Showing posts with label Anzen Chitai (安全地帶). Show all posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2016

20th Nov 2016 (想妳的舊名字 – Hacken Lee/メロディー – Koji Tamaki 玉置浩二)

The song for today is “想妳的舊名字” by Hacken Lee. This song is the Cantonese cover version of Koji Tamaki’s メロディー. Hacken actually wrote the lyrics of his version himself (using a stage name). The direct English translation of the title is “Thinking of your old name”.

The lyrics of the song are about love, it is about the protagonist thinking of his ex-girlfriend, but knowing that they will probably not be able to be together again. He said: “Accompanying me ok? Just for a second ok? Regardless whether he is in your heart. Trick me ok? Could you just pretend? I only wish that you could once again talk to me softly. Happy? Enjoying work? But in my heart, I still care. Do you know I always think of your old name? Difficult to be together now, but I still wish that we could be together next life. Melody, I don’t want you to stop. The light wind added some sense of autumn. The moon added lovesickness. I still wish that we could be in love once again. Still need to go? Could you delay that? Do you know that you have already given him half of your life. Avoiding me? With everything? I only need to see you, whether it is sunny or rainy I wouldn’t be scared. Happy? Happy to be with him? But in my heart, I still care. Do you know I always think of your old name? Difficult to be together now, but I still wish that we could be together next life. Melody, I don’t want you to stop. The light wind added some sense of autumn. The moon added lovesickness. I still wish that we could be in love once again.” Hope you will like the song. You can also find Koji Tamaki original version below.

21st Oct 2015 (紙牌屋 – Hacken Lee)

Other Koji Tamaki 玉置浩二 related posts:


想妳的舊名字 – Hacken Lee

  

メロディー – Koji Tamaki

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

15th Jul 2015 (月蝕 – Ken Choi/ワインレッドの心 – Anzen Chitai (安全地帶))

As mentioned yesterday, the song for today is “月蝕” by Ken Choi. This song is the Cantonese cover version of the Japanese song “ワインレッドの心” by Anzen Chitai (安全地帶). The direct English translation of the title is “Lunar eclipse”.

The lyrics of the song are about the protagonist got dumped by his girlfriend and he felt very upset. He said: “When I think of myself, I laugh as I felt that I am too naïve. Got to know myself better and now gaze at the lunar eclipse. Gazing at the sky and slight sigh, he still tries his best to take up these mess, felt as if I am slowly eaten away. Moon is like a good dream, and shouldn’t be analysed whether it was love or just pity. Miracle, miracle, miracle, even if I only got one true friend, it isn’t too bad. But I still couldn’t accept the fluctuation in my heart, it still hurt suddenly. Why, why, why this got to be the memory that need to be clear tonight? Watching the lunar eclipse in pain.” The original Japanese version is linked as usual, hope you will like the song.

Other songs that share the same melody:





月蝕 – Ken Choi


ワインレッドの心 – Anzen Chitai (安全地帶)

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

14th Jul 2015 (酒紅色的心 – Alan Tam/ワインレッドの心 – Anzen Chitai (安全地帶))

The song for today is “酒紅色的心” by Alan Tam. The reason I chose this song for today is because I was going to write a reader request on Ken Choi’s “月蝕” (which I will talk about probably tomorrow). But after listening to the song for the first time, I realised that it uses the same melody as Alan’s “酒紅色的心”. Both of these songs are Cantonese cover version of the Japanese song “ワインレッドの心” by Anzen Chitai (安全地帶) (you might also found this Japanese song under Koji Tamaki (玉置浩二) as he was the lead singer of Anzen Chitai and many of the songs by the band were written by him as well. On top of that, he also had his solo music career which was also successful. So many Anzen Chitai’s songs are sometime classified directly under his name rather than the band name). Since Alan’s version was the one that I heard of first, so I think I should talk about it first. As far as I know, the Japanese title of the song is the same as Alan’s version’s title. The direct English translation of the title “Wine red coloured heart”.

The lyrics of the song use red wine as a metaphor for the woman that the protagonist interested in. He said: “A pair of eyes; the attractive of love. Tasty wine; leaking charm. The bright eyesight is a message, naturally kisses your cheek and forehead, quietly waiting for the fire to relight. Too beautiful, hugging in the dream, this sense of love is surrounding us. Red, red, red; a heart that is so clear just like wine colour. Who eve is loved by you, means the start of happiness, so getting excited is normal. Red wine, red wine, red wine; such a fresh crystal. Leaking true love for whom? A bit embarrassed; the magic of love. The wine rushed into the heart and become a motivation. The love fire has been relit and so should be treasured. How to describe your tenderness, like you have no strength, creating a lot of attraction. Inside is weak and soft, but the outside is tough, I know that the love sense is reigniting. Red, red, red; a heart that is so clear just like wine colour. Who eve is loved by you, means the start of happiness, so happy that they will forget pain. Red wine, red wine, red wine; cheer another glass will better engrave the memories. Leaking true love for whom?” I have also linked the original Japanese below, hope you will enjoy the song.



酒紅色的心 – Alan Tam



ワインレッドの心 – Anzen Chitai (安全地帶)