The original singer of the song "River of Clouds" is Teresa Teng.
"River of Clouds" is a song performed by Teresa Teng on the album BTB Teresa Teng - A Love Letter. Teresa Teng (January 29, 1953 - May 8, 1995), born in Tianyang Village, Baozhong Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan Province of China, with an ancestral origin in Da Ming County, Hebei Province, was a Chinese Taiwanese female singer, and one of the representative Japanese-language female singers during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1967, she released her first solo album "Songs of Teresa Teng - Fengyang Flower Drums", thus beginning her singing career.
In 1969, she became famous in Taiwan for singing the theme song of the same name of Taiwan's first serialized TV drama, "Jing Jing".
In the early 1970s, Teresa Teng opened up the record market in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia with "A Thousand Words" and "Sea Rhythm", and in 1974, she won the New Artist Award at the Japan Record Awards for the Japanese-language song "Empty Harbor", which helped to establish the foundation of her career in Japan. 1976, she held her first solo concert in Hong Kong, on the Lee Theatre. In 1976, she held her first solo concert at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong.
"River of Clouds" Song Appreciation
Tang's "River of Clouds" is a song full of emotion and deep meaning, through the beautiful melody and lyrics, expresses the singer's homesickness for her hometown and her feelings about life. The song's melody is beautiful and smooth, with a stretching and broad rhythm, giving people a feeling of heavenly music. The song's melody utilizes rich musical elements, such as the long notes and trills in the high register, as well as the twists and contrasts in the melody, all of which make the song more moving. The lyrics of the song are deep and sincere, expressing the singer's longing for his hometown and his feelings about life.
The lyrics begin with "Yunhe, Yunhe, Yunhe, Yunhe", bringing the listener into a poetic and dreamy world. The four phrases of the first section express the longing for the hometown in a straightforward way, while the four phrases of the second section transform this longing into the realization of life through clever metaphors and depictions. The lyrics of the whole song are smooth and natural, and the emotion is so sincere that people can't help but fall into deep thought.