More Younha

You know how I am, right? Once I like something, I really get into it?

I found her duets with Epik High and they were so adorable!

Love Love Love
- Original version [zShare]
- Duet version [zShare]

Aww at EH covering for Younha, and her backwards ‘L’! Her rapping is adorable.

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- Original version [zShare]
- Duet version [zShare]

The duet versions were recorded live and therefore contain a healthy bit of fanscreaming. But what would we do without them?

And, of course, their recent collab on Epik High’s fifth album - Umbrella [zShare]. Lyrics over at flyingcrispi’s.

Enjoy!

Sevenses

Inner Fangirl Acts Up Again

I’m not that prone to fangirling outside of a series, whether it be drama or book related.

But really, I LOVE YOUNHA!! (I haven’t fangirled a female artist like this since… err.)

She’s got an awesome strong voice, and isn’t going down the path of sexbot to get the public’s attention. Younha originally shot to fame through the formidable Japanese music industry, but recently came out with a Korean album. Most of the songs are redone, but that’s not a reason to ignore it. The girl’s simply great. I mean, she has range, versatility, cuteness in spades…

This album has a Korean feel running through the undeniably Japanese style of music - rhythmically strong and heavy on the percussion.

My favourite at the moment is Comet, the titular song [zShare]

Download the entire album: [MU].

Download her first Korean album: A Perfect Day For Loving You [MU].

She’s so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute, isn’t she?

Sevenses

LOCH songs

Ahaha, I reversed the order. Oops.

Anyway, Legend of the Condor Heroes is actually the first in a trilogy of books by Jin Yong - the second being Return of the Condor Heroes and the third being Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre. The first one is the best of the three (and the newest version of HSDS totally sucked, sorry to the Alec Su fans, but it’s true).

The opening and closing themes are also very well done.

Here’s the opening:

天地在我心中/Heaven and Earth in My Heart [zShare]

And the closing:

真情真美/Real Love is Beautiful [zShare]

Exams will start soon, so I may not get around to writing the reviews for any of these shows until we’re well into summer.

In the meanwhile, enjoy the music!

Sevenses

Songs from ROCH

About to fall asleep over the keyboard, I think, is a good indication that one should go to bed/plan less activities in the day.

But who cares about sleep when you have the internet?

I have been revisiting my favourite dramas, and I fell in love with the Return of Condor Heroes OST (2006) all over again.

The opening and closing are especially good.

天下无双/Without Match: Sung by one of the top female vocalists in China, this song is at once haunting and full of longing. [zShare]

江湖笑/Laughter of the Pugilist: (augh, crappy translation, but closest I can muster at present) Just fun to listen to - though I have my doubts about the middle. [zShare]

And here’s a random MV of the series, in case you’re interested:

Return of the Condor Heroes is very much a love story, which is a slight change from Jin Yong’s other works, and I’ll get into more detail when I can actually prop my eyelids open.

Love,

Sevenses

不留 (Bu Liu), by Faye Wong

New favourite song, even if it is old(ish). Plus points for an awesome MV.

Download the song: [zShare]

MV below:

Lyrics in Chinese plus translations (by me! )

不留/Leave Nothing

我把风景给了你 日子给了他
我把笑容给了你 把宽容给了他
我把XX给了你 身体给了他
我把眼泪给了你 我把照片给了你
日历给了他 我把颜色给了你
把风景给了他 我把距离给了你 呼吸给了他

I gave the scenery to you, the days to him
I gave my smile to you, forgiveness to him
I gave XX to you, my body to him
I gave my tears to you, I gave the photos to him
The calendar to him, the colours to you
The scenery to him, distance to you, but my breaths to him

我把烟花给了你 节日给了他
我把电影票给了你 我把座位给了他
我把烛光给了你 晚餐给了他
我把歌点给了你 麦克风递给他
声音给了你 画面给了他 我把情节给了你
结局给了他 我把水晶鞋给了你 十二点给了他

I gave the fireworks to you, the holidays to him
I gave the movie tickets to you, the seat to him
I gave candlelight to you, the dinner to him
I gave the songs to you, the microphone to him
My sound to you, the setting to him, and the script to him
The end’s for him, I gave you the crystal shoes, but 12 o’clock was for him

我把心给了你 身体给了他 情愿甚么也不留下
再也没有甚么牵挂 如果我还有哀伤 让风吹散它
如果我还有快乐 如果我还有哀伤 让风吹散它
如果我还有快乐 也许吧

I gave you my heart, gave him my body, didn’t want to leave anything for me
Without any anchors, if I have any sadness, let the wind blow it away
If I still have joy, if I still have sadness, let the wind blow it away
If I still have joy, maybe

Doremifasolatido Soundtrack

Doremifasolatido OST

Song list - click on link to .. uh, download?

Complete OST. [MU]

Song translations full credit to flyingcrispi, who came to my rescue during a time of need. I am in your debt.

1. Intro [zShare]
2. 도레미파솔라시도 (Movie ver.) - 정준일 / Doremifasolatido (Movie Ver.) - Jeong Jun Il [zShare]
3. 기다리는 시간 - 정준일 / Waiting for the Time - Jeong Jun Il [zShare]
4. 햇살 가득히 - 정준일 / Full of Sunshine - Jeong Jun Il [zShare]
5. 용가리 Song - 정준일 / Dragon Boy Song - Jeong Jun Il [zShare]
6. 희원과 정원/ Heewon’s Garden [zshare]
7. 사랑해서… 미안해 I / I love you… I’m sorry I [zShare]
8. 희원의 갈등 그리고… / Heewon’s Dilemma… [zShare]
9. 기다리는 시간 (piano ver.) / Waiting for the Time (piano ver.) [zShare]
10. 사랑해서… 미안해Ⅱ/ I love you… I’m sorry II [zShare]
11. Episode 1 - ROTS(황호진) [zShare]
12. 도레미파솔라시도 (Original ver.) / Doremifasolatido (Original ver.) [zShare]

The songs are the official versions, and don’t have Jang Geun Suk singing (why?? I know his voice isn’t perfect, but I’d like his version), though I’m trying to find the ones that he’s sung in.

Here’s the official MV for Full of Sunshine

Love,

Sevenses

Why, hallo there

So I caved and signed up for wordpress. I had a tab open and tried to think of cool things to say for a long time before I realized I was being ridiculous and rather insecure. Anyway.

First post! So excited.

I think I will let my overwhelming love for Jay Chou’s new song take over. It’s called ‘Qing Hua Ci’, which, literally translated, means Blue Patterned Porcelain Vase. It’s one of his slow, old-Chinese ballads, with interesting mixes of guitar, wood flute and gu zhen (which is a horizontal harp) to complete the rather simple melody. The lyrics, as usual, have quite a bit of over-the-top lyricism, but the song is beautiful. Speaking as a non-fan of Jay Chou, I think I am being quite objective in saying that it’s one of the most memorable songs I’ve heard this year.

Qing Hua Ci evokes a feeling of melancholy, a sort of looking back at something we’ve loved but irrevocably lost. The lyrics are a bit fuzzy on the details, but I’m assuming that he’s talking about a girl during the Ming dynasty (home of famously fabulous porcelainware), elusive, talented and beautiful as the morning dew on a rose, of course. Then he runs circles around metaphors of the art of vase creating. I wasn’t aware of the lyrics at first, due to Chou’s infamous habit of mumbling his words.

I asked around, and public opinion (at least within the Chinese crowd) is that his new movie/commerical-oriented direction is unwelcome. I haven’t followed him for long enough to know (or care, really), but it seems a shame that such a talented songwriter is veering away from where his talents lie. His performance in Curse of the Golden Flower was very bland, and hard to distinguish from his usual self. On the other hand, millions of people around the world await each album release with baited breath and prompt overrun forums with their love for him.

It seems clear enough to me.

That’s all for today, folks.

Sevenses