Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Announcement

As I just learned that Blogspot was blocked in China, I need to stop updating this blog for the moment until I set up another reliable blog hosted in China. I hope that will be done next month. And I need to fix the storage problems regarding the posted songs. Sorry and stay tuned! : )

Thursday, March 12, 2009

この道は何処へ vs. covers

It has been a while since my last update here as I was kind of busy over the past days. Anyway, let me take a breath today and do some updating work.

Ekin Cheng (郑伊健)has almost never been a good singer, yet he did have a few hit songs in 1990s when his career was at its peak, especially thanks to his advancement in the movie arena. He had a song titled "离不开" in his second album “撒哈拉" released in 1993, which was covered from Anzen Chitai's この道は何処へ. The original song was in AC's album VII, one of their albums that I like a lot, including its cover design.

Songwriter/singer/producer 刚泽斌 from Taiwan also had a cover of the same original song. The cover is titled "让你走", from his second and last album “爱易收难放”。

郑伊健-离不开










刚泽斌-让你走










安全地带- この道は何処へ







Saturday, February 21, 2009

朝の陽ざしに君がいて vs. covers

I made a breakthrough since the last update here in finding all the cover songs by Anzen Chitai and Koji Tamaki. While stumbing into several Mandarin songs by 潘协庆 and 杨大为 thanks to Jasrac record,I got help from friends in getting the rare song "移情别恋" by Hong Kong DJ singer 陈永业(thanks for minzhang's sharing)。Also, as I don't have all my own Anzen Chitai and Koji Tamaki stuff at hand, I sought help from 日文老歌论坛,where I finally downloaded all the Anzen Chitai albums that I can now use to upload all the originals and make a comparison for each cover song.

I'm thinking about, starting from now, do the posting album by album, which will make the whole project more systematic and orderly. Then let me begin from backward, Anzen Chitai VIII, the last album of theirs that spawned a Cantonese cover song according to my record so far. In this album, the balld song 朝の陽ざしに君がいて was covered twice by Hong Kong singers, respectively, 刘小慧's "我怀念着一片云彩" and 陈永业's "移情别恋".

刘小慧-我怀念着一片云彩


陈永业-移情别恋



安全地带-朝の陽ざしに君がいて

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Seaside Go Go vs. cover

Among Anzen Chitai's albums, VII is the one which spawns the second most cover songs as I guess, only after V (Maybe I should do some counting some day). "Seaside Go Go" is a sidetrack in VI and was picked by Hacken Lee who covered it as “跳舞波鞋(dance ball shoes)" to add a jolly flavor to his album "破晓时分".

李克勤-跳舞波鞋










安全地带-Seaside Go Go







I'm dandy vs. cover

Few would deny the position of Jacky Cheung in the Hong Kong pop music arena. Among his widely welcomed songs in the 1980s and 1990s, one can easily spot a few covers of Anzen Chitai's or Koji Tamaki's originals. Here is a dance beat song “花花公子",based on Koji Tamaki's single "I'm dandy".

张学友-花花公子










玉置浩二-I'm Dandy







あなたに... vs. cover

Danny Summer has been recognized as one of Hong Kong's few rock n' roll icons in the 1980s that ocassionally crossed the line and established a rather solid presence in the pop music arena. Here is his cover of Anzen Chitai's あなたに..., one of my favorite covers.

夏韶声-路中情










安全地带-あなたに...







Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Only You vs. cover

Another rare song to share. Its original version with the same title was in Koji Tamaki's solo debut All I Do. Thanks to 乐半湾's help I finally found this cover.

李为-Only You











玉置浩二-Only You







ゆびきり vs. covers

Uploaded a rare song to share: 林叶亭's 吹泡泡等你. A very lovely and even teenagerish song. I'm still trying to find its Cantonese version.

Updated 02/08/09: Finally found the song "未想讲再见"by 区瑞强。It was in his rare album "许愿" in 1987, which was not released in CD. The one shared here was coverted from its original LP. Thanks for 宁's sharing.

The original song was from an OST Anzen Chitai did for a movie titled "プルシアンブルーの肖像".

林叶亭-吹泡泡等你









区瑞强-未想讲再见










安全地带-ゆびきり







Friday, January 9, 2009

碧い瞳のエリス vs. cover

Priscilla Chan did a fantastic job in covering Anzen Chitai's 碧い瞳のエリス, and the cover song has become a must-have for her fans when they are expected to pick their favorite Priscilla songs.

陈慧娴-痴情意外


痴情意外 - 陳慧嫻 - Priscilla Chan

じれったい vs. cover

The legendary Hong Kong artist Leslie Cheung is a well known nice dancer. Among his best dance beat songs, one can never forget the following ones.

拒絕再玩-張國榮


拒絕再玩 - 張國榮


拒绝再玩(国语版)-张国荣



じれったい - Anzenchitai 安全地帯

We Are Alive vs. cover

It took me quite a while to find the cover song of Anzen Chitai's We Are Alive. Accidentally I found a Japanese site that works on finding Chinese covers and Japanese originals and finally solved the problem that troubled me for long.

雷安娜-再开始


再开始-雷安娜

Melody vs. cover

Hacken Lee of Hong Kong is always a good singer, especially in terms of those killing-me-softly love ballads. The following cover of Koji Tamaki's Melody is a good example.

Updated Feb. 2, 2009: Added another cover by 王开城,a Taiwan singer who contributed a version in Hokkien (Southern Min dialect).

李克勤-想妳的舊名字
王开城-你在伊身边










冰點 vs. cover

In her 1989 big hit album "Forever your friend", Hong Kong singer Priscilla Chan covered Koji Tamaki's single "冰點" released the same year. Although a quite short song, its melancholic feeling is of as much touching power as her other hit songs.

陳慧嫻-冰點



冰點-陳慧嫻


氷点-Koji Tamaki

悲しみにさよなら vs. covers

Whenever asked about my favorite Japanese songs, the one that pops in my mind in the first place is always Anzen Chitai's 悲しみにさよなら (say goodbye to sadness). I don't know why, yet every time I listen to it, I feel there is no need for me to not cheer up. I guess, perhaps out of the same sort of liking, quite a few Chinese artists have covered this song. The following are what I have found so far:

蔡國權-誰最愛你
杜麗莎-再見悲哀
陳松齡-愛的傷口
何潤東-陪我去看藍藍的海
木吉他-没有人比你懂我的心
徐玮-深情的印痕
田希仁-伪装

Personally I like He Rundong's version best. Perhaps its feel just fits that of the original song.
















Finally, the original version of Anzen Chitai.


Thanks again for favoritesinoriginals' ,风生水起 and gigi's sharing. :)

ひとりぼっちの虹 vs. cover

I guess not many people remember this cover...

麦天伦-永远记得




永远记得-麦天伦

Thursday, January 8, 2009

黄昏はまだ远 vs. cover

It took me a while to find the following video of this cover song by Cai Ji Wen, a Hong Kong singer.

蔡济文-望窗的季节



The original version of Anzen Chitai.

戀の予感 vs. covers

Among my favorites of Anzen Chitai/Koji Tamaki songs, 恋の予感 is definitely one that I won't miss out. The following are three covers by HK singers.

陳百強-冷風中
黎明-一夜傾情
鍾鎮濤- 迷離地帶
黎明-谁领我的心靠岸




冷風中 - Danny Chan 陳百強




一夜傾情 - Leon Lai 黎明




迷離地帶 - Kenny Bee 鍾鎮濤


黎明-谁领我的心靠岸

The original version by Anzen Chitai.


Thanks to Favoritesinoriginals' sharing.~~

Star vs. covers

Happy New Year!

After finding a way today to download a lot of rare songs for this project, I think I can speed up my sharing. Then, as the first song to share in the new year, I've chosen the song "Star" by Koji Tamaki. This song has been covered by the following three artists:

黎明(Leon Lai) - 告訴我你會在夢境中等我
林慧萍-给男人的摇篮曲
陈德容-默契




给男人的摇篮曲Lullaby to Man - 林慧萍Lin HUiping


默契Moqi - Chen Derong

The original version by Koji Tamaki.