One Person Playing Two Roles
Appearance
Yat yan fan sik leung gok | ||||
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Released | September 1995 | |||
Genre | Cantopop | |||
Label | Cinepoly | |||
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Yat yan fan sik leung gok (Chinese: 一人分飾兩角; Cantonese Yale: Yat yan fan sik leung gok; lit. 'One Person', 'Playing Two Roles') is a 1995 EP recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong.[1][2]
The title track, by the band AMK with lyrics by Wyman Wong, was the only new song. The others had all been included in Faye Wong's previous albums.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Unofficial translation | Length |
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1. | "Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok" (一人分飾兩角) | AMK/Wyman Wong | "One Person Playing Two Roles" | |
2. | "Ngoi Yu Toong Dik Been Yuen" (愛與痛的邊緣) | "Brink of Love and Pain" | ||
3. | "Wo Yuan Yi" (我願意 (弦樂版)) | "I'm Willing" (string version) | ||
4. | "Jee Gei Jee Bei" (知己知彼) | Cocteau Twins | Know Oneself And Each Other | |
5. | "Tian Kong" (天空) | "Sky" | ||
6. | "Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok" (一人分飾兩角) | "One Person Playing Two Roles" (karaoke version) |
Cover versions
[edit]Emmy the Great included a cover version of the title track in her 2011 album Virtue as a bonus track for the Asian version. Emmy the Great, who was born in Hong Kong, considers Faye Wong as one of her favorite Cantopop singers.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ zh:前哨 2000 108-113 p105 "但由於王菲工作忙經常飛往香港,兩人的愛情結晶《童〉便由脔唯又當爹又當娘(一人分飾兩角》地擔負。王菲回來時總也忘不了給孩子買超値的《玩具〉。一家人就這麼幸福地生活著。可惜好景不常,人世間事易變,兩人不知何故「撕碎」了《誓言》'不再(執迷不 ..."
- ^ 謝靜國 中國大陸消費社會的影像叙事 - 2006 p52 "《蘇州河》有著類似《重慶森林》述說旁白的節奏和敘事架構,只是就串起兩個敘事區塊的功效而論,周迅一人分飾兩角在視覺上比《 ... 二部分快餐店小妹菲(王菲飾)辭職後考進航空公司當空服員,而以貌似警察(梁朝偉飾)前女友之姿進入警察的視線若合符節。"
- ^ Upclose with Emmy The Great, HK Magazine