Ivana Wong, Khalil Fong and Hins Cheung are the only new people that seem to have talent and worth listening to.
Everyone else just seem to blend into mediocrity.
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Ivana Wong, Khalil Fong and Hins Cheung are the only new people that seem to have talent and worth listening to.
Everyone else just seem to blend into mediocrity.
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I don't know about the new artists; never exactly listen to them now. But Janice and Twins deserves an acknowledgement, and there are still some old singers who are still in the business that can sing; Leo Ku, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Sally Yeh etc
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I'm sure most people who consider themselves musicians would argue that music is an art-form for them. Whether we believe them or not is a different story.
A number of artists from HK do come to mind, like:
Emil Chou - wrote some of his own songs
Jacky Cheung - performed in a musical
Beyond - rock band without the drugs and bad attitude
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I say we leave it there...
Yeah, Wong Ka Kui (Huang Jia Ju) was one of the greatest talent to come out of HK in a while. Wonder how his career would have progressed. When he died, Beyond was becoming very popular. KK had vowed to go back to the hardcore rock n' roll sound after they gained mainstream acceptance by being more commercial sounding.
It's just a shame that a great talent had to be the one to go. HK could have done without one of those idols. I won't name any names, but there sure isn't a shortage.
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I agree with warlock. Most asian artists aren't really artists, just idols being churned out of a factory, HK especially. There hasn't many artists with range and dynamic talent especially this side of the century. The only ones I can think of that qualify off the top of my head are Eason Chan, Jacky Cheung, LeeHong from Taiwan and it shows in the variety of genre types they can sing in.
I can't think of any female performers that are on the same level as these guys, but I think maybe that S.H.E girl with the deep voice could do it if she wasn't shaped to be an idol type product but a proper performer instead.
Beyond couldn't sing(not that it's an important requirement in rock music), but they had much more to bring in their musical composing and songwriting talent- that and the fact that they were/are the only rock group in the region. Jay Chow and David Tao also aren't top level singers, but their composing ability can't be argued.
I think after the early nineties, few talented singers were groomed. Instead idol stars were being promoted like crazy. I since stop listening to any new cantonese songs. I only listened to old classics of the 80s and early 90s. There some mandarin songs that are pretty good. It's a shame we now have to be tortured with talentless but cute singers such as Twins, Joey, Jill Vidal, Alex Fong, and etc.
I still couldn't understand what happened that cause a 180 degree turn. I remember singers back in the olden days really have to proof their stuff in order to survive in the business. Now, as long as you're cute and have the connections, that's all it matters.
Now people like the Twins who sing like cats screechings can actually win awards is simply embarassing.
look @ american music.... ppl uttering swear words every second can win award.. its called rap. on top of that, theres people that scream like 10 words and they call that a song... metal. its not that much better... cause for pop its hilary duff and she is pretty bad
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i know this is off topic, but i think he has the dreamiest voice. i just LOVE listening to him sing. I've never watched him in American idol, but i think he did a performance somewhere and i heard his voice and fell in love!
i'm not a big fan of Faye's singing style either, but she sounds quite good live, which is more than i can say for most hong kong singers.
I can't vote. I want a 'some can sing' option.
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
I don't think loud=good. I've never warmed up to Kelly Clarkson's belting. Yes, she can definitely belt, but her voice doesn't sound nice when she belts. I like it more when she sings soft. Voice quality wise, I think Carrie Underwood has a more beautiful voice.
Clay Aiken as a wonderful voice, but he tends to oversings too sometimes.
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
the old faye wong songs were quite good, then she went through this experimental phase which was ... weird, but also ok. she's still heaps better than any of the new people out today.
Btw, I think Don Li is a good singer. He can really sing live (he was a guest in an episode of 'The Unforgettables'). Too bad he's stuck with songs that don't let him display his vocal ability. Bad EEG.
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
still, faye's generic pop songs of the 80's are still miles ahead of the generic HK pop of today. I don't know, some of her weird songs just didn't sound that great, but some were pretty good. She's also had that pitchy voice all along which I didn't really like and the experimental stage just emphasised it more. I liked the music during that phase, just not her voice.
miles ahead? i dont think so...
i like joey yung - i can fly
miriam yeung - big city small problem (something like that)
leo ku - love too late
eason - that song in jade solid gold
etc etc, dont wanna list em all
i agree that faye is better, but not miles ahead... maybe a few inches or feet
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woops i should have said, in general the generic pop songs of the 80's is still miles ahead of the generic pop songs of today.
Wong faye was not the best of the 80's/90's so she shouldn't be compared to the best of today's artists.
joey yung can't sing live for nuts. especially that i can fly song.it's composed well, but not well sung.
Miriam isn't much better live. ps: it's small city big problem
i've already given my opinion on eason that he's among the top of today's singers and I'd class leo close to him but still below.
Also, I was really thinking of the new singers of today. all these good to semidecent came out around 10 years go
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To you it may be just screaming but others may like it. It's just a different artistic expression. Whether it's metal, punk or rap, it's a question of taste. When it comes to talent though, one has to be objective. Like I'm no fan of rap but I can say that Eminem has talent. I'm no fan of heavy metal either but some bands are really good musicians. Can you say the same thing about Hong Kong artists nowadays? What I like about music in the West is that you have all kinds of genre and various degree of talent, much more so then in Asia. Can you name me one Asian artist that is popular and can write his or her own music and lyrics?