香港長期是英國的殖民地,經濟上對外開放,文化上對歐西特別寬容,西洋時尚,早在上世紀二三十年代,已經由中環一帶,向外散播。
1950年代,西洋潮流進一步滲入平民生活。
新一代的潮,由電影帶動。日戰前洋電影在本地放映的數字每年平均超過二百部。黃湛森抵港後,數字有增無減。慢慢,讀番書,看洋戲,玩舶來的呼拉圈和搖搖,在年輕人之中,變得理所當然。
新一代的潮,也由電台帶動。多謝前衛主持人Aileen Woods和Uncle Ray的忘情推介,黃湛森和同輩的年青人,天天靠近電台,面向歐西,貼近流行,學懂將Frank Sinatra、Bing Crosby、Elvis Presley與Benny Goodman一起兼聽,並且在搖頭擺腦之間,確認歐西流行曲在創作、演奏、歌唱、錄音,都不是香港或上海所能望其肩背。
電台廣播歐西流行歌曲,由聽覺開始,經過身軀,製造了新一代的口味和人格。
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Composer: Lionel Newman
Lyricist: Ken Darby
Vocalist: Marilyn Monroe
Mmm… if listen you can hear river call… wail-a-ree...
There is a river
Called the River of no return
Sometimes it's peaceful
And sometimes wild and free
Love is a traveler
On the River of no return
Swept on forever
To be lost in the stormy sea
(Wail-a-ree)
I can hear the river call
(no return, no return)
(Where the roaring waters fall)
Wail-a-ree
I can hear my lover call come to me
(no return, no return)
I lost my love on the river
And forever my heart will yearn
Gone gone forever
Down the River of no return
Wail-a-ree, Wail-a-re-e-ee
(Wail-a-ree)
You'll never return to me
(no return, no return)
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