Her career began as a part-time DJ at Commercial Radio Hong Kong in 1982, in which she got an unique nick name 611 (6+1+1=8, in Cantonese ‘8’ means being talkative and always questioning about gossips and other topics). Sandy joined SONY in 1983 and her debut in her Chinese name Lam Yik Lin was released in 1984. She rapidly became the most popular up-and-raising star. "Yik Lin", her third album released in 1987, reached double platinum and that's when her music career truly kicked off.
With heavy influences from Western music, Sandy’s music style started from cheesy Japanese teen pop to Light Jazz; and from there to R&B, Soul, or even Fusion. In fact, she is considered the only Hong Kong female singer with the best ad-libs. She has 27 full studio albums in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Japanese, and adding other EPs, live recordings, compilations and co-operations, there is more than 80 or more on the list.
Unlike many other singers in Hong Kong, audience recognizes Sandy as a true musician/performer, rather than an entertainer. You don’t find shocking make-up or extreme outfits from her; it is her pure voice which captured everyone’s heart. She rather spends her time producing an album instead of attending meaningless shows. Her fans admire her as who she is and the willingness to improve herself vocally, and such improvement is well-know in the industry like a miracle. In recent years, she is transforming herself: from singer to singer songwriter.
2005 marks the 20th anniversary of her music career. Being able to survive this long in Hong Kong entertainment scene is not an easy task, because of the high competition and people are being so forgetful. Looking back, it shouldn’t be a surprise after all, Sandy is the very first singer to blend in Jazz & R&B elements into Chinese music; she is one of the pioneers who marches into the Japanese music scene and the first singer to have two Chinese songs entering the Japan J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 music chart.
Moreover, she was the most successful Hong Kong singer to make it big in Taiwan by her first Mandarin release selling a record of 600,000 copies; she also participated in Asia’s first 47 days sold out Chinese musical "Snow Wolf Lake"; she was hand picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform in The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Elaine Paige in Shanghai in 2001, and she was also picked to sing the Chinese version of Les Miserables’s theme song On My Own. A new kind of flower in Singapore is named after her name called Dendrobium Sandy.
野花
林憶蓮 Lyrics
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曲: DICK LEE 词: 林振强 编: 陈明道
谁能忘怀晨雾中 有你吻著半醒的身
谁能忘怀长夜中 共你笑著 笑得多真
痴共醉 多么的想跟你再追
然而从没根的我必须去
抬头前行吧 请你 尽管他朝必然想你
曾共风中一野花躺过 曾共风中一个她恋过
来年人随年渐长 你会发现你的方向
忘遗从前流浪中 倦了爱睡我的中央
风共我 也许一天于天涯途上
来回寻觅中找到我所想
抬头前行吧 准我 泪水哭出之前舍你
来年和来月请你尽淡忘 曾共风中一野花躺过
曾共风中一个她恋过
临行前来吧 亲我 用当天的小名呼我
来年和来月请你尽淡忘 曾共风中一野花躺过
曾共风中一个她恋过
The lyrics of "野花"(Wildflower) by 林憶蓮 speak of memories of a past lover that the singer is struggling to forget. The opening verse reminisces about a misty morning when the lover kissed the singer while she was half-asleep. The following verse refers to the many genuine laughs they shared during the long nights. The singer longs to be with the lover again and follow him, but she is directionless and has to continue ahead alone. The chorus describes the unrequited love the singer experienced, and how both she and the wildflower were worth admiring and loving even though nobody did. The song ends with the singer asking the lover to hold her and kiss her once more before they part, urging him to forget her as time goes on.
Line by Line Meaning
谁能忘怀晨雾中 有你吻著半醒的身
Who could forget your kiss on my semi-awake body in the morning fog?
谁能忘怀长夜中 共你笑著 笑得多真
Who could forget our shared laughter in the long nights, how real it was?
痴共醉 多么的想跟你再追
We were so in love, I wish I could chase after you again
然而从没根的我必须去
But as someone with no roots, I had to leave
抬头前行吧 请你 尽管他朝必然想你
Just raise your head and move forward, even though he will surely miss you
来年和来月请你尽淡忘
Starting from next year and next month, please try to forget
曾共风中一野花躺过 曾共风中一个她恋过
We've both laid among the wildflowers in the wind, and we've both loved someone in that same wind
来年人随年渐长 你会发现你的方向
Next year as time passes, you'll find your way
忘遗从前流浪中 倦了爱睡我的中央
As I wander through life, I'm tired of love and just want to sleep in your arms
风共我 也许一天于天涯途上
Together with the wind, maybe one day I'll find what I'm looking for on the road to the ends of the earth
来回寻觅中找到我所想
As I search back and forth, I'll find what I was looking for
准我 泪水哭出之前舍你
Please let me leave before I cry and regret leaving you
临行前来吧 亲我 用当天的小名呼我
Before I leave, come and hug me and call me by my old nickname
Writer(s): Dick Lee
Contributed by Lauren J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Sam Yeung
整個歌手生涯中不斷進步不斷求變的可有幾人? 慶幸我們有林憶蓮. 時間越久越發覺她的歌有多好聽
Ky Dic
@desmusic100 錯，同輩歌手，只有林憶蓮
desmusic100
我很多歌手都會
lvjohn1421
林憶蓮最出色的大碟，沒有之一。
每次聽這歌，她的歌聲都牽動了我的感情。完美的演繹。
vincentkm wong
绝对同意，后来的专辑没有一个可以让我依然感动的。都二十多年了
王統志
@Christine Cheng 。。。
Alan Yong
林憶蓮有許多高水準的專輯，不過《野花》是所有專輯中的標竿。詞曲的創作，歌手的演繹，錄音編曲的高水平，至今還是沒有人可以超越。《野花》不僅是個優質專輯，更是不可多得的概念專輯（Concept Album)。
Terence Ng T.K.
@Jialin Jiao City Rhythm part 1至 part 3同樣經典，蓋亞亦是一絕，仲有Love, Sandy，太多經典大碟啦！
陳大雕
最喜歡林憶蓮，沒有之一！🤗🤗
Jason Goh
忆莲呢首歌直至2021年依然盛放👍👍越听越有味道