〔原創〕 悼霑叔

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黃霑叔走了一年了。4 [0 V: w% D, o6 R
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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.% E. Y6 V0 [& h9 O# @

, b' _1 z8 F7 z- c  k0 q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.' e8 b6 Z( A& i" b
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我不認同霑叔的life philosophy, but I admire his 魄力和遠見。
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# l# H* o- }+ T; p7 j5 s0 {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。
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1 q5 n  ^& J0 q; yWhat a strange decision at a strange time in this playwright’s life.2 x1 e2 D% W1 u0 {

- D( @6 {; U7 V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？. q) A) i0 `+ C2 i. A) |

6 M3 n& Q) i! F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.( C. @. y6 Y% P' |& o( n; k
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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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( a0 h0 L( C6 U7 E+ r. z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.