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“ world, so we miss the old times,” Fung
People see idols from golden age as a cul- says. Perhaps, his comment was sung
by Cheung in The Wind Blows On(風
tural icon to represent their own society. 繼續吹) - “There were many happy
memories in the old days, why not re-
We always miss the past when a better call it together?”
future has not yet arrived Edited by Charlie Yip
” Sub-edited by Hayley Wong
lody (夕陽之歌) in her very last con- formed in the 1960s but the band is
cert in 2003. K-pop stars usually do still influencing the western world
not do this,” she adds. today. It is because it symbolises a
milestone of world music culture and
Cultural Icons a breakthrough in western music his-
Anthony Fung Ying-him, profes- tory,” he says.
sor at the Chinese University of Hong “People see idols from golden age
Kong’s School of Journalism and as a cultural icon to represent their
Communication, says nostalgia has own society. We always miss the past
become a global phenomenon. when a better future has not yet ar-
“Every society has this phenom- rived,” he says.
enon. For example, The Beatles was “Many problems occur in today’s
The Hong Kong Pop 60+ exhibition in The Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
