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People singing the song at Times Square, Causeway Bay [32] Football fans singing the song during Hong Kong's match against Iran on 10 September 2019 Around 1000 people singing the song "Glory to Hong Kong" in New Town Plaza [32] The song has been sung on numerous occasions by citizens in the public all over the city.
The song is an anthem of Cantonese rock music and one of Beyond's signature songs. [9] It has been adopted for several events in Cantonese-speaking regions, such as the Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and most prominently as the unofficial anthem of the 2014 Hong Kong protests. [10]
By the 1960s, Cantonese music in Hong Kong was still limited largely to traditional Cantonese opera and comic renditions of western music. Tang Kee-chan, Cheng Kuan-min (鄭君綿), and Tam Ping-man (譚炳文) were among the earliest artists releasing Cantonese records. The generation at the time preferred British and American exports.
James Wong Jim (Chinese: 黃霑; Jyutping: wong4 zim1; Cantonese Yale: wòhng jīm; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong.
The Music of Hong Kong is an eclectic mixture of traditional and popular genres. Cantopop is one of the more prominent genres of music produced in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly perform western classical music in the city. There is also a long tradition of Cantonese opera within Hong Kong.
Grasshopper is a Hong Kong Cantopop male group formed in 1985. [1] The band consists of Edmond Chi-wai So (Chinese: 蘇志威 ), Calvin Yat-chi Choy (Chinese: 蔡一智 ), and Remus Yat-tit Choy (Chinese: 蔡一傑 ).
In the 1970s, Cantonese pop songs were starting to gain traction. Different from other Cantonese songs, "Below the Lion Rock" was not meant to be satirizing the society that time. During the 2003 SARS outbreak, the song was often broadcast by the media in Hong Kong, and became regarded as an unofficial anthem of Hong Kong.
"Queen's Road East" (Chinese: 皇后大道東) is a song by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lo Ta-yu, featuring Hong Kong singer Ram Chiang. [2] It was released on 23 January 1991 as the title track of Lo's Cantonese-language compilation album of the same name. [3] [4] The song was composed by Lo and written by Hong Kong lyricist Albert Leung.