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3月18日 Chinese Music Part 3: Turn of the Decade (80s-90s)Record companies in Hong Kong, who'd hit gold mines in the late-1980s, became greedy. And this avarice fed the dark spirit of commercialism and exploitation. They no longer cared about the quality of the music; rather, they focused on marketing and pressuring artists to churn out as many albums as they could within limited time-frames. The flame of creativity was smothered. Logically-speaking, if a song was successful, making a similar style song should be equally successful. So the music began to sound the same. An array of one-hit wonders and mediocre songs dominated the airwaves.
These problems may have been partially responsible for the decisions to retire from the music industry, announced at the turn of the decade by such stars as Priscilla Chan and Leslie Cheung. One of the few artists, who appeared at this time, to garner respect from the populace was Sandy Lam. Her success was not superficial: born out of true talent rather than manufactured and glamourized by the music industry.
Sandy Lam
Chinese Name: 林忆莲
Cantonese Name: Lam Yik Lin
Mandarin Name: Lin Yi Lian
(b. 1966 in Hong Kong)
One reason for Sandy's success was her great singing voice; moreover, her command of Mandarin, Cantonese, and even English were impeccable. Unlike other artists who stuck to success formulae, she daringly experimented with different genres of music and demonstrated to other singers that the key to remaining popular is creativity.
This incredibly talented singer has worked with Britain's Robbie Williams, and sings a Chinese version of his song "Better Man". She is highly respected as the classiest and most professional of all Hong Kong singers. Hits include "Ardor", "Cry", "Scar", and "In Love With Someone Who Doesn't Come Home". In more recent years she blew everyone away with her gorgeous love song "At Least I Still Have You". This song was so huge that it remained on the KTV charts for a phenomenal eight months!
Listen to the powerful love song "At Least I Still Have You" (至少还有你)
"In Love with Someone Who Doesn't Come Home" (爱上一个不回家的人)
"Scar" (伤痕)
Beyond
Another pop phenomenon that saved the day was Beyond. Beyond are often referred to as the Chinese Beatles. Finally, an actual band appeared who played their own instruments and wrote their own songs.
The Chinese Fab Four remain extremely popular today and everyone knows their songs. They started out in 1983 playing music simply as a hobby. When they realized they couldn't earn a living, they decided to go professional. Success ensued and before they knew it they were headlining concerts. In 1989, they won the Song of the Year Award in Hong Kong for what is now considered their biggest hit, "Truly Love You". Great tragedy came, however. While appearing at a live game show in Japan in 1993, their lead singer and songwriter, Wong Kai Kui, fell off the stage and died of his injuries.
Listen to Beyond's biggest hit, 1989's "Truly Love You" (真的爱你)
"Like You" (喜欢你)
"Glory Days" (光辉岁月)
Jeff Zhang
Chinese Name: 张信哲
Mandarin Name: Zhang Xin Zhe
(b. 1967 in Taiwan)
Despite Teresa Deng Li Jun's dominance of the airwaves as far as Mandarin Pop was concerned, a male Taiwanese counterpart emerged in 1989. His name: Jeff Zhang. Coincidentally, he was born in the same region of Taiwan as was Teresa. While in college, Jeff won a singing competition and began releasing a string of highly successful albums filled with love ballads.
"Love Like the Tides" (爱如潮水)
"Tolerance" (宽容)
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