In the time when Wong Jum-sum grew up, Cantonese pop music was but one of many kinds of music broadcast on radio. In a society where over 80% of the population spoke Cantonese, that came as a major surprise. Wong has a simple explanation for this. Cantonese pop grew out of traditional Cantonese music, but it could not build on the popularity of the latter in the face of severe competition. Compared to Western or Mandarin pop, it lagged behind in the areas of composition, lyrics, singing, accompaniment, recording, distribution, and marketing. Its competitors had a head start in talents, organization, and technology that took Cantonese pop more than a decade to come close.
Not everyone agrees with Wong’s diagnosis. Other scholars argue Canto pop, even in such early days, had a unique vibrancy that came from a healthy disregard of the boundaries among different traditions and genres, be they local or foreign. Early Canto pop laid a solid foundation for modern Canto pop, which went on to dominate not only Hong Kong but most Chinese communities around the world.
The story of Cantonese pop awaits careful re-writing.
作曲：Irving Burgie
作詞：胡文森
主唱：鄭碧影、鄭君綿
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拮一拮拮得有郁身郁勢
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拮幾拮拮得西身西勢
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西幾西西甩呢一身蟻
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心急急急得擺手擺勢
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詐詐諦諦
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詐詐諦諦
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放的蟻落我地個身上面呢吓
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褲都甩
架丟清今晚認真倒米
唉唷唉唷
西不甩點西都一身蟻
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西不甩點西都一身蟻
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我當跳舞新法夠曬架勢
個個讚我好野你咪當曳噃
失禮 失禮
