Here is an older song that I recently discovered, but it’s really good. Literally, the song name is 心動心痛, or “heart moving, heart breaking” – but I translated it as Heartache all the same. It is a duet by Will Liu (劉畊宏) and Evonne Hsu (許慧欣). Will Liu, though not that well-known, is commonly referred to as Jay Chou’s “best friend”, and as such many of his songs’ melody were composed by Jay Chou, and it is easy to hear the similarities between their two styles of singing. For the most part, however, Will is a singer of slow songs and is more well-known for that.
While Andy Lau may be most famous for his Cantopop, his most recent Mandarin album is full of many great songs. From 壹塊錢 (One Dollar) to 超人 (Superman), 一隻牛的異想世界 has many songs that will, in my opinion be regarded as classics in the future. This particular one, 一 (One), is amazing, and not just because he repeats the word 一 over fifty times in the song.
Thanks to my friend Sunny who introduced me to this song. Literally the title of this song is “Thinking is an Illness,” but the English name for the album is “Thinking of You” and so I’ll go with that.
This song is definitely one of my favorites. 張震嶽, or A-Yue, has a style that is in many ways similar to MC Hot Dog – the majority of his music has rap beats to it, and just like MC Hot Dog, he almost never repeats his lyrics except for the chorus. In an age where artists just write four or five lines and repeat them over and over again. Originality is truly not easy to find nowadays.
思念是一種病’s lyrics portray loneliness very well – another thing that sets A-Yue off from MC Hot Dog. While MC Hot Dog’s lyrics are usually cynical and sarcastic, his are true and so much more honest. Sharp-eyed readers may also remember him from the 我愛台妹 music video.
Richie Ren, most famous for his 1999 hit song “對面的女孩看過來”, came out with a new album this year. Titled “如果沒有你”, or “If Life’s Goin’ Without You,” it has many themed music – that is to say, not really romantic. 誅仙戀 , however, is one of the romantic songs in his album. Check it out. I’ll post the other hit song “誅仙我回來”, or “Hey, I’m coming back, Immortal Zhu” (of course, I completely made up that translation) soon.
Another not well-known female artist Jin Sha, has many amazing songs, though being new to the music scene (this is really her second album, not counting compilations) is winning many new fans over. (Apparently her English name is Kym, but I have no idea where she’s from – Singapore or Taiwan?) Most will recognize her as the gal who sang with JJ Lin in 發現愛 “Fa Xian Ai” from JJ’s latest album Xijie. This song is particularly fitting at this time of the year – the last summer day, after all! Who doesn’t feel regretful and a bit sad as summer slips by and fall takes its place? I think everyone does…
Update: It appears that her stage name is simply that – Kym. No last name. And she’s not from Singapore, rather, from China.
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