Danny also was a rebellious spirit.
Danny也有反的一面
PALPABLE DARKNESS
Only Danny Chan would paint his entire house-form walls to furniture – in black. Black symbolized, at once, uncovered innocence and heavy experience.
Danny Chan is not who the darling prince we think he is. Yet, he was constantly compared with Leslie Cheung; the former considered a prince while the latter a rebellious spirit. Yet, aren’t the two mirrors of each other, two sides of the same coin?
It was era in full blossom. Canto-pop swept the entire Asia region. We had such figures as Joseph Koo, Jim Wong, Richard Lam, Poon Yuen Leung, Keith Chan, Lowell Lo, Peter Lai, Anthony Lun, Alvin Kwok, Lam Manyee, Cheung Kwok Kong… the list goes on and on.
Yet things turn and wilt after full blossom. Whether it is the music or the music-makers, those who have experienced such glory couldn’t live happily with themselves. No wonder the mega-stars of 1980s all fell, one after another.
One of those stars still blazed proudly, 20 years later in the pitch black sky. That far-away star is, I believe, Danny Chan.
暗黑浮世 反叛气质
也只有陈百强会把整间房子,由家具到墙壁都髹成黑色.黑色是未凿如璞的天真，也是沉稠如漆的经验。
陈百强不是我们所理解的公子哥儿，他不是身穿白衬衫、配浅色开襟毛衣的温儒书生。陈百强总被拿来和张国荣比较——无论是他当红的八十年代的初期，还是张国荣后来居上的八十年代中期，他们一个被视为贵公子，一个被当作叛逆不羁。可是二人何尝不是对方的镜子?在对方身上看见自己的另一面?
那是百花齐花的八十年代，粤语流行曲席卷两岸三地。那时候,有「辉黄」组合——顾家辉/黄沾，有林振强，有潘源良，有陈少琪，有周礼茂，有冠廷，有蔡国权，有黎彼得，有偏永亮，有郭小霖，有林敏怡，有郑国江……这份名单如果要一直数下去,一定很长.
但世事往往是韶华胜极,过后无以为继,无论是音乐,还是创造音乐的人,演绎音乐的人,试过万人空巷的拥戴,也依然无法与自己安然相处,无怪乎八十年代过去后,巨星一颗一颗的殒落。
而那其中一颗,二十年后依然在漆黑的星空里熠熠闪亮,那遥远的星宿,信是陈百强.