Thursday, 13 December 2007

Tears For You / Nada SouSou by Hayley Westenra

Next up in my Nada SouSou themed posts is the English version sung by Hayley Westenra called "Tears For You".

As I've said before, I first became aware of this version while shopping in the Shibuya Body Shop and heard it on the shop's sound system. I was so hyped to hear and English version but was in a rush and didn't have time to ask who the singer was. I eventually tracked it down on YouTube while doing a random search.

Apparently the song was released as a bonus track on a cd here in Japan and is not available internationally. If you have a Japanese credit card though, you can buy it on the Japanese iTunes store.

Luckily someone was kind enough to rip the song and play it over a photo of Hayley Westenra.

Here are the English for Nada SouSou / Tears for You:

Turning the pages of old photographs
I whisper thanks to each and every one
Deep in my heart you have come, come to live
Sure as the sun to see me through

Come rain or shine however the day may be
You shelter me with your smile
However far your memories may fade
Traces of you I hope to find
Then you appear and I drown in my own tears

I wish on a star, the first star of the night
You'll find me here every evening of the year
As twilight approaches I look to the sky
Seaching for you with all of my heart

In grief and joy I long for you and your smile
Hoping you feel the way I do
If only you could find me from where you are
I do believe somewhere in time
I do believe I will see you once again

Come rain or shine however the day may be
You shelter me with your smile
But as each memory of you fades away
I'm so alone longing for you
You're on my mind as I drown in my own tears

Missing you so I'm missing you so
You're on my mind as I drown in my own tears

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Labels: japan, Nada SouSou

Sunday, 2 December 2007

Taiwanese Nada Souou Video and Lyrics

Looking through my site stats for the past few months I've been amazed that over 80% of visitors to my site have come from Yahoo or Google searches involving BEGIN's song, Nada SouSou (Tears for You).

To give the public more of what they want I'm going to do a series of Nada SouSou posts on the different language versions including the music videos (if available), singer information and lyrics (if I can find them).

First up is the Taiwanese version which I had posted in the original Nada SouSou post. YouTube has since removed that video so here's the new link, Nada SouSou Taiwanese Version

The singer's name is 蔡淳佳 which can be read as Joi Chua or Cai Chun Jia. In Taiwanese the title is "陪我看日出" though I can't tell you if the meaning was kept.

Does anyone have the lyrics? If so please let me know. I would love to post them.

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Labels: Chinese, English, Japanese, Music, Nada SouSou

Saturday, 25 August 2007

Nada SouSou : Japanese, English and Chinese Versions

After writing the recent post about the song, Jupiter being used in an Australian commercial I remembered how I had heard another famous Japanese song, Nada SouSou being played in The Body Shop in Shibuya though... in English. I'd been after any info about this English version for ages before it finally occurred to me to search for it on YouTube. Duh!

Not only did I find the Japanese and English versions (sung by a New Zealander no less!) but also a beautiful Chinese version! I simply love Chinese music. There's something in the way the language is used in music that always impresses me.

Here's the original Japanese version, Nada SouSou written by the group Begin lyrics by Ryoko Moriyama and sung by Rimi Natsukawa. Feed and Email Readers click here for the clip: