Lo Ta You 罗大佑 in New York
Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn
This is my first ever Chinese singer’s concert. I suspect that I’m the only non-fan in the audience. The reaction is strong, even he hits the wrong notes and couldn’t reach high notes: 还是老了, 嗓音已然不行了 还走调.
Luo Dayou (Lo Ta-yu/罗大佑/羅大佑; 1954-) is an icon not only in Taiwan, but Hong Kong and China. His sister modestly told me that he’s the 教父, the grandfather of pop culture. He has a ten years old daughter.
Looking him up on the internet, did I realize that 明天会更好 Tomorrow Will be Better was written by him, music and lyrics.
I was in Hong Kong when this song hit the wave and street in Oct 1985, after the first charity song, Do They Know It’s Christmas? in Dec 1984 in London and followed by We’re the World in March 1985 in US. However, I couldn’t remember it was the Cantonese version or the Mandarine version, which is widely circulated, led by Su Rui (苏芮/蘇芮,1952-). All I remembered is Jenny Tseng 甄妮 (1953-).
A little background of the song: 1982, UN General Assembly adopted proposal by Costa Rica to designate 1986 as the “International Year of Peace.” The following year (
