"Flowers Blossom Thanksgiving"
Lyricist: Zhou Zhiping Singer: Doll Arranger: Tu Huiyuan
What kind of lock can lock promises
Let your gentleness be able to stay
What kind of song can be sung forever
By the time the years were white
Do you remember
Lovers are always in love
There is always a lifetime in the oath
If I want one forever
How many years can you give me
Wait for how long the flowers bloom to thank you
Birds can't see how far they fly
If youth is just a blink of an eye
When the person you love the most is leaving
We are all looking for an eternal spring
We also look forward to an immortal vow
But dreams are easily shattered
Red face is easy to haggard
After all, tears will be faced
In 2014, when Liu Mingxiang participated in "The Voice of China", he sang a song "Across the Ocean to See You", the original song was a doll (Jin Zhijuan), which was composed by Li Zongsheng based on a real emotional experience of Jin Zhijuan. Doll is the stage name of Jin Zhijuan, a Taiwanese singer who was active in the 1980s and 1990s, and the representative songs are in addition to "Crossing the Ocean to See You", "Autumn Cool", "Heavy Rain", and the song "Flowers Blossom and Thank You" that I want to talk about today.
Taiwan also has another stage name called Doll, is a lyricist, the real name is Chen Yuzhen, many famous songwriters are her, like Tan Yonglin's "Difficult to Give Up" and "Water Flower" (Mandarin version), Jacky Cheung's "Want to Blow the Wind with You", Fei Yuqing's "A Cut of Plum", Rowan's "Dust Edge" and so on.
The song "Flowers Blossom and Thanks" is included in the doll's 1993 album "I am not discouraged by love", which is the theme song of the Taiwanese film "Youth Without Regrets" directed by Zhou Yanzi, composed by Zhou Zhiping and arranged by Tu Huiyuan.
Zhou Zhiping is a famous songwriter and music producer in Taiwan, who has written songs for Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Zhou Huajian, Liang Chaowei and many other stars, he is also a singer, representative works include "That Wind and Snow Moon Thing", "Letterhead of Rose Petals", "Su SanQi Solution", etc., his songs are delicate and gentle, lingering and compassionate, tender and soft, forming a quite personalized Zhou-style love song.
Tu Huiyuan is also a master music producer, Zhang Huimei's "Cut Love" and "Listen to the Sea", Qi Qin's "Past With the Wind", Zheng Xiuwen's "Worth it" and other albums are all produced by him.
Jin Zhijuan, known as "the first female singer in Taiwan", has a slightly deeper, astringent voice, some heavy nasal sounds, hoarse tone, not the kind of innate conditions are particularly good, and the singing method feels less skilled, especially in the high pitch, it is directly shouted out of thin air, with sudden explosive power, people can't help but pinch a handful of sweat when listening, worried about breaking the sound, but she handles it just right, expresses that strong emotion to the fullest, and makes people resonate.
The public welfare song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" sung by the stars was released in 1985 for the "Year of World Peace" in 1986. Lyrics by Luo Dayou, Li Shouquan, Zhang Aijia and many others, music by Luo Dayou, arrangement by Chen Zhiyuan, and production by Li Shouquan. 60 Chinese singers such as Cai Qin, Su Rui, Pan Yueyun, Fei Yuqing, Qi Yu and so on were gathered to sing together, and the sentence "Who can bear to look at the sorrow of yesterday and take away our smiles" was sung by Jin Zhijuan. Compared with other singers, her voice is not mellow, not high-pitched, not feminine, not bright, but unique, there is a kind of alternative uninhibited.
"Across the Ocean to See You" this song, I especially like Jin Zhijuan's original version, although the breathing sound is heavy, may be due to the recording of the crying can not calm the mood caused, but it is precisely because of this, let people feel the obsession behind the patience and sadness, regardless of the end of the determination and firmness, a lifelong desire and stubbornness. Emotion is something that is intrinsic, like temperament, that cannot be packaged. Those cover versions always lack some heartfelt expressions of true feelings.
The first time I heard "Flowers Blossom and Thank You" was in the period before the college entrance examination, and I was deeply attracted by the first listen, in addition to the beautiful and romantic lyrics, the melody that was gentle and beautiful, and the voice that Jin Zhijuan could not imitate: vicissitudes and texture, although imperfect, but it appeared real and unique. From the whispers of "what kind of lock can lock the promise" and "what kind of song can be sung to eternity", to the shallow singing and whispering of "lovers are always in love, there is always a lifetime in the vows", to the direct questioning of "If I want an eternity, how many years can you give me", people are moved. Youth is fleeting, and deep love is difficult to escape. Dreams are fragile, red faces are easy to grow old, and after all, they have to tear up. The whole song is full of aura and tension, which makes people feel sick to the intestines.
In the flowing music, traveling through nearly thirty years of time, it is as if you have returned to a time that cannot be defined and cannot be repeated. Every day in a step-by-step life, in addition to eating, sleeping, studying, nothing to worry about, but every moment can feel the invisible pressure, can not see or touch, but firmly imprisoned the entire body and mind, let people tired. The heart is full of deviance, for the feeling of being unrestrained and free. The little things around you can cause inner fluctuations, the mind becomes complicated, and all kinds of emotions that have never been seen before fill the brain. In fact, I have just had a little understanding of reality, and I feel as if I have completely seen through reality. Life makes people involuntarily expect, but also makes people despair for no reason. The future is full of infinite possibilities and with the panic of the unknown. In the silent and noisy midnight, the bitterness in the heart accumulates, only to turn on the radio, let the music pour in like a sea, and drown out countless questions, confusion, confusion, and pain in an instant. "How long will you thank you when the flowers bloom?" How far can birds fly and can't be seen? If youth is just a blink of an eye, when will the person you love the most have to leave? Only the heart-rending cry was left, reverberating for a long time.