Song review: Dancing Good Good - 小鐘 Xiao Zhong

Holaaaaa!

Another post of 小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)

With the original name of 鐘昀呈 (Jason Chung / Zhong Yun Cheng).

Who is he?
The picture below is what he looks like.

小鐘 Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube channel thumbnail

Boring, huh?
This is still a post from his new fan.
I'm hoping that the singer doesn't read my posts about him, though I'd feel honored if he knows about the existence of all my posts regarding him, or maybe if he'd start sharing them on his Facebook fanpage and commenting on them. I'll start daydreaming! Haha. I don't know why, but I feel like I want to write about him since he has such great, great music. So, why not?

Okay, looking at the title......
We all definitely know what the song is about. There's no Chinese name; it's just in English.
That's right,

Dancing Good GOOD!

This song is one of his most famous hit. He performed this song for years, so consider that this is an old song. haha. Really old, before his album was really released on December 4, 2013, and is the third single of the album. However, my post is a bit late. I posted his new video first in my blog before this song, which is 相信你自己 (Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji). Maybe because I like this song least than the other songs in the album, but this song is not bad though.

The first time I heard this song, I was like, oh my God. I don't think this is considered as a song. I felt awkward when I listened to this song for the first time. And, it's started with "Se Moi An Ciang", which I definitely know what the sentence is about. Another unique thing, this is like, a mixture of Hakka, Hokkien, Mandarin and English. Though this is considered as a Mandarin song. Since this song is unique, I decided to use this song as my phone ringtone, and in a high volume. So, when somebody called me, the "Se Moi An Ciang Good Good!" sound plus its BIG volume will shock me and I can answer my phone. Smart, huh?

小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)'s album cover

The official music video for this song was uploaded by Xiao Zhong himself in his YouTube channel, on Jan 31, 2014, exactly on the first day of Chinese New Year. Maybe that is why, in the video, there is one model wearing a horse mask in his head, to welcome the year of the horse.

By the way, Xiao Zhong revealed himself in his Facebook page that there are about 2-3 celebrities involved in this video. How clever.

Here's the official music video of Dancing Good Good:

Dancing Good Good music video

I like this song, but actually not really as much as 分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo), 相信你自己 (Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji) and 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui). Maybe because I'm bored with the beginning of this song since this song is my phone ringtone. But why not? Give this song a chance. Not a bad one from a talented Xiao Zhong.

I personally think that not only because there are mixture languages in this song. This song is definitely catchy to all people because of the "Disco Disco Good Good" part. Listening to only this part, you definitely will know that this is Xiao Zhong singing. The dance is quite easy for people to learn either. A good way to sweat! Haha.

But can you believe that Xiao Zhong composed this song HIMSELF? Because I don't! I know that he wrote all the songs in this album himself, but, who knows that he also composed this song? Yes. I was like, I don't know. Whatever. Speechless at the first time, but okay, alright. I discovered his talents again. I'm guessing that he also "invented" the choreography dance himself. This song is even more catchy, or you can say more than catchy! Maybe I'm over reactive, but hey, come on. That's the fact.

By the way, if you want to go to Xiao Zhong's official Facebook fanpage, click here.

As usual, here's the lyrics.
I attempted to translate the lyrics myself (again), with lots and lots of corrections from one of my internet buddies. Actually, this song is the easiest for me to translate since this song is MOSTLY English, haha, but still though, there are about 2 or 3 parts that are unknown to non-Taiwanese out there, like me, and which I finally knew what they mean so I can translate the whole song. Only people at Taiwan know what the song means, and definitely, the singer-who-also-composed-the-song too. It's stupid if a singer composes the song without even knowing what the song is about. Which is why, in my opinion, composing and making the lyrics only one song, and especially all the songs in one album is not easy. It needs more and more skills. And I really appreciate what Xiao Zhong is doing. He is the singer, composer and the lyricist for his album. Though his album was released in such an age, at least he proved to the world that he is a musician-and-also-singer who is totally focusing his life to the music industry. He deserved a positive feedback for all of his works that he had done in his life. Including this song.

Okay, back to the topic! Here are the lyrics with the translation, which is not considered as translation, since you can see many languages below. Sorry if the translation is not the best. Enjoy!


Song title: Dancing Good Good
Lyricist：鐘昀呈 (小鐘)
Composer：鐘昀呈 (小鐘)

細妹按靚 Good Good! *
Se Moi An Ciang Good Good!
Beautiful girls Good Good!

Disco Disco Good Good
Disco Disco Good Good
Disco Disco Good Good
Good Good Good Good

開心一起來跳舞　用手用腳用屁股
Kāixīn yī qǐlái tiàowǔ yòng shǒu yòng jiǎo yòng pìgu
Happily dancing together, with using hands, legs, and butts
你唱我來耍Cool　 Good Good Good Good
Nǐ chàng wǒ lái shuǎ kù Good Good Good Good
You sing, I play cool; Good good, good good
別跟我說叭噗　開車我最愛叭噗 *
Bié gēn wǒ shuō ba pū kāichē wǒ zuì'ài ba pū
Stop saying nonsense to me; When I drive, I really love to do so.
我動不動就哭哭　Good Good Good Good
Wǒ dòngbùdòng jiù kū kū Good Good Good Good
I easily cry at once; Good good, good good

掘啦掘　掘啦掘　Everybody掘掘 *
Gut la gut, gut la gut, everybody gut gut
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Everybody dig, dig
掘啦掘　掘啦掘　Everybody掘掘
Gut la gut, gut la gut, everybody gut gut
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Everybody dig, dig
掘啦掘　掘啦掘　Everybody掘掘
Gut la gut, gut la gut, everybody gut gut
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Everybody dig, dig
掘啦掘　掘啦掘　Everybody掘掘
Gut la gut, gut la gut, everybody gut gut
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Everybody dig, dig

細妹按靚　細妹按靚 *
Se moi an ciang, se moi an ciang
Beautiful girls; Beautiful girls
細妹按靚　細妹按靚靚
Se moi an ciang, se moi an ciang ciang
Beautiful girls; Beautiful, beautiful girls

掘啦掘 掘啦掘　掘啦掘 掘啦掘 *
Gut la gut, gut la gut, gut la gut, gut la gut,
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Dig, dig, dig, dig
細妹按靚 Good Good!　Everybody掘掘 *
Se moi an ciang Good Good! Everybody gut gut
Beautiful girls, good good; Everybody dig, dig

掘啦掘 掘啦掘　掘啦掘 掘啦掘
Gut la gut, gut la gut, gut la gut, gut la gut,
Dig, dig, dig, dig; Dig, dig, dig, dig
細妹按靚 Good Good!　Everybody掘掘
Se moi an ciang Good Good! Everybody gut gut
Beautiful girls, good good; Everybody dig, dig

Mr. Good Good


* NOTE:
- Se Moi An Ciang (細妹按靚) is spoken in Hakka, means beautiful girl (s).
- Gut (掘) is spoken in Taiwanese, means dig.
- According to some research, 叭噗 (Ba Pu) can refer to many many things. 叭噗 (Ba Pu) is commonly known as a name of an ice cream, years ago. It could also refer to a sound from an air pumped into a plastic ball. But in the sentence on the lyrics, 叭噗 (Ba Pu) is referring to nonsense. So the meaning of this line is basically, since the singer loves to say nonsense mostly when he is driving, he don't want any more nonsense from other people, just dance and ignore all of the nonsense.



Credits:
(Official music video credit and channel thumbnail credit goes to Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube account. His personal account is right here.)

(The album cover credit goes to this thread, on discuss.com.hk.)

(Lyrics are translated by Tony and Mr. K.C. PLEASE, DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. IF YOU WANT TO COPY, PLEASE CREDIT US.)

(The pinyin is provided by Google Translate.)

Song review: Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji 相信你自己 - 小鐘 Xiao Zhong

Hello, world!

Miss me?
I guess you don't.

And this review will be about...
him again.

He is......

鐘昀呈 (Jason Chung / Zhong Yun Cheng),
or familiar with the name 小鐘 (Xiao Zhong).

Boring, huh?
My posts are mostly about him nowadays.
Still though, a post is a post. And it must go on. haha

But to be honest, I love this song so so so so much!
Which is why, as a new fan of Xiao Zhong, I want to write more about his music.

小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)'s album cover

I finally listened to all of the tracks in Xiao Zhong's album. Thanks to somebody at discuss.com.hk for providing the download links of the whole album, I decided to buy the album now and still waiting for the album to arrive at my door at Indonesia. And this song is now became one of my HYPER favorites in the album. Haha, Hyper is higher than Super, so that's why I typed "HYPER", and now this song is one of my HYPER favorite songs list. I even checked my "Most played" playlist in my phone, and this song is placed FIRST. Means, YES! I listened to this track almost everyday, everywhere I go. And I really did. Why? Not only because the lyrics is meaningful, I totally love this kind of music, it's very calming and relaxing. I really enjoy it.

By the way, this song is the first song in the album.

And just around 1-2 weeks ago (February 26, 2014), a good news came from the singer. He wrote in his Facebook page that the music video for this song will be up on February 28. Oh wow!! Who else is happier for this?! One of my favorite songs now has a music video. YES! Happy, happy!
However, he's a bit late. The music video was really up in his YouTube channel on the day after February 28, which was on the first day of March, 2014.
Below is his post on his Facebook page. Click here to go to Xiao Zhong's official Facebook page. If you want to see the post, just click on the picture.

Credit goes to 小鐘 Xiao Zhong's personal Facebook fanpage

So that means this video is now up on his personal YouTube account. Click the picture below to go to his YouTube account:

小鐘 Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube channel thumbnail

Below is his live performances in one of the TV shows in Taiwan.

Now, it's time for the video! What should I say about this video? Xiao Zhong looks so cute and handsome in this video! Even though he's 42 already, haha. This video proved that he finally succeed after struggling really hard in his career. As you already know, he is famous for making jokes about whatever. And by this video, you can pick the meaning, that he is really, really, really serious in doing this career in his life. He sang his heart out by this song, and also considered that he made this song for himself.

He revealed himself that he was an ordinary employee before he met 吳宗憲 (Jacky Wu) and started his music career. He said that he'd rather do what he loves to do in his life, which is singing and releasing an album, instead of doing office works. And he finally made it.

By the way, the picture below is the screenshot of the music video. I edited the pictures myself.

(Screenshots are taken from the music video)

Below is the music video of 相信你自己 (Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji).

相信你自己 (Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji) music video screenshots - edited by me. Credit goes to the official music video.

相信你自己 (Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji) music video

Unlike 分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo), this song really sounds like him. When the first line came out, you can easily recognize his voice. A total salute to him. I really love this song.

Now, lyrics time! I attempted to translate the lyrics myself (again), with a lot of correction from one of my internet buddies. Sorry if the translation is not the best.
Enjoy!

Song title: 相信你自己
Song title Pinyin: Xiang Xin Ni Zi Ji
Song title Meaning: Believe Yourself
Lyricist: 鐘昀呈 Jason Chung / Xiao Zhong (小鐘)
Composer: 鐘昀呈 Jason Chung / Xiao Zhong (小鐘) & 鐘佐泓 (G-Power)

今天感覺有一些累
Jīntiān gǎnjué yǒu yīxiē lèi
There are some tired feelings today.
只想回家補充睡眠
Zhǐ xiǎng huí jiā bǔchōng shuìmián
I just want to go home for additional sleep.
這種感覺每天陪我從早到晚　除非是放假天
Zhè zhǒng gǎnjué měitiān péi wǒ cóng zǎo dào wǎn chúfēi shì fàngjià tiān
This feeling is with me every day from morning to night, except on vacation days.

我的朋友總告訴我
Wǒ de péngyǒu zǒng gàosu wǒ
My friends always tell me,
機會不會永遠等候
Jīhuì bù huì yǒngyuǎn děnghòu
Opportunities won't wait forever.
把握青春勇敢去做
Bǎwò qīngchūn yǒnggǎn qù zuò
If you are brave enough to grasp your youth,
夢想不會離你我太遙遠
Mèngxiǎng bù huì lí nǐ wǒ tài yáoyuǎn
Dreams won't be far away from you and me.
或許太多的失敗　讓你無法去面對
Huòxǔ tài duō de shībài ràng nǐ wúfǎ qù miàn duì
Perhaps too many failures, makes it so you can't face away.
那些都是過往雲煙
Nàxiē dōu shì guòwǎng yúnyān
Those are a thing of the past.
相信你自己　面對未來
Xiāngxìn nǐ zìjǐ miàn duì wèilái
Believe in yourself to face the future.
何不就讓我說做就去做
Hébù jiù ràng wǒ shuō zuò jiù qù zuò
Why won’t you let me say, “Just do it.”?

因為太多失落的情緒
Yīnwèi tài duō shīluò de qíngxù
Because so many emotions have been lost,
就讓它成為過去
Jiù ràng tā chéngwéi guòqù
Just let it pass.
從現在開始　不再去懷疑
Cóng xiànzài kāishǐ bù zài qù huáiyí
From now on, you will no longer be in doubt.
不悔的執著　會有發光的時候
Bù huǐ de zhízhuó huì yǒu fāguāng de shíhou
If you don't regret the dedication, someday you will shine.
就請你和我　一起擁有夢
Jiù qǐng nǐ hé wǒ yīqǐ yǒngyǒu mèng
So please let you and I, own a dream together.

Credits:
(Official music video credit and channel thumbnail credit goes to Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube account. His personal account is right here.)

(The album cover credit goes to this thread, on discuss.com.hk.)

(Lyrics are translated by Tony and Mr. K.C. PLEASE, DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. IF YOU WANT TO COPY, PLEASE CREDIT US.)

(The pinyin is provided by Google Translate.)

2 songs review: 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri) and 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui)

Hello! Happy Chinese New Year, everybody! This is my first post in the Horse Year, and this post is about...... Review again! Hope you're not bored with it! haha

This post will be about two different songs, which are 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri) and 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui), since these two songs are related.


世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri)

Many people definitely know about this song, 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri), because Jay Chou often performed this song in several of his concerts. And many people are mistaken that this is Jay's own song.

But, who would have known, that this song is actually sung by other people, NOT JAY CHOU?

Yes, the original singer of this song is NOT Jay Chou, but a 4-member boy group S.B.D.W. (咻比嘟嘩), which the members are:

• 吳宗憲 (Jacky Wu)
• 劉耕宏 (Will Liu)
• 鐘昀呈 (Jason Chung) a.k.a 小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)
• 倪子鈞 (Christopher Ni) a.k.a 小馬 (Xiao Ma)

The fact of this song is actually, yes, S.B.D.W. is the original singer, which means, Jay Chou composed this song for them. This song (and the album which has the same title as this song) was released in 1998, before Jay Chou started his singing career. This is also the fact that Jay Chou began his career as a songwriter for other singers and continued this area of work, before and after he debuted his own career in singing. 

Below are the versions of Shi Jie Mo Ri (世界末日)

Jay Chou (周杰倫)'s version of Shi Jie Mo Ri (世界末日)

S.B.D.W. (咻比嘟嘩)'s original version of Shi Jie Mo Ri (世界末日)

Below is the lyrics and translation of 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri):


Song title: 世界末日
Song title pinyin: Shi Jie Mo Ri
Title meaning: The End of The World
Lyricist: Jay Chou (周杰倫)
Composer: Jay Chou (周杰倫)


想笑　來偽裝掉下的眼淚
Xiang xiao lai wei zhuang diao xia de yan lei
Want to laugh to disguise the tears that’s flowing

點點頭　承認自己會怕黑
Dian dian tou cheng ren zi ji hui pa hei
Nod my head to admit that I’m afraid of the dark

我只求　能借一點的時間來陪
Wo zhi qiu neng jie yi dian de shi jian lai pei
I only wish that you can spare some time for me

你卻連同情都不給
Ni que lian tong qing dou bu gei
But you don’t even give me the slightest sympathy

想哭　來試探自己麻痺了沒
Xiang ku lai shi tan zi ji ma bi le mei
Want to cry to see if I’m dead with out emotion yet

全世界　好像只有我疲憊
Quan shi jie hao xiang zhi you wo pi bei
It’s like in the whole world I’m the only one who’s exhausted

無所謂　反正難過就敷衍　走一回
Wu suo wei fan zheng nan guo jiu fu yan zou yi hui
Doesn't matter, because even if I’m down I can ignore my senses and just get it over and done with

但願絕望和無奈遠走高飛
Dan yuan jue wang he wu nai yuan zou gao fei
Just wish that desperation will go away

天灰灰
Tian hui hui
The sky is gray

會不會讓我忘了你是誰
Hui bu hui rang wo wang le ni shi shui
Will it make me forget who you are?

夜越黑　夢違背　難追難回味
Ye yue hei meng wei bei nan zhui nan hui wei
The darker the night, the more misbehaving my dreams, hard to remember and ponder about them

我的世界將被摧毀　也許事與願違
Wo de shi jie jiang bei cui hui ye xu shi yu yuan wei
My world is just about to be destroyed, maybe fate is against will

累不累　睡不睡　單影無人相依偎
Lei bu lei shui bu shui dan ying wu ren xiang yi wei
Tired or not, want to sleep? Alone and nobody to pair up and snuggle with

夜越黑　夢違背　有誰肯安慰
Ye yue hei meng wei bei you shui ken an wei
The darker the night, the more misbehaving my dreams, who is there to comfort me?

我的世界將被摧毀
Wo de shi jie jiang bei cui hui
My world is about to be destroyed

也許頹廢也是另一種美
Ye xu tui fei ye shi ling yi zhong mei
Maybe being blue is another sort of beauty


To be honest, I like the original more than Jay's version. Even though I am one of the Jay Chou fans, sorry to say this. I didn't mean to offend. I really wish that there is a studio version of this song. As you already know, Jay often performed this song in his concerts, without a studio version. Even though there is an album of this song, the version is the album is the live version, not a studio version. I still like the S.B.D.W version more since there are 4 different voices, instead of four voices singing the same tune.



天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui)
It's been 16 years after S.B.D.W. released this song.

And just the end of last year (2013), 2013 is the year that one of the members in S.B.D.W group, 鐘昀呈 (Jason Chung / Zhong Yun Cheng) a.k.a 小鐘 (Xiao Zhong), released his first solo album. As a tribute to S.B.D.W. group, he wrote and composed a continuous song of the group's famous hit, 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri).
According to Xiao Zhong himself, this song is the continuous song of the song 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri), since because of "Shi Jie Mo Ri", people will know about the S.B.D.W. group and him. They released an album before the 世界末日 ("Shi Jie Mo Ri") song, but the first album is not as successful as this album, so the song "Shi Jie Mo Ri" became S.B.D.W's popular hit, which is why for him, the song "Shi Jie Mo Ri" brings too many memories.
As I mentioned above, the song was released in 1998. And 15 years later, a continuous version of the 世界末日 song was released by one of the members.
For shooting the music video, Xiao Zhong even wore the same outfit as the group's outfit for the "Shi Jie Mo Ri" video. Gee, still fit after 15 years, huh?

小鐘 Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube channel thumbnail

That's right! The song name is: 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui), which is, "Gray Day" in English.

This song is the album's second single, after 分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo), and is included as the last song in the album.
The music video for this song was up in his YouTube account on 16th of January 2014, recently, but Xiao Zhong accidentally deleted the video and re-uploaded the video again yesterday (February 11, 2014).
You can see Xiao Zhong walking at the beach, sitting on a chair and holding a bulb. He mentioned in his recent Facebook post that the bulb refers to 吳宗憲 (Jacky Wu). Jacky Wu brought him into this career. Because of Jacky, people know Xiao Zhong until now. The time when they spent time and worked together will always be missed, as he said in his Facebook page.

小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)'s album cover

天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui) music video

My analysis about this song are:

• One, this song is sung in G-major key, if you noticed, and it's the same key as the original version of 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri).
• Two, if you also noticed, the chorus of both songs are started with 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui), and Xiao Zhong sung these three words at the same notes.
• The line 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri) is also appeared in the 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui) song, and vice versa.
• No wonder that this song, 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui) is the continuous song of 世界末日 (Shi Jie Mo Ri). You can also notice that Xiao Zhong often blended these two songs together in his live performances. Blending the songs together is not a bad idea!

This song is also one of the best songs by him, so far, I would say, though I wish he recorded his own solo version of the "Shi Jie Mo Ri" song. It's still unbelievable that he made the "Shi Jie Mo Ri" song alive again by composing this song. He nailed it, especially that he sang the higher notes without a falsetto. Like, seriously. He seriously did it! He nailed it!
This song is definitely a sad song, if you notice the lyrics. As the song title indicates, don't know if it will rain or not, the sky is gray already. If it's raining today, I'll definitely play this song, to make it perfect. And I did! haha.


As the ending of this post, here is the lyrics of 天灰灰 (Tian Hui Hui) (Gray Day). I attempted to translate the lyrics myself, with a little help of one of my internet buddies. Enjoy!

Song title: 天灰灰
Song title pinyin: Tiān Huī Huī
Title meaning: Gray Day
Lyricist：鐘昀呈 (小鐘)
Composer：鐘昀呈 (小鐘)

是不是世界末日
Shì bùshì shìjiè mòrì
Is this the end of the world?

因為你不在我懷裡
Yīnwèi nǐ bùzài wǒ huái li
Because you are no longer in my arms.

想雙手擁抱你的回憶
Xiǎng shuāng shǒu yǒngbào nǐ de huíyì
I want to reach out and embrace your memories

你卻用微笑來掩飾心情
Nǐ què yòng wéixiào lái yǎnshì xīnqíng
but you cover up your feelings with a smile.

你傳給我的訊息　是傷感最後的證據
Nǐ chuán gěi wǒ de xùnxí shì shānggǎn zuìhòu de zhèngjù
The message that you sent me is a sad final testimony.

感受不到你的氣息　只有一個人孤伶伶
Gǎnshòu bù dào nǐ de qìxí zhǐyǒu yīgèrén gū ling ling
I can't feel your breath. I am alone.

天灰灰　你會不會　孤單的夜　找誰來陪
Tiān huī huī nǐ huì bù huì gūdān de yè zhǎo shuí lái péi
In this gray day, will you find somebody to accompany you on this lonely night?

遙望遙遠的星空
Yáowàng yáoyuǎn de xīngkōng
Looking at the distant stars.

或許放棄是最美的祝福
Huòxǔ fàngqì shì zuìměi de zhùfú
Perhaps to give up is the most beautiful blessing 

累不累　我真的累倒數計時的每一天
Lèi bù lèi wǒ zhēn de lèi dàoshǔ jìshí de měi yītiān
Are you tired? I am really tired of counting down everyday.

走過熱戀的一切
Zǒuguò rèliàn de yīqiè
Through everything in love,

原來末日一直存在我的心田
Yuánlái mòrì yīzhí cúnzài wǒ de xīntián
In fact, the end has always been in my heart.



(Official music video credit and channel thumbnail credit goes to Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube account. His personal YouTube account is right here.)

(Video screenshot of Tian Hui Hui credit goes credit goes toXiao Zhong's personal Facebook account. Click here to go to Xiao Zhong's official Facebook page.)

(Lyrics of Tian Hui Hui are translated by Tony and Mr. K.C. PLEASE, DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. IF YOU WANT TO COPY, PLEASE CREDIT US.)

(Shi Jie Mo Ri lyrics translation credit goes to this site: http://harutori.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/jay-chou-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%9C%AB%E6%97%A5-shi-jie-mo-ri-end-of-the-world/)

(The pinyin of Tian Hui Hui is provided by Google Translate.)

Song review: Fen Kai De Jie Guo 分開的結果 - 小鐘 Xiao Zhong

Hello, world! It's me again!

Oh, yes! This is my first posting in 2014, yay!

Yes, this post is about a review again! I don't know why, I like to do reviews nowadays, and I love doing it! haha.

And okay here goes!


Those who watch Taiwanese TV shows are definitely familiar with this person. He often appear on many Taiwanese TV shows and is a host of several of them. He is best known as making jokes about whatever in the shows. He is also known as one of the members in a 4-member boy group S.B.D.W. (咻比嘟嘩), which the other three members are 吳宗憲 (Jacky Wu), 倪子鈞 (Christopher Ni) --- who is known as Xiao Ma (小馬) and 劉耕宏 (Will Liu). The group is disbanded over 10 years ago.

That's right, he is 鐘昀呈 (Jason Chung / Zhong Yun Cheng), or familiar with the name 小鐘 (Xiao Zhong).
He often appeared in many famous Taiwanese TV shows, mostly in 康熙來了 (Kang Xi Lai Le) and 天才衝衝衝 (Tian Cai Chong Chong Chong), and also is one of the hosts in 愛玩客 (Ai Wan Ke / iWalker).

Click here to go to Xiao Zhong's official Facebook page.

小鐘 Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube channel thumbnail

I first noticed him in one episode of 康熙來了 (Kang Xi Lai Le) which he performed one of his songs, Fen Kai De Jie Guo (分開的結果). Below is his performance:

The first time I saw that performance, okay, I decided to find that song since that song is good to listen, but I was surprised that time, that he had never released an album after the S.B.D.W. group has disbanded. I was thinking okay, whatever, he is just joking, someday he will release it. 

His biggest wish is to release an album in his career, and he finally fulfilled it. Who would have thought that he is serious? He finally released his own (and also first) album on December 04, 2013, which is actually just one-going-to-two month ago. And that's right again, this song is in the album. I was thinking, okay, there will be definitely more information about him and the album. He actually performed the songs in the album for years until the album was actually released. I think, since he did this, okay, that means he just "leaked" the album contents himself, without realizing what had happened. But that's okay, if people knew the album contents without even buying it, what about listening to all of them in one album? Why not!

Another thing that I just recognize that he also did magic, too, which I think why the album name is called "Magic". He confessed in one of the recent episodes in 康熙來了 (Kang Xi Lai Le), which, some people who bought this album found out that the album is tricky, how can an album didn't have the CD, which is the most important thing? He revealed the "how-to-find-the-CD" trick himself in that show. It's magic!

小鐘 (Xiao Zhong)'s album cover

分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo) music video screenshots

分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo) music video

I found everything about him on Google, and I was surprised (again) that he just turned 42 now. He was born in December 16, 1971. Oh my, old, huh? I didn't recognize his face AT ALL. The only thing I can recognize is his appearances in 康熙來了 (Kang Xi Lai Le), and I as a new fan of him, was thinking he was 35-something when he performed this song that time.

What I feel pity is, he paid EVERY expenses made for this album. It's not one of my business, I know, but yes, how can a singer bear all the expenses? How can a music studio did that way? That's unfair. But even though the process is really unfair, the result is totally worth it. I am sure with it. And that's the fact! As per today, January 28, the music video hit more than 218,000 views already since the video was up in his YouTube channel. Yes again, I subscribed to his channel!

FYI, I am a Hakka. Another thing that surprised me that he is a Hakka too! How did I found out? Because, he composed his own Hakka song in his album, named "夏日的風", which is found in the album too. I am speechless by that song too! I am totally amazed that all the songs in the album is composed by Xiao Zhong himself. I was like, WOW, Amazing! Okay, he had successfully "recruited" me as his fan now! I am listening to this song while writing this post! haha.

However, when I listened to the official version of the song for the first time, I didn't recognize his voice either! His voice is kinda different with the live version that he often sang in many TV shows. As the song goes, I started to recognize his voice.

Must I rate this song 10/10?
Must I give a positive review about this song and the entire album?
Oh, yes, I must!
He deserved positive reviews for this song! He deserves supports!
Why? Because the song is great to listen, definitely. Another reason why, is yes, as I mentioned above, he composed this song himself.
I'm going to buy this album online now! Haha, oops.


As the ending of this post, below is the lyric of 分開的結果 (Fen Kai De Jie Guo). I translated the lyrics myself, with a little help of one of my internet buddies. Sorry if the translation is not the best.
Enjoy!

Song title: 分開的結果
Song title pinyin: Fēn Kāi De Jié Guǒ
Title meaning: The Result of Separation
Lyricist: 鐘昀呈 Jason Chung / Xiao Zhong (小鐘)
Composer: 鐘昀呈 Jason Chung / Xiao Zhong (小鐘)

你很快樂嗎　依偎在他身旁
Nǐ hěn kuàilè ma yīwēi zài tā shēn páng
Are you happy, snuggling besides him?

好幸福的模樣
Hǎo xìngfú de móyàng
You look happy.

我臉上的笑有一點牽強
Wǒ liǎn shàng de xiào yǒu yīdiǎn qiānqiǎng
The smile in my face is a little far-fetched

不想繼續假裝　一切和過去都一樣
Bùxiǎng jìxù jià zhuāng yīqiè hé guòqù dōu yīyàng
I don't want to pretend again. Everything and the past are the same.

暴雨來臨前　天空也會變黑
Bàoyǔ láilín qián tiānkōng yě huì biàn hēi
Before the rainstorm, sky will darken.

讓心裡有防備
Ràng xīnlǐ yǒu fángbèi
to let my heart have some preparation.

希望你真的不要後悔　往幸福邊緣追
Xīwàng nǐ zhēn de bùyào hòuhuǐ wǎng xìngfú biānyuán zhuī
I hope that you really didn't regret pursuing the edge of happiness.

我會用酒精把自己麻醉
Wǒ huì yòng jiǔjīng bǎ zìjǐ mázuì
I will use alcohol to make me numb.

分開的結果我很痛
Fēnkāi de jiéguǒ wǒ hěn tòng
I am hurt by this result of separating.

從此讓心不再自由
Cóngcǐ ràng xīn bù zài zìyóu
From then, my heart is now no longer free after this separation.

淚乾了以後醒來還是隱隱作痛
Lèi gānle yǐhòu xǐng lái háishì yǐnyǐn zuòtòng
I woke up with my heart aching after the tears have dried.

分開的結果是寂寞
Fēnkāi de jiéguǒ shì jìmò
Loneliness is the result of separation.

我的位子已有人坐
Wǒ de wèizi yǐ yǒurén zuò
There is somebody replaced me.

誰能告訴我　該如何延續夢
Shuí néng gàosu wǒ gāi rúhé yánxù mèng
Can anyone tell me how to continue the dream?

分開的結果讓一切都無所謂
Fēnkāi de jiéguǒ ràng yīqiè dōu wúsuǒwèi
The result of separating makes everything not matter.

我在你眼中　看到他和你的側臉
Wǒ zài nǐ yǎn zhòng kàn dào tā hé nǐ de cè liǎn
I saw the side look of him and your face in your eyes.




Credits:
(Official music video credit and channel thumbnail credit goes to Xiao Zhong's personal YouTube account. His personal account is right here.)

(The album cover credit goes to this thread, on discuss.com.hk.)

(Video screenshot credit goes to this thread on jbtalks.cc)

(Lyrics are translated by Tony and Mr. K.C. PLEASE, DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. IF YOU WANT TO COPY, PLEASE CREDIT US.)

(The pinyin is provided by Google Translate.)