Sunday, 27 July 2014

Jacky Cheung - 輕撫你的臉 (Gently caress your face) 1986

Jacky Cheung is the king of Chinese ballads and is frequently referenced as the "song god" in Chinese pop.
He has one of the longest careers in cantopop, as well as chinese pop in general out of the 4 heavenly kings. 
He is doing 100+ stop concert tour around Asia at this day and age. 
He won a local singing competition in the mid 80s and was signed by Polygram (now universal music).  Although the record company didn't have much faith in him in the beginning due to his homely looks, he managed to start with a bang.  His debut album sold quadriple platinum and produced 3 number one singles, including this pretty piano ballad, "Gently caress your face".  Jacky Cheung went onto becoming THE biggest selling male solo artist in chinese pop history with many multiple million selling albums across Asia. He has many of the best selling album in Chinese music history. Despite not being movie star handsome and lack of hardcore screaming fangirls, he is widely popular with an enormous amount of casual fans, which guarantees his stellar album sales and sold out concerts.

Jacky Cheung - 輕撫你的臉 (Gently caress your face)
From album: Smile (1986)



Lyrics:
A hand gently caress your face
Gentle to the touch, soft like cotton
Innocent eyes, closed firmly waiting
Like intoxicated, waiting to hear my words of love

Do you know I have fabricated a lie
Don't know where to start, hard to put it bluntly
Lighting up a cigarette, my heart scattered like the smoke
Forget it, I'll hide behind the smoke and pretend to be invisible

That bit of candlelight is like a cold arrow
My voice under the rapid breathing is gradually changing
This moment, my heart is a complete choas
I can't withhold from explaining
that Our love has changed

That day I impulsively said:
my love for you never will change
It was a sincere moment
never meant to deceive
Your heartfelt sacrifices, truly made me feel warm
Unfortunately today, I am no longer the same

A hand gently caress your face
Gentle to the touch, soft like cotton
Innocent eyes, vaguely revealing tears
Broken, broken memories, is plugged with a hundred arrows

A hand gently caress your face...

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