香港长期是英国的殖民地，经济上对外开放，文化上对欧西特别宽容，西洋时尚，早在上世纪二三十年代，已经由中环一带，向外散播。

1950年代，西洋潮流进一步渗入平民生活。

新一代的潮，由电影带动。日战前洋电影在本地放映的数字每年平均超过二百部。黄湛森抵港后，数字有增无减。慢慢，读番书，看洋戏，玩舶来的呼拉圈和摇摇，在年轻人之中，变得理所当然。

新一代的潮，也由电台带动。多谢前卫主持人Aileen Woods和Uncle Ray的忘情推介，黄湛森和同辈的年青人，天天靠近电台，面向欧西，贴近流行，学懂将Frank Sinatra、Bing Crosby、Elvis Presley与Benny Goodman一起兼听，并且在摇头摆脑之间，确认欧西流行曲在创作、演奏、歌唱、录音，都不是香港或上海所能望其肩背。

电台广播欧西流行歌曲，由听觉开始，经过身躯，制造了新一代​​的口味和人格。

Anything You Can Do (1950)

Composer: Irving Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Vocalists:
Betty Hutton (as Annie Oakley),
Howard Keel (as Frank Butler)

(A) Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can.
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can.
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can, Yes, I can!

(F) Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
(A) No, you're not.
(F) Yes, I am.
(A) No, you're not.
(F) Yes, I am.
(A) No, you're NOT!.
(F) Yes, I am. Yes, I am!

(F) I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge.
(A) I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow.
(F) I can live on bread and cheese.
(A) And only on that?
(F) Yes.
(A) So can a rat!

(F) Any note you can reach
I can go higher.
(A) I can sing anything
Higher than you.
(F) No, you can't. (High)
(A) Yes, I can. (Higher)
(F) No, you can't. (Higher)
(A) Yes, I can. (Higher)
(F) No, you can't. (Higher)
(A) Yes, I can. (Higher)
(F) No, you can't. (Higher)
(A) Yes, I can. (Higher)
(F) No, you can't. (Higher)
(A) Yes, I CAN! (Highest)

(A) Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you.
(F) Fifty cents?
(A) Forty cents!
(F) Thirty cents?
(A) Twenty cents!
(F) No, you can't!
(A) Yes, I can,Yes, I can!

(F) Anything you can say
I can say softer.
(A) I can say anything
Softer than you.
(F) No, you can't. (Softly)
(A) Yes, I can. (Softer)
(F) No, you can't. (Softer)
(A) Yes, I can. (Softer)
(F) No, you can't. (Softer)
(A) Yes, I can. (Softer)
YES, I CAN! (Full volume)

(F) I can drink my liquor
Faster than a flicker.
(A) I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker!
(F) I can open any safe.
(A) Without bein' caught?
(F) Sure.
(A) That's what I thought---you crook!

(F) Any note you can hold
I can hold longer.
(A) I can hold any note
Longer than you.
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can.
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can
(F) No, you can't.
(A) Yes, I can
(A) Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
(F) No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T--
(A) CA-A-A-A-N! (Cough, cough!)
(F) Yes, you ca-a-a-an!

(A) Anything you can wear
I can wear better.
In what you wear
I'd look better than you.
(F) In my coat?
(A) In your vest!
(F) In my shoes?
(A) In your hat!
(F) No, you can't!
(A) Yes, I can. Yes, I CAN!

(F) Anything you say
I can say faster.
(A) I can say anything
Faster than you.
(F) No, you can't. (Fast)
(A) Yes, I can. (Faster)
(F) No, you can't. (Faster)
(A) Yes, I can. (Faster)
(F) Noyoucan't. (Faster)
(A) YesIcan! (Fastest)

(F) I can jump a hurdle.
(A) I can wear a girdle.
(F) I can knit a sweater.
(A) I can fill it better!
(F) I can do almost anything!
(A) Can you bake a pie?
(F) No.
(A) Neither can I.

(F) Any note you can sing
I can sing sweeter.
(A) I can sing anything
(A) Sweeter than you.
(F) No, you can't. (Sweetly)
(A) Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
(F) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
(A) Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
(F) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
(A) Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
(F) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
(A) Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
(F) No, you can't, can't, can't (sweeter)
(A) Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)

(A) Yes, I can!
(F) No, you can't!