Which NDP song for 2007 do you identify best with and why?
“Will you” is my choice for being the best among the two.
My reason is simple. This song speaks more than just it’s declarations of commitment and love to our motherland. The non-verbal significance that strikes me the most is actually the idea of bringing about talented singers of different racial groups, combining them together – forming a song that spells more than unity among citizens, but unity amongst all racial groups, promoting a harmonious diversity of ethnicity in the country.
In a world where there is much chaos over difference in ethnicity, our country is proud to be one who reign peace over that factor. And that itself portrays deeply in the song that I chose.
Of course, I can’t forget to mention of the deep aspirations the song gives. Of bringing Singapore into a city who, as commonly said, a place we call home. It’s speaks further about improving Singapore, advancing it and improving into a better place. Strong verses such as “ will you scale new heights? Will you make it happen?” shouts a national challenge to all citizens, to play each individual part in bringing Singapore into a nation that everyone can be proud of.
“Will you brave this journey, will you help make it real”. To me, I personally feel it is telling Singaporeans of the aspirations that Mr Lee Kwan Yew spoke about, to make Singapore a first world country. That itself, is a voyage that is hard to reach and requires every Singaporean’s help in achieving. Hence, the song again increases it’s significance, by adding a additional message in the song. A message that impacted the whole nation, a message that brings us, Singaporeans, far.
It’s a song that beckons improvement, a song that symbolizes unity, a song that proclaim racial harmony, a song that represents us all, Singaporeans.
