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Originally Posted by urgg
Inspired by 起飞.. never really watch the show but love the 新謠..
What is 新謠?
Xinyao (Chinese: 新谣; pinyin: Xīnyáo) is a Chinese noun comprising two words: Xīn (新) which is an abbreviation for Singapore, and yáo (谣) for song. The extended form is Xīnjiāpō gēyáo (新加坡歌谣), which simply means "Singapore songs". It is a genre of songs that is unique to Singapore, where the songs are composed and sung by Singaporeans and are often about life within the country. Xinyao can be clearly identified by its distinctive style of clean acoustics, with a group of people singing and harmonizing together, usually accompanied solely by the guitar. As the movement grew and became semi-commercialized in the early 90s, more sophisticated accompaniments with drums, castanets etc. were adopted.
Bring back alot of memories for sure.. 
One of my favourite..
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Yeah, xinyao accompany me throughout my adolescent years, brings back a lot of memories. I start to know xinyao from a school band called di xia tie - the main singer is Eric Moo, listens to his song, find that the chinese words can be so beautiful, then get interested to learn mandarin through his songs. Eric Moo born in Perak, coming to Spore to study at the age of eight, graduated from Jurong Junior College, find him very talented in playing guitar & composing songs. Feel touched by this group of youngsters passion in playing & composing local songs purely bcos of interest.