I came across a few of 陳亞蘭 (Chen Yar Lan) songs while re-watching Taiwanese opera/歌仔戲. It’s been quite a while, I’d love watching these during my younger days and enjoy them even more now. **Yes, I have weird interests and have godzillion fandoms. These would be the television version (not stage ones); they are not much different from our TV series, except vocals are included, usually to express thoughts and feelings. I’ll touch on 歌仔戲 on a later date.
亞蘭姐 is a well-known Taiwanese actress, mostly famous for her roles portraying male characters (小生) in 歌仔戲. Please note, male leads are usually performed by females due to their singing roles. One of my favorite 歌仔戲小生 aside from her sensei, the infamous 楊麗花 (Yang Li Hua). Her profile can be found here and the 歌仔戲 one here.
Themesongs are usually not attention grabbing at first, but they do grow on you. I’m sure all of you know what I mean. The one for 紅塵奇英 sure did; pretty soon, I was search high and low for the full version. So off I went into cyberspace looking for the singer; to my surprise, it was 亞蘭姐. Had no idea that she had release a three albums; there no doubt she can sing 歌仔戲 (for 20+ year or so), but modern songs too? ? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since she is quite talented.
放阮一個人 MV
Below are some lyrics of my favorites:
換一個所在住(台視楊麗花歌仔戲《紅塵奇英》片頭曲)
寂寞 惦惦充滿歸房間
阮的目周愈金 愈感覺冷清清
後悔 慢慢凌治阮的心
從今以後袂擱隨便講感情
是什麼原因會凍改變人的眼神
對愛空虛 對情無味 還是對人無信心
應該換一個所在住 無需要外大
只要溫暖 求一個快活
只好換一個所在住 無免定定越頭看
因為一個人的生活卡贏 倆個人為著作伴受情磨
離開青春夢
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