Well, shoot, I missed 2/14! And I had a post planned out for it and all! ('Cause unlike everyone else who has given up on updating this blog, I have a supreme lack of a life.) Aaaaaaanyway, so here was the video I was planning to post:
For the day when everyone's being all lovey-dovey, this is an adorable, sweet song about a girl's devotion to her love. This is a cover of a song by John Spillane, sung by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha of Celtic Woman. Her voice is soft and mild, yet strangely powerful, quite fitting for this song.
And, since there are such a large number of great love songs out there, I'm not about to only recommend one! If you enjoyed One I Love, I recommend I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, also sung by Méav, from the opera The Bohemian Girl. It's amazingly sweet and lovely! Or, if you're in a more philosophical mood, Orla Fallon (also of Celtic Woman) has a beautiful rendition of The Water is Wide.
Yes, I'm aware that 2/14 is also Singles Awareness Day (SAD). It was also Chinese New Year this year. So, to celebrate misfortune in love as well as being Chinese, here is a song by Theresa Teng
admonishing a faithless lover. Theresa Teng is one of the most famous Chinese singers. Ironically, her songs were banned during the Cultural Revolution for being too sappy and "not revolutionary enough," but that didn't stop people from secretly listening to them anyway. Today, try singing The Moon Represents My Heart (another pretty lovey-dovey song) and almost everyone in the general area who is Chinese will probably start from recognition. Irony, eh?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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