Wednesday, 1 April 2015

The Song of Malaysia's GST




The last time I posted this Hokkien rendition of "Let It Go".

Thanks to my cutest friend coconut sharing with me, I must share with you all this Cantonese version of Beyond's 海阔天空.

Super funny and very creative! 

And don't forget to appreciate the vocals and lead guitar parts. Excellent! 

Damn! I wish I can sing like that...


A special shout-out to our Malaysia cousins. We Singaporeans have a 21 years head start over you. I know that KNS feeling.

But it will soon pass. Trust me.

 Death and taxes.




Posted by Singapore Man of Leisure at 11:26
My interests ,

16 comments:

  1. Singapore Man of Leisure1 April 2015 at 15:35

    temperament,

    Good question!

    Cannot be we don't have a sense of humour :(

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  2. calving7771 April 2015 at 15:51

    GST: Good Sound Track
    Ha Ha
    Need to be (familiar with) Cantonese to enjoy the naunces of the song. You Cantonese?

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    1. Singapore Man of Leisure1 April 2015 at 17:25

      calving777,

      I'm Teochew.

      Grew up in the 70s before the Speak Mandarin Campaign ;)

      My Cantonese is learned from watching Feng Bo Bo black and white movies and Chow Yun Fatt TV dramas like Man in the Net.

      Hokkien was very useful when I travel to Taiwan and Xiamen, and Cantonese when visiting HK and Guangdong.

      This is one area I disagree with big daddy. Glad they have relaxed the no dialects media clamp down nowadays.

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  3. coconut1 April 2015 at 16:16

    what attract me most is the expression of the singer, especially after reading malaysian flogging to buy things to beat the GST. they really don't know what they are doing. the sense of confusion.

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    1. Singapore Man of Leisure1 April 2015 at 17:40

      coconut,

      Yup. Quickly go buy the big screen TV, new refrigerator, and other big ticket items and save on the 6%!

      I hope our GST will not exceed 10% .

      In Sweden, they pay 20% sales tax and some idiot in Singapore will say Sweden got free education and free health care, etc.

      Free my foot!

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  4. Sillyinvestor1 April 2015 at 16:21

    Wow Class A for his singing A* for creativity.
    Power...

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    1. Singapore Man of Leisure1 April 2015 at 17:44

      Sillyinvestor,

      Not bad eh?

      Got fight with the Hokkien version of "Let it go".

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  5. Singapore Man of Leisure1 April 2015 at 17:32

    temperament,

    We can even throw in some bazaar Malay and Tamil words like "Deh?"

    At our HDB in Queenstown, we mix with Malays and Indians.

    People of my generation and above are pretty multi-lingual!

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  6. calving7771 April 2015 at 19:42

    temperament,
    This reminds of the phrase " on the bed, suspending a pen ". Fill in the dialect yourself. : )

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  7. la papillion1 April 2015 at 23:27

    Hi SMOL,

    He's seriously a good singer! The angst and anguish emoted in his singing is fantastic! Our president should learn some lessons on emoting words from him, haha

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    1. Singapore Man of Leisure2 April 2015 at 11:05

      LP,

      I saw your comment in Facebook.

      Cut him some slack. Not everyone is a good orator ;)

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  8. la papillion2 April 2015 at 11:54

    Hi SMOL,

    Agree. Will be my last post poking him :) a good reminder like this is very welcome. Thank you!

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  9. Rolf Suey2 April 2015 at 21:25

    Hi SMOL,

    I was in KL in the last few days....so many news about GST.

    But some of my Malaysian friends who stayed in Singapore before, felt less.

    Perhaps it’s essential long ago for Malaysia.

    Singapore govt prefers to slap citizens progressively. Malaysia govt prefers to throw a powerful boxer Jab once in a while. While it is the same, it is different.

    Rolf

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    1. Singapore Man of Leisure2 April 2015 at 21:46

      Rolf,

      I think it's better to boil a frog slowly. This way, the frog won't jump out of the pot!

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  10. Rolf Suey2 April 2015 at 21:52

    chop off the legs, before boil...

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