〔原創〕 悼霑叔

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黃霑叔走了一年了。2 `* C% E7 P2 J8 H1 m- G8 h* ?

/ ^, b- u) e9 }0 T4 j# v& ?' F- v5 [某天無聊，趁機oraganize我iTunes的目錄，發覺原來自己的Canto Pop taste 根本離不開霑叔和輝哥的影響。我得承認，他們對我的music taste是有深遠的啟蒙。(雖然現在我每次聽Canto Pop都有種被強暴的感覺) 我甚至可以講，霑叔收爐後叫我完全投入John Coltrane and some classical gurus. 今日我慶幸當年作了這個decision.
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# E& X1 F. c  X3 u  p2 I" o9 S當然霑叔也不是完人，某情度上他的感情生活是一個mess. You can say he is happy with Winnie at last, but the regrets have given him too much burden to enjoy the present.' ?# }' M: j7 r, f3 Y
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我不認同霑叔的life philosophy, but I admire his 魄力和遠見。
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九十年代中，當垃圾歌開始污染我們的music industry。其事霑叔可以豁出去，大大聲protest, 搶救我們的耳朵和靈魂。但他選擇prepare 讀Ph.D.，研久一個主流媒體沒有興趣的題目 – 粵曲。: d8 [% q8 C% ^6 C

6 G, x$ ?0 S: B, c- |' |3 V5 pWhat a strange decision at a strange time in this playwright’s life.
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我對 粵曲認識不多，不適合comment on 他的thesis, 但我知霑叔用了自己一生最寶貴的資源  - 他對music嘅passion and knowledge，去做了一生最important的事 – pass on his knowledge to the later generation.
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今日有幾多年輕人知到自己的抱負是什麼？又有幾多人肯為自己目標而吃幾年苦？
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6 n0 ?/ k7 [; k6 A9 W: J# V4 Y成工是一定要付代價的。幸運只是一部車子，if you don’t know how to drive…you do not go anywhere.
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0 F; X+ {' ^1 P5 @( {& `! R幾天後各大愚樂板又會有一D 【霑叔xxxxxxx】，【XXXxxxxx霑叔xxxxx】，【霑叔前xxx, xxxxx, xxxx】。你有興趣嗎？我就免了。
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我會open 我的iTunes （BTW, theyare all legal song copies), listen to a few songs and quietly evaluating how I am doing with my aspirations.