I may not be a HK local, but I love Cantopop. I’m very fortunate to be able to listen to songs made by Joseph Koo listen to singers such as Anita, Leslie, Faye，Danny, Jacky, Leon, Eason, Terrence.. the list goes on. Wishing Cantopop may continue to thrive and prosper✌️
Not sure Cantopop can return back to its peak. I find myself liking many songs that were before my time. A lot of the “newer stuff” post 2005-2010 just don’t hit the same way
¡ Totally ! The Canto-Pop of yesteryear was truly phenomenal; especially that of the 1980's and 1990's, rivaling and in some cases surpassing western pop of the same era.
What is interesting is Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, and Sally Yeh, they all came out to the singing scene around the same time during the 1980s and they are about the same age. However, Anita Mui had the highest fame that the other singers I mentioned could not compete with during the 1980s. They were pretty famous already, but they did not reach the same fame that Anita Mui had in the 1980s and Anita Mui was the youngest singer back then to have such fame since Jenny Tseng, Roman Tam, Leslie Cheung, Danny Chan, Alan Tam, Sam Hui, Paula Tsui were also the top stars, but older than Anita Mui by 5 - 10 years, but once the 1990s came, then Jacky Cheung, Sally Yeh and Andy Lau were able to catch that same fame that Anita Mui had, but at a later age. I could be wrong, but I think when Anita Mui and the other singers limited their singing spotlights to focus on other projects, it gave Sally, Jacky, and Andy the chance to take the level fame.
Old Cantopop reminds me of my childhood with my family, mostly when riding in the car and hearing all these songs. Despite the changing tastes in music it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Was lucky to be growing up during the golden age of Cantopop. Not just a fan of the singers but also the composers and the lyricists, whom i regard as the modern day poets. Cantopop is about the lyrics as much as the music. I do hope to see a resurgence of Cantopop because it's a huge part of our Cantonese culture.
cantopop is just not music, but it has a deeper meaning. it's true that lyrics played a really important role in cantopop. it also usually has a theme, like a story. it's way deeper than just music. as much as i admit the singers of the earlier eras are better, but i have my hopes that the new ones now can still improve. there's no point comparing the old with the new, or vice versa. the new ones are undoubtedly working hard to improve and be able to deliver. because i love cantopop, i am willing to give them a chance 😊those in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are almost impossible to beat. so no point in doing so. they will be forever icons, the younger generations' 學習對象. as long as their passion is there, their perseverance is there, give them a break (just my 2 cents ☺) cantopop will never die as long as there are people who listen to them. people is what makes the music alive.❤
Who can forget the 'Four Heavenly Kings' during the early 90s, alongside iconic female vocalists such as Sandy Lam, and groups like Grasshoppers and Beyond!
My all time fave was shirley kwan! The 80s and 90s were the best. I have a lot of favorites but after the early 2000s i stopped (not completely) listening to chinese music. But i still listen to the "classics."
2:42 This prioritization of lyrics over the music of a song after the HK recording industry stopped licensing the melodies of Japanese and English songs is why Cantopop is basically dead for anyone living outside Hong Kong. I mean, if you took out the singing and just listened to the instrumental of every recent original Cantonese songs, they all share the same indistinct plodding maudlin ballad melody. You literally cannot tell these songs apart if you don't understand the lyrics. Modern Canotpop stopped being songs and became spoken poetry over bland background music. It's hard for outsiders to appreciate if they don't understand the lyrics, which are in Standard Written Chinese pronounced in Cantonese, which is vastly different from spoken Cantonese.
Sad thing is that, everyone knows that it's impossible to see a golden age of Cantopop that existed in the 80s to 90s anymore. Best that the genre can do is maybe see a local resurgence. Globally in the 21st century? Certainly not.
So can we add that there is gritty competition between the 'main' different 'pops' of East Asia? J -pop, K -pop and C-pop ( including Cantopop*)? *And that cantopop preceded K-pop by decades or was it the case that that the different music industries of the region were learning and bouncing trends off each other? Can we have a similar report on this? The debate and 'rivalry' would be so interesting to watch. I don't listen to any of the mentioned 'pop' music, but I have been an avid kdrama fan for 4 years, and have now 'got into' cdramas, and find the similarities and differences between the cultures of East Asia fascinating...so similar and so different at the same time (And I discovered Kdramas while living Japan for 6 months 😂) And I just realized that Cantopop can mean ' I sing pop' in Spanish ( Canto pop)😂😂😂.
I used to listen to Beyond, as they were basically the first "Rock" group in Hong Kong where Pop music was popular at the time and Beyond was pretty new with their rock ballads.
Not to undermine Leslie Cheung or Anita ( they are legends), but many Cantopop hits are copied from the West and Japan. Only Beyond wrote their own songs. In terms of music producer, Joseph Koo is the godfather producing 80 to 90 percent of Hk hit.
I listen to RUclipsr share their view.. there many interesting story behind the screen .. and there so many resources and training given to the upcoming artists.. it's not easy ~ you must shine even you work independently.
I saw that yesterday. Some interesting intakes on that. Didn't know first piece of Canto music existed in the 1930s. We do hope that it's goes global like it's slightly getting better. I think it comes to whether in future if we want to carry on with being canto as an identity as a whole and give permission to take up space or play with music to reach to a wider audience. The question I ask that I see like Indians or Koreans are proud who they are like wearing their costumes or speaking their language loud and proud. Whereas Chinese I don't see many of that happening.
@@Andyeepy thats how i very close with my uncle friends group mostly in 50 and 60 plus i am the youngest of the bunch at 38 but classic cantopop links us all hahahaha
Thanks to the ViuTV show "The Kingmaker" for the resurgence of Cantopop for the younger generation! The program produced most of the top singers / idols in this era.
Cantopop didn’t fall, other Asian pop rose. For decades, local Hong Kong music rested on idol creation and other low-hanging fruit rather than mesmerising music or elaborate dance moves. But that doesn’t mean Cantopop cannot have a return to prominence, and the formation of hot groups like Mirror are the first steps toward such a new wave. I’m hopeful that the new wave of Cantopop will carry Hong Kongers out of the general malaise of the past few years.
The Cantonese pop truly losts its style ever sine there are more and more korean elements getting into songs. I understand that korean pop is great and I like them partly but Cantonese pop should have its presence and styles. The past 1970s to 1990s were the peak of Canton pop because they were all beautifully written and performed. Meaningful lyrics and astounding voices made it inexorically and perennially great. Hope there are more and more amazing songs coming out in the future.
@@juliana4653 Actually, because of the flourish of HK entertainment during those period, they actually more on producing stars and celebrities instead of real artist. Quite a number of their songs actually adaption of others artist from Japan,western, Korean and even Thai....Most also just hired others to wrote those song, only a few of them wrote their own songs. On the other hand, mainland Chinese artist during this period actually has more musicality, but they didn't has the chance to be promote as stars and most of them only locally known.
@@TheExtraterrestrial99 This means that Hong Kong's entertainment industry is experiencing a setback. I don't like mainland Chinese artists. What I like most is Cantonese songs. Did the senior Hong Kong artists not do something To revive the Cantonese song that had gone global? It's a shame if it's not done soon
@@juliana4653 Even those old HK singers, when they release new songs, it also hard to get big like their old one used to. The competition nowadays is just huge, while in the old time, they kind of monopoly the industry in Asia..
We appreciate that cantopop music because we can know more history of the past decade. Also, we learn important messages from this music. We will support SCMP's editor to publish this series.
I doubt that...new generation of Cantopop will gonna be very heavily bubblegummy like Taiwanese pop and if course, K-pop-influenced😂 whereas Cantopop back then in the 80s and 90s were novel, raw, very British and Japanese-Rock influenced😅
@@bstaznkid4lyfe392 O M G. I I haven't enjoyed cantopop in a long time. I am from the 80s generation. The last cantopop singer I enjoyed was Jacky Cheung. Thanks for your information
The new generation grew up in the wrong era. And it is not only Hk. Japan, British, America has the same problem. After the 2000's, the music industry has been going downhill.
Canto-pop were popular only among mainly cantonese speakers or people who watched cantonese dramas. However as cantonese drama fell in their popularity, so do the songs. You can't say it's global because even if you consider just east asian region, the japanese and the koreans don't tune in. Even in mainland china, not a majority are into canto-pop.
You're right. I'm a Vietnamese-Canadian who listens to Canto-pop and you're 100% correct in saying that it's due to Cantonese dramas. Most of my favourite canto-pop songs are from the dramas. It wasn't truly global, that's an exaggeration. Hong Kong cinema though is recognized worldwide.
Canto pop then was really fantastic. But are there new stars now? Just like Theresa Teng, any replacement? Never think about the greatness of days gone, but think of now and tomorrow how to make things even better.
Is it true Cantonese songs are listened all throughout Asia? I thought it's only popular with Cantonese speaking people. I doubt Koreans or Japanese people like it.
Some older generations of Korean and Japanese were into it. Like my parents and grandparents. There was a wave where many were into canto pop and learned Cantonese (that’s what I heard)
@@JamesJiansen yes they are definitely harder to find these days. But my Korean friends’ mom and aunties know more about golden era cantopop than me lol. A lot of them were into Leslie
Just like how K pop is ruling all of Asia, Hong Kong pop music was in that same level for all of Asia during the 1980s. But by the 1990s, it started to slow down and Japanese pop culture was gaining traction then, but by the 2000s and especially since the 2010s, K pop began to take over as the trendy pop culture of Asia.
Give me a break. The government treated HK musicians so poorly (no subsidaries) for 2+ years during the pandemic that most struggled to survive, went into massive debt or left the city never to return. Only the few on lucrative label contracts were able to get through it without having to switch careers. The talent pool here (especially live venue giggers & session musicians) realized how poor the gov supported local artists and got the heck outta here.
…. Hello … Sammi Cheng…. To jump from the four heavenly kings … to the new era… there are a lot you are missing there… I wish you do more research… and cantopop still exists and narrowing it down to a 10 min video … sigh
New label "Made in Hong Kong". Who else, EMPEROR label, UFO label and waiting for Bill Kong to organise a label. Concerts, Streaming, Jams in Entertainment Malls . Get going, chop chop. Happy Summer Solcites Festival, Dragon 🐉 Boat festival. 😂
廣東人聽廣東話歌曲！沒有說廣東的香港人就沒有廣東地道歌曲！香港歌星所謂世界巡迴演唱都是去各國唐人街因為有人說廣東話？Cantonese listening Cantonese songs ! No speaking Cantonese Hong Konger must no Cantonese songs ! Hong Kong singers always claimed World Tour performance it meant going to every country China Town because of there has Cantonese speaking people ?
Is it appropriate to use Keung To and Anson Lo as part of the cover? As they have not had their own album, their stage performance are also worse than Anita Mun, Leslie Cheung and Sam Hui. Especially for the case of Keung Lo, his fans always appreciate with his kindness and filial piety, not his singing and dancing skills.
Mainland China? I'm from Singapore and Cantopop, Taiwanese and our our local artistes were very popular and big over here back in the 70s to early 2000s. Tbh even today, I can't think of any mainland China's singers or listen to mainland China's music. Most of mainland China's singing shows sing traditional C-Pop music from HK, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore anyways.
@@cw8that might have been true a few decades ago when China started opening up and didn't have their own pop songs. If you haven't been paying attention, things have changed greatly in the last 20 years with their own talented singers. Even western RUclipsrs rave about Hua Chenyu, Zhou Shen, Ayunga, Zhang Liying.
@@mykrt8541 Within Mainland China? It's still a farcry from Cantopop and Mandopop at its height where almost the entirety of Asia listened to the music. Even in countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan. Our small little country managed to produce stars that are known in Asia as well, Stephanie Sun, JJ Lin, Kit Chan etc. Modern times, K-Pop has taken over the music scene tbh. I've not known any school kid or Gen-Z who doesn't listen to K-pop these days.
in a world and time where everything is so terrible and mediocre, from movies to video games to music......people have to look to the past for any semblance of meaning or inspiration.
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I may not be a HK local, but I love Cantopop. I’m very fortunate to be able to listen to songs made by Joseph Koo listen to singers such as Anita, Leslie, Faye，Danny, Jacky, Leon, Eason, Terrence.. the list goes on.
Wishing Cantopop may continue to thrive and prosper✌️
LMF was the leader in breaking cantopop away from the formulaic big label system haha
hong kong entertainment had its golden time back in 80s ,90s and early 2000..
really want hong kong industry to do a come back
Not when it has to censor itself to please the CCP.
Hong kong Entertainment died when the hkers gave up in their own genre.
After finally visiting Hong Kong in 38 years i realize the landscape is pretty much the same as i seen in movies in 1985 haha
Not sure Cantopop can return back to its peak. I find myself liking many songs that were before my time. A lot of the “newer stuff” post 2005-2010 just don’t hit the same way
President Xi can’t understand Cantonese.
Maybe just a bit after 2005. But the stuff right now definitely don't hit the same way.
Ever since Joey Yung debuted I quit listening to Cantopop. That was garbage.
meh i moved away from it because every song was a slow love ballad and sounded the same
¡ Totally ! The Canto-Pop of yesteryear was truly phenomenal; especially that of the 1980's and 1990's, rivaling and in some cases surpassing western pop of the same era.
What is interesting is Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, and Sally Yeh, they all came out to the singing scene around the same time during the 1980s and they are about the same age. However, Anita Mui had the highest fame that the other singers I mentioned could not compete with during the 1980s. They were pretty famous already, but they did not reach the same fame that Anita Mui had in the 1980s and Anita Mui was the youngest singer back then to have such fame since Jenny Tseng, Roman Tam, Leslie Cheung, Danny Chan, Alan Tam, Sam Hui, Paula Tsui were also the top stars, but older than Anita Mui by 5 - 10 years, but once the 1990s came, then Jacky Cheung, Sally Yeh and Andy Lau were able to catch that same fame that Anita Mui had, but at a later age. I could be wrong, but I think when Anita Mui and the other singers limited their singing spotlights to focus on other projects, it gave Sally, Jacky, and Andy the chance to take the level fame.
Old Cantopop reminds me of my childhood with my family, mostly when riding in the car and hearing all these songs. Despite the changing tastes in music it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Was lucky to be growing up during the golden age of Cantopop. Not just a fan of the singers but also the composers and the lyricists, whom i regard as the modern day poets. Cantopop is about the lyrics as much as the music. I do hope to see a resurgence of Cantopop because it's a huge part of our Cantonese culture.
Forever miss 1980s and 1990s Hong Kong pop culture.
I love andy lau, leslie cheung, Jacky cheung, sam hui, beyond and many more. These were before my time. Make a come back Canto!
cantopop is just not music, but it has a deeper meaning. it's true that lyrics played a really important role in cantopop. it also usually has a theme, like a story. it's way deeper than just music.
as much as i admit the singers of the earlier eras are better, but i have my hopes that the new ones now can still improve. there's no point comparing the old with the new, or vice versa. the new ones are undoubtedly working hard to improve and be able to deliver. because i love cantopop, i am willing to give them a chance 😊those in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are almost impossible to beat. so no point in doing so. they will be forever icons, the younger generations' 學習對象. as long as their passion is there, their perseverance is there, give them a break (just my 2 cents ☺)
cantopop will never die as long as there are people who listen to them. people is what makes the music alive.❤
Who can forget the 'Four Heavenly Kings' during the early 90s, alongside iconic female vocalists such as Sandy Lam, and groups like Grasshoppers and Beyond!
As young Cantonese, I still love current new Cantopop
As a 80s old gentlemen i only know Anson Lo from MIRROR labels lol
@@szewei85 ding...I'm also 80s lol not old lah
@@minyoongistan5852 haha
I grow up with 80s cantopop. thank you for this content.
Beyond is my fav canto-pop group band
My all time fave was shirley kwan! The 80s and 90s were the best. I have a lot of favorites but after the early 2000s i stopped (not completely) listening to chinese music. But i still listen to the "classics."
Many legends and epic hits in the past, but cannot see any shiny new star on the horizon, I think the best days are gone.
I agree to some extent but anything is possible so you never know. It will be hard to go back to the best days but not impossible.
2:42 This prioritization of lyrics over the music of a song after the HK recording industry stopped licensing the melodies of Japanese and English songs is why Cantopop is basically dead for anyone living outside Hong Kong. I mean, if you took out the singing and just listened to the instrumental of every recent original Cantonese songs, they all share the same indistinct plodding maudlin ballad melody. You literally cannot tell these songs apart if you don't understand the lyrics. Modern Canotpop stopped being songs and became spoken poetry over bland background music. It's hard for outsiders to appreciate if they don't understand the lyrics, which are in Standard Written Chinese pronounced in Cantonese, which is vastly different from spoken Cantonese.
Sad thing is that, everyone knows that it's impossible to see a golden age of Cantopop that existed in the 80s to 90s anymore. Best that the genre can do is maybe see a local resurgence. Globally in the 21st century? Certainly not.
If not CantoPop, no other country or language can!
I said Cpop really died after Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui left us in 2003 haha
@@szewei85i agree, this generation of Cantopop/Chinese song does not hit the same anymore compared to the 1970s to 1990s.
@@Andyeepy haha yeah 4 me i only deep with 90s and late 80s early and mid 80s i am not in the world yet hahahaha
@@szewei85 hahah, would rather not explore the current generation Cantopop music. I’ll just stick to the oldies 😇😇
Cantonese .... pleasant and soothing and meaningful ‼️‼️
.... never dies 💫💫💥💥💫💫💥💥
精彩的粵語流行音樂再度崛起！音樂如此經典，讓人回味無窮。感謝您分享這個珍貴時刻。
我比較鍾意聽香港70年同埋80年歌 ！
這個影片真是太棒了！「粤語流行音樂」的回歸，讓我們再次陶醉於動聽的旋律和歌詞。感謝分享！
Mirror is the one made me listen to cantopop again after a time of disconnection with hk culture due to the sadness from 2019
I loved this video. Amazing work.
I listened to canto-pop songs again because of Mirror
So can we add that there is gritty competition between the 'main' different 'pops' of East Asia?
J -pop, K -pop and C-pop ( including Cantopop*)?
*And that cantopop preceded K-pop by decades or was it the case that that the different music industries of the region were learning and bouncing trends off each other?
Can we have a similar report on this? The debate and 'rivalry' would be so interesting to watch.
I don't listen to any of the mentioned 'pop' music, but I have been an avid kdrama fan for 4 years, and have now 'got into' cdramas, and find the similarities and differences between the cultures of East Asia fascinating...so similar and so different at the same time
(And I discovered Kdramas while living Japan for 6 months 😂)
And I just realized that Cantopop can mean ' I sing pop' in Spanish ( Canto pop)😂😂😂.
I would love to listen to a playlist that contained all the songs mentioned here
I used to listen to Beyond, as they were basically the first "Rock" group in Hong Kong where Pop music was popular at the time and Beyond was pretty new with their rock ballads.
And the last too haha RiP Peter Wong Ka-kui
Not to undermine Leslie Cheung or Anita ( they are legends), but many Cantopop hits are copied from the West and Japan. Only Beyond wrote their own songs. In terms of music producer, Joseph Koo is the godfather producing 80 to 90 percent of Hk hit.
這個視頻真是太棒了！粤語流行音樂的再度崛起讓我們感到驕傲和興奮。
I listen to RUclipsr share their view.. there many interesting story behind the screen .. and there so many resources and training given to the upcoming artists.. it's not easy ~ you must shine even you work independently.
@6:28 Mirror's dancing skills couldn't rival Korean bands. They couldn't even rival the dancing aunties at public parks
Only old people still listened to classic cantopop. However, modern cantopop still struggling.
Like me. I mostly like TVB's and ATV's theme songs from the '70s, '80s and early '90s.
@@canuck21ie 等
70s - 2000 the Golden Years
粤語流行：香港獨特音樂風格，征服全球樂迷的心！熱愛音樂的你絕不能錯過這股音浪！🎶🌍
I saw that yesterday. Some interesting intakes on that.
Didn't know first piece of Canto music existed in the 1930s. We do hope that it's goes global like it's slightly getting better.
I think it comes to whether in future if we want to carry on with being canto as an identity as a whole and give permission to take up space or play with music to reach to a wider audience.
The question I ask that I see like Indians or Koreans are proud who they are like wearing their costumes or speaking their language loud and proud. Whereas Chinese I don't see many of that happening.
2001-2010 songs are my go-to. hope they come back with some bangers 💪
80s - 90s here haha
@@szewei85I agree. Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Wangjie, Sam Hui, Andy Lau, Danny chan, Alan Tam and So Many More!!
@@Andyeepy thats how i very close with my uncle friends group mostly in 50 and 60 plus i am the youngest of the bunch at 38 but classic cantopop links us all hahahaha
@@szewei85 You’ll be surprise, I’m 16. I only loved and know the about the 1970s-1990s Cantopop era is because of my dad😂😂
Tat Ming Pair my favorite group.....
Sounds nice. We need more of it
Look up Leslie Cheung
Thanks to the ViuTV show "The Kingmaker" for the resurgence of Cantopop for the younger generation! The program produced most of the top singers / idols in this era.
Alan Tam, Anita Mui & Leslie Cheung is the best
Cantopop didn’t fall, other Asian pop rose.
For decades, local Hong Kong music rested on idol creation and other low-hanging fruit rather than mesmerising music or elaborate dance moves.
But that doesn’t mean Cantopop cannot have a return to prominence, and the formation of hot groups like Mirror are the first steps toward such a new wave.
I’m hopeful that the new wave of Cantopop will carry Hong Kongers out of the general malaise of the past few years.
That's call falling.
The Cantonese pop truly losts its style ever sine there are more and more korean elements getting into songs. I understand that korean pop is great and I like them partly but Cantonese pop should have its presence and styles. The past 1970s to 1990s were the peak of Canton pop because they were all beautifully written and performed. Meaningful lyrics and astounding voices made it inexorically and perennially great. Hope there are more and more amazing songs coming out in the future.
There's only one legend Leslie Cheung 😢
Hong Kong entertainment and especially tv series have lost it from South Korea. I just hope that Hong Kong can deliver again.
"There is no music industry in hong kong only the entertainment industry" Wong Jia Jui Lead Singer of the legendary Band 'Beyond'
How about the earlier generation ? Are they just only entertainer or the pioneer of the Cantopop ?
@@juliana4653 He meant that every musician has to be an idol to get record deals you cant just be an artist its to commercialized.
@@juliana4653 Actually, because of the flourish of HK entertainment during those period, they actually more on producing stars and celebrities instead of real artist. Quite a number of their songs actually adaption of others artist from Japan,western, Korean and even Thai....Most also just hired others to wrote those song, only a few of them wrote their own songs.
On the other hand, mainland Chinese artist during this period actually has more musicality, but they didn't has the chance to be promote as stars and most of them only locally known.
@@TheExtraterrestrial99 This means that Hong Kong's entertainment industry is experiencing a setback. I don't like mainland Chinese artists. What I like most is Cantonese songs. Did the senior Hong Kong artists not do something To revive the Cantonese song that had gone global? It's a shame if it's not done soon
@@juliana4653 Even those old HK singers, when they release new songs, it also hard to get big like their old one used to. The competition nowadays is just huge, while in the old time, they kind of monopoly the industry in Asia..
I remember my time was cantopop 1st, then jpop, then taiwanese songs and now is kpop. Don't know which music industry will come next!
We appreciate that cantopop music because we can know more history of the past decade. Also, we learn important messages from this music.
We will support SCMP's editor to publish this series.
I've only listened to w.e my parents played on their cassets/vinyls/dvds when i was growing up
Cantopop is still hot its relevant to our growing up happy,sad and fun
We should embrace the new generation of canto-pop.
Can never beat the 90’s… never ❤
Glad that MC Cheung got featured in this video! He's SO talented!
I hope the new generation of Cantopop will created a new wave and survive Cantonese Song. Go..go..go..❤
I doubt it..Even the newer HK drama and movie are lacking..Most Hong Kongers are into Kpop..Woot woot!
I doubt that...new generation of Cantopop will gonna be very heavily bubblegummy like Taiwanese pop and if course, K-pop-influenced😂 whereas Cantopop back then in the 80s and 90s were novel, raw, very British and Japanese-Rock influenced😅
@@bstaznkid4lyfe392 O M G. I I haven't enjoyed cantopop in a long time. I am from the 80s generation. The last cantopop singer I enjoyed was Jacky Cheung. Thanks for your information
@@bstaznkid4lyfe392 No one cares about K-pop. K-pop is wokenists
No big hits for years, seems to be living on the past.
No freedom music in Hong Kong anymore
And Danny Chan (陳百强)
The new generation grew up in the wrong era. And it is not only Hk. Japan, British, America has the same problem. After the 2000's, the music industry has been going downhill.
The Beyond was the real musician from HongKong!
This video is bias. There is no other top singer like alan tam. Hacken lee
Tell me, what are some names of artists in cantopop’s resurgence?
Kenny bee
精彩的粤语流行音乐再度崛起，让我感到兴奋！这个视频真是太棒了！
Canto-pop were popular only among mainly cantonese speakers or people who watched cantonese dramas. However as cantonese drama fell in their popularity, so do the songs. You can't say it's global because even if you consider just east asian region, the japanese and the koreans don't tune in. Even in mainland china, not a majority are into canto-pop.
Yes, I totally agree with your opinion
You're right. I'm a Vietnamese-Canadian who listens to Canto-pop and you're 100% correct in saying that it's due to Cantonese dramas. Most of my favourite canto-pop songs are from the dramas. It wasn't truly global, that's an exaggeration. Hong Kong cinema though is recognized worldwide.
other chinese diaspora exists outside of the standard 3 east asian countries
@@eHannahMontana When people say global, it usually means other regions and other people, not just A diaspora.
I think they meant to all the overseas chinese that emigrated to all 4 corners of the globe just like the cantonese dramas from hong kong
Canto pop then was really fantastic. But are there new stars now? Just like Theresa Teng, any replacement? Never think about the greatness of days gone, but think of now and tomorrow how to make things even better.
HK lacks of band since Beyond & TaiChi disbanded. It's a real waste to the music scene.
I totally agree. Totally wasted. There should've been more bands.
If newer is represented by Mirror. Holy cow. Canto pop is in trouble
Haha Anson Lo is the leading wannabe😂🤣
It is either ignorance or stupidity to talk about mirror with those classic HK superstars. Mirror is is far from that classic level.
They are so cheesy, there would not be any "fan ban" vcd cd sold in the streets.
The whole album of young and dangerous!
as muchas i like cantopop, its just global. it's more about Asia.
Nowadays artists always learned from k-pop which cantopop fans would never take
Is it true Cantonese songs are listened all throughout Asia? I thought it's only popular with Cantonese speaking people. I doubt Koreans or Japanese people like it.
Some older generations of Korean and Japanese were into it. Like my parents and grandparents. There was a wave where many were into canto pop and learned Cantonese (that’s what I heard)
@@CP4Z167 Interesting. I've never met a non Chinese who likes cantopop. It's just not very marketable outside its own community.
@@JamesJiansen yes they are definitely harder to find these days. But my Korean friends’ mom and aunties know more about golden era cantopop than me lol. A lot of them were into Leslie
Just like how K pop is ruling all of Asia, Hong Kong pop music was in that same level for all of Asia during the 1980s. But by the 1990s, it started to slow down and Japanese pop culture was gaining traction then, but by the 2000s and especially since the 2010s, K pop began to take over as the trendy pop culture of Asia.
maybe No one will like Chinese songs. because Chinese language sounds ridiculous.
CANTO POP WILL NEVER BE THE SAME :(
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Alan Tam was the most popular/prolific CantoPop singer in the 80's and early 90's. How come there is no mention of him?
I only knew his song midnight rider from the Jackie Chan movie lol and j think another one peng you or sth
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These are just some of his number-one songs.
Because this channel is yellow.
Yes, why no Alan Tam here?
Why no Alex To too... 😢
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粤語流行：香港的音樂流派走向全球，音樂愛好者必聽之選。
Give me a break. The government treated HK musicians so poorly (no subsidaries) for 2+ years during the pandemic that most struggled to survive, went into massive debt or left the city never to return. Only the few on lucrative label contracts were able to get through it without having to switch careers. The talent pool here (especially live venue giggers & session musicians) realized how poor the gov supported local artists and got the heck outta here.
Todays cantopop is garbage
Government need to do more to bring HK entertainment glory back !
Many people in this world are copying the H♥ng K♥ng Movie and Music Industries like mad! ^^^^ But they fail nastily...
it has ended
Kenny bee is still around
…. Hello … Sammi Cheng….
To jump from the four heavenly kings … to the new era… there are a lot you are missing there… I wish you do more research… and cantopop still exists and narrowing it down to a 10 min video … sigh
GRASSHOPPERS FOREVER!
Mirror? Never heard of them
Haha cos u only watched Tvb
I prefer the name of Hong Kong pop and Macau pop because there is a difference between Cantonese in the SAR and wider Guangdong
精彩的粤语流行音乐复兴！一种音乐传奇的重生。
kanto or canto is corner in the Philippines
精彩的粤语流行音乐复兴！这是香港文化的重要一部分，让我们一起欣赏吧！
Canto pop has constantans that mandarin doesn't
We are in the era of Korean pop songs. I do hope cantopop groups like Mirror can make international headways
New label "Made in Hong Kong".
Who else, EMPEROR label, UFO label and waiting for Bill Kong to organise a label.
Concerts, Streaming, Jams in Entertainment Malls .
Get going, chop chop.
Happy Summer Solcites Festival, Dragon 🐉 Boat festival.
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I think the cantopop industry is out to make a quick buck at the moment and not actually looking for pure talent.
I guess 1 or 2 cantopop songs I like but... the others, I can't really relate to their lyrics
I should just make album. I have no time. I mostly make edm. No money in it. You need television and movie licensing.
廣東人聽廣東話歌曲！沒有說廣東的香港人就沒有廣東地道歌曲！香港歌星所謂世界巡迴演唱都是去各國唐人街因為有人說廣東話？Cantonese listening Cantonese songs ! No speaking Cantonese Hong Konger must no Cantonese songs ! Hong Kong singers always claimed World Tour performance it meant going to every country China Town because of there has Cantonese speaking people ?
It definitely will not be back with the likes of mirror 😂
None have the charisma or star power of the stars from the old days. GEM might be an exception.
Is it appropriate to use Keung To and Anson Lo as part of the cover? As they have not had their own album, their stage performance are also worse than Anita Mun, Leslie Cheung and Sam Hui. Especially for the case of Keung Lo, his fans always appreciate with his kindness and filial piety, not his singing and dancing skills.
1997s return of Hk to China killed cantopop as everyone turned to mandarin.
free hk
Canto was popular because there were no compettion from mainland China.
Mainland China? I'm from Singapore and Cantopop, Taiwanese and our our local artistes were very popular and big over here back in the 70s to early 2000s. Tbh even today, I can't think of any mainland China's singers or listen to mainland China's music. Most of mainland China's singing shows sing traditional C-Pop music from HK, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore anyways.
@@cw8that might have been true a few decades ago when China started opening up and didn't have their own pop songs. If you haven't been paying attention, things have changed greatly in the last 20 years with their own talented singers. Even western RUclipsrs rave about Hua Chenyu, Zhou Shen, Ayunga, Zhang Liying.
@@mykrt8541 Within Mainland China? It's still a farcry from Cantopop and Mandopop at its height where almost the entirety of Asia listened to the music. Even in countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and Japan. Our small little country managed to produce stars that are known in Asia as well, Stephanie Sun, JJ Lin, Kit Chan etc.
Modern times, K-Pop has taken over the music scene tbh. I've not known any school kid or Gen-Z who doesn't listen to K-pop these days.
in a world and time where everything is so terrible and mediocre, from movies to video games to music......people have to look to the past for any semblance of meaning or inspiration.