Talk:Sandy Lam

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I love the original message. Sandy was just an entertainer in the 80's.

Please sign your posts. It does not matter what you like, it matters what is accurate. This is not a place for mindless personal abuse. Please leave the page alone. You have now vandalised it three times. Can you think of a reason why I should not ask for a ban? If you weren't anonymous it might be worth while. Lao Wai 15:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No matter who Sandy is, I just want to enrich the content of Wikipedia.

Could you please sign your posts? Put three or four tildas (~) after everything you write and it will leave a User name, time and date. How does repeatedly deleting material help enrich the content of Wikipedia? If there is an inaccuracy please let me know. But if you just have a problem with the poor woman, perhaps you might go away until you have got over it? Lao Wai 08:16, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seems Singaporean know not much on this Canto-pop singer in town. 203.78.94.173

Frankly, we can't consider Lam as a Taiwanese Canto-pop singer. Canto-pop is a generic name for Pop music in Cantonese (a prevailing Chinese dialect in Hong Kong). Lam could only be a Taiwanese singer or a Canto-pop singer.

Cantonese covers = Song sings in Cantonese. "Better Man" was sung in Mandarin. "I Swear" was sung in English.

Please help to correct it. "Lao Wai" is a Singaporean. He is not familiar the different between Cantonese, Mandarin, and Putonghua. 210.177.191.40

Actually self-evidently I'm not Singaporean. I just like the food. But I have to admit I struggle to understand the difference between Mandarin and Putonghua! Lao Wai 10:07, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The official dialect of China is Putonghua. People live in Taiwan speak Mandarin. People live in Hong Kong speak Cantonese. People live in Singapore speak neither English or Putonghua, they speak Singalish or Singanese.

Well some people who live in Taiwan speak Guoyu, some speak Taiwanese and some speak Taiguoyu but that is another matter. The distinction between Guoyu and PTH escapes me completely (although there was a time when there were real differences). And Mandarin, in English, covers both PTH and Guoyu. Actually Singaporean Guoyu is pretty good these days and their English is even better. But that is neither here nor there. Canto-pop is a style of music - it can even be performed in English as those songs are immediately recogniseable. Lao Wai 16:52, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

So, you are saying Taiwan is a country. Putonghua is the official dialect of China. Chinese officials never speak Mandarin. Only people from Singapore and Taiwanese claim to speak Mandarin.

It is so sad you are trying to de-grade Lam. Cantonese Pop Singer, or Canto-pop Singer in short, is an entertainer whose popularity depends on looks rather than their talent. (Frankly, Lam's face is not that appealing.) Though most of the Canto-pop are in AB or ABA form, it is not a standard musical style. Simply, it is a generic term for popular music sings in Cantonese. 210.177.191.40

I am not going to be drawn into an argument about Taiwan. You clearly know little about how Mandarin is used in English. I flatly reject any claim I am trying to degrade Ms Lam - I have spent hours fixing childish vandalism to this page. I don't care what you think about Ms Lam's looks and it is irrelevant to Wikipedia. Canto-pop is an immediately recognisable style. But I don't mind the page as it stands now. Lao Wai 08:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

拜托... you are copying people's message here and there... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9812328327/qid=1124188273/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-3573995-9733632?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 210.177.191.40

Really? Sorry. This is why I ask people to sign their posts. Lao Wai 13:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Different from Jazz, Hip-hop, band sounds, etc, Canto-pop do not have a pre-define style. Canto-pop could be in any western or chinese musical forms, i.e. Hacken Lee featuring Lang Lang "我不會唱歌" is an adaptation/cover on Paganini/Liszt's La Campanella.

Maybe style is the wrong word. Canto-pop is an immediately recognisable genre then. I have heard Joan Jet and the Blackhearts' I Love Rock and Roll covered by someone. And there was no doubt about where the singer came from. Hong Kong singers can take music from all over and still produce a recogniable sound. But I am still happy with how it is now so there is no need to argue over it. Lao Wai 13:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why Sandy >deletions<?

Would you sign your posts please with four tildas (those ~ things). Would you also please stop vandalising this page. And most importantly of all, would you please stop defaming Ms. Lam. It is none of your business what she does. The rest of us do not want to know. Please go away. Lao Wai 12:52, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To Mr 203.78.80.39 and 210.177.191.40 (u r probably the same annoying brat) for the last time, why are you vandalizing Sandy Lam and especailly the 2005 Comeback section? Wikipedia is a place for hard facts and not for personal opinion. If you want to voice your opinion, do it in a forum, NOT in an encyclopaedia. Your IP ought to be banned for good. Go away and leave us in peace. Ondog 09:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Changed Mandarin (linguistics) link to Standard Mandarin. Mandarin (linguistics) is an article about the dialect family that stretches across an enormous expanse of North and West China, Standard Mandarin is an article about the standardised dialect (whatever mainlanders/taiwanese/HKers/Singaporeans call it) that Lam sings in when she's recording a 'Mandarin Song' (see also Emil Chau if you want someone who sings in Cantonese/Mandarin/English/Japanese). Wsbhopkin 14:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Lloyd Webber[edit]

Do you guys think we should include something about her involvement with the Andrew Lloyd Concert held in Beijing a few years ago? she co-hosted it with kris phillips and also sang a few songs. Elizej 18:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the article to include Sandy's latest album and her appearence in an Andrew Lloyd Webber's concert "Masterpiece".
Joelee.org 10:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whistle Register[edit]

I do not know this singer, never heard her singing, but one thing though I do not recall reading of any references stating she sings in the whistle register, so until then shc cannot be added. kudeh November 20, 2006 10:07

Who the hell is she?

Non-Register[edit]

In fact, she is not so popular nowadays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.78.182.120 (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]