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那年夏天宁静的海

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

I don’t like Cyndi Wang. She’s too cute, and sometimes act cute, for me, though she has a few (very few) nice songs, and the others being radio-friendly sweet meaningless substance-less stuff. I give credit where it’s due - the nice songs are not due to her being a good singer, but good song writing. In fact, I realised that to a lot of people, if the song is well written, it can have shit lyrics (or a shit tune, usually just one) and a frog can croak it and they will still like it. Even shit lyrics and shit tune can make it once in a while. Ah well. I’m just fussy, really fussy about this kinda stuff.

I heard this Cyndi song on MTV, and it caught my, er, ear, because it was nice (by my standards).

那年夏天宁静的海

那时我们天天在一起/太幸福都不需要距离
很贪心　要全世界注意/只是太年轻　快乐和伤心
都像在演戏　一碰就惊天动地/今天看你　昨天的你去了哪裡

＊那年夏天我和你都在/这一大片寧静的海
直到后来我们都还在/对这个世界充满期待
今年冬天你已经不在/我的心空出了一块
很高兴遇见你　让我终究明白/回忆　你就是精采＊

还记得一起努力　还有那些一言為定
现在我就到过去　始终随兴　虽然好不容易

我期待未来

And to be honest, I think her technique is improving, though her voice is still too weak and thin for my liking. It’ll be nicer if someone else sang it though, heh…

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perks of staying up late

Monday, April 30th, 2007

One of the perks of staying up late (insomnia strikes again. I am so going to be a zombie later at work) is that you get to watch shows that you usually can’t catch, courtesy of the very repetitive cable channels we have (I’m sure reruns are for occasions like this). When there was nothing to watch, I flipped over to MTV Chinese for a while, and a few songs caught my eye. Mostly, the lyrics, because I couldn’t really hear the song over the thundering rain and also I like to scrutinise the vocals and stuff before I say “wow nice song”. Anal la.

So one of the songs were 喜欢你. No, not from Kit Chan (which is a nice song), but a new song from 庭竹 (I have no idea who she is).

Excerpts:

喜欢你所有决定/温柔的声音/拨动我的心情
喜欢你撒娇语气/傻瓜的行径/心慢慢的贴近
喜欢你宽厚背影/安定的气息/温柔包围我的心

The other songs are in English, and are Undiscovered by James Morrison…

I don’t know why or where i’m coming from
And in my head i’m close to you
We’re in the rain still searching for the sun

…and How to Save a Life from The Fray.

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came

On another note, I’ve managed to import my old posts over to this blog. Have fun reading my past.



“I tell you, the lighter’s out of gas.”
“No way, love, I just reloaded it.”
“Oh ya? I tell ya it’s empty!”
[you got to love old films]




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五月天

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

what are the odds that aftering listening to a concert version of ”有你的将来” from May Day, with the Zen Micro on shuffle, the next song was “有你的将来” from their album?

I really love May Day, but I guess I’m one of those old-fashioned people. I still prefer their older work… there were more depth perhaps? Or I may just be living in the past. The last May Day CD I purchased was 人生海海, and this was the (exact) CD that spread May Day fever to the court that I used to play basketball at. Suddenly, all the mocking at me for liking a non-popular band became requests to borrow my CDs. Some got lost. I had to purchase new ones.

There is something about them, ya? I know HB has something to rant about their concert and I would too, except I’m too tired and not that bothered anymore. It’s kinda sad what is happening to them though. They have never been indie, always mainstream, and perhaps this is just a job. But that stupidity? Shooting yourself in the foot is deserved for lesser artistes.

五月天 永远的永远

我昨眠的梦/小汉的我/熟悉的所在
梦犹原是梦/什么时候/我却这大棕

为什么心内的感觉/鼻头在酸涩
我想说我已经是漂泊的人

不管按怎笑按怎哭按怎眠梦
永远的永远我是彼个人
只要你一句话/我就敢捶胸膛
是不是你会等我 (阮爱的人 | 故乡的人)

昨花朵的花/一声变作/反白的头发
啊爸妈疼痛/拢无代令/阮不故意

只因为厝内的门窗/关不住美梦
我想说我打拼/一定有那天

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