Cantopop Legend Sam Hui Hosts Concert to Support Unemployed Workers in Music Industry
On Sunday #Apr12, Sam Hui, a pioneer in Cantopop, organised an online concert to raise money for former employees of Tom Lee Music's service department, which had been disbanded since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This concert has raised criticism in society as Chief Executive Carrie Lam posted a photo of her watching the concert with her officials during a government meeting. This caused some voices in the society to call for a boycott on the online concert.
Despite the negative response brought about by Carrie Lam, Sam Hui's live-stream concern had attracted over 160 thousand people near the end of the event. After saying, "let others say whatever they like", a lyric from a popular song performed by Leslie Cheung and Hui titled "Silence Is Golden" （沉默是金）, the concert ended with Hui waving his hand and leaving the venue.
Sam Hui is highly regarded as an icon of Hong Kong culture and Cantopop. One of his signature song "Iron Towers that Reach the Skies" （鐵塔凌雲）relessed in 1972 describes a longing for home (Hong Kong) in foreign countries. His other songs like "The Private Eyes" （半斤八兩）also accurately described grassroot lives in Hong Kong in the 1970s.
Hui's contribution to Hong Kong culture and Cantonese pop music precisely reminds people of the need to propagate and develop local culture.
Source: Ming Pao #Apr16
#HongKongCulture #Cantopop #SamHui
On Sunday #Apr12, Sam Hui, a pioneer in Cantopop, organised an online concert to raise money for former employees of Tom Lee Music's service department, which had been disbanded since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This concert has raised criticism in society as Chief Executive Carrie Lam posted a photo of her watching the concert with her officials during a government meeting. This caused some voices in the society to call for a boycott on the online concert.
Despite the negative response brought about by Carrie Lam, Sam Hui's live-stream concern had attracted over 160 thousand people near the end of the event. After saying, "let others say whatever they like", a lyric from a popular song performed by Leslie Cheung and Hui titled "Silence Is Golden" （沉默是金）, the concert ended with Hui waving his hand and leaving the venue.
Sam Hui is highly regarded as an icon of Hong Kong culture and Cantopop. One of his signature song "Iron Towers that Reach the Skies" （鐵塔凌雲）relessed in 1972 describes a longing for home (Hong Kong) in foreign countries. His other songs like "The Private Eyes" （半斤八兩）also accurately described grassroot lives in Hong Kong in the 1970s.
Hui's contribution to Hong Kong culture and Cantonese pop music precisely reminds people of the need to propagate and develop local culture.
Source: Ming Pao #Apr16
#HongKongCulture #Cantopop #SamHui
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