singing style is so different, I guess songs
like this will never be included in her album again. I found the title is a bit
hard to translate into English, so I checked on Google translate (I found most
of the time, the Google translate are not too accurate), it suggested “Go
through fire and water”. The title in Chinese is a phase that usually describes
a few people who have been through a lot together.
Some
said that the lyrics are about the end of life. While I think it is partly
about that, but I believe it also try to describe the end of a relationship. I
think what it is describing is that the protagonist was dumped by her
boyfriend, but she still hasn’t accepted this fact. But as the songs goes, she
realised that even though she is not happy with this outcome, she still have to
accept it. If you are viewing this song from the life perspective, it could be interpreted
as the protagonist had come to the end of her life. There are many things that
she don’t wanted to let go, but now that it comes to an end, no matter how hard
she tried, she has to say good bye to these things.
When
the first time I listen to this song, I thought my stereo system was broken,
because after the song was finish, the disk still spin. It was after like 10-15
minutes later I realised that there was a hidden track. The hidden track called
“鬼”
(“Ghost”). This is why people say that “出生入死” is about the end of
life, because after a person passed away, they turn into ghost. I love this
hidden track as well, but back in the CD era, it was very annoying because I
have to fast forward the track to the start of the song, and most of the time I
missed it. It was the main reason that keeps me away from listening to it
frequently. Of cause, these days, it is just a matter of a few clicks, or if I
can be border, I would separate the tracks. I guess this is the benefit of digital
age. Anyway hope you will like the song. Since I found “鬼” on youTube, so I have linked to it as well.
The
song that I chose for today is “每一句說話” by Taichi. I am not a fans of
Taichi, but this is a song that I really like. This song is a classic and is it
one of the more popular songs by Taichi. The direct English translation of the
title is “Every single line that you said”.
The
lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist said that he once has face
many difficulties and no one care about him. But one day she passes by and comforted
him and he thought he understood why she comfort him (he thought she love him).
But one day, she seems to have forgotten all about their love. He doesn’t
understand why, but he hopes that she could still remember they once kissed in
the car and he will love her until he die. If there is no fate between them,
there is no way they could be together. So the protagonist feels that loving
her forever is perhaps a debt that he owns her. During the lonely night, he
remembered every words that she said, and he misses her. He sometime wished
that she had never come to comfort him in the beginning, so that he don’t have
to be like this, but once he thought about the good time that they have
together, he realised that he love her so deeply that he will keep loving her
until he die. Hope you will enjoy the song. The video that I linked below also show the English translation of the lyrics. But the translation seems a bit too complex and it translates line by line, so I feel that disturbed the flow of the story. But anyways, it provides an alternative to what I translate here, and might help you to better understand the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “倒轉地球” by Andy Lau. Personally I don’t
like Andy too much, but he is a very successful artist, not only that he is
well recognised in his singing career, but also in his acting career. This song
is very old, I think it is a classic of Andy as many people remember this song.
The direct English translation of the title is “Let's turn Earth around”.
The
lyrics of this song are about being happy and forget all our trouble. The song
start off saying let turn the Earth around, let go of our worries and all we
wanted now is freedom. It then go on and say that stop worrying, let play hard
by having a party, we will call over all of our friends and say good bye to all
the things that trouble us. It is a very positive song, hope you will enjoy it.
The
song that I chose for today is “一生何求” by Danny Chan. I love
this song when I was a kid. It was a theme song of a TV drama and I guess that’s
why it imprinted in my head. I can’t remember what’s the drama was about, but I
remember who star in it, because at one point I thought this song was sung by
the actor rather than Danny. The direct English translation of the title is “what
do you wish for in your life” (is a bit hard to translate, but this is the
closest that I can translate it).
The
lyrics of the song are about a person reviewing his life. The lyrics is a bit
hard to translate as it is rather abstract, hope you will understand my
translation. He said that time had passed by, there were thing that he had in
his hand but now it’s gone, but the thing that he never though he would get is
with him. So he wonders where he has achieved what he wanted, and he said that
it is hard to judge. So what are we chasing after in our life, we always make
decision between giving up or getting it in our hand. We spent our life chasing
after it, but before we can touch it, it has already run away. So what are we
looking for in our life, we are always lost and can’t see through our purpose
and we just never thought that what we lost is all that we got.
The
lyrics are very abstract, but what it is trying to say is that in our life we
might have many goals. While we try to achieve these goals, some we might
achieve it, some might not. We might have success before, but then we lost it.
But losing what we got might get us something that we never thought of. So in
our life how can we judge whether we are successful or not as environment and perspective
changes all the time. Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “直覺” by Miriam Yeung. This is a one of
the earlier songs from Miriam. Miriam’s style had change over the years. From
the beginning when she was under Capital Artists, her songs sound more indie,
they are more claim. Her style changes closer to pop when she signs up with
Gold Label (back then it was owned by EMI, but now it is a completely separate company).
Her music style changes again when she signup with AMusic. Personally I like
her best when she was with Capital Artists and Gold Label (she is now backed
with Capital Artists, but she still sing with the AMusic style). Back to the
song, the direct English translation of the title is “Intuition”.
The lyrics
of the song are about love. The lyrics start with the protagonist asking what
is happiness and forever lasting love. She spent lot of time before wondering
the answer about these questions. She always looks for reward and she never
found to have enough fame. As she ages, she finally understood there are no
absolutely correct choices in life and things seems to repeat in life. There is
no rules that said he need to replace the old with the new. In the daytime she
work hard, and in the night time she play hard, but she feel empty. The most
enjoyable part of her day is to walk by herself after a crazy night playing. She
realised that success and failure is all depends on how you see it. She told us
that she never though her boyfriend would be the one that walk with her from
the past to the future. Perhaps it was what she did that get her to where she
is today. So now when she work hard, she will reserve sometime for her
boyfriend. She now know that he will be looking after her when she is lost in
her life. Hope you will enjoy the song
The
song that I chose for today is “在我生命裡” by Roman Tam. This song is one
of Roman’s classic. The direct English translation of the title is “In my life”.
The
lyrics of the song are very simile, it is basically about expressing his life
that is full of music. At the start, Roman say that in his live, he loves to
sing, he wanted his voice to spread around the world. In his life there are
full of problems, but these problems helped him to come up with many dreams and
found the direction in his life. Following the melody he spread his music
around the world. Both happiness and sadness will turn into song. Hope you will
like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “喜歡戀愛” by Candy Lo. I personally quite
like this song. From memory, this song came out in around 2001. I love this
this song the first time I hear it and I remember I search high and low to find
out about its name. The direct English translation of the title is “love
falling in love”.
The
lyrics of the song are about love of cause. The protagonist at the start was
facing her boyfriend. Her boyfriend wanted to break up with her, but he doesn’t
know how to say it to her as he is worry that she can’t accept it. But the protagonist
just wishes that he could light up a cigarette and say that he is sorry, that
way he could still maintain his rough and raw image. Realising about her
thought, she thinks that maybe she doesn’t really love him, rather, she just
enjoy of being loved. She started to say that she doesn’t care about his
future, and he can fall in love with anyone he wanted as anyone who had once
love her had leave her. But even this reality doesn’t hurt her because she just
enjoys the feeling of falling in love. Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “成長” by Pong Nan. I personally quite
like this song. This song with different lyrics was sung by Candy Lo (圍牆), but as
Pong wrote the song, I guess he wanted to fill in his own lyrics to express the
feeling that inspired him to write the melody. The direct English translation
of the title is “grown up”.
The lyrics of the song are about how
our world changes when we grow up. The song start off saying that at the age of
four the protagonist and his friend always go out and play in the park. But he
realised that at the age of eight, they spent so much time studying that they
are getting more distant as they spent less time together. He said that he had
tried to trust someone, but at the end he was hurt. Though he said that he will
still live his life loyally, the result might not be what he wanted, but at least
he would have enjoyed the journey. Growing up might make us more distance and
resistant from each other, but because of that, we need to love each other even
more. Perhaps knowledge will make us unconcern
about our surrounding, but we need to get used to it. If our heart is so
distant from each other, perhaps we should give each other a hug to confirm our
existent. The protagonist and his friend were naively planning their wedding,
but at the end, they see many of their friends divorced. This makes him believe
that he shouldn’t worry about the ending, as long as he enjoyed his journey
then that would be enough.
I found the message of the song
quite meaningful. When we were young, our world was very simple. There were no
office politics. But as we grown up, the world seems to get worse, people
becoming more selfish, many people just wouldn’t consider others and they just
wanted to get the most out of everything without leaving anything for others.
So I guess what this song tries to say is that we should let go of these
negative feeling, accept the world as we know it and do our own things. When
things turn bad, just think of the good time that we had. Hope you will enjoy
the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “幸福摩天輪” by Eason Chan. This is one of
Eason classic, it is from 1999. The direct English translation of the title is “Happy
Ferris wheel”.
The
lyrics of the song are about the protagonist expressing his love. The song
start off saying that the protagonist is usually scare of height, but now he is
in a Ferris wheel with his girlfriend, holding her hands so he is not scare
about the height. The Ferris wheel reminds him of life, it can go up and down.
When we are at the top we are like at the top of the world. At the lowest
point, although it is sad, but he is glad that she is with him. Sometime his is
worry when he is about to fall, but he is glad that she is there with him to
face the difficulties. He believe that it is all these ups and downs that built
the strong relationship between the two of them. Hope you will like the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “今天你生日” by Nicholas Tse. I chose this
song for today because it is the first anniversary of this blog!!! Yeah!!! I
never thought I can actually commit to write a post per day. Initially I
thought it would be easy to choose a song each day as I got so many songs in my
iTunes. But as times goes, each day is getting harder and harder as I realised
that I only listen to a fraction of my collection. Then again, part of the
purpose of this blog is to encourage me to listen to more of my collection :D
so this is rather enjoyable even though it gets a bit difficult.
I
purposely chose this song for the first anniversary of this blog because I got
a story about this song. I remember many years ago, perhaps 10 to 12 years ago,
it was my mum’s birthday. Back then I was so excited with computer (well, I
actually still excited about computer and gadgets), that was the time when computer
are getting more common. My mum, being a typical last generation person, hardly
uses the computer (partly because she don’t quite know how to use it), only use
the computer occasionally to read overseas news. Because it was her birthday, I
search on internet to see whether I could change the logon music (it was window
XP) to a happy birthday song, so that when she use the computer it will play
happy birthday. I guess I was too optimistic….First, as a novice on computer, I
didn’t manage to change the logon music. To fixed that I think I somehow manage
to like the song with the internet explorer, so that when internet explorer
opens, it plays the song. But the second problem occurs, on her birthday, she
didn’t turn on the computer in the morning (she usually read the news in the
morning). So I remember I came up with some excuse asking her to turn on the
computer (and she was a bit reluctant). So I just can’t wait to see her
reaction, I was standing next to her when the computer was loading. At the end,
because the whole thing was so complicated, the song didn’t play automatically,
I have to click it. I guess she wasn’t that excited either. You might want to
ask what this story got to do with the song right, well, the song that I used
for her so call birthday surprise was this song by Nicholas Tse. The English translation
of the title is “Today is your birthday”. Not to mention that because the song
is so not a typical birthday song (it is more like a rock and roll with a long
intro section), my mum didn’t realised the song was for her birthday, so that
birthday surprise was a complete failure.
The
lyrics of the song are about birthday. This song got a very simple theme, it
basically say that as today is your birthday, so the world is yours today. The
song start off saying that you might have been treated badly and you might have
been poor. You might have been unhappy, luck was never accompanying you and
things only get worse and worse. But today is your birthday, your luck will definitely
get better, snacks are all lying on the table waiting for you to eat them.
Today is your birthday, no matter what others feel, they will all listen to you,
all the people will become your best friends and give you presents. Yes,
perhaps things weren’t great before and nothing had made you happy. But today
is your birthday, everyone will play with you. Today you are god, so theoretically
you will easily get happy and everything that you dream of will came true.
Today you are god, so all your friends will make you happy.
I
quite like the lyrics of this song as it is very positive, it keeps telling you
that things will get better. If it is your birthday today, I wish you happy birthday.
Hope you all will enjoy the song.
The
song that I chose for today is “我們不是公主” by Mag Lam. Mag is one of the
rising starts in Hong Kong. She was the winner of the Hong Kong version of “The
Voice” season 2. I think she was sick last year so most of her work was on
hold, but now she is back in business. The direct English translation of the
title is “We are not princesses”.
I
don’t quite get the full story of the lyrics, but from my understanding, it
seems that the protagonist wanting someone to love her. At the beginning of the
song, the protagonist seems to be able to get whatever she want, but she
realised that she can’t control love. So she realised that she need to fight
for her love as time is passes by and she is aging. She wishes that the guy
that she loves will love her in return, but she is not a princess, so she can’t
force him to love her back, so she just wish that he could be around her. Hope
you will like the song.
