In mid-April, when the official announcement of the music synthesis "Sound and Endless" jointly created by Hunan Satellite TV and TVB was finalized, He Jiong asked everyone a question: "What is Hong Kong music?" ”
Miriam Yeung said: "Hong Kong music is music that can directly represent Hong Kong, which is not just a note or melody, but it can record the culture of Hong Kong in different eras." ”
Lau Cheuk Fai said: "Hong Kong music is Hong Kong pop music! ”
Guo Weiliang: "Hong Kong music is the music created or lyrics or sung by Hong Kong musicians! ”
Cheng Kwok-jiang: "Hong Kong music is the music produced in Hong Kong, and it is the medium and channel for Hong Kong musicians to express their hearts. ”
Just when a group of musicians were expressing their opinions on this issue, the 74-year-old Lin Zixiang said amazingly: "Hong Kong music is me, I am Hong Kong music!" ”
Many young audiences heard this, and suddenly "exploded" - the Hong Kong music scene is full of talents, the king of the superstar Ganges Sand, Lin Zixiang can represent Hong Kong music?
So, is Lin Zixiang worthy of the name, or is it not worthy of the name?
Personally, I think Lin Zixiang is telling the big truth - he is Hong Kong Le, and Hong Kong Le is him!
Today, sister pickpocket will come to talk to you about Gangle and Lam - Lin Zixiang.
I believe that after reading this article, you will have a new understanding and view of Both Gangle and Lin Zixiang.
The "originator" of hip hop and skewers, the "glue" of Hong Kong music
Many people talk about Hong Kong music, always like to talk from the 80s and 90s, thinking that Hong Kong music only has a history of 30 or 40 years.
In fact, after the establishment of the "Pastoral Song Association" in Hong Kong in 1843, the real meaning of Hong Kong music has already emerged.
It is divided into three categories: pop music, traditional music, and art music.
These three categories are divided into many sub-categories, among which pop music is divided into: European and American pop songs, Chinese pop songs, Cantonese pop songs and film and television theme songs; traditional music is divided into: Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera; art music is divided into: orchestral music, folk music and vocal music.
Nowadays, when we talk about Hong Kong music, we are actually talking about Hong Kong pop music.
Before Lin Zixiang was born, the mainstream of popular music in Hong Kong was the "Haipai Era Song" from Shanghai, representing singers such as Gong Qiuxia, Zhou Xuan, Yao Li, Li Xianglan, Bai Guang, etc.; and at the beginning of Lin Zixiang's debut, the "Oriental Song Art" from Taiwan dominated the Hong Kong music scene, representing singers such as Yao Surong, Yang Yan, Tang Orchid, Liu Jiachang, Zhen Ni, Youya, Teresa Teng Lijun, Feng Feifei and so on.
Originally, according to this development trend, It was difficult for Hong Kong music to develop, but there were three hall-level figures in the Hong Kong music scene: Luo Wen, Hui Guanjie and Lin Zixiang, who together created the glory of Hong Kong music.
Rowan combines Hong Kong music with film and television to carry forward; Hui Guanjie let Cantonese songs enter the room and spread throughout the streets and alleys; and Lin Zixiang took two strengths and connected the two eras!
In Lin Zixiang's own words, "I started singing from the starting point and connecting them!" ”
Lin Zixiang's words are not false! Born in the 1940s, he was surrounded by people who either listened to the "mesmerizing sounds" of the Haipai or listened to the "confusion and wandering" of Europe and the United States, such as the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones and so on.
He attended an aristocratic school in middle school and spent six years in the United States after college, and Lin Zixiang returned to Hong Kong at the time when the small fishing village became one of the "Four Asian Tigers". At this time, singers such as Rowan and Xu Guanjie have begun to exert their strength for Hong Kong music. Lin Zixiang bumped into the best era of Gangle and personally participated in and changed history.
In 1975, Lin Zixiang signed a contract with EMI Records and joined the "Jade Band", and the following year released his first English album "George Lam Series 1: Lam", which began to emerge in the Hong Kong music scene; in 1978, Lin Zixiang launched his first Cantonese album "Various Teachers and Laws", which quickly became popular; in 1980, Lin Zixiang won the "Top Ten golden melody awards for Chinese" with two songs "In the Middle of the Water" and "Minutes Need You", and won the kingship. At the same time, his song "Minutes Need You" has a status in the minds of Hong Kong people, comparable to Rowan's "Under the Lion Rock".
In 1985, Lin Zixiang connected 20 Cantonese golden songs into "Ten Twelve Inches", and the first string of songs in the Chinese music scene was officially born, which was exactly 23 years earlier than Gu Juji's "Love Song King"!
In 1986, Lin Zixiang sang rap in "A Lam Diary", trying to integrate Cantonese songs with European and American music; then, Lin Zixiang sang the classic song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" into "Dare to Love and Dare to Do", and all rose to key, and the skills were amazing.
In addition, Lin Zixiang has also tried a variety of genres such as minor, blues, Acapella, rock, folk, and popular, and played all the techniques.
Such a singer cannot represent Hong Kong music, what kind of singer can?
In 1994, when Lin Zixiang won the Golden Needle Award, the highest award in the Hong Kong music scene, he was only 47 years old.
Before him, the winners were Xu Xiaofeng, Luo Wen, Huang Xia and Zheng Guojiang; after him, it was Teresa Teng, Tan Yonglin, Mui Yanfang and Zhang Guorong. This "Lifetime Achievement Award" in the Hong Kong music scene is known for its harshness, and no one in the first three sessions has been able to win it, and in recent years, it has often been vacant, on the grounds that it would rather be empty than let a singer without strength take it!
At the "Golden Needle Award" award ceremony that year, the award guest Xu Xiaofeng asked Lin Zixiang to say two sentences, and Lin Zixiang proudly said: "This also imitates me, that also imitates me, even Xiao Fengjie imitates me!" ”
The singers in the audience blushed.
Hong Kong music is not only music, but also a cultural innovation and inheritance
After the development of Gangle to a certain extent, it entered a bottleneck period. Many singers either imitate Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, or they fall into the "deep pit" of commercialization and film and television. Lin Zixiang, on the other hand, made great trade-offs and trade-offs.
He has also adapted and covered many songs, but almost all of them will rise to the key; he has also sung many lackluster works to cater to the market and fans, but he always adheres to the principles and bottom line of a singer, shoulders the responsibility and obligation of a singer - rooted in Hong Kong, backed by the motherland, facing the world!
In 1984, China and the United Kingdom signed the Joint Declaration confirming that Hong Kong would return to the motherland in 1997. Xu Ke planned to shoot "Huang Feihong" to tell the Hong Kong people where the roots are, Huang Xiatuo people found the general score of the ancient song "General's Order" in Taiwan, and finally took more than two months to compress the opera of more than 500 beats into "Boys Should Strengthen Themselves", Xu Ke and Huang Xia named Lin Zixiang to sing, they think that others can not sing that kind of emotion and momentum.
After Ma Weidu listened, he said with emotion: "Later, I listened to the versions sung by countless individuals, and none of them were able to, don't say that it is difficult to surpass him and get close to him!" ”
Fist and patriotic heart, heaven and earth can be learned. Such an abundance of emotion, exhilarating!
East China floods, "SARS", "Wenchuan earthquake", Lin Zixiang and Hong Kong stars together charity performances to collect donations; from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala to the Great Hall of the People, to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala in the Greater Bay Area, Lin Zixiang sang "Boys Should Be Self-Reliant" over and over again.
His whiskers were all white, but his bones were still hard, his body was still straight, and his voice still had a power to touch people's hearts.
Hong Kong singers hold concerts, whether it is a superstar or a young singer, as long as he is invited as a guest, he will not refuse. He wants to carry forward and pass on this spirit of perseverance, self-reliance, unity and fraternity of Gangle.
In 1985, at the Hong Kong "Top Ten Golden Melodies" award ceremony, Lin Zixiang sang with Zhang Guorong, Tan Yonglin and Su Rui in order to boost morale, strung the singers' classic songs into "12 inches", and Luo Wen, Xu Guanjie, Mei Yanfang and Jackie Chan, who were sitting on the stage, clapped their hands red; the fledgling Jacky Cheung and Lu Fang and others were adoring.
In 2005, also on the stage of the "Top Ten Golden Melodies" awards ceremony in Hong Kong, Lin Zixiang invited singers to sing "Dare to Love and Dare to Hate" in order to spur singers. Eason Chan sang a broken tone, and Gu Juji's voice was covered; Joey Yung held the microphone and did not sing, and many singers did not even dare to answer the microphone.
This "proud" old man of the music scene once again made the "modest" singers blush!
Minato didn't die, just near dusk
In 2001, Eason Chan invited Lin Zixiang to be a guest of his concert, and fans felt that Eason Chan was too "cruel" - invite an old man to the stage, can he still sing?
As a result, Lin Zixiangsheng Key, who debuted in the finale, sang "Twelve Minutes and Twelve Inches", and the chorus of Eason Chan was red in the face and sweaty, and E fans could not help but sigh: "Your uncle is still your uncle!" ”
Coincidentally, Jacky Cheung invited Lin Zixiang as a guest when he held a concert. Fans also think that Lin Zixiang can't sing, and as a result, Jacky Cheung told the audience very seriously: "As long as Lin Zixiang is still there, please don't call me a god of song!" ”
In the B station, the scenes of Lin Zixiang and other singers on the same stage have almost become "famous scenes", and the rolling barrage tells you - by who asks, the king of heaven is old, can he still sing?
In recent years, Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen have focused their singing careers on the mainland.
The two old men conquered the audience with music again and again.
This time, the husband and wife both participated in the music roundup "Sound and Endless", is it because of the lack of money? Not necessarily!
Lin Zixiang said, "As long as Hong Kong Music needs me, I can still sing!" ”
Since Gangle needs 74-year-old Lin Zixiang, it shows that today's Gangle has indeed reached the point of being green and yellow.
For several years, the "Golden Needle Awards" have been repeatedly suspended because it is really impossible to choose a decent singer.
In the year that Lin Zixiang won the "Golden Needle Award", the "Four Heavenly Kings" were all selected as the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs".
I thought it was the prelude to the glory of Hong Kong Music, but how could I know that it had become the last glory of Hong Kong Music?
But Koraku isn't dead yet! As long as Lin Zixiang and Lin Zixiang can still sing and sing, Hong Kong Music will not die; as long as the "proud" singer still stands up and the "modest" singer knows to blush, Hong Kong Music will not die!
But think about it, Lin Zixiang is also a 74-year-old man!