From Mamoru Itoh's"I Want To Tell You About My Feelings"
http://www.itoh.com/flash/booke.html
In Singapore we have the same expression from the Hokkien dialect 'liak boh kiew' - directly translates to Singlish 'Catch no ball', which mean totally cannot understand
Time to go down the memory lane again ... to the 70s ...
For most people, their exposure to oldies is through their grandparents or parents. Mine came from my ex-neighbours whose priciest possession in their home was the hi-fi, and they made sure the whole neighbourhood knew about it. 流水年華 popularized by the late Taiwanese singer 鳳飛飛 Feng Fei Fei was such a hit in the 1970s, they played it all day and continued playing it well into the 1980s. But somebody in Japan sang it before her!
This familiar classic was originally released in Japan on 25 Jun 1976 in the Summer Heartbreak album of Teruhiko Aoi.
Composed by: 常富喜雄Yoshio Tsunetomi
Arranged by: 惣領泰則 (amazingly, this arrangement was kept for all versions!)
At around the same time in Taiwan, the Chinese lyrics for 流水年華 was written by 蔣榮依 and on 1 May 1978, it was released in鳳飛飛's '花有情花有爱' album, though later renditions by 刘文正 and 庾澄慶 were popular too.
Interestingly, for the same melody and arrangement, the 3 lyrics portrayed entirely different emotions. While the Japanese title translates to 'Only You', the Cantonese and Chinese version were less sentimental. 醉眼看世界 - translates to 'Looking at the World through Eyes of a Drunk', highlights the wackiness of some social behaviours. 流水年華 sings of the memories of parting with a love one, but the upbeat tune focus on sending well wishes and the anticipation of reunion.
With news of the passing of 鳳飛飛 (03 Jan 2012) at age 58 to lung cancer, and losing 羅文 about 10 years ago (18 Oct 2002) at age 52 to liver cancer, currently at age 64, あおい 輝彦 outlived them.
