Friday, March 28, 2008
Suga suga ...
The Sugababes are on a bit of a roll at the moment, I think - their last few singles have all been pretty fab, and their videos have all been quite pretty too .... Here's the most recent:
Monday, March 24, 2008
Meigui, megui, wo ai ni
I've been obsessed with a song recently. Anyone who's watched the Peter Greenaway film The Pillow Book should remember this song, as it recurs several times throughout the film. It's 'Rose Rose, I Love You' (Or 'Meigui, Meigui, Wo Ai Ni' to give it its correct title), by Yao Lee from 1940.I first downloaded this song years ago on the original Napster (RIP), but unfortunately I lost the file when my housemate's PC crashed. For years I intended to re-downloaded it but never got round to it - until now!
I don't know why exactly I'm so hooked on it ... I'm a sucker for a simple but catchy melody, and I guess the association with the film probably helps. Interestingly, I was talking to Y about this song, and just from me humming one line of it (with no words, because I didn't know what they were at the time) he guessed it straight away - apparently it's a very famous song if you're Chinese, and I did a bit of research and there were even a few Western versions of it apparently, notably by Frankie Lane and Petula Clark.
Anyway, here is the song, in all its mono glory: Rose, Rose, I Love You [M4A, 2.4MB]. Enjoy!
(PS: If it downloads as a .txt file, just delete the .txt part, which should leave the filename as rose.m4a. I'm not sure why it does this, it's a bit annoying ...)
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