A-Lin - 給我一個理由忘記 Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji

Hello, world!
I'm back again.
This time, my post will be about her.
A song that is a big hit until now, also considered as one of her best song
This song is sung by A-Lin.

A-Lin

Album cover

Which was released on 2010, and is still a hit.
I personally don't have anything much to say about this song, though. It's just good to listen, and I always sing this song on karaoke when I go with my friends.
This song is one of my favorites! To people who knew this song, you may consider that I am late, but at least, better than never, right?
Here's the music video of this song:

給我一個理由忘記 (Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji) music video

This song, is also her signature hit until now. She joined the third season of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer) and performed this song in the first episode. She is already famous with the nickname 天生歌姬, meaning "A Born Diva", but is more famous after she participated in that show, even though she came in sixth place.

Here is the lyrics. Thanks to the site that I credit below, which provided the lyrics translation. I basically know what this song is about, but the translation makes me know the song better.

Enjoy!

Song title: 給我一個理由忘記
Song title Pinyin: Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji
Song title Meaning: Give Me A Reason To Forget
作詞：鄔裕康
作曲：游政豪
Singer: A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)
Lyrics translation provided by http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/40905/a-lin-huang/gei-wo-yi-ge-li-you-wang-ji.html


雨都停了
Yu dou ting le
The rain has stopped,
這片天灰什麼呢
Zhe pian tian hui shen me ne
but why is the sky still painted such a grey?
我還記得
Wo hai ji de
I still remember, 
你說我們要快樂
Ni shuo wo men yao kuai le
you said we have to be happy 
深夜裡的腳步聲 總是刺耳
Shen ye li de jiao bu sheng zong shi ci er
In the dead of night, the sound of footsteps is deafening 
害怕寂寞
Hai pa ji mo
I am afraid of loneliness,
就讓狂歡的城市陪我關燈
Jiu rang kuang huan de cheng shi pei wo guan deng
which is why I choose to drown myself in the hectic city lights

*
只是哪怕周圍再多人
Zhi shi na pa zhou wei zai duo ren
even when I am surrounded by people
感覺還是一個人
Gan jue hai shi yi ge ren
I feel so alone
每當我笑了
Mei dang wo xiao le
Even when I smile,
心卻狠狠的哭著
Xin que hen hen de ku zhe
I can feel my heart sobbing

[Chorus]
給我一個理由忘記
Gei wo yi ge li you wang ji
Give me a reason to forget
那麼愛我的你
Na me ai wo de ni
just how much you have loved me
給我一個理由放棄
Gei wo yi ge li you fang qi
Give me a reason to give up
當時做的決定
Dang shi zuo de jue ding
on the decision I made once upon a time
有些愛越想抽離 卻越更清晰
You xie ai yue xiang chou li que yue geng qing xi
Sometimes, the more one tries to pull away (from a relationship), the clearer it becomes
而最痛的距離 是你不在身邊
Er zui tong de ju li shi ni bu zai shen bian
The most painful distance is, when you are not by my side, 
卻在我的心裡
Que zai wo de xin li
yet still in my heart

當我走在 去過的每個地方
Dang wo zou zai qu guo de mei ge di fang
When I go to, the places that we have been
總會聽到 你那最自由的笑
Zong hui ting dao ni na zui zi you de xiao
I still hear the lingering of your carefree laughter
當我回到 一個人住的地方 
Dang wo hui dao yi ge ren zhu de di fang
When I go back to, the place that I now live alone
最怕看到 冬天你最愛穿的那件外套
Zui pa kan dao dong tian ni zui ai chuan de na jian wai tao
I fear seeing that favorite winter coat of yours

Repeat * and Chorus

我找不到理由忘記
Wo zhao bu dao li you wang ji
I cannot find the reason to forget
大雨裡的別離
Da yu li de bie li
the farewell we had in the rain
我找不到理由放棄
Wo zhao bu dao li you fang qi
I cannot find the reason to give up
我等你的決心
Wo deng ni de jue xin
on the decision to wait for you
有些愛越想抽離 卻越更清晰
You xie ai yue xiang chou li que yue geng qing xi
Sometimes, the more one tries to pull away (from a relationship), the clearer it becomes
而最痛的距離 是你不在身邊
Er zui tong de ju li shi ni bu zai shen bian
The most painful distance is, when you are not by my side, 
卻在我的心裡
Que zai wo de xin li
yet still in my heart
我想你
Wo xiang ni
I miss you


Credits:

• The lyric pinyin credit goes to: http://www.chineselyrics4u.com/2011/01/lin-gei-wo-yi-ge-li-you-lin.html
• Music video courtesy goes to Avex Records. Click here to go to the company's YouTube channel
• The English Translation of the lyrics credit goes to: http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/40905/a-lin-huang/gei-wo-yi-ge-li-you-wang-ji.html

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.)

Jeannie Hsieh 謝金燕 - 姐姐 Jie Jie (Sister)

Hello hello again! Me again, me again!
As the title indicates, this post will be about...... Jiejie!

People definitely know this song. That's right, 姐姐 (Jie Jie) was the most popular song in 2013 ever since it has been released. Not only because the singer is Jeannie Hsieh (謝金燕). This is also a promotional song for an online dancing game in Taiwan. More special, she composed almost the whole song herself. Amazing, huh?

Jeannie Hsieh (謝金燕) as an ambassador for the dancing online game (唯舞獨尊)

Let's talk about the singer. You definitely know her by several of her songs like 含淚跳恰恰 (Han Lei Tiao Qia Qia / Kam Lui Tiao Cha Cha), 練舞功 (Lian Wu Gong) and 嗶嗶嗶 (Beep Beep Beep). Who would have thought that she's almost 40? If you look at the music video, you would think that it's a 20-going-to-30 woman singing. Man, she's still hot and gorgeous in such an age!

I also like this song, and her other songs. But now, since I'm focusing on writing this post, I repeated this song many many times. And now I'm starting to understand what this song is about. Basically this is about 2 people in an online dancing game, the girl is older, and the younger boy is attracting her.

And this song became her hit again, along with the online game of course. Yes, she succeeded this time again! Even though her songs are mostly in Hokkien, this time, Jie Jie is in Mandarin.
And look at that number! As per today, February 21 2014, 10:27 AM GMT+7, the video hit 12,912,867 views. Nice one, Jeannie!
Below is the music video:

The music video of Jie Jie (姐姐)

Now, here comes the lyrics! Dear YouTube user, sorry that I didn't ask you for permission for the lyrics translation, but I did credit you in this post! Thanks a lot for putting this up!

Enjoy the lyrics and the song!

Song title: 姐姐
Song title Pinyin: Jie Jie
Song title meaning: (Older) Sister
Lyricist: 謝金燕、球球 (Jeannie Hsieh and Qiu Qiu)
Composer: 謝金燕 (Jeannie Hsieh)

跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳 *
Tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào
Needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps,
跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳針跳 *
Tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào
Needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps,
咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱咚咚咚咚...... *
Dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng~~~~
Dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi dong~~~~

不要再叫了　叫我什麼姐姐
Bùyào zài jiàole jiào wǒ shénme jiejie
Stop calling again; why do you keep calling me older sister?
海K你一拳　你還跟我謝謝
Hǎi K nǐ yī quán nǐ hái gēn wǒ xièxiè
I'm giving you a punch, and yet you’re still thanking me.
你說I Love You　要跟我Long Stay
Nǐ shuō I Love You yào gēn wǒ Long Stay
You said "I Love You", while wanting to have a long stay with me.
誰管女神宅男配不配　(姐姐)
Shuí guǎn nǚshén zháinán pèi bùpèi (jiejie)
It doesn't matter whether a goddess and an otaku are a good match or not (older sister)

不要再叫了　叫我什麼姐姐
Bùyào zài jiàole jiào wǒ shénme jiejie
Stop calling again; why do you keep calling me older sister?
我只是放空　眼神沒有不屑
Wǒ zhǐshì fàngkōng yǎnshén méiyǒu bùxiè
I'm just bored, my eyes are not looking down upon you.
你說I Love You　不在乎小幾歲
Nǐ shuō I Love You bùzàihū xiǎo jǐ suì
You said "I Love You", despite that you are a few years younger.
愛死我電趴你的世界界界界
Ài sǐ wǒ diàn pā nǐ de shìjiè jiè jiè jiè
You love me, and I'm rocking your world.
界界界界界界界界......
Jiè jiè jiè jiè jiè jiè jiè jiè......
World world world world world world world world
姐姐~
Jiejie~
Older sister~

Dancing Par 趴趴趴趴趴
Dancing Par pā pā pā pā pā
Dancing Par par-par-par-par-party, *
管他跳歪七扭八
Guǎn tā tiào wāiqīniǔbā
There’s nothing wrong dancing the way you like.
我就是 殺殺殺殺殺
Wǒ jiùshì shā shā shā shā shā
I just kill, kill, kill, kill, kill,
唯舞獨尊的A咖
Wéi wǔ dú zūn de A kā
Like a superstar in a dancing game. *
你就是 XXXXX
Nǐ jiùshì XXXXX
You just keep X-X-X-X-X,
沒在怕膽子好大
Méi zài pà dǎnzi hào dà
You have a lot of guts, nothing to be scared of.
卡卡的咚吱咚吱咚吱咚吱 *
Kǎ kǎ de dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī dōng zhī
Ka ka de dong zi dong zi dong zi dong zi
跳針跳針跳針叫我姐姐
Tiào zhēn tiào zhēn tiào zhēn jiào wǒ jiejie
Needle jumps, needle jumps, needle jumps, call me older sister.



* NOTE:
- The "跳針跳針" part of this song is basically the sound of records playing, when the needle is going to be placed in the record at a gramophone..
- The "咚吱咚吱" part of this song is the sound of the beats in the music playing in the nightclub.
- 趴 literally means lie (lying on the floor), but based on the lyrics, 趴 is used to replace the word Dancing Par(tner) or Dancing Par(ty) which is actually suitable for continuing the word "Par". Not the "Par" word in golf, of course.
- 唯舞獨尊 (Wei Wu Du Zun) is the name of a dancing online game at Taiwan. The English name of this game is called "We Dancing Online". These words literally means "Dancing Forever".


Credits:
(Lyrics translation credit goes mostly to this user on YouTube, with a little edit from Tony and Mr. K.C. Thank you so much for the translation!  If you want to copy the translation, please credit all of us.)

(Image courtesy goes to this site)

(Music video courtesy goes to this YouTube channel)

(The pinyin of the lyrics is provided by Google Translate.)

(The information about the online game credits goes to this site)

Another favorite song of all time: A-Lin - 大大的擁抱 Da Da De Yong Bao

Hello hello! Another post about another of my favorite songs.

I've been in love with this song for a few months now, before I fell in love with Xiao Zhong's music. This song is still one of my super favorites songs.

At first, I knew this song not sung by the original singer herself, but is sung by Freya Lin (林凡) when she is going to answer her fifth question in a Taiwanese TV show named 百萬大歌星 (Bai Wan Da Ge Xing) a.k.a The One Million Singer, sorta like "Don't Forget The Lyrics". Below is her performance:

Since the show mentioned that the singer is A-Lin, I'm going to find her version and found it. After I found it, I downloaded the mp3 and played the song everyday. And I really did! I always play this song, along with my other favorites, whenever and wherever I go. This song is considered as new, though. It was released almost 3 years ago.

A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)

Click here to go to A-Lin's official Facebook fanpage.

大大的擁抱 (Da Da De Yong Bao) music video screenshots

According to the description in the music video on YouTube, this video is shot in Melbourne. The "Free Hugs" board represents that she wants to spread love to all people who were walking in the road that time. When she was filming this video, all people who saw that board directly hugged her. Those people didn't know her. This means, love didn't have limits, whoever and whenever.

You guys definitely want to listen to the song. Then, here it is!

大大的擁抱 (Da Da De Yong Bao) music video

I know, I said not too many because I don't really know about her. However, this one is really a piece. I really love this song.

Here are the lyrics of this song, along with pinyin and lyrics translation. Whoever did these, thank you so much!

Enjoy!

Song title: 大大的擁抱
Song title Pinyin: Dà​ Dà De​ Yōng​Bào
Song title Meaning: Big Big Hug
作詞：徐世珍/司魚
作曲：Skot Suyama陶山

Singer: A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)
Lyrics translation provided by http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/alinhuang/videos/da-da-de-yong-bao::16819.html


Ooh la la la la la la i yan o hay yan

因為今天我們要見面　所以太陽才升起
Yīn​wèi jīn​tiān​ wǒ​men​ yào​ jiàn​miàn​ suǒ​yǐ tài​yáng​ cái​ shēng​qǐ​
The sun has arisen, because we’re going to see each other today
因為你手中的那條線　風箏才放心的去飛
Yīn​wèi nǐ shǒu zhōng​ de​ nà tiáo xiàn fēng​zhēng cái fàng​xīn de​ qù fēi​
The kite flies carrying no worries, because you’re holding the thread
你是我的全世界　錄下你每一個表情　隨身帶著你的臉
Nǐ​ shì wǒ de quán​shì​jiè lù​ xià​ nǐ měi​yī gè biǎo​qíng suí​shēn dài zhe​ nǐ​ de liǎn​
You’re my whole world, I want to record your every expression, so I can bring you with me everywhere I go,
放在我的口袋就像指南針　不管離多遠
Fàng zài​ wǒ​ de​ kǒu​dài jiù xiàng​ zhǐ​nán​zhēn bù​guǎn lí duō yuǎn​
pocket you like a compass, no matter how far the distance

*
像海洋　你的愛把我包圍　藍天　寫滿誓言
Xiàng hǎi​yáng nǐ de​ ài bǎ​ wǒ​ bāo​wéi lán​tiān xiě mǎn shì​yán
Like the ocean, your love surrounds me. The blue skies say it all
金色陽光　沒有你的手溫暖
Jīn​sè yáng​guāng méi​yǒu nǐ de​ shǒu​ wēn​nuǎn​
The golden sunshine, can’t compare with the warmth in your hands
看著你微笑　我真的捨不得眨眼
Kàn​ zhe nǐ wēi​xiào​ wǒ​ zhēn de shě​bu​de zhǎ​yǎn
Looking at your smiling face, I’m reluctant to even blink

[Chorus]
Ooh la la la la la la 你大大的擁抱 (是我的快樂)
Ooh la la la la la la nǐ dà​dà de​ yōng​bào (shì wǒ de​ kuài​lè)
Ooh la la la la la la your big big hug is my happiness
Ooh la la la la la la 你大大的擁抱 (是我的依靠)
Ooh la la la la la la nǐ dà​dà de​ yōng​bào (shì​ wǒ de​ yī​kào)
Ooh la la la la la la your big big hug is my source of support
恨不得抱緊一點　好把你印在我身上
Hèn​bu​de bào jǐn yī​diǎn hǎo bǎ​ nǐ yìn zài wǒ shēn​shang
I wish I could just hug you tight, and have you imprinted on myself
直到天荒地老　眾神都睡著　也不要把你放掉
Zhí​dào tiānhuāng​dìlǎo zhòng shén dōu shuì​zháo yě​ bù​yào bǎ​ nǐ fàng diào
for all time, I would never let you go

Ooh la la la la la la 大大的擁抱
Ooh la la la la la la dà​dà de​ yōng​bào
Ooh la la la la la la big big hug
Ooh la la la la la la 大大的擁抱
Ooh la la la la la la dà​dà de​ yōng​bào
Ooh la la la la la la big big hug

如果看到地球另一邊　其實彩虹是個圓
Rú​guǒ kàn dào dì​qiú lìng​yī biān qí​shí cǎi​hóng shì gè yuán
If you see the other side of earth, rainbows are actually round
就像偶爾分別的我們　幸福完全沒有殘缺
Jiù​ xiàng ǒu​'ěr fēn​bié de​ wǒ​men​ xìng​fú wán​quán méi​yǒu cán​quē
It’s akin to how we’re sometimes apart, but our happiness is remains wholly intact
你在我的心裡面　等於陪在我的身邊
Ni zai wo de xin li mian deng yu pei zai wo de shen bian
You’re in my heart, which equates to you being by side
所以每一次見面
Suǒ​yǐ měi yī​cì jiàn​miàn
That’s why every time I see you,
你的溫度香味聲音我都想　收集多一點
Nǐ de​ wēn​dù xiāng​wèi shēng​yīn wǒ​ dōu​ xiǎng shōu​jí duō yī​diǎn
I just want to store up your warmth, scent, and voice

Repeat *, Chorus, * Chorus



Credits:
- Lyrics hanzi, translation and pinyin provided by this thread on jpopasia.com

- Music video courtesy goes to Avex Records. Click here to go to the company's YouTube channel

- Music video screenshots credits goes to this thread at tcm9394.blogspot.com

M-Girls 四個女生 - 真歡喜 Zhen Huan Xi

Yo-hoo! Me again, me again!

This is the 7th day of Chinese New Year, means, you definitely will know what this post is about.

Yes! This post will be about a Chinese New Year album, by one of my favorite groups, M-Girls / Si Ge Nv Sheng (四個女生).

As you already know, M-Girls is famous for releasing Chinese New Year albums every year. And this year, they definitely released a Chinese New Year album, again! As their fan, I definitely won't miss this album. I ordered the CD+DVD album from YesAsia, along with other bonuses.
Their newest Chinese New Year album is called "真歡喜 Zhen Huan Xi" / Zan Fun Hei, since the song 真歡喜 is in Cantonese. The album was released oin December 12, 2013, to welcome the year of the Horse.

I'll introduce the members first:
The members of the M-Girls are:
- 王雪晶 (Crystal Ong / Wang Xue Jing)
- 莊群施 (Queenzy Cheng / Zhuang Qun Shi)
- 金燕子 (Cassandra Chin / Jin Yan Zi)
- 妮妮 / 邱燕妮 (Angeline Khoo / Ni Ni / Qiu Yan Ni)

As we all know, our childhood memories are filled with their albums.
Do you still remember, when Crystal Ong (王雪晶) was little, she covered "小叮噹 Xiao Ding Dang", "我愛洗澡 Wo Ai Xi Zao", "天黑黑 Ti O O", "世上只有媽媽好 Shi Shang Zhi You Mama Hao", etc?
Do you still remember the 七仙女 (Seven Fairies) group? Six teenagers with a small kid in it? The only small kid in the group with her missing teeth is Angeline Ni Ni (妮妮).
Do you still remember when Queenzy Cheng (莊群施) was little, she covered 好兒童 (Hao Er Tong) and 賣餛飩 (Mai Hun Tun)? She often dressed as boys in her videos when she was little, for years. You can see her mostly with Crystal and Cassandra. She also made two different Chinese New Year albums without the other three members, one is with Chen Jia Ling (陳家琳), and another one is with Wei Wei (薇薇).

They're grown up now and now a member of the M-Girls group.

I guess our childhood were filled mostly with Crystal, since she was really, really famous back then. We knew each members very well now especially Crystal, but not really about Cassandra, since Cassandra started her career late than the other three members. So, you don't need to ask where the children went now. Here they are!

M-Girls 2014 CNY album cover (credit to taobao.com)

Here are the contents of the album:
01. 賀新年 + 迎春花 + 萬年紅 + 恭喜恭喜 + 大地回春 Medley: He Xin Nian + Ying Chun Hua + Wan Nian Hong + Gong Xi Gong Xi + Da Di Hui Chun
02. 真歡喜 Zan Fun Hei
03. 氣勢如虹 Qi Shi Ru Hong
04. 猜酒拳 Cai Qiu Juan
05. 財神到 Cai Shen Dao
06. 恭喜發財發大財 Gong Xi Fa Cai Fa Da Cai
07. 新年快樂 Xin Nian Kuai Le
08. 爆竹一聲大地春 Bao Zhu Yi Sheng Da Di Chun
09. 大地春回滿庭芳 Da Di Hui Chun Man Ting Fang
10. 祥瑞慶豐年 Xiang Rui Qing Feng Nian


Below is the 真歡喜 Zan Fun Hei music video:

We always enjoy their Chinese New Year album, every year, for years, until now. Of course! Everybody loves their albums, mostly people in Southeast Asia. Usually, Indonesia, of course, since I noticed it myself. Many Indonesians like to play M-Girls' albums every year. Including me! I never missed one album from the group now, though yes I missed their albums back then, but I finally catch up and bought everything else.

But who would have known that there is a rumor that this will be their final Chinese New Year album? The main reason behind this rumor is because the pirated albums of this are booming everywhere. And it's happening all the time, means, the pirated albums of M-Girls did exist every year. And pity, Indonesia is the country which produced zillions pirated copies of the album. Can you imagine? I as an Indonesian, am embarrassed with this. Indonesia is famous for the piracy and even Crystal knew and revealed about this in one of the Malaysian shows. Oh, please! This is totally embarrassing.

In my opinion, the piracy thing has a point. This is probably because the original copies are not accessible in the music stores overseas. The original copies are only sold in the country which produced the album, Malaysia. International buyers can buy the album from the site, though, but sometimes, the company ran out of copies or the site has a technical issue, so the buyers have to wait. Oddly enough, in Indonesia, even though there are many Indonesians who celebrate Chinese New Year and buying Chinese New Year albums, there are no original copies of any Chinese New Year albums in every music stores in Jakarta, where I live, even M-Girls. And if they do, they always sell the same albums every year. Which is why pirated copies may be the best solution for people but the bad thing for the artists. It's kinda frustrating, I know, but maybe this is why buying online is the only way to support M-Girls. And I did. Still though, piracy is still piracy and it will never end. Since as I mentioned above: piracy, oh piracy, and people keep on uploading to YouTube, I decided to NOT watch everything, even the trailer, until I really got a copy of this album. But still though, the pirated copies are playing everywhere I go. My eyes are watching and my ears are listening. And I'm not as excited as before when I got a copy, since everybody who sells the pirated copies "previewed" it for all the people.

I'm trying to be honest here. I'm not on the pirated side; I'm against them. I even bought two original copies of the album so I have a backup. Sometimes I bought two original copies for the other albums by them that I really like so much, and I did for this Chinese New Year album: I have TWO original copies and I STILL support the original copies. Kinda insane, but that's it, and I really did. Remember the time when the company, StarMedia, just released this album and promoted two sets of this album for preorder? The sets has CD, DVD, Swarovski bookmark, calendar, poster, and a red T-shirt with a horse drawing in it. That's right, I bought both. Believe it or not. I never did this before in my life, but yeah, I just did. I'm maintaining both the sets in my house right now! One to play in the New Year day, and one for my own collection. But this time, the reason I bought two copies is not because I really like it. I bought this because this is their newest Chinese New Year album and their bonuses are appealing. I never had those kind of merchandises in my entire life, ever. All I know is just buying the VCD or DVD each year and nothing else. Which is why, this is something new for me.

I seriously have no idea what should I say about this album. Not too good but not too bad, but I don't want to say that it's an average. This album is not as good as last year's album, 團聚 (Tuan Ju), but this album is not too bad, though I'm expecting more songs in this album. I was like, what? Only 10 songs. Oh my. At least they released an album this year than nothing at all. There are many changes in this album. Cassandra's tongue pierces, two songs written by Cassandra, the Cantonese original Chinese New Year song, widescreen-but-HD-video, the-one-take-video, the vocal skills, lyrics styles of the album, logo style, etc. But that's okay. Maybe, I like last year's album better since Cassandra returned again to the group, which is the special thing, and for two years, there is no album released by M-Girls but by San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌).

Which reminds me again, I forgot to mention who is San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌).
San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌) is a group which has 3 people in it. Two of them are from the M-Girls group. 2 girls and a man. The group was made to cover since the contract of M-Girls ended on 2010. They made 2 Chinese New Year albums before the M-Girls formed again. The members are:
- 妮妮 / 邱燕妮 (Angeline Khoo / Ni Ni / Qiu Yan Ni)
- 王雪晶 (Crystal Ong / Wang Xue Jing)
- 鐘盛忠 (Nick Chung / Zhong Sheng Zhong)

San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌) 2011 Chinese New Year album

San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌) 2012 Chinese New Year album

I'm just hoping that they won't stop releasing albums, either Chinese New Year or pop songs. May the best luck goes to them. Let the original copies win! Don't let pirated copies defeat them! To M-Girls, don't stop. Keep on releasing albums! Your fans loved you.

Here comes the end of this post, a message from me to all readers out there:
Please, kindly support M-Girls by buying their original copies if you are a fan of the group.

So here's the post is about. Have a great day!


Credits:
- 真歡喜 Zan Fun Hei music video credits goes to the company's YouTube channel, StarMedia Distribution. Click here to go to StarMedia's YouTube channel.

- The album cover goes to YesAsia.com. Click here to take a look and buy a copy of the album.