Thursday, February 21, 2013

21st Feb 2013 (十個救火的少年 – Tat Ming Pair)

The song that I chose for today is “十個救火的少年” by Tat Ming Pair (達明一派), usually refers to as Tat Ming (達明). Tat Ming consist of two members, Anthony Wong (黄耀明) and Tats(劉以達).  Anthony mostly takes care of the vocal part, so from memory there are hardly any songs from Tat Ming you would hear Tats’ voice. I am not a fans of Tat Ming, but they are a very unique group, their songs are quite stand out from the others. The direct English translation of the song is “Ten fire-fighting juveniles”.

The lyrics of the song describe a scan with fire. Ten juveniles put themselves forward to put out the fire, but one thought that he didn’t have enough training and it would be a danger task, so he pulls out. Another of the ten wanted to be closer with his girlfriend, so he quit without telling other. Another listened to his mother, who said that it would be dangerous to stand too upfront, so he pulls out as well. Now there is only seven of the ten left, standing next to the bridge. Three of them argued with each other and decided that they will never see each other again. Now there is only four people left, but one of them don’t want to take any action. With the three people left, it is impossible for them to put out the fire, and in a split second, they were swallowed by the fire. At the night with the big fire, everyone talks about these three people saying how useless they are, slowly and slowly, these three people seems to have been forgotten already.

This song in some way reflects how our society works. Majority of the people just want to complain about our society (the fire in the song). But only a small number of people will put themselves forward to try to change the world. But even so, during the cause of it, majority of these people will quit, left behind a very small amount of people to take on the challenge. When they fail, everyone will complain about how useless these people are, but no one is brave enough to fix up the problem. Anyway, hope you will enjoy the song.
十個救火的少年 – Tat Ming Pair

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