Winter Rain
Thursday, November 13, 2014
“The
sad song that is like the winter rain, should I sing it at this moment? The
farewell song of January, under the gloomy sky and clouds.” –Sinawe, Winter Rain (겨울비) [translated lyrics]
I
know, it’s not winter yet, and it’s still November and the January is still two
months to go. But since this song is about the rain, which is suited well with
this month’s theme, therefore I put this song’s review in this month. It’s a
song titled “Winter Rain (겨울비)”,
performed by one of South Korean most infamous rock bands, Sinawe. Formed by
Shin Dae Chul, the son of Shin Jung Hyun (who is acclaimed as the godfather of
Korean rock music), in 1986, Sinawe is credited as the first heavy metal band
in South Korea. “Winter Rain (겨울비)”
was first released in 1990, as a part of Sinawe’s fourth studio album titled
“Four”. This song is composed and penned by Shin Dae Chul and Kim Jong Seo, who
was Sinawe’s vocalist at that time.
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| "Four" album cover by Sinawe - source: www.maniadb.com |
Rain
in the winter, what would it be like? Cold. Very cold. “Winter Rain (겨울비)” tells about someone
who feels the coldness of being alone; the loneliness that comes after a cold
separation with a lover. “The sad song
that is like the winter rain, should I sing it at this moment? The farewell
song of January, under the gloomy sky and clouds.” In the loneliness, there’s
always this kind of song for every person; a certain song in which we remember
every time we feel lonely. When the rain falls, under the gloomy sky and dark
clouds, we feel like singing that song; a song of farewell. As we feel the
coldness seeps into our hearts, we wonder, where is the love? “In those stars and through the moonlight,
is there any love in there? Inside my anxious heart and through the time that
has stopped.”
As
we feel the coldness goes deep into our hearts, we wonder, will we ever feel
the love again? As we realize that we’re all alone on this street in this rainy
winter day, we wonder, has the loneliness ever felt so cold like this before? “On the street along the winter rain,
there’s only a gray smile. What is this kind of sadness that keeps seeping
through my heart?” As the rain keeps falling, as the sad song keeps
playing, we wonder, will those happy moments ever come again in our life? Will
the already gone person whom we love ever come back again? Will we ever be able
to fall in love again? As the rain keeps falling, as the sad song keeps
playing, we can’t help but find ourselves travel back in time, through the deep
of cold loneliness. “Will those happy moments
of love ever come back again? My love, you are who have left me, now far away
from me.”
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| "PETSDN2" album cover by Kim Jong Seo - source: www.maniadb.com |
Back
in 1992, following his departure from Sinawe, Kim Jong Seo started going solo.
He re-released “Winter Rain (겨울비)”
with new arrangement and put the song into his second album titled “PETSDN2”,
which was released on 1993. Although this classic rock ballad had not been sung
yet in ma favorite entertainment music program, “Immortal Songs 2: Singing the
Legend”, I discovered this song for the first time through this program. It was
on episode 153, which was the “3rd
Anniversary” special edition of “Immortal Songs 2”, when Kim appeared as
one of the performers and performed Kim Soo Hee’s hit song titled “Affection (애모)”, he inserted the
chorus part of “Winter Rain (겨울비)”
into his arrangement as the bridge part. The arrangement turned out really
well-suited. Thanks to the wonderful program, I was being able to find the
Korean classic hits once more.
“On
the street along the winter rain, there’s only a gray smile. What is this kind
of sadness that keeps seeping through my heart?” –Sinawe, Winter Rain (겨울비) [translated lyrics]
“Gyeoulbi cheoreom
seulpeun noraereul isungan bureulkka
(The
sad song that is like the winter rain, should I sing it at this moment?)
Uulhan haneulgwa gureum
ilworui ibyeolnorae
(The
farewell song of January, under the gloomy sky and clouds)
Byeoldeulgwa jeo
dalbitsokedo sarangi itseulkka
(In
those stars and through the moonlight, is there any love in there?)
Aetaneun inae maeumgwa
meomchwojin i sigandeul
(Inside
my anxious heart and through the time that has stopped)
Saranghae haengbokhan
sungandeul ije dasi oji anneunga
(Will
those happy moments of love ever come back again?)
Naege tteonagan meolli
tteonagan sarangui yeoina
(My
love, you are who have left me, now far away from me)
Gyeoulbi naerin jeo
gilwieneun hoesaekbit misoman
(On
the street along the winter rain, there’s only a gray smile)
Naegaseum soke
seumineun i seulpeum mueolkka
(What
is this kind of sadness that keeps seeping through my heart?)”
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i really like these song. thanks for sharing what its meaning
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