From: ycbcheng@descartes.waterloo.edu
Subject: Re: HK singers
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 03:45:37 GMT

> >
> >  If you are asked to divide HK singers into different catagories,
> >how would you divide them and who will you put in each catagory ?
> >
> >Idol type:
> >
> >   1) Andy Lau
> 
> 	I foresee Andy will graduaull migrate from Idol type to good
> singing still type. I can see the potential in him. 
> 
> >   2) Leon Lai
> >   3) Kwok Fu Shing
> >
> >Talent in composing, arranging:
> >
> >   1) Anthony Lun
> >      eg: "Man behind the piano", "heart is still cold",...
> 
> 	He definitely is one of the tops in this catagry
> 
> >   2) Lowell Lo ( Lo Kwun Ting )
> >      eg: "Going with you", "Sky bird", "The lost heart",...
> >   3) Ah Lam ( George Lam )
> >      eg: "who can understand me", "moment","the unforgetable you"-
> >          in his latest album ,...
> 
> 	George is the other top 'creative' singer.
> 
> >   4) Danny Chan
> >      eg: "wait","Lin Yee","the footprint on the beach",...
> 
> 	I don't think he is great despite the good songs he's composed.
> They're in fact really simple, but good, melodies. I belive anyone
> who's taken some kind of musical training can compose his kind of
> songs. (I discovered that about 10 years ago.)
> 
> >   5) Law Tai Yau ( who composed Queen's Road East )
> >   6) Beyond
> >   7) Tai Chi
> >   8) Chris Wong ( Wong Hoi Ken )
         ^^^^^^^^^^
	This guy sounds like "pig".
> >   9) Sam Hui
> >   10) Kenny Bee
> >   11) Tat Ming
> >   12) Fundamental
> >
> >Great singing skill:
> >
      1) Tsui Siu Fung - AWESOME!
      2) Roman Tam - EXCELLENT!
      3) Wan Kong - PRETTY GOOD!
> >   1) Ah Lam (remark: I think he is the best in HK. He can simply sing
> >      any keys )
> >   2) Alan Tam
> >   3) Shally Yeh (sp? that is Yip sin Man)
> >   4) Lam Yik Lin
> >   5) Anita Mui
> >   6) Lui Fong
> >   7) Tsai Siu Fung 
> >   8) Jackie Cheung
> >   9) Lee Huk Ken 
> 
> 	Totally agree!  In my opinion, a good singer has ability to
> sing .. oops... to perform, shall I say, both slow and fast songs.
> Ah Lam is the one who can do both excellently, and so can today's
> Sandy Lam. (And let's not forget Anita Mui). Their live performances
> can be really enjoyable.
> 
> 	I'd also like to add Roman Tam to this group. He is really an
> excellent performer! Although he is not at all popular, I would be
> willing to pay $80 to his concert in a standard concert hall than
> paying the same amount to Andy Lau's "SkyDome extravaganza".
> 
> 
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