Although Lin was gaining some recognition for his music, it wasn't until he returned to Meinung in 1998 to perform in a celebration of the Hakka god King of the Three Mountains that he realized that his music was basically Western-style rock despite the Hakka elements in it.
雖然此時林生祥的音樂已逐漸打出名氣，然而當 1998 年，林生祥帶著滿腔熱誠，回到故鄉美濃為神祇「三山國王」生日慶典獻唱時，他才發現自己的客語創作，本質仍是西方搖滾樂，不管多受外界歡迎，卻「回不了家」，無法得到鄉親認同。