I need your help!!!
cassielin
August 05, 2008, 04:33 PM posted in General Discussionhi guys, I found a very beautiful song today, it is Daniel Powter's Free loop. I like it very much. Do you know this song? 大家好，我今天找到一首非常好听的歌。Daniel Powter的Free loop.我非常喜欢这首歌。你知道这首歌吗？
I wonder what does "free loop" mean. 我想知道free loop是什么意思。
what's a lazy day?什么是a lazy day?(I know the word "lazy", but maybe it is different when it combine with "day". Like "a long day" means you were busy and tired.）我知道lazy这个单词，但是当它和day这个单词结合的时候，也许有不同的意思。就像a long day表示这一天很忙，很累。
What does "I need someone who leaves the day" mean? I can not get the word "leave" . what's leave the day?
what does"we can do a one night stand" mean?"we can do a one night stand"是什么意思？
Hope you can help me understand this song better. Thanks!希望你们能帮我更好的理解这首歌，谢谢。
kevina
November 29, 2008, 04:56 AMHere is Joel Hanson's myspace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=194606223
The song is a traditional American Hymn (Christian Church song).
urbandweller
August 05, 2008, 05:42 PMcassie,
I have no idea what "free loop" means...never heard that term here in the States...Some of those lyrics don’t really make sense...they are just kind of nonsensical poetry. A lot of music lyrics are like that...they sound good but don’t make a lot of sense. They may being used because they rhyme or just sound good! Lastly, they could be being used as metaphors. That means the musician is trying to express a feeling about something by using other words. They do this in literature, especially in poetry, where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context.
In English, "one night stand" typically has a negative meaning....It means that you have sex with someone after only knowing them for one night...then you usually will never see them again.
I hope that helps...
-Adam
bazza
August 05, 2008, 06:00 PMThis is my favourite song at the moment, I hadn't heard of Dragonforce before I got Guitar Hero III. Now I'm a big fan.
The guitarist Herman Li is Chinese. :)
Dragonforce - Through The Fire And Flames
On a cold winter morning
In the time before the light
In flames of death's eternal reign
We ride towards the fight
When the darkness has fallen down
And the times are tough alright
The sound of evil laughter falls
Around the world tonight
Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel
Through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell
Bodies wasted on the shores
On the blackest waves in hell's domain
We watch them as they go
Through fire and pain and once again we know!
So now we fly ever free
We're free before the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness
Our quest carries on
Far beyond the sundown
Far beyond the moonlight
Deep inside our hearts and all our souls!
So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on!
As the red day is dawning
And the lightning cracks the sky
They'll raise their hands to the heavens above
With resentment to their lies
Running back through the midmorning light
There's a burning in my heart
We're banished from the time in a foreign land
To a life beyond the stars
In your darkest dreams see to believe
Our destiny is time
And endlessly we'll all be free tonight!
And on the wings of a dream
So far beyond reality
All alone in desperation
Now the time has gone
Lost inside you'll never find
Lost within my own mind
Day after day this misery must go on!
So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on!
So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on!
changye
August 05, 2008, 11:10 PMHi cassie,
I like the video very much, thank you! I like a guy who loves a piano and piano music. By the way, do you know "Piano Man" sung by Billy Joel? It's really worth listening to.
Piano Man by Billy Joel (video)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gE
Piano Man (lyrics) http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/joel+billy/piano+man_20072898.html
cassielin
August 06, 2008, 05:43 AMhenning, rjberki, adam,谢谢你们的解释。I might heard "one night stand" before, but just don't remember it. 一夜情=one night stand, umm, very interesting, I never know the word "stand" has that kind of meaning before.
"one night stand" probably happen in bar. 一夜情很有可能在酒吧发生。
changye, yes, I like piano music. people who can play piano or violin very well is somehow charming. so there are钢琴王子and小提琴王子.^_^ 很多小女生喜欢这样的具有艺术气质的王子。thanks for the nice song.
RJ
August 06, 2008, 06:33 AMCassie, stand can mean to remain unchanged or stationary. In the case of a one night stand it remains or exists for only one night and then it crumbles. Here it is a noun. The act of remaining unchanged or the act of existing. This is a common expression. Yes, it often begins in a bar.
cassielin
August 06, 2008, 01:31 PMRobert, 谢谢你，I am clear now!
You are right, I should know that musical lyrics are poetry. a lot of rhymes that make the song sound nice. The melody is on my mind all the day!
cassielin
August 06, 2008, 01:43 PMhere is another song that i like very much!
Kiss me
out of the bearded barley（what's bearded barley?）
Nightly
beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing
swing the spinning step(what's spinning step?)
You wear those shoes and I will
wear that dress
Oh, kiss me
beneath the milky twilight(milky twilight? what's the difference between twilight and dawn?)
Lead me
out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band
and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
down by the broken tree house
Swing me
upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring
bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your
father's map
RJ
August 06, 2008, 01:59 PMI will try. Bearded barley is a plant or crop that is grown on farm (大麦). I think by swinging step he is talking about dancing. Twilight is at night just before total darkness and dawn is in the morning just before light.
twilight or dusk - 薄暮
RJ
August 05, 2008, 05:37 PMCassie, you have to remember that musical lyrics are poetry so just knowing English does not guarantee you the correct interpretation. There may be more than one way to understand the song.
Henning got most of it.
a "Free loop" is usually a free song or short musical sample. You can download "free loops" off the internet.
A lazy day is a day in which everything seems to move slow and you dont feel like doing much. It drags, its dull, its boring, its slow.
Im not sure what he means by leaves the day but Im guessing he means to break out of the boring situation and do something more exciting.
RJ
August 06, 2008, 03:11 PMbearded- it is descriptive of the plant. If you have ever seen barley it has little hairs extending from the seed pod so it looks fuzzy like a beard. This is what they actually call certain kinds of barley.It is the real name of the plant but it does come from the fact that it looks like a beard.
milky here refers to faint starlight. The milky way galaxy is so named because of the white light that is smeared acros the sky because of it. This is the same idea. Faint blurry white starlight.
cassielin
August 06, 2008, 04:27 PMRobert, thank you very much!非常感谢您！
Your explaination is very clear and helpful. I learned tonight. It is really late here, I should go now! Hope you can have a good day. Take care!
bazza
August 07, 2008, 06:32 PMI can't seem to get any Tudou videos to play at the moment. The ones embedded on this page work, but any ones I've tried on the site just don't load at all.
cassielin
November 28, 2008, 03:22 PMHi guys, I need your help!
There is an English song named travelling light . I like it very much at the moment! But I can not find any informations about the singer Joel Hanson. I am trying to find the music video about this song, help me please if you know where to find it. Or you can just show me the link! Thanks:-D
usagc
November 28, 2008, 03:44 PMHi there,
Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hgnsMg4z2I
urbandweller
November 28, 2008, 05:48 PMhey cassie,
Is this the song you are looking for?? See the lyrics below that i found online. I like it too, its very catchy. I believe its actually a Christian song because of the lyrics. Also, whenever you see the words One or He capitalized in a song, it's usually is referring to Jesus Christ or simply the God of the Christian Bible.
-Adam
Well I was doubling over the load on my shoulders
Was a weight I carried with me everyday
Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging
Picking up stones I found along the way
I staggered and I stumbled down
Pathways of trouble
I was hauling those souvenirs of misery
And with each step taken my back was breaking
'Til I found the One who took it all from me
Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light
Through the darkest alleys and loneliest valleys
I was dragging those heavy chains of doubt and fear
Then with the one word spoken the locks were broken
Now He's leading me to places
Where there are no tears
Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light
Down by the riverside
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light
Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light
cassielin
November 29, 2008, 01:47 AMThank you Adam and usagc,
Yes, it is. But I don't know it is a christian song before. I just like the music and lyrics.
Is it the original music video for this song?
How about the singer Joel Hanson? I would like to know about him a little!
cassielin
November 29, 2008, 02:27 AMI thought it is belong to country music before!
cassielin
August 06, 2008, 02:33 PMoh, thanks Robert. But I am still confused by those two words before "barley" and "twilight".
"bearded", I can understand "a bearded man", but I think it is not the same meaning here.
"milky" twilight? why it is "milky"?
umm, maybe I should not ask this kind of silly question, just it is !
henning
August 05, 2008, 04:54 PMCassie,
I am not a native speaker, but I learned the Chinese for "one night stand" here at CPod . It is
一夜情.
(by the way, we use the English term in German as well to describe that sort of activity)
lazy day = 闲散的一天 (according to dict.cn)
Sorry, no idea what "Free loop" is supposed to mean, but my guess is that it is a professional music term (?).