A Song a day: 4th Apr 2013 (雨夜的浪漫 – Alan Tam/ファンタジー

Thursday, April 4, 2013

The song that I chose for today is “雨夜的浪漫” by Alan Tam. I personally love this song. This song came out in the 80’s and it was very popular, it is consider as one of Alan’s classic. This song is like many other songs in 80’s it is a Chinese cover version of a Japanese song. The original Japanese version is call “ファンタジー” sung by布施明. The direct English translation of the title is “Romance in the rain”.

The lyrics of the song are very straight forward. It starts off telling us that it was raining and the protagonist is accompanying his girlfriend to travel home. On the silence street, they started kissing. Every kiss makes his heart pump faster. He felt sweetness from her kisses and he seems to forget all the pain in the past. It seems that in this darkness and in this romance environment, there is only him and his girlfriend. It felt like it was a fantasy. He cries because of happiness. He enjoyed the rain so much and that he know he need her. The night is long and he feels that they can’t be pull apart. The both jump into an umbrella and watch the rain. Hope you will like the song. The original Japanese version is also linked for your comparison.