香港的新年歌-吴君如《新年快乐》

二十年，香港诙谐女王吴君如出唱片，唱了《新年快乐》。

九年后，她成了香港金像奖和台湾金马奖影后。

前后二十年，她的变化很大。

二十年后，每个人都会记得她，而不是香港。

港•乐-邓丽君的《香港之夜》（1978年）/HK Songs-Teresa Teng's "Night of Hong Kong" (1978)

看了我的香港朋友在他的Facebook的转载，就让我想起我每次飞香港时，飞机要抵达的时候，必定听的歌曲。

这，就是《香港之夜》。

虽然是日本人写的曲，但是由跨越中国，台湾，香港和日本四地的邓丽君来诠释，是多么绕梁三日的。

伊人以逝，歌曲仍在，香港多美好，只在心里头。

Night of Hong Kong is one of the songs I feel that represents the romantic side of Hong Kong. 

Sung by the late Taiwanese singer, Teresa Teng in 1978, it remains one of the classical hits that are on the same catergory as Kowloon, Hong Kong. 

Hai~ Although she left us, but this Hong Kong hit will remain forever. 

歌曲：香港之夜

语言：中文

演唱：邓丽君

作词：林煌坤

作曲：井上忠夫

夜幕低垂 红灯绿灯

霓虹多耀眼

那钟楼轻轻回响

迎接好夜晚

避风塘多风光

点点渔火叫人陶醉

在那美丽夜晚

那相爱人儿伴成双

他们拍拖

手拉手情话说不完

卿卿我我 情意绵绵

写下一首爱的诗篇

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

和你在一起

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

我爱这个美丽晚上

有你在我身旁

夜幕低垂 红灯绿灯

霓虹多耀眼

那钟楼轻轻回响

迎接好夜晚

避风塘多风光

点点渔火叫人陶醉

在那美丽夜晚

那相爱人儿伴成双

他们拍拖

手拉手情话说不完

卿卿我我 情意绵绵

写下一首爱的诗篇

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

和你在一起

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

我爱这个美丽晚上

有你在我身旁

他们拍拖

手拉手情话说不完

卿卿我我 情意绵绵

写下一首爱的诗篇

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

和你在一起

Hong Kong，Hong Kong

我爱这个美丽晚上

有你在我身旁

港•漫-《老夫子》50岁了！/HK Comic-Old Master Q is 50 Years Old

没想到，《老夫子》已经和大家度过半个世纪的岁月。

祝你，这位代表香港的漫画人物，继续嬉戏世界多半个世纪。

Never expect, Old Master Q has entertained us for half a century. 

We wish you to bring us laughter for another 50 years. 

Photo source: Old Master Q 50th Anniversary Facebook page

港•书籍-《香港粤语歌曲流行歌词研究》

这会是我接下来很感兴趣的书籍。读完之后，和你们分享。

Hong Kong Pop-Innocence (2012)

The country I am staying is going to have a local by-election soon for one consituency. 

As there were calls online to ask the residents to vote for an ideal candidate, this title came to my mind. 

It talked about innocence and the price for it. What choices will the voters pick? Will it affect their conscience? Or they are being practical about it?

Hong Kong and Singapore are many miles apart. But we share the similarity and yet being different at the same time. 

From the best TVB drama of the year 2012, When Heavens Burn's main theme Innocence will ring for years. It can be the next unofficial anthem of Hong Kong in years to come. 

年少無知

電視劇【天與地】片尾曲

主唱：林保怡．陳豪．黃德斌

作曲：黃貫中

填詞：林若寧

編曲：黃貫中．劉志遠

監製：黃貫中

林：年少多好　頑劣多好

不甘安於封建制度裡迷信上街真理會達到

旗幟高舉　群眾聲討

不惜犧牲一切去上訴權貴的想法太俗套

只可惜生活是一堆挫折　只可惜生命是必須妥協

陳：年少多好　貧困多好

一蚊積蓄足以快樂到廉價結他抒發我暴躁

財富得到　年歲不保

捐輸不必講究有回報人世間總會有異數

只可惜生活是一聲發洩

只可惜生命是一聲抱歉怕追討

合：如果命運能選擇十字街口 你我踏出的每步更瀟灑

如果活著能坦白舊日 所相信價值不必接受時代的糟蹋

黃：年少多好　朋友多好

一番爭執不會有被告遊戲競爭不會記入腦

年歲增長　無法修補

青春的詩總會老　時間多恐怖 

合：如果命運能選擇十字街口 你我踏出的每步無用困惑

如果活著能坦白舊日 所相信價值今天發現還未老

如果命運能演習現實 中不致接納一生每步殘酷抉擇

留守過去的想法我會 否好像這樣生於世上無目的鞭撻 

Hong Kong Pop/Unofficial Anthem 3-Jenny Tseng's Fen Dou (1978/ 甄妮-1978年奋斗)

Today's recommendation comes from a late 1970s song. 

Macau born, Taipei raised Jenny Tseng released her first Cantonese album in 1978. One of the song titled Fen Dou aka Strive talked about how two people strived for their future. Later on, it was known as Hong Kong's unofficial anthem as the lyrics talked about local born and raised Hong Kongers slogged and toiled to make the Pearl of the Orient (not referring to The Philippines) a better place. 

I tried to search for the music video for this song but alas, there is none. If you can understand Cantonese, you will find the lyrics meaningful. 

無論歷盡幾次浪

無論受盡多少風霜

無論再要奮鬥幾次

才共你到得彼岸

為你實現萬千美夢

令你樣樣事心願能償

寧願奮鬥到百千次

創出幸福快樂鄉

＊同我兩手相牽　發千分熱千分光

燃亮著我的愛　為你照前方

同你披荊斬棘　為你衝破前途路障

獻出千般愛心與痴情

一切都奉上

Hong Kong Pop-Beyond's "A Brighter Future" （海闊天空）

Twenty years, Hong Kong music scene lost one of her finest to God of Death. 

Wong Ka Kui, lead singer of the rock band Beyond, died in June 30 after 6 days fell from a 2.7m platform while recording a game show in Tokyo. 

His death sent shocked waves to many of his fans and those whom love music. 

20 years now, his last song A Brighter Future has transcended the meaning to crave out a better future. Just like Roman Tam's Beneath The Lion's Rock, it has become Hong Kong's unofficial anthem as well as epitome of Cantopop in her heyday.  

It was once said that Cantopop never felt the same when Ka Kui passed away. 

I will not know. 

2013, I hope, we will not see deaths of megastar. Because Hong Kong had few megastars left. 

Remember Hong Kong, remember Cantopop, remember Beyond.

I present to you A Brighter Future. 

Hong Kong Pop- Roman Tam's "Beneath The Lion's Rock" (狮子山下)

To many local born and raised Hong Kongers, Roman Tam's Beneath The Lions Rock brought them many memories. 

ALso the theme song of the same title drama title, the lyrics belted out the resolution to live and ride out of the hardships. It is the song that represent the lower class and their will to survive, but most importantly, it is to seek unity among the many migrants and the locals, in the face of Hong Kong's landscape. 

It was never considered to be Hong Kong unofficial anthem from its release in 1976. Till 10 years ago in 2003, after recovering from the dreadful SARS, many people thought of this song and the hardships they went through. Hence, it was dubbed as the unofficial anthem of Hong Kong.

The version presented here is the 1996 version. Hai~ this late superstar has left us for a decade. 

Hong Kong Affairs-Yazhou Zhoukan's Headline "Hong Kong Rejects Infighting"

It is how an responsible media should do. Period. 

Hong Kong, I wish fighting should stop as soon as possible. 

You leave me with many favourable memories. I do not wish to see you sinking. 

Can Hong Kong grant my wish?

港•剧里的歌-《法网狙击》X 安全地带《Friend/情书》/ HK Drama & Song- "Friendly Fire" X "Anzen Chitai "Friend"

各位看港剧的朋友，都对这部连续剧里头的日本歌曲有“Feel”。

我查了质料，那就是日本天团，“安全地带”在1980年代发行的歌曲“Friend （情书) ”。

这是须《怒火街头2》运用了Adele的歌曲，成功承托戏剧张力之后，另一部成功的作品。也让人想起很多年前的《壹号皇庭》选用了英语歌曲，来达到令人难忘的目的。

以下，我选用了这个MV和中文翻译，让你们有不同的体验。

“當歲月流逝，回憶未必留低

未記低，鏡裡花怎折萎，愛意怎會白費

難辨真與偽

心裏埋藏舊事， 無邊回憶愁思

舊信封，淡褐色的信紙，已褪色了日誌

遺下那點痴

妳可知？當天信中意思...

懇切字句內深意，希望甜蜜維持

傷痛像無藥治，如哭如泣如痴

逝去的，似破損的廢紙，已喪失了原意

誰願再去痴？

妳可知？ 當天信中意思

懇切字句內深意，所為何事？

妳可知？真心透於句子

忍痛望最後一次，失落名字......Friend...”

For those who are catching Friendly Fire, you may want to know what is the title of the Japanese song. 

The answer is "Friend", sung by Japanese rock band, Anzen Chitai. 

Anzen Chitai front many songs that were chosen to be sung in Cantonese by many of the Cantopop stars. 

And the choice of songs seems to be the one positive aspect of TVB dramas. From 2012's Ghetto Justice 2 using Adele's Someone Like You and Rolling In The Deep, who will not forget the The File of Justice series from 1992 to 1997? When the producers chose the right English pop songs to make lawyers in the drama so hip and trendy. 

I chose the above MV to showcase the original 1980s version of the song Friend. If you want to know what the song is about, you can approach your Japanese friends or people who know Japanese language for help.

Hong Kong Affairs-Countdown Fireworks 2013

Happy New Year 2013, Hong Kong!!!

Like any cities of the world, this former British colony city had her share of dazzling fireworks. 

Below is the clip from Tsim Sha Tsui looking towards Victoria Harbour. 

Enjoy and enjoy your day off.