Reflection #1 - It's My Party
*I refer to 達明一派 as TMP
1) “It’s My Party”
It’s My Party / 各位觀眾你好 / 自由黨你好 / 民建聯你好 /共產黨你好 / 同志你好 / 曾蔭權愛同志? / 梁振英是同志? / 黃耀明是同志? / 神愛同志 / 神愛中央 / 神愛香港 -- These were amongst the statements projected onto the screen while TMP performed their newest song, “It’s My Party.” The statements, short and simple with total disregard for political correctness, had a curious way of bringing people together. By setting off a series of free association of the terms “party” and “同志” with the names of various politicians and political parties, TMP won the crowd and gave the concert a very loud local context by saying, “This is Hong Kong. We can (still) say what we want to say.” This was vintage TMP: challenging social norms, riding on double-meanings, rallying the non-conformists. And the result was deeply satisfying. Maybe this was their way of reminding us that TMP had been kicking the establishment since the eighties, and they could still do it today, ever so subversive and in-your-face.
1) “It’s My Party”
It’s My Party / 各位觀眾你好 / 自由黨你好 / 民建聯你好 /共產黨你好 / 同志你好 / 曾蔭權愛同志? / 梁振英是同志? / 黃耀明是同志? / 神愛同志 / 神愛中央 / 神愛香港 -- These were amongst the statements projected onto the screen while TMP performed their newest song, “It’s My Party.” The statements, short and simple with total disregard for political correctness, had a curious way of bringing people together. By setting off a series of free association of the terms “party” and “同志” with the names of various politicians and political parties, TMP won the crowd and gave the concert a very loud local context by saying, “This is Hong Kong. We can (still) say what we want to say.” This was vintage TMP: challenging social norms, riding on double-meanings, rallying the non-conformists. And the result was deeply satisfying. Maybe this was their way of reminding us that TMP had been kicking the establishment since the eighties, and they could still do it today, ever so subversive and in-your-face.
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