Xin Yao | Songs of Singapore

[一个青年对《我们唱着的歌》看后感想］

1月16日前几天，我朋友的母亲传简讯问我，要不要去看这部<我们唱着的歌>，关于新谣的纪录片，她有一张额外的票。我也想不多，反正那个时间有空，就爽快的答应了。

1月16日那天来到首都戏院观看纪录片的人，多数是大约四十岁以上，但还能看到些跟我一样的青少年或更小的，小孩。

纪录片开始了，里面讲述新谣从以前到现在的旅程，歌唱家面对的种种困难，当然也有欢乐的时候。

纪录片播放的那两个小时，我很专注地观看，也不时被感动，不时会笑出声来。感动，是因为刚开始南大跟新大联盟，南大的学生都是华文背景，教育部那时又刚要学校用英语教课，许多学生无法适应。他们对自己的英语感到自卑，就更努力学习华文。之后，他们办了几次校内演出，其他学校的学生也被激发，在各自学校，中学，初级学院里办自己的小组。

虽然新谣流行的时候我还未存在，但我还蛮喜欢听新谣歌。小时候爸妈都会在家里、车里播新谣歌，因此我听新谣长大，如《排排坐》、《摇摇民谣》、《细水长流》等等。

当我在面簿（FB）知道《我们唱着的歌》将在电影院放映，我特别开心，因我要介绍这部纪录片给朋友和家人们，让他们也有机会更认识新谣，怀念以前的新加坡。

我很喜欢这部纪录片，看了后被感动和激发了。

特别的票 | Special hand-stamped ticket

On 16 Jan, I was invited to watch a documentary about xinyao, which is a genre of music unique to Singapore, composed and sung by Singaporeans. Naturally I was interested- I had grown up listening to xinyao, even though it's popular period was the '80s.

This screening of the documentary was held at the Capitol theatre, and viewers got special hand-stamped tickets that were similar to those in the '80s, I guess. The documentary itself was about the history of xinyao, how it started and the journey.

Though it might be a bit dry for children and teenagers, being a documentary, it is definitely worth a watch. I got a lot of nostalgic feels throughout the movie even though I wasn't even existent during that period.

All in all, it was a very inspirational and touching documentary. You'd have to watch the whole thing to understand what I mean, it can't be explained in words, and in English.

Trailer below: