Land of opportunity awaits in “My Golden Life”
The first thing that caught my attention when I got my first glimpse of the teaser for Park Sihoo-ssi’s new KBS weekend drama “My Golden Life” (“MGL”) was the song!
It had a very catchy beat and it was in English! By now, you know that I like songs, especially those that have lyrics that call out to me.
Musical duo “A Great Big World” of the N generation
I don’t know this song, so I googled it and it turned out to be “Land of Opportunity” by the musical duo Ian Axel and Chad King of “A Great Big World”. They got together when they were still in music business school at the New York University. Writing their own songs and performing songs from the covers of other artistes, they called themselves “A Great Big World” in 2012 and released a Kickstarter-funded EP under their own name. “Is There Anybody Out There?” was released in 2014 and included the song “Land of Opportunity”.
I thought the rise of the duo very modern day, N-generation success. From young students with no experience but full of dreams carving out something for themselves. They were aided by people who bought-in to their creative ideas and got their much needed financial support to get themselves off the ground through crowd funding. And with the money raised, they were able to make headway in life.
N-generqtion with dreams seeking opportunities
From the look of the teaser which KBS released recently and what I gathered from the media, sounds like Park Sihoo-ssi’s new drama “My Golden Life” will be along this direction…about the “Land of Opportunity” and people making something of themselves despite the odds! And of course, there will also be opportunities in love!
I so love this type of dramas. Make belief but with a glimpse of hope and a chance for making it real. It makes the complex and challenging real world much more livable when one believes there is a land of opportunity out there. When there is hope, one would strive and persevere!
So Park Sihoo-ssi and “My Golden Life”, set sail! The sun will shine and the birds will sing! And we will have fun, together!
Extract of Land of Opportunity by A Great Big World
I’m sailing away, to a Land of Opportunity.
The sun will shine, and birds will sing there everyday
I’m sailing away, and I hope that you remember me.
It was fun, we had our run. Hip hip hooray!
You said ‘hello’, I loved you so,
Just like in a movie scene.
I want you to know, I had to let go,
I’m falling in love again…
Youtube Video – Land of Opportunity by A Great Big World (School Project)
机会之地
首次观看施厚君的新KBS周末电视剧“我黄金光辉的人生”（“黄金人生”）的预告时，第一引我注意的就是那伴乐歌曲。
是一首悦耳好听的英语歌！大家可能知道我喜欢歌曲，尤其是歌词有意识的歌曲。
Youtube Video – Day 19 Performance of “Land of Opportunity (2013 Series) by A Great Big World
因为不认识这歌，所以我google了一下。原来是“一个伟大的大世界 A Great Big World”的音乐二重奏伊恩·阿克塞尔 Ian Axel 和乍得·京 Chad King 的“机会之地”。他们是在纽约大学音乐商学院时认识并搭档的。他们自己写歌曲，也唱其他艺人的歌。 在2012年，这二重奏取名为“一个伟大的大世界 A Great Big World”，并在Kickstarter众筹的资助下以自己的名义出了EP。 “有没有人在那里？”是2014年发行的，其中包括了“机会之地”的歌曲。
我认为这二重奏是非常现代，N代的成功故事。从没有工作经验但充满梦想的年轻学生为自己创出成绩来。他们得到喜欢他们的创意的人的帮助，在众筹的情况下，提供资源，让他们有机会在事业中取得进展。
A family seeking to make dreams become reality
从KBS最近发布的预告以及从媒体收集到的消息，看起来施厚君的新电视剧“我黄金光辉的人生”的剧情将沿着这个方向…会关于“机会之地”和在被挑战之下，人怎么可以闯天下！当然，也有机会找到爱情！
我喜欢这样的电视剧。虚伪的电视剧剧情，但只要看到一丝的希望，并有机会，可以成为现实。当一个人认为有机会之地时，可以让复杂而具有挑战性的现实世界变得更加宜居。有希望的时候，都会坚持，努力往前奋斗！
所以施厚君和“我黄金光辉的人生”，开始往前行了！太阳会闪耀，鸟儿会唱歌！我们会一起玩乐！
Life begins again on 2 September 2017!
提取“一个伟大的大世界 A Great Big World”的“机会之地”
“我正在航行到一个机会之地。
太阳会闪耀，鸟儿每天都会唱歌，
我要离开，希望你能记住我。
这很有趣，我们已有机会！喝彩！喝彩!
你说’你好，我爱你，
就像在电影里。
我要你知道，我不得不放手，
我再次投入爱河…”
A Great Big World’s Land of Opportunity
Credits – Many thanks! Youtube Video of Day 19 – Performance: “Land of Opportunity” (2013 Series) by A Great Big World and Land of Opportunity (School project) by Elizabeth Bonilla; Photos – kbs.co.kr, Instagram and Youtube by KBS Drama, agreatbigworld.com, musixmatch
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讓我們一同和施厚愉快地迎接新機遇和幸福的來臨,期望這部電視劇集能有好的成績,給予我們最愛王子一個肯定和信心的力量!施厚加油,劇組所有工作人員也要繼續努力,我們對你們十分信心的喲!
Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant! Simply Too Brilliant! What a beautiful ballard meaningful lyric and words that portray My Golden Life so well in a song. Even the animation illustration of the song video is very apt and appropriate. This New York Duo have done great works. I like I like I like a lot. And kudos to whoever who chose and decided on this Land of Opportunity as MGL’s theme song. Last but not least is big thanks to Nance to yet again enlighten all of us by giving us precise and useful information that made us appreciate even more of MGL, all the meaningful thoughts and choices of things together that produced MGL
I liked the tune and the first scenes from the start. A feeling of excitement. So looking forward to the first episodes of MGL!
Everything we have caught todate concerning MGL looks very very good. It’s all golden and light and cheery and bright! Speaks of hope and optimism as though there is a bounce in every step! And to cap it all, today we get to listen to this fabulous chirpy cheery contemporary song piece Land of Opportunity — no wonder our golden man made the yes decision to take on the male lead role here. He always has the knack to pick out the right dramas and movies and his instincts would have told him he’s got a winner here in MGL! So glad he didn’t go for those fantasy sci -fi themes especially those with time slips. Those would never have lasting values. One big bore in fact!
Watching KBS teaser of the K. drama “My Golden Life”, except that I enjoyed it very much, I also really liked the music, whch I listen many times on my radio, but without knowing the title of the song.Thanks to Nance, now I know that this song ,bringing such an optimistic message of hope to achieve our dreams, is entitled “A Great Big World- Land of Opportunity”. And thinking of the message of PSH’s new K. drama ,”My Golden Life”, where the characters can be provided with a variety of life options on the land of opportunity, then we can foresee a very successful drama. The song very well chosen for its lyrics, brings the self-reliance of everyone who wants to achieve his own goals in life too. Thinking of PSH, I’m happy that he plays in this drama the male leading role, and I”ll compare “My Golden Life” with his “land of opportunity”, where he will attain his greatest goals as a great talented actor.