Poster for The Condor Heroes 95
Carman Lee
Louis Koo
Chyi Yu
Wakin Chau
1. Chinese Verse of the Day:
元好問 (1190 - 1257)
<< 摸魚兒·雁丘詞 >>
問世間，情為何物，直教生死相許？
天南地北雙飛客，老翅幾回寒暑。
歡樂趣，離別苦，就中更有痴兒女。
君應有語，渺萬里層雲，千山暮雪，隻影向誰去。
橫汾路，寂寞當年簫鼓，荒煙依舊平楚。
招魂楚些何嗟及，山鬼暗啼風雨。
天也妒，未信與，鶯兒燕子俱黃土。
千秋萬古，為留待騷人，狂歌痛飲，來訪雁丘處。
2. Myths and Sweet Nothings ("神話,情話") is the theme song for the 1995 Hong Kong's TVB TV Drama The Condor Heroes 95.
The Condor Heroes 95 is one among many manga, anime, computer game, radio drama, TV drama, theatre production, and movie adaptations of the martial arts novel The Condor Heroes (1959-62 [revised 2003]) by Louis Cha.
The verse "問世間，情為何物，直教生死相許？" (What is love that people live and die for it?) is the theme of the novel and it is make famous among contemporary readers by Louis Cha.
This 1995 Hong Kong TV drama starred Louis Koo and Carman Lee.
The theme song is in Cantonese and is a duet by Chyi Yu and Wakin Chau.
The music is also composed by Wakin Chau.
There is a mandarin version of the song called All Who Are in Love ("天下有情人").
2a. Added: Thursday, February 4, 2016
I have just noticed that the title "天下有情人" is structurally ambiguous -- the title has different meanings if it is parse structurally in different ways:
天下 -- 有 -- 情人
under the heaven -- has -- lovers
天下 -- 有情人
(to or about) under the heaven -- lovers
My translation of "All Who Are in Love" has the second structural parsing in view.
Another translation of the second parse that I have seen in YouTube is "Lovers of the World".
3. ("Wakin Chau", Wikipedia):
"Wakin Chau was born in a rice store owned by his family in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Growing up as the fourth son in his seven-member family, Wakin learned to play the guitar when he was about 13 years old. In 1979, he left for Taipei to major in mathematics at National Taiwan University. During his college years, he sang and played folk songs in local coffee shops. This activity was a tradition among NTU students, and it is how Wakin learned to sing in Mandarin, which would be key to his future as a music-maker in Taiwan."
Wakin Chau's image is that of a positive and sunny person and I am not aware of any negative publicities about him.
I did not listen to music that much when Wakin Chau was at the peak of his career in the 1980s and 1990s and only catch up with some of his songs later on.
Wakin Chau used to be known as "Emil Chau".
"Emil" is the male form of "Emily" and it is a rare first name among Chinese.
I wonder why he chose "Emil" as his English name.
4. Myths and Sweet Nothings (1995) by Chyi Yu and Wakin Chau:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HUSy_s3IMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0107tKVjMac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVJtHGJXqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV-EfuueoKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXMQKzKgob4
5. Two covers of Myths and Sweet Nothings (1995):
By Wakin Chau and Joyce Koi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg6MruQ0I7o
By Mani Deng (female) and Mai Zhen-shuo (male):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtzJ_GcfSvY
6. The original and some covers of All Who Are in Love (1995):
By Wakin Chau and Chyi Yu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKB_fJmW_SE
By Chyi Yu and Anson Ping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3vBYSvN5uI
By Chyi Yu (female) and Duan Xu-ming (male):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv1nMS97qi4
By Duan Xu-ming (male) and Miu Chu (female):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUoS1cR_LB0
By Rax Teh (male) and Shennio Lin (female):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6hBvVvj6v0
By Tracy Wang and Gary Sun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhw2ncBDqRw
7. The Lyrics in Traditional Chinese:
神話情話 -- 齊豫 & 周華健
作曲：周華健
作詞：林夕
合：愛是愉快 是難過 是陶醉
是情緒 或在日後視作傳奇
愛是盟約 是習慣 是時間
是白髮 也叫你我乍驚乍喜
完全遺忘自己 竟可相許生與死
來日誰來問起 天高風急雙雙遠飛
* 合：愛是微笑 是狂笑 是傻笑
是玩笑 或是為著害怕寂寥
愛是何價 是何故 在何世
又何以 對這世界雪中送火
誰還祈求什麼 可歌可泣的結果
誰能承受後果 翻天覆海不枉最初
啊 有你有我雪中送火
# 男：愛在迷迷糊糊盤古初開便始
這浪浪漫漫舊故事
女：愛在朦朦朧朧前生今生和他生
怕錯過了也不會知
男：跌落茫茫紅塵南北西東亦相依
怕獨自活著沒意義
女：愛是來來回回情絲一絲又一絲
合：至你與我此生永不闊別時
Repeat *, #, #
8. The Lyrics in Simplified Chinese:
神话情话 -- 齐豫 & 周华健
作曲：周华健
作词：林夕
合：爱是愉快 是难过 是陶醉
是情绪 或在日后视作传奇
爱是盟约 是习惯 是时间
是白发 也叫你我乍惊乍喜
完全遗忘自己 竟可相许生与死
来日谁来问起 天高风急双双远飞
* 合：爱是微笑 是狂笑 是傻笑
是玩笑 或是为着害怕寂寥
爱是何价 是何故 在何世
又何以 对这世界雪中送火
谁还祈求什么 可歌可泣的结果
谁能承受后果 翻天覆海不枉最初
啊 有你有我雪中送火
# 男：爱在迷迷糊糊盘古初开便始
这浪浪漫漫旧故事
女：爱在朦朦胧胧前生今生和他生
怕错过了也不会知
男：跌落茫茫红尘南北西东亦相依
怕独自活着没意义
女：爱是来来回回情丝一丝又一丝
合：至你与我此生永不阔别时
Repeat *, #, #
9. Names, Words and Phrases:
Anson Ping (Traditional Chinese: 平安; Simplified Chinese: 平安).
Carman Lee (Traditional: 李若彤; Simplified: 李若彤).
Chyi Yu (Traditional: 齊豫; Simplified: 齐豫).
Duan Xu-ming (Traidtional: 段旭明; Simplified: 段旭明).
Gary Sun (Traditional: 孫伯綸; Simplified: 孙伯纶).
Joyce Koi (Traditional: 蓋鳴暉; Simplified: 盖鸣晖).
Louis Cha (Traditional: 金庸; Simplified: 金庸).
Louis Koo (Traditional: 古天樂; Simplified: 古天乐).
Mai Zhen-shuo (Traditional: 麥震爍; Simplfied: 麦震烁).
Mani Deng (Traditional: 鄧英婷; Simplified: 邓英婷).
Miu Chu (Traditional: 朱俐靜; Simplified: 朱俐静).
Rax Teh (Traditional: 王鄭浚仁; Simplified: 王郑浚仁).
Shennio Lin (Traditional: 林芯儀; Simplified: 林芯仪).
The Condor Heroes 95 (Traditional: 神鵰俠侶; Simplified: 神雕侠侣).
Tracy Wang (Traditional: 汪小敏; Simplified: 汪小敏).
Wakin Chau (Traditional: 周華健; Simplified: 周华健).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakin_Chau
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