His unapologetic soft rocks live on YouTube. Growing up in Hong Kong, I remember the radio loved Dan's corny tunes, "Longer" and "Same Old Lang Syne" got plenty of airplays. Back then some kids still enjoyed English pop songs and Canto pops had not been as prominently overwhelming as now. I especially remember Longer for some idiosyncratic reason. I think some DJ might have jokingly or actually pronounced the song as \ˈlȯŋ-jer\. You know that was before we have Siu sir to correct our English mis-pronunciations. I guess I was too young to appreciate Dan's movie like unfolding lyrics.
I didn't know he was such a "rebel" until I read this part of "Same Old Lang Syne"
We bought a six-pack at a liquor store. And we drank it in her car. ... The beer was empty and our tongues were tired ... And I watched her drive away.So we have alcohol consumption, activities that make the tongues tired, driving intoxicated probably in snowy or raining weather ....
If only I knew what he was singing I might have given him more accolades.
Yes, that song always reminds me of xiu lou, the deejays at that time...
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Longer, I remember HK Singer Johnny Yip Chun Tong, actually he was born in Macau, made the Cantonese version, those were the days in 70's
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ReplyDeleteIt's the talking, the catching-up after all those years that made the tongues tired, rather than any other things else.
ReplyDeleteIf only we HK students had known the lyrics, our everyday English would have been much better, even without Siu Sir.
Phrases like:
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
The food was totalled up and bagged
her eyes flew open wide
spilled her purse
the conversation dragged
kept her warm and safe and dry
the years had been a friend to her
reliving in our eloquence
running out of things to say
All are simple and to the point. Too bad HK students do not like this kind of old songs and don't have the chance to listen to lyrics like this.