A simple song

[yi shou jian dan de ge, from 心中的日月 (2004)]

There’s no mistake that Jay Chou and Wang Leehom are two of the best when it comes to lush, mellow, emo-ey Mandarin songs. Leehom’s 2004 release Shangri-La was IMO his best album to date. I was pretty hooked up on this album so much that I actually went to his autograph session and later his concert.

Of all the songs in this album, “一首简单的歌”was prolly my favorite piece. I was instantly hooked up with the opening lyrics, and then the strings, and then when the drum comes in, it’s bliss (drummer was Lewis Pragasam, btw). The whole song was just so simple, yet profound. Of course, now that the lyrics has a whole different meaning to my life, it’s even sweeter, and I’m glad someone out there likes it too :)