Dream of Golden Years full OST Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLaG0k-PXfnfJyqOtwuDf3wz4PJFcO3VQDream…
Thanks a lot, Peachey Blossom! So as your hard and valuable work there does not get lost in the avalanche of comments, I pinned the link to your comment, adding it into a new Discussions item : "1983 Dream of Golden Years OST music" , adding also a brief introduction to the singers + another popular song heard in the drama, but not in OST. Direct link : https://kisskh.at/discussions/776939-again-my-life/149650-1983-dream-of-golden-years-ost-music
If one did, why not another.... Xia Xiaolan was expecting that. Perhaps she had been watching many transmigration…
I may get back to watch it if I have time,... Aaah time troubles: running too fast!
Have fun, and look up in Discussions for the OST links and the album visual + If I have time,in the coming days, I will add brief bios for the singers too.
Xiaolan proving everyone wrong.. but I'm lowkey afraid about that dude from the clothing shop. Does anyone else…
If one did, why not another.... Xia Xiaolan was expecting that. Perhaps she had been watching many transmigration dramas in her modern times, with that trope lol Latest I saw of that kind was "How dare You", although I got sidetracked so did not pursue after a few episodes. 🤣
Ep.10 The drama is fast paced and engaging despite sometimes becoming preachy. It goes with the territory since Xia Xiaolan has to even the scores with some underhanded players. Zhou Ye uses her advantages as a top actress to the full. I have watched a few of her dramas and movies and she is skilled: having her here as FL is perfect. She does embody the little bullied girl (she did such a role early on) showing indomitable spirit and confidence, and some cunning. And her rise to trendy fashion conscious graduate, trading in colored dresses and clothes at the time of the Reform and Opening Up period is a feast for the eyes.
8:29 the four going to a large club to sing "My Future Is Not A Dream" is a contrast to the three girls in "My Destiny" ("My Mountains and Sea") who sing that song one evening at the beginning of their upward rise in the late 1990s. But Zhou Ye 's voice goes off key, and it is merciful that good singer Zhai Xiaowen (whose career as s singer I have not checked but will) took over. Zhou Ye plays very well but she does indeed need dubbing by a pro, like she did in" Love Me Love My Voice"...(At the time I remember how Tan Jianci ground his teeth while keeping a benign smile on his face to shut off her terrible attempt at singing Happy Birthday to him 🤣
I am wondering what technological tools (auto-tune or more) were used to make her voice listenable in the "promotional song" (or was she dubbed there) : her name appears together with that of Zhai Xiaowen, whose real voice as a singer and actor is very pleasant.
We ought to keep this private aside conversation unrelated to present drama under spoilers.
Dream of Golden Years reached Ep 10 where 8:29 the four friends going to a large club in Shenzhen 1984-1985 to sing "My Future Is Not A Dream". It contrasts interestingly with the three girls in "My Destiny" ("My Mountains and Sea") who sing that song one evening at the beginning of their upward rise. But by contrast to Tan Songyun, Zhou Ye still can't sing to save her life, and it is merciful that good singer Zhai Xiaowen (whose career as s singer I have not checked but will) took over. Zhou Ye plays very well, but for singing, she does indeed need dubbing by a pro, like she did in" Love Me Love My Voice"...(At the time I remember how Tan Jianci ground his teeth while keeping a benign smile to shut off her terrible attempt at singing Happy Birthday to him 🤣 She has not improved on that ability, it is a deficiency she'll have to live with. )
Happy you appreciated "Escape From The Trilateral Slopes". The director is quirky but extremely talented and the team he works with has now become familiar to me since that opus and earlier on since "Reset",
As for Ren Jialun, are you a Jiaren? RJL has been in my fave book for years, both as actor, musician, sportsman.... He always shines in what he does. Of course, I did not miss "Silent Tides", especially since it came as a sort of part of a few dramas about Àomén designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the return of the city to China which I saw one already of ("Begin Again" 2024 starring Elvis Han). I like dramas based on real History or showcasing cities. "Silent Tides" was not a documentary but like "War of Faith"(the drama featuring Wang Yibo in one of his best roles) drew attention to real Historical figures in a way which, although simplified, explained a lot about the times and the places. And the OST was pleasant.
If you don't already know RJL's personal albums, here is my favorite song from the one he titled 32 (The First Album) in 2021 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrZFGcGYjtU I also like other non-OST songs of him, like "Dreamers Never Sleep" and his version of "Pipa Xing" on the poem of Bai Juyi : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTjkZPEPZ5Q (I also like Luo Yunxi's musical version of that old poem). Bonus; this mini collection of stage performances added in August last year on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x22sQKXlQcQ Enjoy!
I wanted that bear hunt as well. But what irritates me even more is how they made her use Sui guy to take rations…
haha, thanks, I'll add it into my tbw then, to honor the Scorpion king ;) Noticing that the FL is same as in EITDN in which she played a year earlier, following readily the sparks of Jesse Ren. Why not ?
Catching up on ep. 6 now. Very much liking it: unusual plot although I was initially reluctant about the transmigration or falling into alternate universe angle.
The 1980 period is well used as backdrop, to (re-)"discover" and show how to strike it rich there. Our young proto-capitalist Xiaolan the future student, had fun in the "Wild East" of opening small markets , counted shrewdly her eggs and rebates, applying modern marketing techniques to the sleepy village market : entertaining.!
But... she defends herself with a... (was it a taser?!!!) That was puzzling : was this a voluntary anachronism or a clue that this "past" time was not in same universe as the one she fell from, very much alike but with small differences like the absence of some people she expected to find? "The electric taser was invented in 1974 by Jack Cover, a NASA researcher and physicist" -- no idea a similar device could have been used by ordinary citizens in China in the early 1980s!!
The story gets interesting since I can't yet make up my mind whether it is plain time travel or shifting between time threads or time loop. It looks realistic but has a science fiction feeling . I don't really like the "present day flashbacks to 2015-2026" or jumping to tragic accident, though. Are they that necessary?
Zhou Cheng was so excited at her answer he cried! I swear guys like this are only in dramas..He is super sweet…
It is not the first time I noticed Zhai Xiaowen in a drama. First times were probably as Jiang Lang in FIYS, next as Liu Yucheng in Sweet Teeth. It takes time for me, but now, I'll pay more attention. He looks really sweet, eager and innocent in those first episodes and does stand out on screen.
Her teacher didn't inform her result until her aunty asked about it.What the hell she was thinking? 😐
I was wondering if the evil cousin from the across the street vendor stall had conned the busy teacher, telling her that the news had already been sent, while she evil cousin had somehow "mislaid" the results in the office, so the teacher would bear the blame if there was an investigation. But was the evil cousin a high school student familiar with the office? And the principal did find the results somewhere, how, when, is not clear.
I wanted that bear hunt as well. But what irritates me even more is how they made her use Sui guy to take rations…
yes lol, sometimes I'm reckless. Implied and tasteful is all fine but can end up too boring ... Implied and comedic is better.
Long ago, while LLTG had me hooked fingers and toes, I was grinning at Cheng Shaoshang being taught "tango" self defense after the bullying by the court ladies : with two arms, one arm, no arm.... 🤣🤣 Ling Buyi crashing down on her full-bodied. Implied yes, but quite daring?
That's also why way back when,I loved Fairy Jinmi (played by ebullient Yang Zi , then very much like TXW nowadays) threatening innocently to cut off the big lump down there to cure the Crow (played by Deng Lun, hope he'll be back someday) in the beginning of Ashes of Love.
Or Qu Tan'er (played by Liang Jie) getting laid by 8th Prince Mo Liancheng with a promise that she'd get the divorce she wanted.... if he was satisfied by her performance (and of course he was not, so needed repeats 🤣🤣)
Do you remember other near raunchy scenes in "serious" long or less long costume dramas ?
Since most of wuxia and xianxia and (actual or pseudo) historical take themselves too seriously, I end up liking best the totally tragic dramas like One & Only 😭 Although I'd rather POJ gets a happy end. Because this lead couple looks soooo good on screen!
should i watch ep 26 now or should i wait for ep 27 😭 i don't wanna watch if it's going to end in a cliff hanger
You might wait until end if your heart can't take some "to be continued" end of episodes. Or take the doses several episodes at a time, doing something else in between : all options are open! I'm in for every day and if necessary, re-watch some episodes to while away time before "next". This one reminds me of the thrills I had watching LLTG, mock complaining also about the episodes dropping too stingily. It was quite an experience.
The battle scene was good, but it annoys me so much that they still kept FL slim and tiny. There is no way for…
She is Superhuman, born on Planet Krypton or the Amazon Goddesses isle, something. ... Anyway, she is NOT not the village folks she thought she was 🤣 This is fantasy, not realism, and I enjoy every second of it much better than the "love games" or such ! It makes for visual amazed glee to see her tackle the giant villain like a flying hornet! (Reminiscing of scenes from vintage wushu movies of long ago).
Sigh.....here we go, something really popular and i cant get the app to work ....
Take heart, some said it took time because of ... too many connections. I trust you got in, finally? Can't reproach the drama for having too many views, can we? I logged in with a few minutes delay because of other reasons, and all went fine on WeTV my end.
The rumors about Changyu were soooo exaggerated, my goodness!!😂
But it tied in with the things in the novel that screenwriters decided to modify. Quite successfully here : the bear, the heist of supplies from right in the enemy camp... Throwing in some smashing gates ( but after the battle, and her seizing the mace to end the giant, well, perhaps SuperWoman was really able to achieve such a feat?) Easy and shrewd to write it in as "legend" growing.
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Direct link : https://kisskh.at/discussions/776939-again-my-life/149650-1983-dream-of-golden-years-ost-music
In the hope that others will like the music! 🎵🎶
You can sing along some of the lyrics MVs.
Have fun, and look up in Discussions for the OST links and the album visual + If I have time,in the coming days, I will add brief bios for the singers too.
Latest I saw of that kind was "How dare You", although I got sidetracked so did not pursue after a few episodes. 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n90zehfd-Oc
8:29 the four going to a large club to sing "My Future Is Not A Dream" is a contrast to the three girls in "My Destiny" ("My Mountains and Sea") who sing that song one evening at the beginning of their upward rise in the late 1990s. But Zhou Ye 's voice goes off key, and it is merciful that good singer Zhai Xiaowen (whose career as s singer I have not checked but will) took over. Zhou Ye plays very well but she does indeed need dubbing by a pro, like she did in" Love Me Love My Voice"...(At the time I remember how Tan Jianci ground his teeth while keeping a benign smile on his face to shut off her terrible attempt at singing Happy Birthday to him 🤣
I am wondering what technological tools (auto-tune or more) were used to make her voice listenable in the "promotional song" (or was she dubbed there) : her name appears together with that of Zhai Xiaowen, whose real voice as a singer and actor is very pleasant.
Dream of Golden Years reached Ep 10 where 8:29 the four friends going to a large club in Shenzhen 1984-1985 to sing "My Future Is Not A Dream". It contrasts interestingly with the three girls in "My Destiny" ("My Mountains and Sea") who sing that song one evening at the beginning of their upward rise. But by contrast to Tan Songyun, Zhou Ye still can't sing to save her life, and it is merciful that good singer Zhai Xiaowen (whose career as s singer I have not checked but will) took over. Zhou Ye plays very well, but for singing, she does indeed need dubbing by a pro, like she did in" Love Me Love My Voice"...(At the time I remember how Tan Jianci ground his teeth while keeping a benign smile to shut off her terrible attempt at singing Happy Birthday to him 🤣 She has not improved on that ability, it is a deficiency she'll have to live with. )
Happy you appreciated "Escape From The Trilateral Slopes". The director is quirky but extremely talented and the team he works with has now become familiar to me since that opus and earlier on since "Reset",
As for Ren Jialun, are you a Jiaren? RJL has been in my fave book for years, both as actor, musician, sportsman.... He always shines in what he does. Of course, I did not miss "Silent Tides", especially since it came as a sort of part of a few dramas about Àomén designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the return of the city to China which I saw one already of ("Begin Again" 2024 starring Elvis Han). I like dramas based on real History or showcasing cities. "Silent Tides" was not a documentary but like "War of Faith"(the drama featuring Wang Yibo in one of his best roles) drew attention to real Historical figures in a way which, although simplified, explained a lot about the times and the places. And the OST was pleasant.
If you don't already know RJL's personal albums, here is my favorite song from the one he titled 32 (The First Album) in 2021 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrZFGcGYjtU
I also like other non-OST songs of him, like "Dreamers Never Sleep" and his version of "Pipa Xing" on the poem of Bai Juyi :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTjkZPEPZ5Q
(I also like Luo Yunxi's musical version of that old poem).
Bonus; this mini collection of stage performances added in August last year on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x22sQKXlQcQ
Enjoy!
Noticing that the FL is same as in EITDN in which she played a year earlier, following readily the sparks of Jesse Ren. Why not ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1avBZFI_IM
For once, I generally agree with her views about this unusual and not ordinary feel-good drama.
The 1980 period is well used as backdrop, to (re-)"discover" and show how to strike it rich there. Our young proto-capitalist Xiaolan the future student, had fun in the "Wild East" of opening small markets , counted shrewdly her eggs and rebates, applying modern marketing techniques to the sleepy village market : entertaining.!
But... she defends herself with a... (was it a taser?!!!) That was puzzling : was this a voluntary anachronism or a clue that this "past" time was not in same universe as the one she fell from, very much alike but with small differences like the absence of some people she expected to find? "The electric taser was invented in 1974 by Jack Cover, a NASA researcher and physicist" -- no idea a similar device could have been used by ordinary citizens in China in the early 1980s!!
The story gets interesting since I can't yet make up my mind whether it is plain time travel or shifting between time threads or time loop. It looks realistic but has a science fiction feeling . I don't really like the "present day flashbacks to 2015-2026" or jumping to tragic accident, though. Are they that necessary?
First times were probably as Jiang Lang in FIYS, next as Liu Yucheng in Sweet Teeth.
It takes time for me, but now, I'll pay more attention.
He looks really sweet, eager and innocent in those first episodes and does stand out on screen.
Implied and tasteful is all fine but can end up too boring ... Implied and comedic is better.
Long ago, while LLTG had me hooked fingers and toes, I was grinning at Cheng Shaoshang being taught "tango" self defense after the bullying by the court ladies : with two arms, one arm, no arm.... 🤣🤣 Ling Buyi crashing down on her full-bodied. Implied yes, but quite daring?
That's also why way back when,I loved Fairy Jinmi (played by ebullient Yang Zi , then very much like TXW nowadays) threatening innocently to cut off the big lump down there to cure the Crow (played by Deng Lun, hope he'll be back someday) in the beginning of Ashes of Love.
Or Qu Tan'er (played by Liang Jie) getting laid by 8th Prince Mo Liancheng with a promise that she'd get the divorce she wanted.... if he was satisfied by her performance (and of course he was not, so needed repeats 🤣🤣)
Do you remember other near raunchy scenes in "serious" long or less long costume dramas ?
Since most of wuxia and xianxia and (actual or pseudo) historical take themselves too seriously, I end up liking best the totally tragic dramas like One & Only 😭 Although I'd rather POJ gets a happy end.
Because this lead couple looks soooo good on screen!
Or take the doses several episodes at a time, doing something else in between : all options are open!
I'm in for every day and if necessary, re-watch some episodes to while away time before "next". This one reminds me of the thrills I had watching LLTG, mock complaining also about the episodes dropping too stingily. It was quite an experience.
It makes for visual amazed glee to see her tackle the giant villain like a flying hornet!
(Reminiscing of scenes from vintage wushu movies of long ago).
I trust you got in, finally?
Can't reproach the drama for having too many views, can we?
I logged in with a few minutes delay because of other reasons, and all went fine on WeTV my end.
Quite successfully here : the bear, the heist of supplies from right in the enemy camp... Throwing in some smashing gates ( but after the battle, and her seizing the mace to end the giant, well, perhaps SuperWoman was really able to achieve such a feat?)
Easy and shrewd to write it in as "legend" growing.