April 1st, 2007
The Golden Rock song of the day - 4/1/07
It might have been April Fools, but it wasn’t a joke when I woke up 4 years ago today to learn that Asian superstar Leslie Cheung died after jumping off the balcony of a Hong Kong hotel. So today’s Golden Rock’s Song of the Day is gonna be my favorite non-cover Leslie Cheung song - “Falling in Love For You”
Why? While he has had many great songs over the years, the gentleness conveyed in Leslie’s delivery and the lyrics makes this one of the best syrupy “awwwwww” love songs to come out of the 80s, and I’m just a sucker for those bastards. Plus, it’s not a cover, that earns extra points already.