"In front of this young man, Hong Kong's pop music creators should be ashamed!"
The long title had a strong sense of criticism. When this long blog post appeared on Hong Kong blogs, it immediately attracted the attention of many people inside and outside the circle, who forwarded and commented on it.
Because the blogger who posted the blog post was a very famous music critic on Hong Kong blogs — Madman Nanhai.
No one knew the true identity of Madman Nanhai. He was quite mysterious, but it was certain that he must be an insider of Hong Kong's pop music industry. He was familiar with the inside stories and rules of the industry, and his comments on local singers were very sharp.
What made him famous was his venomous tongue. His attacks on the pop music world and pop singers in Hong Kong were merciless and blunt. Some singers even almost committed suicide because of his scolding.
Such a person must have made countless enemies, so in the special social environment of Hong Kong, it was natural and necessary to keep his identity mysterious.
However, South Sea Madman's venomous tongue was not the kind of insulting personal attacks. He was targeting problems in the music industry, criticizing the unhealthy phenomena in the music industry, as well as the singer's professionalism. It could be said that he had a target in mind.
It was precisely because of this that Madman Nanhai had more than 500,000 fans on Hong Kong blogs. Many fans often read his comments before buying a singer's album. If the comments were too bad, they would definitely not buy it.
However, if the new album could get a "thumbs up" from Madman Nanhai's blog, it would often drive a lot of sales and attract those fans who trusted Madman Nanhai.
Madman Nanhai's evaluation criteria were different. A thumbs up meant recognition and praise, two thumbs up meant full recommendation, and not to be missed, and the worship star represented the highest honor.
In the more than ten years since he opened his blog, no more than ten albums had been given two thumbs up, and the worship star had only appeared twice. The corresponding two albums had sold more than a million copies and were very popular in Hong Kong.
Therefore, many singers and stars in Hong Kong loved, hated, and feared this madman.
Everyone wanted to see Madman Nanhai give a thumbs up to their works, but they were afraid that the thumbs up would be upside down, which represented ruthless contempt and ridicule!
In this blog post, Madman Nanhai gave a third worship star to a person and a song for the first time, and used this as a topic to severely criticize the creators of Hong Kong's pop music!
This person and this song were none other than Lu Chen, who sang "The Love of a Lifetime" at La Dolce Vita 97!
The blog post reposted the most popular video from the "Pop Music" section of the Hong Kong Forum. Nan Hai Madman analyzed the brilliance of "The Love of My Life" in detail and thought that it was one of the best Cantonese songs in the past decade. It was a masterpiece that could become a classic.
What made him feel distressed was that this Cantonese masterpiece was actually written by a mainland musician who had just arrived in Xiangjiang. Furthermore, it was a young man who had only debuted for more than a year and did not have a music professional background.
In front of this talented young man, the pop music creators of Hong Kong should feel ashamed, because when the older generation of songwriters retired or passed away, they could not inherit the essence of the skills and character style of their predecessors. They were vain and impetuous in their eagerness for quick success and instant benefits.
Without a true love for music, it was impossible to create good works. Many music creators in Xiangjiang were used to "bringing things with them". The phenomenon of plagiarizing, imitating, and following the trend of Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea was serious. Some even directly rewrote the lyrics of foreign pop songs, seriously killing the efforts and dreams of those serious original creators.
The funny thing was that many people in the industry realized that if this went on, Hong Kong's pop music would be finished sooner or later, or it would become a place where copycat music prevailed. However, no one tried to change all this. They muddled along, making the status of songwriters increasingly lower in the pop music world, creating a vicious circle.
Many new so-called idol singers could not sing well after leaving the recording studio. They even had to lip-synch at concerts. All kinds of so-called new music styles were popular, causing the current Hong Kong pop music world to be in chaos.
However, in such a bad situation, many people in the industry were still immersed in the glory of the past, indulging in the golden age of the 1980s and 1990s, completely forgetting that more than a decade had passed in the new century.
If they did not keep up with the pace of the times, they would inevitably be abandoned by the times!
And Lu Chen used this original Cantonese masterpiece "The Love of Life" to tell everyone the talent and strength of the new generation of mainland musicians, as well as their attitude towards pop music.
This song was like a slap in the face of those who laughed at and despised mainland pop music, letting them know that there was nothing to be proud of in the current Hong Kong pop music world.
They should be ashamed and wake up!
This blog post of Nanhai Madman was very long, with thousands of words. In addition to praising and praising "The Love of Life", he severely criticized the chaos in the Hong Kong music world and pointed the finger at the creators.
Hong Kong's entertainment industry was very developed. Decades of prosperity had created a large number of professionals. Although it had declined now, there were still a large number of pop music creators and singers.
Hong Kong's blogs were undoubtedly the most important public opinion position of Hong Kong's new media. Most people in the entertainment industry had their own blogs and fans. Updating and browsing blogs had also become one of their daily activities.
Nanhai Madman directly slapped them in the face. Few people who were poked in their sore spot were willing to swallow it. Naturally, they launched a tit-for-tat counterattack on the blog, refuting the former's remarks.
Nanhai Madman's identity was mysterious, but he was not alone on Hong Kong's blogs. He had a large number of fans who supported him. In the face of the fierce counterattack, he did not show weakness and fought back.
Blog posts and comments on both sides kept appearing, and the firepower of the attacks became more and more fierce. Lu Chen, who was used as a powerful weapon by Nanhai Madman, along with "The Love of Life", was undoubtedly targeted by a large number of people.
All kinds of doubts, belittling, and ridiculing continued. Many people still had prejudice against the mainland, thinking that "The Love of Life" could not be Lu Chen's original work, and that he must have plagiarized or copied it from somewhere.
It was just that no evidence had been found for the time being.
This war quickly spread from the blogs to the forums, and a large number of ordinary netizens joined the debate.
Therefore, without Lu Chen even knowing it, he suddenly became popular on the Internet in Hong Kong.
At the same time, he was dragged into a lot of hatred by Nanhai Madman.
Even if he was lying down, he would still be attacked!
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