〔原創〕 悼霑叔

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黃霑叔走了一年了。: [5 j7 N8 P. C

/ Q3 ^1 [- W0 ?; S  c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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7 s8 A3 ]3 X; E; C+ T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.5 i/ X' N4 C" m( P

# d/ R& S+ n. D; f我不認同霑叔的life philosophy, but I admire his 魄力和遠見。' c4 a7 o# `. @3 Q( M0 t

6 C  V9 w5 {2 J$ z5 ~% w8 H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。% F1 G  c2 i5 x7 p; {' ~
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What a strange decision at a strange time in this playwright’s life.: D6 R: f$ Z, P

; o7 n9 o! V- e5 o6 }3 Y' a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？, C, J; g( }& o4 {* @/ ^

6 A7 E& ~3 V, w5 P0 S+ `( ^% U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.0 J$ {- g! E2 T+ I4 V2 x: P
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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.