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Luo Dayou criticized the lowering of Taiwan's cultural threshold under the leadership of the Democratic Progressive Party in Tang Xianglong's program. Chen Shui-bian quoted Luo Dayou's song "Taipei is Not My Home" in the 1994 Taipei mayoral debate.
Senior musician Luo Dayou recently accepted an exclusive interview with media personality Tang Xianglong. In the program, he strongly criticized the Democratic Progressive Party for lowering Taiwan's cultural threshold. In response, former President Chen Shui-bian, who quoted the lyrics "Taipei is not my home" during the Taipei mayoral candidate debate in 1994, posted on Threads that saying that Taiwanese music has regressed is an exaggeration.
Chen Shui-bian posted on Threads today that "Taipei Is Not My Home" is still a good song. However, in recent years, young friends have introduced him to independent music, and some bands even put their names into the song. Many works do not cater to the market, but instead open up new possibilities. If you listen more to the creations of different generations, you will find that Taiwanese music is always moving forward.
Chen Shui-bian pointed out that even if campus folk songs are good to listen to, their creation will inevitably be limited in an era of censorship. After the lifting of martial law, creativity gradually opened up, and Taiwanese music flourished in the 1990s. Wu Bai's "Dare to Go to Tomb Zaipu" was considered inappropriate by some people, but he still invited him to perform in the mayoral election campaign; in 1997, he also privately helped open the Mayday wild stage singing. Only by giving creators a stage can good music be heard.
Chen Shui-bian believes that Taiwan is valuable because of its diversity. Different styles and viewpoints have room to create, perform and be heard. Can a song like "Queen's Road East" still be sung in China? Opening in Dagang allows a lot of music to be seen, and it also allows the older generation of veteran singers to interact with the new generation. International musicians also come to communicate, allowing the world to see Taiwan and Taiwanese music to the world. From physical to streaming, and then ushering in the wave of AI, the music industry continues to face challenges. There are still people working hard for Taiwan’s music. To say that Taiwanese music has regressed is an exaggeration.
Chen Shui-bian said that during the mayoral debate in 1994, A-Bian once quoted "Taipei is not my home." The lyrics are just as the author said, and it is still remembered as a good song, worthy of respect as a godfather. He also quoted the lyrics of Luo Dayou's "Lukang Town" and hoped that he would show his godfather spirit to support future generations and protect Taiwanese music, "for future generations to use it and pass it on from generation to generation."

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Veteran musician Luo Dayou said on a radio show, "People from other provinces have been bullied badly enough. If this vote doesn't come out, it will really be over." This attracted Golden Horse Award Best Supporting Actor winner Chen Muyi to choke back. Wang Dan, a Chinese pro-democracy activist, posted a post on Facebook criticizing Luo Dayou for being uneducated and lowering his standards as a cultured person. He emphasized three times, "I don't like Luo Dayou as a person." However, he still likes his songs and believes that after the creation is released, it no longer only belongs to the creator himself, and there is no need to discard the song because of others.
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