DUO Eason Chan Concert 2010

I am writing this review on the selected topic, “DUO Eason Chan Concert 2010” which was held from 20^th March to 6^th April. At the beginning of this essay, I would like to first draw your attention to the singer himself in order to get known with him, afterwards, some information about his show will be provided as an evidence to show Eason’s popularity and it is worth to look into the songs he sang in the show and analysis would be made.

It is known that Eason Chan is one of the most famous singers in Hong Kong, who has released lots of albums, holding a significant numbers of concerts, you must know at least a few in his song’s pool. Indeed, his singing skills shall not be questioned since numerous of singer awards have been presented to him by different media institutions such as Commercial Radio II (叱咤樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮) and TVB (十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) as recognition on his efforts paid to his career together with the contributions to the music industry, everyone know who Eason Chan is in the community. However, I am not really persuaded that his appearances fulfill the requirements of a “star”, the general and culture values shared by the public of what a male star should equipped with: height of no less than 175cm, a masculine body, a charming face and also a trendy hair style. The fact is, Eason Chan is not that tall and even with a slight fatty body; his look is far from charming, at least in my point of view, while his hair style is always a standing joke by the media. According to Richard Dyer’s approach, Eason Chan has failed in fulfilling the visual part of a star image, yet his advantaged voice of singing still succeed in attracting many people to listen and become his fan.

The mentioned concert was originally scheduled to hold from 24^th March to 1^st April, but more show nights were organized afterwards due to the passion of the public, the origin shows could not entertain so much audience, it has somehow, an index to let us know how popular he is. I was an audience on 1^st April night, in the concert; Eason Chan did not dance and sang many songs with fast rhythm, the venue was mainly dominated by soft and smooth melody, yet it should be a proper arrangement as Eason Chan is definitely good at singing but I do agree that audiences might not enjoy seeing a fatty dancing on the stage for all night. First day of April may also be a special day of Hong Kong people as it is a memorial day of another super star, Leslie Cheung, who died on this day years ago. In order to show his respect and admire, Eason Chan sang a couple of songs which originally sang by Leslie, people in the coliseum were all standing up, clapping hands and singing together. It is a good illustration of the relationship between star and the chaser, even though we see Eason Chan as a star and enjoying his show, he could turn himself into different identity, from a star to a fan on the stage, to worship another star.

In short, attending the captioned concert is a great choice as good singing could be heard on one hand, I can also understand more about the star culture in Hong Kong on the other hand, it is that, being a star is not a must to be all-rounded, yet a marketable, treasurable and outstanding skill must be equipped just like Eason Chan, one of the most successful singers in the region.

Ho Ka Lok, Samson
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