I have been bumming around the house the other night and out of sheer pleasure, I started playing videos in YouTube. I have been revisiting my old favorites of Chinese songs and got a very overwhelming experience feeling all the memories attached to each songs rush back to me. Today, trying to recreate that ambiance here in the office, I played a long series of old favorites again. Unearthing from YouTube's database, I found the late Hong Kong super star, "Asia's Madonna", Anita Mui's music videos. Selecting a handful of her songs that I really love, I created a playlist of her songs.
One particular song out of the hundreds that I have played stood out distinctively. The moment its few notes played out, I got shivers and a very warm, fuzzy feeling all over. The feeling is just astonishing and at the same time unbearable. I haven't felt anything like that before and its just like magic. Its like she is singing directly to me. Its like the song was written just for me exclusively and that it is to be consumed by me and me only. Just a little before the chorus part, I find the song very familiar and thought I already heard it before, way way before. I looked at the title of the song and realized that the song title is also very familiar to me. In fact I think I already heard the song before and planned on having a copy of it. I have a habit of writing down titles of those songs that I really love in the hope of someday I would have my own copy of that. I think this song is on that list of mine.
The song's title is 女人花 or when directly translated, Woman Flower. I love how this song touches my soul. I love how I feel like crying even though I have listened to it a number of times already today. I feel like it is touching my heart and moving me to the extreme. It is really very moving. I cannot possibly describe exactly how it can give me that kind of feeling but it is really superb. The melody matches Anita's low, soulful voice perfectly. I think this is one of her songs that seems like to be tailored-fit to her. At the same time, I cannot help but feel bad that she is not longer here to touch me with her new creations. She is a very big loss to the industry and to people who love her craft. In case you do not know yet, she can not only sing but she can also act. Oh yes, the girl can really act. Her movie "Rouge" opposite Leslie Cheung, who I also love watching, which got her that major award is really good. I have watched it when I was a child and I really admire her although I cannot say that I understood the movie completely, I can feel the emotions surging through me. It really is a pity that Anita Mui has already left us. I know that no one will surpass her. Both her craft, and her achievements.
As you can see, the title of this post is simply Anita's song title and it is because I cannot think of anything that I can use that will give justification to the song. No words can really describe how I perceive it to be.
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