The Working Group on Patriotic Education proudly presents the song Our Home. Highlights of the video include the C919 airliner, astronauts lined up on a stage, panda bears, and the Kowloon National Palace Museum, plus lots of kids, displaying varying degrees of enthusiasm.
Musically, it sounds like so many tunes composed to align with the tones of (unimaginative) Cantonese lyrics – predictable melodic intervals devoid of any chromatic, harmonic or rhythmic interest. Just a dash of Taylor Swift or hip-hop could have spiced it up, but no.
Indeed, this one is probably less catchy than previous government-produced ditties like Hong Kong, Our Home or Heading Forward. As if the bureaucrats and the songwriters they commissioned were just ticking boxes, playing as safe as possible, and in a rush to get the project done. ‘Cha bu duo’, as they say in Mandarin.
A karaoke version is being sent out to schools. The government says…
The karaoke version of “Our Home” features landmarks and scenery from Hong Kong, allowing viewers to enjoy the melody and catchy lyrics while appreciating the beauty of Hong Kong, thereby deepening their connection to the country.
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HKFP has reached out to the government about how much it cost to produce the song.
Starry Lee, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, a pro-establishment legislator and the convenor of WGPE, said on Tuesday that the song was released on Tuesday to commemorate those who fought and died in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ming Pao reported.
“We hope that by becoming familiar with this theme song and singing together, members of the public, especially the youth, will subtly develop national awareness and enhance their feelings of ‘Love our Country, Love Hong Kong, Love our Community,” Lee said in Cantonese during the press conference to launch the song.
…The karaoke version was sung by 62-year-old singer Cally Kwong, who is also a non-official member of WGPE. Kwong was popular during the 1980s and 1990s, before becoming an entrepreneur in the early 2000s. She has since joined multiple pro-establishment groups.
Amy Ip and Veronica Yip were also popular during the 1980s and 1990s. I am sure they would have generated a whole lot more clicks than this Blue aunty who somehow reminds me of a preserved prune.
Well, it’s not the National Anthem, so is it OK to create a parody of this song?
Add some new lyrics?
I could think of some great visuals from Hong Kong and China’s history to put in.
It’s beautiful how the HKGov can piss (our tax) money down the toilet on things not remotely any use to us. Another useless sing-song that is already forgotten & benefits no one.
re Load Toad – you forget that the HKGov has a large contingent of Blue ‘organizations’ to support.
DAB has never put forward a single proposal did that not include a whinge for public funds.
Recent example was the proposed outscourcing of identifying sub divided units to ‘NGOs’. Needless to say all would be related to or behoven to the party.
Now this tax payer’s first reaction was WTF are all those district councillors and district committees doing????? Not to mention that appointment of their members came with the insistence that these folks have intimate knowledge of their hoods. That would surely include a very good idea of local problem buildings.
Shopping mall music. Bland, inoffensive, basic chord progressions, doesn’t really go anywhere melodically or harmonically. And, of course, a flute doing its flutey thing. Kenny G has made his millions doing the same kind of stuff.
And all of the under-40 Cantopop performers who weren’t ordered, er, requested to record the song breathe a sigh of relief.
“We hope that by becoming familiar with this theme song and singing together, members of the public, especially the youth, will subtly develop national awareness and enhance their feelings of ‘Love our Country, Love Hong Kong, Love our Community,” Lee said in Cantonese during the press conference to launch the song.
So basically just subliminal brainwashing, then. Surely that lizard-faced woman must have a forked tongue.
Isn’t Karaoke a Japanese invention though? That’s not very patriotic
@Casira: Nope. Karaoke was Chinese invention #62,543 dated at around 4,530 years ago, going by inferior-yet-oft-used-Western-calendars. Before the existence of vassal state Japan.
Would it be fair to refer to Cally Kwong as a “heavyweight”?
Asking for a friend.