I watched 《少年杨家将》 because I wanted to know the story of the Yang family. It seemed apt to watch all these interesting dramas set in the olden times, after I had watched movies like Legend of the Condor Heroes, Return of the Condor Heroes etc, comprising of the “new batch” of idols. Hu Ge, who acted as Yang Liu Lang was Guo Jing in LOCH, and Yuan Hong who acted as Yelu Xie in the drama was Yang Kang in LOCH. It seemed ironic that the enemy of the Yang family was next cast as their descendant.
As usual with the “shao nian” series, this story takes place before the main stories at a time when the characters were younger. This story revolves around how Yang Ye, the father taught his family values like loyalty and the unyielding spirit as well as a deep sense of patriotism. As with all dramas with villians, the Yang family has always met with trouble, which resulted in the deaths of Yang Ye, Yang Da Lang, Yang Er Lang, Yang San Lang and Yang Qi Lang.
The ending few episodes of the drama was most touching and heart wrenching. When the Prime Minister told tales to the Emperor, you just feel so angry, but then you felt angrier because the Emperor couldn’t discern who was his loyal subject and who wasn’t. Just because he lacked faith in the Yang Family, five men died.
When the wife of Wu Lang knocked him unconscious, resulting in him being unable to go to his father’s and brothers’ aid, I felt a sense of disappointment and anger. It was as if the person who was his wife could not understand him at all. That he would rather go into battle and die with his family than to run like a coward knowing that his family was being killed off one by one. I could understand how he couldn’t forgive her after that.
The accumulation of emotions from intensity of the battle and what seemed like a slaughter, coupled with betrayal, mistrust, capture of the upright people and finally the scene where they brought the bodies back to the capital just seemed to make it even more upsetting. But then you develop a sense of how evil war is, and that sometimes the soldiers from both sides are innocent, but they die all the same. Plus they die so fast and in such huge numbers, it’s impossible to bring their bodies back to their family.
The only gripe I had is that the upright people die so epic-ly but the evil villians just die in a simple painless manner. Is it really that easy to catch the Prime Minister and convict him?
The video below is the theme song for the drama. I liked it very much. I like how the way chinese words can be strung together to form longer meanings but the number of words used is very minimal. Enjoy.
Recently keep listening to this song, and another one, IU’s Good day. Will sic that another time. This is a duet, duh, about the nagging that goes on between couples.
Here are the translated lyrics:
Stop being out so late
Try not to drink so often
You don’t listen to me like a 10 year old child
I can only laugh
Who are you calling a child?
Really, I can only laugh
You don’t know how it feels for me to say these things
You don’t know that I only want to say nice things to you
Should I stop? Let’s stop
From one to ten, they’re all words for you
But since you don’t listen to me, it’s only nagging to you
Let’s stop, let’s stop
There’s not even enough time to just love
A story told by the heart, not the mind
Stories that I can’t help but tell you even if you hate them
Let’s stop, let’s stop
I only hear your nagging
Are you eating at the right time
Are you staying away from girls
I want to be beside you all day
That’s how I feel
If I could keep you in my pocket
I’d be really happy
Our story where we can only be two
A story that would make someone laugh if they heard
Should I stop? Let’s stop
From one to ten, they’re all words for you
But since you don’t listen to me, it’s only nagging to you
Let’s stop, let’s stop
There’s not even enough time to just love
A story told by the heart, not the mind
Stories that I can’t help but tell you even if you hate them
Let’s stop, let’s stop
I only hear your nagging
Even if you glare and try to scare me
Your face is just too cute to me
Are you going to keep this up? (You) I can’t hold back anymore
I really might get angry
A story that wouldn’t be told if we were to give up love
The sound of my heart that thinks only of you
Even if you’re angry, even if you shout
Your nagging is just so sweet to me
A story that can only be told if we love
But since you don’t listen to me, it’s only nagging to you
Let’s stop, let’s stop
But trust my feelings
This songs reminds me of the Standard Chartered marathon. It played during one segment of my run since I was listening to my iPhone while running. Somehow the beat and the lyrics stuck; well only a few specific lines. I have no idea why this line in particular struck so deep into my mind: “Come on come on, don’t leave me like this, I thought I had you figured out”. Kind of like a really sad thing to say. But it gives everyone something to think about. Sometimes things do go the way we wouldn’t want them to, but we still have to keep a happy heart and a positive mind.
Enjoy the song.
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I’d live to see it break
It’s getting dark
And it’s all too quiet
And I can’t trust anything now
And it’s coming over you
Like it’s all a big mistake
Oh holding my breath
Won’t lose you again
Something’s made your
Eyes go cold
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something’s gone terribly wrong
You’re all I wanted
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone
Can’t turn back
Now I’m haunted
Stood there and watched you walk away
From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said
To you
He will try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I’m wishing he was you
Instead
Oh oh holding my breath
Won’t see you again
[ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/haunted-lyrics.html ]
Something keeps me
Holding onto nothing
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something’s gone terribly wrong
You’re all I wanted
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone
Can’t turn back
Now I’m haunted
I know
I know
I just know
You’re not gone
You can’t be gone
No
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something’s gone terribly wrong
Won’t finish what you started
Come on, come on
Don’t leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone
Can’t go back
I’m haunted
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
Never ever thought I’d see it break
Never thought I’d see it
If i were to go
If i were to get close to you
What would you think?
I don’t have the courage.
If you were to go,
If you were to leave.
I don’t know how to send you away
It keeps hanging on my mind
I know i am a fool and can only watch you from afar
Your heart may look away from me…
And so we could even become strangers
Just like a fool i can’t even say that i love you because …
We’re afraid the wait that comes upon us
After we meet will be painful and sad.
If you were to come
To come near me.
What would i do ?
I really don’t know
Because im like a fool.
Even though i know looking is all i can do
Your heart may look away from me
And so we could even become strangers
Just like a fool i can’t even say that i love you because….
We’re afraid the wait that comes upon us
After we meet will be painful and sad
Because i’m like a fool
Even though i can’t say i love you
We’re afraid the wait that comes upon us
After we meet will be painful and sad.
This is the theme song for “Juunen Saki Mo Kimi Ni Koishite” that I wrote about yesterday. I thought the song is rather nice, so just listen and have fun.
「ねぇ 止まったままの君の時計ベッドの上で 見つめてる」
( nee tomatta mama no kimi no tokei beddo no ue de mitsumeteru )
I keep staring at your dead watch up on the bed
「抱きしめられた 雨に濡れてこの想いは あの時のまま」
( dakishimerareta ame ni nurete kono omoi wa ano toki no mama )
My feeling is still the same as the moment when you hold me under the rain
「ねぇ 私たちは 急ぎすぎて 余裕がなくて」
( nee watashitachi wa isogi sugite yoyuu ga nakute )
Hey, I think we’re going too fast and we don’t have time to spare
「愛さえも ぶつけてばかり」
( ai sae mo butsukete bakari )
We love each other but we keep hurting each other
「君の心が止まったことにも なぜ気づかずに」
( kimi no kokoro ga tomatta koto ni mo naze kitzukazu ni )
Why didn’t I notice that your heart had stopped
「好きなのに 好きだったのに」
( suki na no ni suki datta no ni )
Even I love you, loving you like this
Ref:
「もう一度 やり直せるのなら」
( mou ichido yarinaoseru no nara )
Once more, If I can start over again
「思い出が消えてもいい」
( omoide ga kiete mo ii )
It’s okay even all the memories disappear
「初めて出会うように 愛されたい 愛していたい」
( hajimete deau you ni aisaretai aishiteitai )
Just like the first time we met, I want to love and be loved
「もう一度 君に会えるのなら 今度こそ離れない」
( mou ichido kimi ni aeru no nara kondo koso hanarenai)
Once more, If I can meet you again, this time I won’t let you go
「そう 時間は動くの 壊れてた時計も きっと Ｔｈｅ ｔｉｍｅ ｏｆ ｌｏｖｅ」
( sou toki wa ugoku no kowareteta tokei mo kitto The time of love)
The time that is ticking from a broken clock, it must be the time of love
「ねぇ 雨が降ると 傘の中で 君は ずっと 左手で 抱いてくれたね」
( nee ame ga furu to kasa no naka de kimi wa zutto hidarite de daitekureta ne )
The rain is dropping, under the umbrella you always hold me in your left hand
「時計が濡れるのも気にせずに」
( tokei ga nureru no moki ni sezuni )
Without worrying about the time that is ticking
「そっと暖かく この恋を守るように」
( sotto atatakaku kono koi wo mamoru youni )
I want to protect this gentle and warm love
「もう一度 やり直せるのなら」
( mou ichido yarinaoseru no nara )
Once more, If I can start all over again
「何もかも捨ててもいい」
( nanimo kamo sutete mo ii )
It’s okay to loose everything
「そう 今はわかるの」
( sou ima wa wakaru no )
Yes, now I know,
「何よりも大切なものＴｈｅ ｔｉｍｅ ｏｆ ｌｏｖｅ」
( nani yori mo taisetsu na mono The time of love)
More than anything else, the most important thing is Time of Love
「この気持ち 諦めないで ただひとつ 信じたい」
( kono kimochi akiramenai de , tada hitotsu shinjitai )
I won’t give up this feeling, I want to believe this one
「君がそばにいれば それだけでいいから ずっと」
( kimi ga soba ni ireba sore dake de ii kara zutto )
For me, having you beside me, that’s more than enough
Hey! Jay Sean
Yeah! Sean Paul
Lil Jon!
This one right here is for all the ladies
Ladies who want to take it back
Holler at them Jay
I’ve been thinking about you
And how we used to be then
Back when we didn’t have to live we could start again
There’s nothing left to say
Don’t waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it’s alright with you then it’s alright with me
Baby let’s take this time let’s make new memories
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back
(Yo Jay Sing for these ladies!)
So long since you’ve been missing
It’s good to see you again
How you how you doing
And how about we don’t let this happen again
There’s nothing left to say
Don’t waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it’s alright with you then it’s alright with me
Baby let’s take this time let’s make new memories
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back!)
Yo ay girl yo bring it back to the time when you and me had just begun
When I was still your number one
Well it might seem far-fetched baby girl but it can’t be done
I’ve got this feeling fire blazing and it’s hot just like the sun
Know you feel it too my girl just freeze up may the good vibes run …
Girl take a sip of the champagne take a lil trip down my lane my girl
While you noe every night you’ll feel alright look I tell you dis girl atta My world
Dont change imma na Rearange Ay girl imma tell you straight dis atta my world
How many years do you want come kiss dis I know you miss this
That’s what I heard that’s what I heard that’s what I heard word girl
There’s nothing left to say
Don’t waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it’s alright with you then it’s alright with me
Baby let’s take this time let’s make new memories
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let’s bring it back (Let’s bring it back)
Let’s bring it back (Bring it back)
Let’s bring it back (Let’s bring it back)
Let’s bring it back (Oh)
Let’s bring it back
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
“You’ll never reach it”
Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
‘Cause there’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody’s gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa
Life’s a climb, but the views great.
No matter how, we always have our own mountains to conquer, and in its place, another mountain. But we go on and on, to greater heights, cause that is what we are. Never ending determination to get what we want.
I listened to this song on my iPhone today whilst doing my run. Somehow, I feel the lyrics were rather meaningful, and hence I thought I should post it here. The text in bold is the lyrics that I find meaningful.
Can’t seem to access youtube so I cannot put their video here.
Ko Ko wrote this for me. Based on the things I have said to her, or via my tweets, or my blog. A collection of many ideas I wrote about the rainbow and waiting for my rainbow to come. It’s supposed to be a song but its tuneless since nobody knows how to write tunes.
Can you read the title? How is it pronounced at your side? If you said “xian cai. meng”, then you are wrong! Guess you don’t know me enough! Haha.
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