Jacky Cheung sings in Mandarin as well as in Cantonese, with clear words and smooth accents. "Deja Vu" proves this again. This album is quite listenable. Jacky Cheung sings his best lyrical works one by one, which is particularly touching. The
album "Deja Vu" is not familiar. Among the 11 songs on the album, only "Story", "Tomorrow's Promise" and "Last Night's Dream" have lyrics based on the original Cantonese songs, so they are basically new interpretations. . Jacky Cheung's resentful love songs performed with his full voice are irresistibly shocking. "It's You", "Good Night, My Love", and "Last Night in the Dream" are all touching works worth listening to again and again.
Jacky Cheung's singing skills are also impeccable. The success or failure of a record may only depend on the song selection. "Deja Vu" selected lyrical works by Taiwanese creators Zhou Zhiping, Xiaochong, Wawa, Liu Yurui, etc. The style is relatively unified, but because of this, the record lacks some new ideas. (Pictures are all from the Internet)
01. Overture
02. Deja Vu
Chorus: Jacky Cheung/ He Ruhui
Composer: Zhou Zhiping
Lyrics: Wawa
He Ruhui returned to Taiwan after studying in the United States. In 1989, she was discovered by music composer Zhou Zhiping and entered the music scene, becoming a newcomer that Zhou Zhiping highly praised. The first album "I Don't Want to Fly Too High" was published in the same year. After the not-so-successful debut of the first album, after two years of hard experience, she finally chose a song path that was more suitable for her and performed more mature songs. In 1991, she released her first album. The second album "Romance, Snow and Moon" is believed to be the favorite of many philharmonic fans. Almost all the songs are beautiful, especially the first three songs "Sending You My Heart", "That Romantic Affair" and "Confess", all of which have the ability to be the title songs, although "That" was chosen as the main song in the end. , but the song "Tan" was also selected by PolyGram Records to be the title song for Yang Lin . It is worth mentioning that the song "Na" was covered by Jacky Cheung into the Cantonese version in May 1992: "When the World Ends Tomorrow".
(Zhang): It seems familiar, the same gentle eyes, the same familiar face, as if you are back beside me.
(He): Deja vu, a blurred past, an unforgettable heartache, transcending the barriers of time.
(combined): The past is like a dream, with some confusion gathered in the clouds.
stares at you, but my affection is only silent. Even though I can only pretend to be indifferent when looking back,
how can I forget it, but my loneliness is not passing by. I can only pass you by, a stranger.
(Zhang): Deja vu, a similar face by chance, only unfamiliar eyes.
03. Story
Cantonese: (1989.12) Jacky Cheung - Forgetful Cold Rainy Night
Composer: Yin Wenqi
Lyrics: Wawa
Yin Wenqi is good at composing and arranging music. He has written many popular songs, among which " Kiss Goodbye " composed for Jacky Cheung in 1993 is the most famous. He has also collaborated with Hong Kong and Taiwan singers such as Andy Lau , Chow Wa Kin , Alan Tam, Yip Chan Man , Chen Shu Hua , Zhang Yusheng , Wang Jie , and has served as the music director of PolyGram , Polygram Records. Director. In his later years, he lived in Beijing with his daughter and son-in-law. He suffered from gastric cancer and returned to Taiwan for treatment in March 2019. On October 15, 2019, Yin Wenqi died of illness at the age of 54 due to the failure of his third gastric cancer surgery. Representative works of
include: Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye", Michelle Yeh 's "True Heart", Andy Lau's " Can't Remember Your Face ", Hacken Lee 's " Why Want in My Life" and so on.
I can only shout, from the bottom of my heart, let time take me away against the current. I suddenly feel that I can still hug you that I love so much, and I can't help but bow my head in the wind.
Love in the world is like an old movie. Every scene has your expression, and I have already been familiar with you. How can I forget your soft words in my ear so easily.
Every similar back figure touches my deep memory of you. I am confused as to whether I can believe it or not.
You have told me that the ending will not change. I have really lost you forever.
04. It turned out to be you
Cantonese: (1988.03) Jacky Cheung - No longer me "Last Night in the Dream"
Composer: Donald Ashley
Lyricist: Liu Yurui
Donald Ashley ( Tang Long ) is known as the "Asian Drum King". Before forming Chyna, he was a member of Ram Band. Although Ram Band is a Hong Kong band, only Tang Long and guitarist Peter Ng are Chinese among the members. , later Ram Band's lead singer Jun passed away, and Band was disbanded. After that, Tang Long worked as the drummer for Xia Shaosheng's band Visa Band. He met the then Visa Band members Huang Liangsheng, Su Dehua and Shan Liwen. The four formed a new band in 1983. Tang Long named it Chyna, which means China also has rock .
Chyna's first album "There is Rock & Roll In China" entered the US Billboard charts after its release. "Within You'll Remain" is Chyna's famous song and has been covered in six languages, including Xu Xiaofeng Covered as "A Blushing Face". After Chyna became famous, Tang Long had differences with the other three members and parted ways. The three people who left Chyna later formed Blue Jeans. Tang Long found Peter Ng to cooperate, and then released Chyna's second album "Back Together", which continued to enter the Billboard rankings.
In 1988, Chyna released their most satisfying album "Gray City", which contained more than ten minutes of Drum Solo. When talking about the Hong Kong Band craze in the mid-to-late 1980s, Chyna is rarely mentioned.
Tang Long has also collaborated with many mainstream Hong Kong singers, including Tsui Siu Fung, Alan Tam, Jacky Cheung and Shuyi Kwan and so on. Perhaps because of the supervision of Ye Guangquan, he composed and arranged several well-known songs for Guan Shuyi, such as "Love and Hate" and "Meet Again", which won the top ten hits of the year. The worst thing is his adaptation of "Forget Him" for Guan Shuyi. He has also cooperated with Taiwan's Zhao Chuan , Huang Pinyuan and Gang Zebin .
couldn’t believe that it was because of this rain. All the waiting seemed unnecessary at this moment. My thoughts were blurred with wet hair, and I looked back with a smile and suddenly realized that it was you.
A gentle word was scattered in the rain and I couldn't catch it up. It was like a meteor streaking across the sky in an instant. A deep love hit me in my arms and I couldn't escape. I couldn't figure out the familiar figure in the rain. It turned out to be you.
05. Tonight the stars are like a dream
Composer: Xiaochong
Lyrics: Xiaochong
Chen Huanchang, stage name Xiaochong , was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province on March 3, 1958. He is a Taiwanese male singer and musician. His representative works include "Am I the One You Love the Most", "Love the Country More Than the Beauty", "The Heart Is Too Soft", "Can I Hug You", "As Long as You Live Better than Me", etc. In 1986, " Heart Cry " created for Huang Yingying won the Best Composer Award in Singapore 's "Golden Melody Awards". In 1991, " bury the heart " created for Huang Yingying won the 12th Hong Kong Film Award. Academy Awards Best Film Song Award, "Heart Is Too Soft" composed for Ren Xianqi won the 1996 Hong Kong's "Best Composition Award for Top Ten Chinese Songs" in 1998. His music creation style is ever-changing, from classical to pop, and is not fixed in the same mode. It is catchy and easy to sing. His music does not pursue deep and sharp lyrics, but only gives people the most comfortable melodies and the best songs. .
Why do I dare not look at you with my eyes? I don’t know how to calm down my panic. Why do my emotions revolve around you? Your smile affects all my emotions.
When we meet for the first time, maybe you won’t understand how I feel about you. When we meet for the first time, my heart has been deeply attracted by you.
The stars are like a dream tonight. I am intoxicated by your tenderness. I hold your hands gently, and my expectant heart is no longer lonely.
06. Tomorrow’s Promise
Cantonese: (1988.03) Jacky Cheung - The sky changes and the earth changes, the love remains unchanged "Last Night's Dream"
Composer: Lu Guanting
Lyrics: Xie Mingxun
Lu Guanting, whose real name is Lu Guofu, was born in Hong Kong on July 19, 1950. He is a male singer, musician, actor and environmental activist in Hong Kong, China. , moved to the United States when he was young, and graduated from Washington State University in Seattle and Cornish Music School. In 1977, he won the American Amateur Singing Gold Award, and then returned to Hong Kong to develop his acting career. In 1983, he released his first album "Sky Bird". In 1986, he won the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Song Award for his theme song "Who is My Favorite" composed for the movie "The Favorite". In 1988, he won the Best Original Music Award at the 25th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for his film music composition for " Seven Little Blessings ", and won the Best Composer Award at the 1988 Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony for his song "May People Live Forever". The most popular music chart award ceremony - the most popular music composer CASH Award. In 1989, he composed film music for the movie "God of Gamblers".
Amidst the tears, your smiling face appears in front of you, repeating a promise to make an appointment tomorrow, but that promise will no longer be fulfilled.
Although my thoughts have not changed, how many times I have been haunted by you in my dreams, and you cannot see it. The distance between the two worlds has become farther and farther.
I made a promise tomorrow, and it gradually drifted away in the wind. When you missed the promise, did you ever think of my loneliness.
I promise to go away with you in the wind tomorrow. Do you forget in the wind that we will meet again?
07. Good night, I love
Composer: Zhou Zhiping
Lyrics: Wawa
There are three dolls in the Taiwanese music scene. One is the singer Jin Zhijuan who sang "Across the Ocean to See You", the other is Cai Xingjuan who sang "Ask for Love", and the other is the lyricist doll Chen Yuzhen . Chen Yuzhen has written many famous lyrics, such as "A Cut of Plum Blossoms", "Flowers in the Water" and "We Met Too Late". Of course, compared to the first two well-known singers, Baby Chen Yuzhen is much less famous. There are still many people who think that the baby who writes lyrics is Cai Xingjuan or Jin Zhijuan who sings.
Doll Chen Yuzhen was an exclusive lyricist for PolyGram in the early days. Fortunately, she started writing professional lyrics because one of her lyrics was appreciated by a record company. At that time, she wrote the Mandarin version of the lyrics for "Flowers in the Water" for Alan Tam, as well as many lyrics for Jacky Cheung and Beyond song. , , and have many styles of lyrics, from early works with classical artistic conception to recent modern love themes, and even lyrics that match the genre of R&B, Wawa is comfortable with them all. The doll in the text is never ostentatious. In life, she is equally calm and indifferent. She doesn't like sports or going out. She doesn't want to be "too successful" and just wants to "make music as good as it can be". The industry she most wants to work in is " Be a slacker."
Say it gently, good night, my love. Can you, who is far away, understand? I cannot untie you. Your helplessness cannot retain your love. I can only let you leave quietly.
Whether I can see you every day, whether I will no longer be lonely, close your eyes, lock the memory, the past is still in my heart, just because I still love you.
The night does not wake up, the wind no longer blows, my love and my heart are still with you and never take a rest. Say softly, good night, my love, will you also cry? At the end of the dream, sigh deeply.
08. Cold Hands
Cantonese: (1991.01) Jacky Cheung - Cold Hands "Can't Help It"
Composer: Huang Dajun/Liu Tianjian
Lyricist: Song Tianhao
Huang Dajun, a well-known Taiwanese music composer, singer, and record producer. Graduated from Taiwan Shi Hsin Broadcasting and Television Department. He is a classmate and good friend with another famous Taiwanese musician Zhou Zhiping. The first song they collaborated on was "Spring Comes to You". The name Huang Dajun may be extremely unfamiliar to most fans.But if you learn that Huang Dajun participated in the creation of many popular songs of Qi Qin during the wolf period, such as " Flower Festival ", "My Own Battlefield", " Wild Flow ", and "Phoenix City in the Heart", You will definitely be familiar with it. In fact, as a music producer, Huang Dajun has produced more than 200 records and has collaborated with many singers such as Qi Qin, Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, , Zhou Zihan, Fang Jiwei, Wang Zhongping and many other singers.
Liu Tianjian is a senior musician and king producer. Well-known in the world of pop music. Liu Tianjian said that he has produced nearly a hundred albums in the 12 years since he entered the industry, but has only released 28 works. These 28 works were all produced in the past three years, and each one is a title song. It is said that Liu Tianjian's first work was " Ruthless Love Letter " by Power Train , which is also the famous work of Power Train, which also became Liu Tianjian's famous work. Later, Liu Tianjian wrote "I Don't Know" and "Betrayal Love Song" for Power Train, gradually creating the pinnacle of Power Train's music. Liu Tianjian is very talented in love songs, and he handled this aspect very appropriately. Representative works: Andy Lau's " Men Cry It's Not a Sin", Qi Qin's "This Time I Will Never Let Go", Xiong Tianping's " Snow Migratory Birds", Li Yijun's "I'm Not Drunk", etc.
Walking on a road, alone in the dark, a lonely journey, who cares about me, I have lost the feeling of being loved, how can I not care, why should I say whether it is right or wrong in the next life.
The remaining smile is condensed in the air. I can only have the final heartache. Who knows the fate of the arrangement, the unavoidable hurt, and thousands of words can only be said in the next life.
Your cold hands have chilled my heart. I can only meet again in dreams. Your cold hands have trembled my heart. You are still far away in the wind.
09. The Deepest Commitment
Composer: Zhou Zhiping
Lyricist: Zhou Zhiping
In 1985, Zhou Zhiping was admitted to the assistant production of Zongyi Records and began his professional music career. Coincidentally, less than a month after he joined the record company, the original producer left the company, leaving him and Huang Dajun as two assistant producers, which allowed them to independently produce Qi Qin's solo album. The Haunting offers a rare opportunity. Zhou Zhiping later recalled this experience and said: "I was just an assistant producer at the time. When I entered the recording studio for the first time, I was at a loss. There were many things I couldn't stop myself from directing. Including the arrangement, they were very thoughtful when asking for your opinion. They would Give you some experience of growth. That record had the greatest impact on me and also gave me the fastest growing experience.” We saw on the cover of this album released by Qi Qin in 1986 that the production list is “Production Group: Qi Qin.” , Huang Dajun, Zhou Zhiping." After the album production was completed, Zhou Zhiping changed from an assistant producer to a producer. Then he left Zongyi Records and wandered in the embarrassing situation of no record company for a year until PolyGram Records hired him as a producer. PolyGram Records slowly cultivated him, and he finally became one of the top songwriters and music producers in Taiwan's music scene.
The gentle wind blows the sweet dreams in my heart and heals the pain of yesterday. It turns the cold loneliness into the tenderness of missing you, and then thinks about your beautiful figure over and over again.
Travel through time and space, holding your affectionate eyes tightly in my arms. The scattered clouds and mist are the worries of my youth, and I will make the deepest promise to you.
is guarding you, weaving lingering dreams for you at night, and letting the late-sleeping stars be drunk in your ears and whisper softly.
Let me guard you, sprinkle warm love in your dreams, let the morning sun kiss your face, guard you forever, guard you.
10. Last Night in the Dream
Original song: (1967.01) The Moody Blues - Nights in white satin
Cantonese: (1988.03) Jacky Cheung - In the Soul of Last Night's Dream "In the Soul of Last Night's Dream"
Composer: J. Hayward
Lyrics: Fang Zhongli
The midnight bell stirs my drifting heart, wakes me up from my dream, and quietly takes away your face.
is my whereabouts. I shuttle and chase the crowd. Looking back at the past, the past has become empty.
Cause I love you, Yes I love you, Woo I love you.
The broken figure is your cold heart and your hot eyes, which were wet with tears in an instant.
Why I love you...
The lonely figure, waiting alone every day, the endless affection, disappearing layer by layer in the wind and rain.
11. Destiny
Composer: Chen Lingling
Lyrics: Chen Lingling
Jacky Cheung is a superstar and pioneer in the field of pop music. His influence covers the global Chinese society and Southeast Asia. In the 1990s, there was a popular saying among the Chinese: When the wind blows Jacky Cheung's music echoed wherever I passed. Because he successfully opened up a huge overseas market, his peak period is considered to be the period when Hong Kong pop music made a great contribution to overseas. His record sales have also attracted the attention of the international pop music scene and the media; to a certain extent, the authoritative American music magazine "Billboard" also began to pay attention to Hong Kong pop music because of Jacky Cheung's rise.
The strong wind blew my hair away, and the heavy rain poured down on me. What I wanted to wave away was a crying face, a crying face.
Let the strong wind blow away my attachment, let the heavy rain wash away your love and affection. What I don’t want to leave on my face are tears, tears that cannot be wiped away.
The night is deep and the lights are gradually extinguished. We are destined not to have eternity. Our love for you will never change, and it will never change throughout our lives.
After loving, I should have no regrets. How can I blame the fate that left me with a shadow of melancholy, and the shadow stretched lonely.
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