When we're playing mahjong in the alley, I've been bringing out the ol' boombox to play music. The boombox only has a radio and cassette player in it so I've been making these mixes of Cantonese covers of English-language pop songs, mostly from the 80s and 90s. It's cool to the people who have never heard them before, but it's driving everyone else crazy who has to listen to the songs over and over again as I flip the same tapes over, back and forth. Anyway, here's a list of my top 10 favorites (plus an extra song that everyone should know about...you probably know what I'm talking about).
Listen to it on TIDAL here!
Listen to it on Spotify here!
劉德華 (Andy Lau) - 我恨我痴心 (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You)
雷安娜 (Annabelle Lui) - 生活影印機 (The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian)
彭羚 (Cass Phang) - 相對論 (Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me)
陳百強 (Danny Chan) - 最深刻的記憶 (Phil Collins - Against All Odds [Take a Look at Me Now])
林子祥 (George Lam) and 葉蒨文 (Sally Yeh) - 敢愛敢做 (Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now)
林憶蓮 (Sandy Lam) - 一個人 (New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle)
甄楚倩 (Yolinda Yan) - 無伴的舞 (Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now)
吳國敬 (Eddie Ng) - 玩火 (Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name)
鍾鎮濤 (Kenny Bee) - 紅葉斜落我心寂寞時 (Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting)
葉德嫻 (Deanie Ip) - 好東西 (Sade - Hang On to Your Love)
王菲 (Faye Wong) - 夢中人 (The Cranberries - Dreams)
Really enjoying this mix so much! Great blog :)
great mix thanks, some bangers I never heard before. also love shirley kwan’s version of gregorian’s ‘once in a lifetime’ and all the faye wong cocteau twins covers especially ‘rilkean heart’
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