Wen Fu 2016

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Created: 22 June 2019

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The purchase of the new release of some of the artists, to me (and maybe to a lots of their fans) is always a no brainer. Local artist/musician Liang Wen Fu is one of the best examples to me. : ) Growing up with Singapore home grown music ‘xin yao’ (??), which heavily influenced generations of Singaporeans and local singers. Wen Fu’s songs are just so Singapore, so closely related, and so blunt with regards to the good and bad of Singapore local culture.

 

24 years apart, this is the latest new CD release by Wen Fu “Listen till Dawn” (????????). The album recorded 15 songs close to our heart that span over decades. The two that touches me most are his variation of his own original scores. ??????to ?????2.0?(Singapore Style to Singapore Style 2.0) and ????????to ????????(History Exam Eve to Xin Yao History). ?????2.0?is like a report card on the growing up of xin yao and fans, ????????the new variation has included many key figures in Xin Yao into the song.

 

Some of the songs collected in the album is Wen Fu written for various special occasions.??????(Start from Heart) was performed by 4 local artists (???? ???? ????????and Singapore Chinese Orchestra celebrating Espanade 10 anniversary.????????That Old Feeling) was for the new image launch event for Local Chinese news paper.?????(Watch TV) was written in 1999 for board casting channel 8.????(SImple Love) was Wen Fu gift to Singapore independent 50 years.??????(Easy Su Chow Province) was written for a China board casting station in 2016.???????celebrated 75 years of Broadcasting in 2011 with the three Chinese Boardcasting stations.

 

The other group of songs in this album of Wen Fu were the theme songs for various TV series, movies and other singers he had written over the years. ?????(Love Show) was written in 2016 for a local movie of the same title. In 2015 Wen Fu wrote for a teacher singer ??? ???????(Listen to Tomorrow Song) in his album????????????(Songs for You). In 2013, ???????(The Next Song) was written for singer ???and in Hong Kong singer ??? album?Cherish?the song???? (Wish). In 2015, ??????? (Easy Life) was the theme song for Singapore Media Corp Channel 8 TV series of the same title.????(Take Off) was a TV series with story back drop from Xin Yao and???????(How I Wish to Tell You) was written for this TV series, which recalled so much good memories for the generation grew up with Xin Yao. Finally, in 1999 Wen FU wrote for Hong Kong diva ?????????????(My Concert Lady Audience)?but in this album of Wen Fu it was the version he sang during his concert in 2015, a very special interpretation of his own music live on stage.

 

As I have said, some albums you just buy without much thinking, naturally. I wish Wen Fu all the best, and a cheer to a Singaporean who has grown up in this little red dot and a culture dessert in the past, who has written so many ever lasting pieces for the Chinese community Singapore and world wide!