海闊天空

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles,
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.
This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

"500 Miles"
Written by Hedy West

It's been quite some time since i was last recalled by an English song.

It is not easy to trace Western songs back because singers love to reperform good old songs, and this is especially true for folk songs ('coz they are less commercial?). It took me a few web searches to find out this piece of information: "500 Miles" was originally recorded by The Journeymen in 1961, but popularized by Peter, Paul & Mary.
When a song has been recorded so many times by so many singers, the lyrics get varied inevitably. It's nice to retrieve the version i listened to, but, if not possible, i have to learn how to let go.

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you

For I can't help falling in love with you

Elvis Presley "Can't Help Falling In Love"
Words and Music: George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore
For the film Blue Hawaii (1961)

Was having lunch with Sis last Sunday. Can't remember how we came to this topic but somehow we talked about the golden oldies. I told her, as i sometimes tell others, that i can't remember the singers, the song titles, the actors and the movie titles for all productions done in English. It's all "non-rememberable" to me. So, i kept on throwing bits and pieces of songs and singers to her and she helped work them out.

I mentioned ONJ, and she resolved it to Olivia Newton-John. I hummed a few lines, and she agreed that's "It Might Be You". She talked about Anne Murray's "You Needed Me" while i recalled "Eternal Flames" by Eagles -- ah, should be the Bangles. And, well, i can't remember (again!) who or what else we mentioned, except Elvis Presley. But the song i attributed to him last Sunday was possibly not his; i said "I Am Sailing". In fact, what i had in mind should be "Can't Help Falling In Love".

How do people describe Presley's voice? Sexy? 磁性 may be a good term 'coz i feel being attracted to his voice. Some singers may sing better or have nicer voices, giving the audience great enjoyment of their singing, but Presley's makes a tender yet palpitating touch on those who listen. Oh well, here i am referring to his soft ballads only, not his rock 'n rolls.

What a shame that i am not fond of the rock 'n roll songs of the King of Rock and Roll!

When marimba rhythms start to play, dance with me, make me sway;
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore, hold me close, sway me more.

Like a flower bending in the breeze, bend with me, sway with ease;
When we dance you have a way with me -- stay with me, sway with me.

Other dancers may be on the floor, dear, but my eyes will see only you;
Only you have the magic technique --- when we sway I go weak.

I can hear the sounds of violins long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how -- sway me smooth, sway me now.

You know how, sway me smooth, sway me now.

"Sway"
Music by Pablo Beltran Ruiz
Word (English) by Norman Gimbel

I listened to this song just once. I was listening to a radio programme, when this song was played together with the Cantonese version by Aaron Kwok. I have to say the English version is far better -- not the arrangement, not the lyrics, maybe the singer, but here i paricularly mean the mood and the feeling i get.

A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble tossed and torn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A rosy hue settles all around
You got the feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born

Spoken:

And all of this happens,
 because the world is waiting,
 waiting for one child;
Black, white, yellow,
 no one knows;
But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,
 hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbor;
 and misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten forever.

It's all a dream and illusion now
It must come true sometime soon somehow
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born

"When A Child Is Born"
Music: Zacar
Words: Fred Jay

Top 10 Favourites.

Has anyone heard of the Cantonese version?

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Chiara (16/6/2006 23:56) 留言說：
hallo I write from Italy!!! I understand only what's wrotten in english, but...I enjoy at the same way your blog! come to my site if you have time! bye

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Michelle (17/6/2006 17:13) 留言說：
got it~

《人狼恋》主题曲？

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HB (27/6/2006 2:21) 留言說：
hello i write from cambridge
may i hv a copy of this tune in midi if it is available?

Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood
Where Christopher Robin plays
You'll find the enchanted neighborhood
Of Christopher's childhood days

A donkey named Eeyore is his friend
And Kanga and little Roo
There's Rabbit and Piglet and there's Owl
But most of all Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby
All stuffed with fluff

He's Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear

Carly Simon "Winnie The Pooh"
Music and Words: Richard and Robert Sherman

=P

Thanks LY for this lovely song.

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LY (9/5/2006 9:38) 留言說：
like the song in this font colour.. =)

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winnie0901 (18/5/2006 22:29) 留言說：
^^
這是一首英文歌嗎？
有地方可下載試聽看看嗎？


其實是把自己看過的心得寫起來，
如果真的要詳細比較
可能會寫成論文！應該會有很多頁！

曾經寫過吳京倩女幽魂的心得！
寫了很長！還發表為電子報！
我是針對每個人看過他之前的片和
他在這部劇的感覺寫了我最記得
而且最深刻的感覺和印象

其實每每看完每一部片
就會想很多東西！
也許相像也許類似
卻很多不同！
但有所心得是一種舒發的管道！呵
謝謝你來唷！

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YSG (19/5/2006 13:50) 留言說：
http://www.rthk.org.hk/asx/rthk/radio2/keepuco/20060404.asx (28.00)
^^"

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Master_mistero (17/6/2006 1:09) 留言說：
my favourite is TIGGER!!!!
Winny is a looser...

greetings from ITALY