This above is not an NDP song but would have made a good one if it were. Chanced upon this oldie by accident. This song was written back in the good old 新谣 heydays.
Once you are done enjoying the song above, let's go into the topic proper.
Just when we thought last year's NDP song was awful, we hit a new rock bottom with this year's, which I am not even going to bother to put it up here lest it xia suay my blog.
You can check out all the NDP songs above dated back from 1984 to present. I notice a trend or a certain subliminal message in some of them.
In the beginning, we have all the feel good, "We've made it! Look at us now! We're No.1!!" kind of tone.
The 1998 song "Home" by Kit Chan seems to say "Uh oh.... people are starting to think about leaving the country to go elsewhere. Mai lah. Don't go lah. Here more better!"
Then again by Kit Chan in 2007, "No Place I Rather Be" is machiam like sequel to "Home" and it's saying "Walau eh! You guys really gone ah. Come back leh!!"
In the same year, there is another NDP song "Will You" and it sounds like it is addressed to all the new people who recently stepped ashore telling them to "Come! Come! The doors are wide open! Come in! Please stay! Don't go! I beg of you!!"
People started to complain the song of grovelling and in the subsequent years, the NDP songs went back to the more normal normal pattern.
But.
It was all downhill from there.
Last year's "Love At First Light" was "Simi LJ song is this?" and this year's "Whoa-oh-oh-OH!-song is "Simi LJ song is this? - Part II"
For the record, there are only THREE "Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh" songs that are acceptable OK!
Well, at the very least, it's how I felt about all these recent NDP songs.
You may or may not agree.
Limpeh don't care.
Speaking of "Limpeh", even this cheeky song below (very well done if I may add), would make a better NDP song although it is kinda hard to sing along at the national day parade itself.
*shrugs*
- Voxeros
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