You're Just a Memory Now
Thursday, October 09, 2014
“Don’t
ask me why I have to leave you, I was a very foolish person. When everything
has been erased in the passing of time, you will understand what I feel then.”
–Joo Hyun Mi, You Are Just a Memory Now
[translated lyrics]
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| "'91 Joo Hyun Mi" album cover by Joo Hyun Mi - source: www.maniadb.com |
Trot is the only music
genre that originally born and raised in Korea.
The Queen of trot, Joo Hyun Mi, was appeared as the legend in the 139th episode of a music television
program, “Immortal Songs 2: Singing
the Legend”. Edisi spesial Joo Hyun Mi ini mengudara di stasiun televisi
KBS pada tanggal 8 Februari 2014, serta ditayangkan oleh channel KBS World pada tanggal 1 Maret 2014. Salah satu penampil
yang hadir untuk membawakan lagu hits
dari ‘the trot diva of the 80s and 90s’
tersebut adalah solois wanita, Park Ji Yeon, yang terkenal dengan nama panggung
Gummy. Episode tersebut adalah pertama kalinya Gummy tampil dalam program
“Immortal Songs 2”. Ia membawakan lagu hits
Joo yang bertajuk “You Are Just a Memory Now”. First released in 1991, it’s
a retro style trot song with elements of a ballad song. Joo cherishes this song because it was
different from her previous songs. Moreover,
this song was written by her husband,
Im Dong Shin, as a present when she was pregnant. Nevertheless, “You Are Just a
Memory Now” was being reborn by Gummy in “Immortal Songs 2”.
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| Gummy ketika membawakan lagu "You Are Just a Memory Now" pada program "Immortal Songs 2" episode 139 |
“You Are Just a Memory
Now” tells about a heartbreaking love story; about the pain of letting go of someone you
love deeply. Therefore, this song suits this month’s theme well.
When you love someone so much, and you can feel it too that the person
loves you, but you have to let that
person go, then that’s the most
painful feeling. Knowing that there’s
no other way out than saying goodbye, because
that person is no longer belong to you, then
that’s the most hurtful feeling. When
time passes, can we understand then?
Can we say that our choice is the right
choice then? But for now, everything will be a memory. “I
understand, how much love you have given to me. You’re that kind of person who
will be weeping in loneliness without me. Don’t ask me why I have to leave you,
I was a very foolish person. When everything has been erased in the passing of
time, you will understand what I feel then. You’re the person whom I loved too
much, you’re the person whom I will never forget. You’re the person who just a
memory now.”
When you love someone
so much, that much
that you know you have to leave when the time comes, then that’s the most painful feeling. Knowing that there’s no other way out than letting go of that person,
because that person belongs to someone
else, then that’s the most hurtful
feeling. When tears are gone, will we understand then? Will we feel that our choice is the right
choice then? But for now, everything is just a memory. “I
understand, the day that you leave me will eventually come. You’re that kind of
person who will be weeping in loneliness without me. I acknowledge that the
person who needs your love is not me, but someone else. When everything has
been erased in the tears, you will understand what I feel then. You’re the
person whom I loved so much, you’re the person whom I will never forget. You’re
the person who just a memory now.” I used
to think that, if you love someone so
much, then why you let go of that
person? I used to think that letting
go doesn’t make any sense. But after
I experienced it myself, then I
understand. When you love someone so
much that you can let go of that person, then that’s the sincere love. Because
letting go is not giving up, it’s
protecting; and true love is not
giving up, it’s protecting.
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| G.O ketika membawakan lagu "You Are Just a Memory Now" pada program "Immortal Songs 2" episode 7 |
Hadirnya
Joo Hyun Mi sebagai legenda pada episode 139 adalah kedua kalinya bagi penyanyi
yang sekaligus berprofesi sebagai seorang pharmacist
itu tampil dalam program “Immortal Songs 2”. Yang pertama adalah pada episode
7. Episode ini mengudara pada tanggal 16 Juli 2011 di stasiun televisi KBS,
serta ditayangkan di channel KBS
World pada tanggal 6 Agustus 2011. Pada episode tersebut, lagu “You Are Just a
Memory Now” dibawakan oleh G.O, vokalis utama dari boy group MBLAQ. G.O membawakan lagu ini dengan aransemen modern pop yang berhasil menonjolkan
kemampuan vokalnya. Setelah hampir tiga tahun berselang, Joo kembali menjadi
legenda pada program “Immortal Songs 2”, dan lagu “You Are Just a Memory Now”
pun terlahir kembali.
Episode
139 adalah salah satu episode paling bersejarah dalam perjalanan program
“Immortal Songs 2”. Mengapa? Karena dalam edisi spesial Joo Hyun Mi tersebut, rekor
untuk poin tertinggi berhasil terpecahkan sebanyak dua kali, setelah selama
enam bulan lamanya rekor poin tertinggi dipegang oleh Jung Dong Ha dengan 439
poin. Pertama adalah penampilan Kim Jong Seo dengan 442 poin. Kedua adalah
penampilan Gummy dengan 445 poin yang ia peroleh lewat lagu “You Are Just a
Memory Now”. With her explosive voice,
she captivated the audiences. With her delicate sensibility, she moved the audiences. With her jaw-dropping performance, she even got the best compliment from the
legend herself. Therefore, in her first visit and appearance on
“Immortal Songs 2”, she rewrote the
history of the show. Indeed, Gummy is one of the best R n’ B female
singers of South Korea. She has the
power to bring out the soul in the music. Her performance itself is legendary, and yes, she deserve the win.
“I acknowledge that the person who needs your
love is not me, but someone else. When everything has been erased in the tears,
you will understand what I feel then.” –Joo Hyun Mi, You Are Just a Memory Now [translated
lyrics]
“Naneun arayo dangsini
nareul eolmana saranghaneunji
(I
understand, how much love you have given to me)
Naega eobseumyeon
oeroum soke joyonghi heuneukkil geu saram
(You’re
that kind of person who will be weeping in loneliness without me)
Tteonayahal
kkadakillang mutjimarayo naega neomu baboyeotseoyo
(Don’t
ask me why I have to leave you, I was a very foolish person)
Modeun geotsi sewolsoke
jiwojilttaemyeon geuttaen naemam algedoelgeoya
(When
everything has been erased in the passing of time, you will understand what I
feel then)
Neomuna saranghan
dangsin yeongwonhi motideul dangsin
(You’re
the person whom I loved too much, you’re the person whom I will never forget)
Chueokeuro ganeun
dangsin
(You’re
the person who just a memory now)
Naneun arayo dangsineul
tteonal geu nalri naege on geotseul
(I
understand, the day that you leave me will eventually come)
Naega eobseumyeon oeroum
soke joyonghi heuneukkil geu saram
(You’re
that kind of person who will be weeping in loneliness without me)
Jinjeong geudae salangi
pilyohan geoteun naega anin ttodareun saram
(I
acknowledge that the person who needs your love is not me, but someone else)
Modeun geotsi nunmulsoke
jiwojilttaemyeon geuttaen naemam algedoelgeoya
(When
everything has been erased in the tears, you will understand what I feel then)
Neomudo saranghan dangsin
yeongwonhi motideul dangsin
(You’re
the person whom I loved so much, you’re the person whom I will never forget)
Chueokeuro ganeun
dangsin
(You’re
the person who just a memory now)”
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