When Gary approached the Buzzy counter, I glanced briefly at his shirt and thought it odd that he was wearing a t-shirt with something written in Chinese:
But when I asked him what it said, he proceeded to demonstrate as follows:
When Buzzy and I visited China in 1998, I wandered into a Beijing music store and heard the tune Sweet Dreams playing on their overhead speakers. It wasn’t the Annie Lennox original, but I liked it.
I asked the young clerk who it was singing and he said “Shunza.” The way he said it though made it sound like he had either sneezed or that he was telling me to get lost. After I shook my head to indicate that I didn’t understand him, he guided me over to the CD section and pulled out a double CD by a lady named Shunza.
I bought it and think I’ve only played it once or twice since. Most of the tunes on it are in Mandarin or a combination of English and Mandarin. However, she also slips in several English tunes such as the following. Looking back I wonder if the young Chinese clerk didn’t see me coming and just played this tune to sucker me into buying it!