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Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

阿詩翻唱梅姐名曲交功課

[2013-10-02] taken from SingTao Newspaper

  何韻詩翻唱師傅梅艷芳金曲《似是故人來》,前晚於九展舉行MV首播會,與MV導演關錦鵬齊齊分享拍攝點滴。
  阿詩表示今年是梅姐逝世10周年,翻唱歌曲作為送給師傅的一份功課和小禮物,日前完成灌錄翻唱碟後心情十分激動,覺得自己真的長大和成熟了。關錦鵬亦找來張叔平擔任美術指導,共有5個造型,當中有酷似阿梅的造型,並在北京婉容故居取景。
  關錦鵬表示與阿梅合作過電影《胭脂扣》而成為好友,很開心能參與製作。問到阿詩是否與阿梅酷似?他說:「點都有啲,唔係講個樣,係個感覺,阿詩的造型帶出阿梅感覺。」阿詩則笑稱自己是「百厭」,不是阿梅的「百變」。
  另外,關導演今次不收分文,張叔平亦是免費幫忙,但MV製作仍花了6位數字,阿詩笑言:「唱片公司資源有限,唯有將所有錢投放在一首歌上,整張碟只拍一首MV,絕對值得。」文、圖:張穎芝

Denise Ho sang Anita's Hit song "Like an Old Friend Coming". The MV was first shown at the Kowloon Convention Centre a couple days ago. The MV director is Steven Kwan (Director of "Rouge"). Denise said that this year is the 10th year anniversary of Anita's passing. This song is Denise's homework and a little gift for Anita. She feels that she has grown up and has become a lot more mature now. The art director is Cheung (Soke-Ping). There are 5 images in total. Certain ones resemble Anita a lot. The MV was filmed in an old residence in Beijing.

Steven Kwan said he and Anita became good friends after filming "Rouge". He is very happy to take part in the making of this MV. When he was asked if Denise Ho resembles Anita. He said a little bit. Not the appearance, but the feeling. He said Denise's image does bring out sensation of Anita. Denise said she is just "always-naughty" instead of "always-changing"..... to be Continue'd

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......Translation continues from above.

Both Kwan and Cheung are helping out without charging any type of service fees. However, the production cost of the MV still reaches a 6-digit figure.

Denise said that the music company has limited resources, so they put all the money into making one MV for the entire CD. She said it is well worth it.

NOTE from BeepBeep:
It is not clear from reading this article whether or not the other songs in the CD are also Anita's songs, with Anita as the original singer. Does anybody know about this?

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

This is being discussed over at:

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/2612-denise-ho-wan-si-%26-20309%3B%26-38907%3B%26-35433%3B/page__st__1920

this link goes directly to page 49, go down to end of page
in the future, this link may not work, in that case try:
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/2612-denise-ho-wan-si-%26-20309%3B%26-38907%3B%26-35433%3B/

look for the page 1 of 49 buttons, click on page 49

links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UFH-NEgXXHk
http://www.56.com/u1...Tc3NDIyMjA.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHys_MXn1Y4&feature=player_embedded#t=46


Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

FB:

Thank you so much for the links and your reply.
Wow! Is so nice to see your posting again back here.

Makes my day to know that some of us still have Anita in our minds and hearts.
Time flies.
Hard to believe it's been 10 years since her passing ....

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

I pre-ordered it and it came yesterday.

There is one brand new song, the rest are Anita's familiar songs. This link to YesAsia has the track list:

http://www.yesasia.com/us/1034194950-0-0-0-en/info.html

I think it is extremely good, a must have. At the bottom of the last page of English credits it says:

"Hocc would like to thank all those who helped in the making of this tremendously emotional album, in particular the Masters from the Mui Era: Eddie Lau, Stanley Kwan, Michael Lai and Anthony Lun...your participation and support in this project helped elevate it to a completely different sentimental level. May her love and passion be with you always. This is a collection of endeared memories, dedicated to my dearest mentor, Anita Mui. The Legacy Lives On."

This statement is absolutely true, there is nothing I could say to add to this. Denise has succeeded in her purpose. The songs have the feeling of a film soundtrack, some songs have bits of other songs folded into them, it's an artistic creation, not karaoke. The first thought I had was that it's like hearing Fantasy Gig for the first time. I'm sure some people won't like all of it right away, but the best music is often like that. It's artistically daring, and she made it work, and it could not have happened without the support of the 'Masters' listed above. Bravo!!

A DVD comes with it, with the MV and a short 'making of...' documentary footage. I suggest watching this first, then listen to the CD in the dark with headphones all the way through. You will get goose bumps and tears.

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

FB:

Thank You So much for your posting and for sharing with us your comments/feelings.

Much appreciated.

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

From Denise's forum, most recent page:

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/790339-denise-ho-wan-si-%26-20309%3B%26-38907%3B%26-35433%3B-part-2/

Quote post 11:
"Oh, apparently, she has a "Recollections" mini-concert of some sort on the 23rd of Nov in HK, right?"

This.....??

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=753760704639497&set=a.704224459593122.1073741851.300663746615864&type=1&theater

I'd like to hear more about this, hopefully one of you can go to this and give a report.


Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

This is from HOCC's Asianfanatics page, in Cantonese, so I can't vouch for its relevance:

Recollections Interviews:
http://www.tudou.com...ew/IxuJZLRNi1c/
http://www.tudou.com...ew/02HHtDTnOvg/
http://www.tudou.com...ew/0v7jnHcCYAM/
http://www.tudou.com...ew/EgSeCt3LMVo/

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

FB:

Thanks for the links.
I tried to get in there, but can only hear the first 10 seconds of each clip.
The spooling seems to take forever and then won't load up properly.

Seems like it is the press conference for releasing Denise Ho's album.

If and when I do manage to load it and listen to it, I will translate it here.

Does anyone know if there is an alternate link or alternate site that will be easier to listen to?

Thank you in advance.

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

Sorry, apparently copy/pasting the links doesn't work. Try going to:

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/790339-denise-ho-wan-si-%26-20309%3B%26-38907%3B%26-35433%3B-part-2/page__st__40

and going 3/4 of the way down the page to Post #61 where it says "Recollections Interviews" with 4 links which can be clicked on directly. This works for me.

FB

Re: Denise Ho Singing Anita's Hit Song as Her Homework

FB:

Thanks for the tip.
Yes, I can get the links and into the corresponding clips, but I had a loading or streaming problem. So may be the site was too busy on the weekend or a network congestion problem.

I will try again later on and translate it if I can listen to it.

THANKS AGAIN for posting.

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