Shuffle

I just thought that my addiction to Wheesung  has come to the next level.  Since I started listening to K-POP, i have maintained a Best of Wheesung Playlist on my iPOD and iTunes.   These are the Wheesung songs that I have totally abused for the past two years.

Last week i tried to shuffle play using all of Wheesung’s songs.   I know how intelligent the apple applications are so chances are it will be able to recognize the songs that I frequently listen to along with the least ones and do a mix of it during shuffle.  Funny but I find thrill with it.. guessing the first song to play and waiting for the next song, trying to figure out the title and the album to which it belongs.  Crazy isn’t it but I get a bit excited .    It’s refreshing to hear a mix of his songs.   I know its crazy to say or in some extent unbelievable, that you can stand to hear all his songs but there are honestly some songs that you play just once in a while.  So in an album perspective the 4th Album – Love? Love! Love… is what I can tolerate to hear every song again and again. 

While doing this shuffle play, I  thought of Wheesung songs that I suppose did not hit the mainstream but were so good…at least on my opinion and taste.   Well, this may not be true at all but my basis for saying ‘non-mainstream’ is that these songs were not as popular as the case of  Andwaenayo,  Inyeon Imyeon, With Me etc.

Maybe the other Wheesung fans out there got their own list of non-maintream Wheesung songs that they are truly in-love with.   These are some of the songs that I definitely consider one of his bests.

사랑은 (Sarangeun – Love Is) of course tops my list.  Up until now, I still have hopes of searching for a video of its live performance.   To me this is his best R&B song that never made it mainstream. 

Love Hero I guess got the same fate with 사랑은.  I almost thought that this will be the second song for promotion after Love is Delicious.  Surprisingly it was 다쳐도 좋아 (Dachyeodo Choa – Even if it Hurts) which is actually good as well. I was thinking this collaboration song with ‘J’ is equally great.

차안남녀 (Cha.an.nam.nyeo – A Man and Woman in Car) is another song  worth listening to over and over.  You will be able to appreaciate Wheesung’s control of voice in this song.  I must say Wheesung is just too good in singing sad songs.  I know this song is about break up in a car — and you can almost hear his heart in the way he sang it.  Reading the lyrics it was very true… a break up is always sad and in a situation where it happens in a car, I bet you wouldn’t even have the sense to hear the noise outside.   (Trivia: cut and paste the Hangul title in Google Translate — you will be surprised to see how Google translates it)

가 (Ka – Go) -  I love how this song seems to endlessly unravel to climax. I am not sure if this perfectly fits how I feel listening to the song but it’s like a roller coaster ride that after the song finishes you would say ‘oh it’s done’  when your emotions are still up there.  Just like 차안남녀 it shows  the beauty of Wheesung’s voice without going to far on belting for the high notes.

커다란… 너무 커다란  (Kodaran… Neomu Kodaran – Great… So Great)  This is a very short song, in fact I am thinking it’s  seems to be an Outro to the 4th Album being the last song before the bonus track.   Setting aside again the lyrics, this song got one of the best falsettos from Wheesung — I love it.  I don’t know what this song excatly means.  It speaks of the pain of loving someone more than one’s self but towards the end it seems to be sending a message of ‘change’ driven by a deep scar.  And this is the last album after YG.  I don’t know if this is really a song for a girl but maybe for a different kind of love — considering himself a fool for listening and believing.   Nevertheless I love it for the piano and the voice.

하늘에서 (Haneuleseo – From the Sky). This song gets to be performed by Wheesung once in a while but I guess this is likewise not as popular as the other songs.   I always say the jazzy undertone makes a song for easy listening.   I can actually imagine a good black R&B singer singing this like as if it was a jazz song — voice raises and dips in a nice tempo.

Luv Shine gets to be performed once in a while too. It’s from the 4th album and I like it’s beat.  As usual, Wheesung’s rendition does it.  Sings it from the heart.. makes me really wonder the number of break ups he had.  How can there be so much feelings for songs of this type.   I am specifically moved on the last part of the song that goes…

세상에서 가장 슬픈 얘기라고
아파 할 때마다 죽도록 빌어오던 일인걸

오늘만은 예전처럼 웃지 못해요
너무 기뻐 눈물만 자꾸 삼켜서
오랜 시간 맘에 가둔 사랑한단 말 하지 못해서 나 애가 타요
정말 많이 기다렸는데 정말 많이 미안했는데
꼭 안겨준 그대 고마워요

This is the last 2 lines of the second to the last stanza and the last stanza.   Maybe I should post the lyrics of this song in the Lyrics tab.  It’s nice even if its a bit sad.

Now I sound like reviewing the fourth album becausese 왜 나만 (Wae Naman – Why Only Me) is a good as it get song.  There is groove in it… the rap infused in the song was a good complement.  I am not sure if it was Wheesung doing the background rap since at some point he entered with his vocals. 

Oh no.. I don’t think I can end this post.  I’ll go crazy thinking about all his songs.  I’ll just go on shuffle play later when I drive way back home.