Monday, December 22, 2014

22nd Dec 2014 (初戀 – Samantha Lam/初戀 – Murashita Kōzō (村下孝蔵))

The song for today is “初戀” by Samantha Lam. As I have talked about Samantha yesterday, I feel that I should talk about this song today as this is the first song that I would think of if you talk about Samantha. This song was released in 1984, it was so popular because it was used in a lemon tea ad in the 80’s. The ad itself had become a classic and many people to date still remember it (or at least had seen some footage of it). The star in the ad was Ekin Cheng. Note that this song is a different song to Danny Chan’s “初戀”, despite that they share the same name. The one by Samantha is the Cantonese cover version of a Japanese song by Murashita Kōzō (村下孝蔵) which uses the same name “初戀”. The direct English translation of the title is “First love”.

The lyrics of the song are about the excitement of falling in love for the first time. The protagonist said that she got no experience in love, and she only discovered it today. She looked at him from a distance, and she felt so excited by this happiness. She couldn’t sleep because his shadow appeared in her heart. She asked herself why seeing him only once and this beautiful image felt like her first love. Gazing at him, gazing at him felt like she has been electrocuted. That moment when they connected already got her crazy. Every minute she looks forward to see him again. She waited without complain. Every minute she wishes to see him again, even bumping into him on the road could get her excited for a few days. Her excitement has surfaced, such a cute first love. I have also linked to the lemon tea ad and the original Japanese version, hope you will nejoy the song.

Other song that share the same name:


初戀 – Samantha Lam


初戀 – Murashita Kōzō (村下孝蔵)


The lemon tea ad



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