It was a very low-level mistake, and it should not have happened at all.

by anonymous on 2012-02-08 22:10:46

This kind of laughable metaphor is a very basic mistake, and should not appear in the 46th album of a singer who has released so many quality albums in the past. Because for a complete album, there will be many producers who repeatedly study which line is sung the best each time during recording, carefully compare the fit between lyrics and melody to continuously improve, and have numerous planning meetings to refine the selection of songs, their interpretation, and the overall concept of the album over and over again. But these things that should be done seriously, I cannot feel at all in this album. I can understand that you want to emulate Chen Sheng in "Jumu", and I can also understand your dream of releasing an English song realized in "Muffin Man". However, the shoddy production level and fragmented feeling of the entire album proves that this album was just something you hastily sang a couple of times in the gaps between constantly giving interviews, promoting Orangina, holding scaled-down concerts, and acting in various poorly made films of different sizes before being recorded into such an answer-less "?". If my ears could turn red, this was once you, Eason Chan. You once confirmed your unshakable position in my heart with so many songs that kept me sleepless and restless through countless nights, and I could completely regard "?" as one of your casual game-like works. But having listened to your songs for more than ten years, watching you build a family, marry, and have a daughter, I have also transformed from a sophomore in junior high school into a man who has been working for many years. Neither of us are young anymore. You won't be able to sing for many more years, and it's also very possible that one day I will no longer listen to Cantonese songs. Can we, within the limited time we have left, create some more meaningful songs to keep giving listeners something to look forward to? Perhaps, that will ultimately remain just a desire, a past disappointment.