Not doing a review here. Always had a soft spot for cantopop since very, very young. i remember listening to Sam Hui's old songs. Very old songs that is. From the seventies. My school bus driver used to play his love songs all the time.
It was played during the wee hours of the morning on my way to school. Yes, as early as 5:30 in the morning. I'd grown to loved his songs from listening to them. Barely awake sitting on those trips, his voice is like a balm enveloping my consciousness (or more like half-consciousness).
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”
What is mainstream music but popularly accepted music. Music for the masses. But does the masses know what is good music? And its opposite is called underground music. Music that suggest decadence. Or even music that 'decent' people imagined that could and would corrupt the minds of the young and impressionable. Well, by now most anyone would realize it is just plain and simple - music that does not have widespread acceptance by the masses.
Once a musician or group has achieved popularity or at least some sort of popularity and recognization, their music are considered mainstream.
