Janis Ian in Cantonese!
I thought the melody sounded familiar. After giving it my further attention, I realised I’d heard it before as a Cantonese song by a singer called Paula Tsui from Hong Kong.
When I got home just now, I took out the one and only Paula Tsui CD I own and true enough, music credits for track two of the CD list “Janis Ian” .
The song?
“Here comes the Night” , theme from The Bell Jar, and featured in her album Night Rains, originally recorded 1978, released 1979 and digitally remastered 2003.
The third track is also credited to Janis Ian, but for the life of me, I cannot place the original JI English version.
Here’s a combined excerpt featuring Janis’s original English version followed by Paula’s Cantonese version.
I’ve always liked Paula, and now there’s reason to be playing her music again.
