"In front of this young man, Hong Kong's pop music creators should feel ashamed!"
The long title carries a strong critical connotation. When this long blog post appeared on a Hong Kong blog, it immediately attracted the attention of many people inside and outside the circle, and they forwarded and commented on it.
Because the blogger who posted the blog post is a well-known music critic on Hong Kong Island’s blog, Nanhai Madman.
No one knows the true identity of Nanhai Madman, it is quite mysterious, but what is certain is that he must be an insider in the Hong Kong pop music scene. He is familiar with the inside story and rules of the circle, and his comments on local singers are very sharp.
What made him famous was his venomous tongue. His criticism of Hong Kong's pop music scene and pop singers was merciless and unceremonious. There were even singers who almost committed suicide after being scolded by him.
Such a character will definitely make countless enemies, so in the special social environment of Xiangjiang, it is natural and necessary to keep his identity mysterious.
But Nanhai Madman's vicious tongue is not the kind of insulting personal attack. He is targeting music-related issues. He is criticizing the bad phenomena in the music world and the professional quality of singers. It can be said that he is on target.
It is precisely because of this that Nanhai Madman has more than 500,000 fans on the Hong Kong blog. Many fans often read his reviews before buying a singer's album. If the reviews are too bad, they will definitely not buy it.
However, if the new album can get a "thumbs up" from South Sea Madman on his blog, it can often drive a lot of sales and attract fans who trust South Sea Madman.
The evaluation criteria of South China Sea Madman are unique. One thumbs up represents recognition and praise, two thumbs up represents full recommendation and cannot be missed, and there is also an admiration star representing the highest honor.
In the more than ten years since he started his blog, he has given out no more than 10 albums to Two Thumbs Up, and the Worship Star has only appeared twice. The sales of the corresponding two albums exceeded one million, making them a smash hit in Hong Kong.
Therefore, many singers and stars in Hong Kong love, hate and fear this madman.
Everyone hopes to see the South China Sea Madman give a thumbs up to their work, but they are afraid that the thumbs up they receive is an upside down one, which represents ruthless contempt and ridicule!
In this blog post, for the first time, Nanhai Madman gave a third star of worship to a person in one song, and used this as a topic to severely criticize the creators of Hong Kong pop music!
This person and this song are none other than Lu Chen, and the "Love in My Life" he sang on vita97!
The blog post reposted the most popular playing and singing video from the [Popular Music] section of the Hong Kong Forum. Nanhai Madman analyzed in detail the wonderful features of this song "The Love of My Life" and considered it to be one of the most outstanding Cantonese works in the past ten years.
, is a masterpiece that can become a classic.
What made him feel heartbroken was that this masterpiece in Cantonese was actually composed by a mainland musician who had just arrived in Hong Kong. He was also a young man who had only made his debut for more than a year and had a non-musical background.
In front of this talented young man, Xiangjiang's pop music creators should feel ashamed, because when the older generation of songwriters retired or passed away, they failed to pass on the essence of their skills and character style, and were eager for quick success, vanity and impetuousness.
Without a true love for music, it is impossible to create good works. Many music creators in Hong Kong are accustomed to "copying". The phenomenon of plagiarism, imitation and following the trend of Europe, America, Japan and South Korea is serious, and they even directly copy popular hits from abroad.
Rewriting lyrics and singing covers seriously stifles the efforts and dreams of those who are serious about originality.
What’s ridiculous is that many people in the industry realize that if this continues, pop music in Hong Kong will sooner or later be doomed, or become a place where copycat music prevails. However, no one is working hard to change all this, and they are just muddle along.
The status of songwriters in the pop music world is getting lower and lower, creating a vicious cycle.
Many new so-called idol singers cannot sing well after leaving the recording studio, and they have to lip-sync during concerts. Various so-called new music styles have become popular, causing chaos in the Hong Kong pop music scene today.
However, in such a bad situation, many people in the industry are still immersed in the glory of the past, nostalgic for the golden age of the 1940s, completely forgetting that more than ten years have passed in the new century.
If you don’t keep up with the times, you will definitely be abandoned by the times!
Lu Chen used this original Cantonese masterpiece "The Love of My Life" to tell everyone about the talent and strength of the new generation of mainland musicians, as well as their attitude towards pop music.
This song is like a slap on the face of those insiders who ridicule and despise mainland pop music, letting them know that there is nothing to be proud of in the current Hong Kong pop music scene.
They should be ashamed and wake up!
This blog post by South Sea Madman is very long, with thousands of words. In addition to praising and praising "The Love of My Life", it also severely criticized the chaos in the Hong Kong music scene and pointed the finger at the creators.
Xiangjiang's entertainment industry is very developed. Decades of prosperity have created a large number of professionals. Although it has declined now, there are still a large number of pop music creators and singer-songwriters.
Hong Kong Island blogs are undoubtedly the most important public opinion base of Hong Kong New Media. Most people in the entertainment industry have their own blogs and fans. Updating and browsing blogs has become one of their daily routines.
The Nanhai madman slapped his face directly. Few people who were stabbed in the painful area were willing to break their teeth and swallow the blood. Naturally, they launched a tit-for-tat counterattack on the blog to refute the former's remarks.
The identity of Nanhai Madman is mysterious, and he is not alone on Hong Kong blogs. He has a large number of supportive fans, and he fights back without showing any signs of weakness in the face of surging counterattacks.
Blog posts and comments from both sides were flowing non-stop, and the firepower of the attacks became more and more fierce. Lu Chen, who was regarded as a powerful weapon by the Nanhai madmen, and "The Love of My Life" undoubtedly received a lot of attention.
All kinds of doubts, belittling, and ridicules continued. Many people still harbored prejudices against the mainland and believed that "The Love of My Life" could not be Lu Chen's original work. He must have plagiarized it from somewhere or copied it.
It's just that no evidence has been found yet.
The flames of war quickly spread from blogs to forums, with a large number of ordinary netizens joining the debate.
So without Lu Chen knowing it, he suddenly became popular and became popular on the Xiangjiang Internet.
At the same time, he was drawn into countless hatred by the crazy people in the South China Sea.
He was shot even though he was lying down!——
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