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| Sam Hui performs his touching duet with Leslie Cheung |
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| When Karen Mok first met Gor Gor, she was already drawn to his unique style courtesy of on.cc |
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| Patrick Tam remembers Gor Gor's encouragement, which has become his life motto courtesy of on.cc |
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| Sam Hui performs SILENCE IS GOLDEN with Leslie Cheung's past performance on the giant screen behind him |
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| Tony Leung Chiu Wai shares a valuable photo with Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Carina Lau from the set of DAYS OF BEING WILD |
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| 1956 drones bring about classic looks of Leslie Cheung from different eras |
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| The internet praises Patrick Tam's performance for bringing back Leslie Cheung's essence courtesy of mingpao.com |
"70 Leslie with Love Concert" was successfully completed the night before at the West Kowloon Cultural District AXA Bambbo Grove Park, and the venue had no empty seat. The guests included Sam Hui Koon Kit, Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To) and his daughter Blythe Chung Yi, Karen Mok Man Wai, Dicky Cheung Wai Kin, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Adia Chan Chung Ling, Michael Tse Tin Wah, William So Wing Hong, Eliza Chan Kit Ling, MIRROR member Ian Chan Cheuk Yin, Janees Wong Lok Yin, Jenny Ian Man Fong, Ryan Fong Hei Chit, Mic-Go Ngan, etc., to pay tribute to "Gor Gor" Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing with a high standard of performance, and celebrate his 70th birthday together.
On the big screen, Leslie participated in the Asian singing competition for the first time, and finally received flowers from Mok Man Wai, who was still child back then. After the video Mok Man Wai appeared on the stage, singing the song "Gor Gor" competed with back then, "American Pie". After singing this song, Mok Man Wai said, "That night I witnessed Cheung Kwok Wing dressed in white, it is really shocking. I was already asking myself inside, is this the legendary Prince Charming? How can he be so handsome, so cool? Since that moment I remembered the name Cheung Kwok Wing, and became his number one fan. I deliberately dressed in white and put on one of his very iconic red hats to pay tribute to Gor Gor. Fate is really wonderful, I never would have dreamed that after I got into this business, I actually have the opportunity to really know Uncle Leslie and have a lot of opportunities to work with him. He treated me like a niece, taught me a lot, took great care of me, and told me to call him Uncle Leslie. I really miss you, Uncle Leslie!" Mo Man Wai then sang the DAYS OF BEING WILD (AH FEI JING JUEN) theme song "Where To Where From" and "Affair".
Tam Yiu Man performed "Luck Will Always Come" and ONCE UPON AN ORDINARY GIRL (NUNG BOON DOR CHING) theme song, revealing that back stage at an award show one year, his late mentor Anita Mui Yim Fong knew that he liked Gor Gor and brought him over to greet him. At the time Gor Gor said to him, "Pretty good, I saw your performance. Keep going, but you have to remember to keep learning, elevate yourself. Later we would encounter many difficulties, you would have to overcome them one after another. Don't give up o easily. You have to first treat people well before people would treat you well." Those words have been useful his entire life, supporting him whenever he felt down and keeping him on his journey of chasing dreams in show business. Years later when he was no longer a singer he received a call, it was from Gor Gor's manager to invite him to watch Gor Gor's farewell concert. He then sang and danced the medley of "Matter of Young Girls' Hearts" and "First Time" and was praised for capturing Gor Gor's spirit. So Wing Hong then performed "Falling For You" and sang "Who Made Your Heart Crazed" with Chan Kit Ling.
When the concert reached 9:12 p.m., a total of 1,956 drones were lifted from the barge at sea to the night sky, showing 9 minutes 12 seconds and "Gor Gor"-related patterns, including his looks from different periods, Icon that had been displayed on the stage, and the birthday cake at the end. All the graphics were vivid and the audience was deeply touched. The concert organizer Chan Suk Fun gratefully said, that rain was originally in the weather forecast Saturday night, but in the end it only rained before the concert began and during the middle part, and the air was even more comfortable with the cold breeze. She was grateful to the weather for playing along.
Chan Cheuk Yin performed I HONESTLY LOVE YOU. He said that he did not know Gor Gor and did not have the opportunity to work together, every time he listened to his movie theme songs scenes from the movie would appear in his mind. He has heard how Gor Gor contributed to the Hong Kong show business since he was little and took great care of his juniors. He hoped that his next generation would listen to Gor Gor's songs and watch his movies. Cheung Wai Kin performed ROUGE (YIN JI KAU) in an early Republic look, then changed and performed a newly arranged REFUSE TO PLAY and WIND CONTINUES TO BLOW.
Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To) brought the song "This Lifetime". "Looking back at the photos on the big screen, a lot of previous scenes all rushed back. I have a lot of opportunities to collaborate with Leslie, but mainly in films as we have made a few. Yet singing we did so relatively few times, because everyone back then didn't always run into each other at singing occasions. However at some private parties, for example Leslie liked to have Christmas party and there would be a live band. Everyone would inevitably sing on the stage. Sometimes he would sing one, I would sing one, then everyone would sing one together. However it is a pity that at the time the mobile phone were not able to record, so few fragments of the videos have remained. I never thought today 'Gor Gor' and I can sing together today. These memories are all inside my brains, and I will never forget them. Leslie Happy Birthday."
The final performer Sam Hui Koon Kit (Sam Gor) first played "Silence is Golden". The big screen appeared "Gor Gor"'s performance footage, creating the visual of Sam Gor and "Gor Gor"'s duet over the air. Then Sam Gor changed some of the lyrics to his own song "Hard To Forget You" and dedicated it to "Gor Gor." In the middle of the song "Who Can Relate", the singers once again appeared on the stage and sang with Sam Gor to "Gor Gor". Gor Gor and Sam Gor's final performance together was at Sam Hui's retirement concert in early 1992. At the time Gor Gor who has "retired his microphone" for 3 years in order to support his idol and good friend made a special exception to perform SILENCE IS GOLDEN with Sam Gor.
Before the concert was officially finished, the big screen played "Gor Gor"'s love Daffy Tong Hok Tak (Tong Tong)'s voice recording. Tong Tong said, "Hello everyone. Today is Leslie's 70th birthday. We are here to wish him a happy birthday. After so many years, Leslie has not changed at all. He is still handsome, still charming. His films are still so good, his songs are still so good. What has changed is us. We are slowly getting old, head full of white hair, face full of wrinkles; but our feelings for him have never changed. We still miss Gor Gor, still love Gor Gor. We continue to love Cheung Kwok Wing together today. Leslie, Happy Birthday!"
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