Song: 黃昏都市人

Now I've come to bearing the brunt of Sydney's shortened daylight hours as winter arrives. During summer, the sun doesn't set until half past 8, but now after 5 the sky's pitch black. On the way back from uni or work, I feel more tired when the sun sets so early, exacerbated by quite cool evening winds and the hustle of commuters. How I wish I could live in a tropical place where it's summer all year around, as I dread cold weather more than anyone else on Earth!

The song "黃昏都市人" ("Evening City-Siders") sung by the pop trio Grasshoppers (草蜢) is the perfect song for this time of year. The trio is comprised of Edmond So (蘇志威), Calvin Choi (蔡一智), Remus Choi (蔡一傑) and was founded in 1985. They won the appreciation of Anita Mui (梅艷芳), whereupon they appeared as dancers and background chorus for several of Anita's songs. They released their first album under Polygram Records in 1988 and have enjoyed wide popularity in HK and SE Asia ever since. Grasshoppers is one of HK's most long-lasting pop music groups, and more importantly, the members can all compose music as well as writing lyrics.

"黃昏都市人" was composed by Calvin Choi (蔡一智), lyrics by famous HK lyricist Jolland Chan (向雪懷), music arranged by Andrew Tuason (杜自持). The song is light jazz, mellow and romantic like a city at night. Melody is very well written, arrangement by Mr. Tuason is simply divine....especially the sax solo, jazzy keyboards and drums! It's a song which you will love after listening once.

黃昏都市人Citizen of the Evening - Grasshopper


Lyrics/Music/Arrangement:

Lyrics: 9/10
Music: 9.5/10
Arrangement: 10/10

鬧市中 如同森林
街頭人潮如湧去來
總欠些開心 寫照一日人生

像吊燈 無言一個人
依然獨個地去等愛人
他會無聲走近 跟我歡渡黃昏

慢慢地妳漸行近 讓熱力暖在我心
撥弄亂髮極迷人 令視線拉近
落日像一顆愛心 讓魅力散落我身
恨路上寸步難行 望著如木偶

形麻木都市人
熱情熱誠未許過份
戀愛都要造作 熱愛急降低溫
冷淡冷落過份冷感

無情是都市人
未明白傳話的眼神
只要朝晚共處消耗光陰
卻未發現美麗黃昏

一些關心增添生活美感
一點真愛終於都有回音
情人陪同無論以後挽著兩手
這是最美麗時候