8th Aug 2014 (無聊時候 – Blue Jeans/夕焼けの歌 – Kohji Makaino (近藤真彦))

The song for today is “無聊時候” by Blue Jeans. This song shares the same melody as Anita Mui’s “夕陽之歌” and Priscilla Chan’s “千千闕歌”. Personally I like Priscilla’s version the most (while Anita’s version is probably the most popular, closely followed by Priscilla’s). Blue Jeans version is not really popular at all, I had never heard of it until a few weeks ago, I watched an interview of Priscilla, talking about the big battle between “千千闕歌” and “夕陽之歌” (both song were very popular back in the days), and Priscilla mentioned about Blue Jeans version. Seriously, Blue Jeans’ version is not main stream, its lyrics are much more suitable for men who been through a lot. I personally don’t like it as I think the lyrics is a big mismatch to the melody, however, I think it is worthwhile to talk about the song as it still remain as a third Cantonese cover version of Kohji Makaino’s ( 近藤真彦) “夕焼けの歌”.

The lyrics of the song are about a man who been through a lot, felt very lonely and think about the old days. The protagonist said, when he is bored, he will be able to see the lonely universe. He is still bored and still carrying a tone of pain. He is bored as usual, he dreamed to be free, wanting to forget the people who have not been honest with him and let go of the unhappiness. He wanted to let go and made up a lot of excuses. He wanted to leave for a place far away, not just a person that only know how to look up to the sky and think about the past. Helplessly, he has to smile, and not allowed to make a mistake. No matter how pointless it is, he still has to accept it, as he is worry about taking the blame and falling behind. He felt that staying in this universe make him start to lose the ability to share his pain. Ah….. Thinking about the team mate from the past (here, I think team mate is referring to friends that the protagonist used to be very close with and gone through a lot together). When he was bored, he tends to predict what will happen after today. Who haven’t been bored?  So Pressurised that you almost cried. It is painful to feel bored as you feel that you always fail and never will be accepted. No one will ever understand him as if he lost his freedom to think. There are too many wounds in his heart, all because he was down for too long; the only think that he could do now is to lonelily look at the star and think about the past. Helplessly, he has to smile, and not allowed to make a mistake. No matter how pointless it is, he still has to accept it, as he is worry about taking the blame and falling behind. He felt that staying in this universe make him start to lose the ability to share his pain. Ah….. Thinking about the team mate from the past. Ah…. He can’t remove the coldness from his heart as they build up day by day, and all he knows is that he can’t be wrong again. Hope you will like the song.

Other songs that share the same melody:

12th May 2012 (夕陽之歌 – Anita Mui/夕焼けの歌 – Kohji Makaino)

11th May 2012 (千千闕歌 – Priscilla Chan/夕焼けの歌 – Kohji Makaino)

無聊時候 – Blue Jeans

夕焼けの歌 – Kohji Makaino ( 近藤真彦)