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。

River of No Return (1954)



国语版本
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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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