Sunday, December 9, 2012

8 Best Korean Ballad Songs (Part One)


Despite of the language barrier, these are some of the ballad songs that i found perfectly to be heard when you are driving in the rain alone. What makes it perfect, even if you're not speaking Korean, you still can grab the inner feelings of the song once you heard it. Okay, get some tissue because these songs are the ultimate teardropper.

8. Lonely – 2NE1
This song tells aboout the loneliness of one side in a relationship while they are still being together. No matter how hard you try to keep the fire on, the feeling seems like has faded away with time. Eventhough i haven’t felt the real connection with the song, this is a song that many people can relate to, if they were honest with themselves.

Best lyric part (in English translation):
Baby, i’m sorry, eventhough with you, i’m lonely.

7. Dear Mom – Girls’ Generation / SNSD
I never thought if it possible to fall in love with 9 girls at one time but after hear this song, i bet you will instantly love them. This song tells us about a grown up girl, living all alone by herself but she found that she is as she is now because of her mother that always love her unconditionally. Sing it at the Mother’s Day and it will make your mom cries, for sure, even though she doesn’t get the lyrics. Oh, the best part of the song is that Yuri got a whole verses to sing!

Best lyric part:
Though I’ve made hurtful wrong choices, you silently watched over me from behind (This is Yuri’s part, by the way).

6. No Matter How I Think About It – Sweet Sorrow
This song maybe sound familiar to you if you play Audition AyoDance or watch Running Man. This song was sung by Sweet Sorrow, a four male group that may not as famous as Super Junior yet but they definitely can sing!

Best lyric part:
If i just be a little more honest I’m in the point that hurts too much, the point that i look at you with the lonely eyes.

5. One Man – Kim Jong Kook
Okay, first of all, he is like the best ballader of Korean singers. Second of all, this song expresses collective souls of guys that can’t tell their feelings to their beloved ones but already happy seeing them from afar. No need for further explanation. If you can’t relate to this song, you are either a robot or just plain dumbfounded.

Best lyric part:
There’s a girl who doesn’t know i’m like this. Who receives love but don’t know that it is love.

4. Mistake – Girls’ Generation / SNSD
Eventhough they are famous for their dance songs, SNSD has some good ballads to listen to. I posted the lyric of the demo version, originally titled Watching Over Me, some days ago. Another surprise, though Yuri only get a single line in this song, the lyric is written by her! This after break-up song tells us about a girl that humbly admits that the break up was because of her who is lacking of anything.

Best lyric part:
I knew i couldn’t have you but my love for you just kept growing.

3. A Girl Meets Love – K Will & Tiffany Hwang
This is not a song. It’s a story about a young girl and a man that love each other, told in a perfect musical way. Epic. Way too epic. Tiffany and K Will should sing more often together. Can’t even imagine anyone sings this better than them but i would give Yuri a shot.

Best lyric part:
I know I’m bad but I can’t let you go. Let me have your name and the memories of you.

2. You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls – 2AM
2AM might not be as famous as their dongsaengs, 2PM, but if it comes to quality, you have to agree that they sound better than Taecyeon and gangs. The only thing that bad of this song is the music video. They should have made it simpler because the song is already strong on its own. This song is about regret, regret, and much regret, something that we all can always relate to often.

Best lyric part:
No matter how I beg for forgiveness, there’s already no use.

1.      Tears Are Falling – Shin Jae
This is it. Best of the best. This song sums up my and many people’s emotion perfectly. Do you know that feelings of being happy and sad at the same time? Happy, because you get the one you love by your side. Sad, because the one that you love will never be yours. And when you cry, those are the most painful tears you ever had for someone.. If you read this and imagine of someone.. Yes, the one that you love.. :’)

Best lyric part:
Tears are falling again because i want to see you. I choked on my tears, I swallowed the words that i love you.