Anyway, as an avid Korean series fan I've always noticed how very catchy their soundtracks are. But most of the time, it's usually the K-Pop kinds of songs, i.e. songs from Beast, SS501 (do they still exist?)...or whatever boy/girl band they have these days. These songs do help capture the emotion of each scene which make them more enjoyable.. and even help the viewers recall key moments of the drama. I, however, am not much of a fan of K-Pop. As much as I am a K-drama/K-movie fanatic and sometimes like to dance to Wonder Girls' "Nobody," the genre, the outrageous hairstyles, and the androgyny (are those guys..or masculine girls?) just don't appeal much to me. Not that I'm a significant loss to their massive fans worldwide... but, yeah.
And then, Triple. I came across this TV series because of Song Joong Ki. It didn't really have a climax, but somehow you enjoy how the story is played as close to the real world as possible. But what helped me feel for the characters is the soundtrack. As I was trying to swallow this lump forming in my throat during a dramatic scene, a song fades in.. and instead of listening to the dialogue, I was trying get the lyrics. Until, of course, I realized that it was in Korean. Genius. So I searched long and hard for the OST and this guy... Zitten...has the most dreamy, somewhat hoarse voice I have ever heard. Reading more about him I found that Zitten was actually a duo, but then the lead singer went solo and carried the name with him. Anyway all the other songs in the soundtrack were great, too. Tracks from Tearliner, Sub, Neons, and Mongu were my faves (well, they sang 90% of the songs in the OST). The drama is now closer to my heart because it introduced me to Korean Indie. And here I thought Korean music only equated to PSY.
Anyway so I looked for the lyrics of the songs and the only website I found only provided romanized lyrics--meaning, a phonetic representation of the song in the English alphabet...but not exactly the English translation. Luckily, I'm best friends with Google Translate. So I copied the lyrics (the ones in Korean hangul) and pasted it on Google. Of course the literal translation gave me a headache more than anything, but now at least I'm sure Zitten was singing a love song and not some Korean nursery rhyme or whatever. :)
And then, as the heavens favored my quest, I found someone on Youtube who did a cover of the song and was kind enough to provide the chords! Whoa. Such nice people, these Koreans. ;) And so, that provided the opportunity for me to do my own cover of the song. If I ruined it somehow, trust that it is unintentional. But just the same, my deepest apologies. :/
Zitten, if ever the gods somehow look upon me and you happen to read this entry, I didn't intend to murder your song. Rather, this is actually an expression of my sincere love for you. ;P
Who knows what I'm singing, right? Haha! Should I have said any profane or vulgar words because I mispronounced the lyrics, please know that my intentions are super clean (and wholesome) and that I was only doing my very best to recite the lines from this website: http://romanization.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/triple-ost-zitten-feel-alright-2/
Chords were taken from: http://cyworld.com/hiujin/8041903.
p.s. Seriously, what am I doing?
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