Showing posts with label Taichi (太極). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taichi (太極). Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2015

6th Mar 2015 (再任我唱 – Wilfred Lau, Joey Tang, Patrick Lui and Terence Yin)

The song for today is “再任我唱” by Wilfred Lau, Joey Tang, Patrick Lui and Terence Yin. This song is a reader request, it is the theme song for a HKTV drama. Wilfred is a singer, though these days he don’t produce much songs and become more of a movie star. Joey and Patrick are members of a famous band “Taichi”. Terence is rather interesting, he have mostly been a movie star, but he had once become a solo singer and later become a member of “Alive” (which consisted of Daniel Wu (吳彥祖), Andrew Lien (連凱), Conroy Chan (陳子聰) and Terence). Alive formed in 2005 but was disbanded in 2006, because at the beginning they formed to make a movie, but during the process they said that they had disagreement within the team and posted video of their disagreement onto the internet. It became rather big. But later on when the movie was in cinema, all the media realised that the so call disagreement was planned, and the four of them was just trying to make fun of the media and used them for promotion. This got so many media angry as they though that they were their friends (and so why they reported their news), but at the end Alive just used them for promotion. As so many media were angry, in 2006 Alive apologised and disbanded. Anyway, back to the song, the direct English translation of the title is “Let me sing again”.

The lyrics of the song are about people had given up their singing dreams, and now wishing to gain it back (I guess it goes in line with the HKTV drama story). Since there are 4 singers here, I will represent Wilfred by “W”, Joey by “J”, Patrick by “P” and Terence by “T”. All: Why before we lost our dreams, we will use the microphone to sing. No need to be so weak, it is normal to be brave. Need to let our throat to expand. Our heart is full of hopes, worse comes worse we can just pretend that it is all just a dream. Partners and friends are here, with or against the flow, we will still have the courage to sing. W: The world diluted my truth self, turned my life to focused on work, to a point that I lost my motivation. My dreams had long gone. P: Let me pick back up the skill that I used to have. Climb and again the cliffs and unreachable places. The reality had once worn away my passion, but I decided that this time I will try my hardest. J: Jealously or misunderstanding, don’t let it keep going. J, W and T: I love music the most, no matter how old I am. All: Why before we lost our dreams, we will use the microphone to sing. No need to be so weak, it is normal to be brave. Making our soul to burn and expand, everyone should be full of hope. Don’t worry that this might all just be a dream, with our partners and friends, with or against the flow, we will be dare to move forward.” Hope you will like the song.


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再任我唱 – Wilfred Lau, Joey Tang, Patrick Lui and Terence Yin

Saturday, January 24, 2015

24th Jan 2015 (留住我吧 – Taichi)

The song for today is “留住我吧” by Taichi. This is one of their classic. The direct English translation of the title is “Keep me”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist said: “When I see you one more time, my tears started to drip slowly. It is the moment that we separated again. There are words in my hearts that are hard to express, would you like to know them all? Keep me please, keep me ok? You said that you and him aren’t going too great. You said that you don’t want to see him again. You said that you love to hear my dreamy words. This moment, keep me, ok?  But I will never, under any unclear circumstances, take advantage of the changes on the relationship between you and him. If you only love one person, then love. Stop asking whether you should still care or not. Keep me, keep me, ok? Just simply tell me the words in your heart. Just let me know if you want me to stay. Tell me so that I know what to do. Today, keep me, ok? Perhaps this dream had already disappeared and changed.  Just simply tell me the words in your heart. Tell me what you want so that I will stop dreaming. Tell me so that I know what to do. Keep me for life, ok?” Hope you will like the song.



留住我吧 – Taichi

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

4th Nov 2014 (Crystal – Taichi)

The song for today is “Crystal” by the band Taichi. This is one of their classic. This song is from 1992.

The lyrics of the song are about two people (Patrick and Joey, both are names of members in the band who sung this song) who are fighting over a girl call Crystal. The lines by Patrick would be represented by “P:”, Joey by “J:” and when they sing together, “T:”. P: Luck I managed to meet my true love Crystal. She makes me proud of myself. I wish that she could accompanying me for the rest of my life. Oh my Crystal, I know you could feel it too. J: Oh, you better stop dreaming, I know her before you do. Oh my Crystal, she knows that I am better. P: Hey Joey, I think there is something that we got to make clear. She told me that she only loves me, she also said that you are dreaming. Oh my Crystal, you are the best. J: No. Oh, even if you are jealous, you can’t make her fall for you. Dear Crystal, she will only be nice with me. T: Between us, we have become captive. Who would want to walk away alone? P: I wish that you will fall. J: You better keep your hope down. T: We started to hate each other now and we both tried to show our love. So you are the source of my anger. P: Don’t ask the Crystal that also loves me, as she will accompany me to gaze at the sea. J: If luck would bring her to me. Oh my Crystal, how could you call this moment great? P: My Crystal, she is always the best. Hope you will like the song.


Crystal – Taichi




Sunday, March 24, 2013

24th Mar 2013 (每一句說話 - Taichi)

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. 

每一句說話 - Taichi

Sunday, November 4, 2012

4th Nov 2012 (紅色跑車 – Taichi)

The song that I chose for today is “紅色跑車” by Taichi. Taichi is a band in Hong Kong. They are rather old. These days they are not too active, from what I know of, only two members are still takes jobs actively. Joey from Taichi mainly works as the base guitarist for many singers in their concert. This song that I chose is one of their most famous songs, and I think it is also a song from their first album. The direct English translation of the title is “Red sport car”

The lyrics of the song are rather simple. It uses a sport car to compare it to a sexy girl. Perhaps the protagonist was driving a red sport car and he was attracted to this sexy girl. At the end of the song, the protagonist the girl left her lighter in his car. Personally I don’t found the lyrics too interesting, but I really like the melody of the song. I like the fast beat of the song, it bring me some sensations when I listen to it. Hope you will enjoy this song as much as I do.
紅色跑車 – Taichi