In 1991, Xu Ke filmed the martial arts film "Huang Feihong", and Huang Zhun just cooperated with him in "Qiannu Ghost", so he ran to ask him if the theme song should be written for you. Xu Ke said that he found someone, and he didn't need you to write it. But later, the song written by others was not satisfied, and he found Huang Chen, and at this time, the time was already very tight.
But Huang Chen wrote several drafts, Xu Ke was not satisfied, and finally Huang Chen found inspiration from the ancient song "General Order", wrote the last draft, sent a fax to Xu Ke, wrote on it, used it, and asked Gao Ming without using it. Xu Ke's taste is also very strong, and when he looks at it, he will say that this is it.
But the scale of this song is too high, and few in the whole music scene can sing it. Huang Zhun could only catch Lin Zixiang, who was going to catch a plane the next day, overnight.
At that time, the arrangement had not yet been done, and the recording studio could only have one piano demo, and Huang Zhun told Lin Zixiang: When you sing, you must imagine that there are thousands of troops and horses, drums, traditional instruments such as the siren and the pipa. Then Lin Zixiang opened his mouth and roared, as if there were thousands of troops and horses galloping forward.
Singing and singing, Lin Zixiang sang Hi and took the initiative to ask, "The last paragraph, I will raise an octave to sing it!" Huang Zhun recorded countless songs, never heard such a strange request, so he personally helped Lin Zixiang sing, the old version of the "Huh! Ha! "It's all yellow-stained voices.
This song is the martial arts golden song that is not born in Hong Kong music - "Boys Should Be Self-Reliant".
Time turned 31 years, lin Zixiang, who is 74 years old, stood on the variety stage of Mango Satellite TV and sang this song again.
The whole process is full of energy, vigorously through a class of traffic after the birth, singing to the end, he separated the five words of "hot like red sun", sang a word, pointed to a wave of audience under the stage, until the last word was sung, the momentum was like a long rainbow through the sun, and the aftermath was endless.
Many viewers, including me, of course, couldn't help but blush in front of the screen.
This variety show that pokes many viewers in the audience is "Sound and Endless".
The show also has a subtitle - "Hong Kong Music Season". Needless to say, all the songs sung on the stage are Cantonese golden songs.
How good is this variety show? It is produced by the Department of Network Audio-Visual of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Office, and the Propaganda, Culture and Sports Department of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and produced by Hunan Radio and Television and TVB. In the introductory part of the program, the chief executive of Hong Kong, China, personally appeared on camera.
The production team is the original team of "I Am a Singer".
Singers, there are first-line singers among Hong Kong stars, Lin Zixiang, Ye Qianwen, Li Keqin, Yang Qianwei.
There are Li Jian, Li Wei, Zhou Bichang and Mao Buyi, who have been on "Singer".
There is the supergirl Liu Xijun, who has become popular again with "The Wind Blows", and the mosaic band that has caught fire in recent years.
There are also a vote of music newcomers Zengbit, An Qi, Shan Yichun, and Yan Mingjia.
Some musicians commented that the biggest significance of this show is to let new and old singers sing Cantonese songs at the same time.
However, the old classics that have increasingly become a generation, and the Hong Kong music that has become a "Cantonese feature film" in the eyes of a new generation of audiences, in the end, does anyone still listen to it, and does anyone care?
Strange. There are a lot of people who listen.
Before the broadcast of Hunan Satellite TV, Mango TV broadcast the first episode at noon, 6 hours, won the third place in the popularity of the whole network, and the number of program broadcasts has exceeded 100 million.
The most important thing is, Douban netizens, hi flip a piece. Some people in the short comment area directly called out "Whether it is the stage or the lineup is the ceiling of the music synthesis" "Growing up listening to Hong Kong music, I was very touched to see it."
I would like to ask, after the end of "I Am a Singer", how long has it been since there has been a high-reputation sound synthesis that can trigger the hot discussion of the whole network? How long has it been since I heard this session of young people talking about Hong Kong Music enthusiastically?
This mango station carefully made a variety show, it is time to fire.
1. As soon as these veteran singers open their mouths, the taste of Hong Kong music will return
"The history of Hong Kong music sung together, the collection of Chinese feelings that can be heard." "Create a Hong Kong music era record to promote cultural exchanges between the two places!"
This is the opening words written into the program copywriting.
Although it is the old team of "Singer", although it still adopts the form of male and female group confrontation, the program is not eliminated, the so-called competition, the competition is only the winner and the golden song selected by the live audience.
The feature of this program is that the Chinese music scene Hong Kong music classic singers and mainland music singers will be invited to perform the classics on the spot, and the winner of "Singer" is the singer king, and the winner of "Sound and Endless" is Hong Kong music and Cantonese songs.
The prizes are nothing more than the sound of Hong Kong music.
The host is our old acquaintance, He Jiong, Wang Zulan.
As soon as the show started, the audience was hi, although the music competition variety shows emerged in an endless stream, but from production to aesthetics, mango music was always in the top position. There are the top stages, the top bands, equipment and sound effects, and many top singers in the Chinese music scene have been invited, but the most important thing is, "Mango's show this time, the pattern is a bit high." ”
Where is the high? Opening suite, the main lyricist, Mr. Huang Zhun.
The program copywriter's evaluation of Huang Chen's lyrics is that he writes "the spiritual temperament of traditional Chinese culture." ”
I can't agree with this comment.
Who sings? Nature is Lin Zixiang. As soon as it opens, it is the opening kneeling series.
A group of martial arts suites, "Shine Out a Thousand Points of Light", the opening, is the theme song of "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", "The Long Road Slowly Accompanies Me", and the end is "Boys Should Be Self-Reliant".
When the prelude to the song came out, when the voice of 74-year-old Lin Zixiang sounded, the sweat and hair of his body stood up.
"The long road slowly accompanies me to break through, with a body of guts and hot sausages." "In the face of the waves, the blood is like red sunshine."
It's so nice, the atmosphere is magnificent, and your uncle will always be your uncle. Uncle Lin came to the stage, and the field exploded.
I even felt that I had more somber emotional power than when I first listened to it in the video hall of the year. After more than thirty years, it has become more and more flavorful.
Because, whether it is the singers or ourselves, we have experienced decades of precipitation, and our mood is different from that year, and we will naturally hear more taste and more vitality.
And Lin Zixiang's singing will make you feel that his emotions, body, expression, and even the light in his eyes, behind the expressions that are outside the voice that starts from instinct, the singer's singing instinct, the strong and primitive emotional release, the expression of the look and body language, which makes him sing, giving people both auditory stimulation and emotional appeal.
After singing, the audience paid tribute to a generation of Hong Kong music masters with applause.
The applause continued, and Lin Zixiang gently wiped the corners of his eyes.
I remembered a sentence he said in the interview, "I always say that Hong Kong Music is broken, I am still there, how can it be broken." "Alas, it's just a variety show, and it's too touching."
Another classic song that can be juxtaposed with it, Ye Qianwen sang her own work "Blessing".
At the beginning, the audience also guessed whether Ye Qianwen would cooperate with her husband Lin Zixiang, and the result was that the mango stage was also fierce, and let the husband and wife fight as soon as they came up.
Before many netizens complained that Ye Qianwen was old, as a result, when Ye Qianwen, who was 61 years old with silver hair and red dress, appeared in the light, she was simply the queen of the king.
As soon as the singing began, this high note is also no one, steady and straight through people's hearts, each lyric, instantly evoked countless memories.
"Let the attachment you have this night repeat, even if you comfort him again."
Ma ya, what is memory killing, what is classic. Don't ask me why I can't get up on my knees.
Anyway, the moment Ye Qianwen opened her mouth, she wanted to shed tears.
The depth and heaviness of that voice has not changed in the slightest with the years.
Looking at the two classic creators on the stage, Lin Zixiang said "husband can't lose to his wife", Ye Qianwen "regurgitated", "the female compatriots in the audience will not agree".
The next second, the small hand is held, and the scene is sugar. In the end, Lin Zixiang, who had just won the championship in another Yin Zong and Hu Xia, really lost to his wife.
With them in place, the configuration of this season will go up, and the pattern will be stable. But the classic memories, of course, are not only for their generation.
Singing Hong Kong music, how can you not sing "there are only 30 million on the card is very panicked" Eason Chan.
Singing his song is Eason Chan's old friend, Miriam Yeung, "Unconditional".
As soon as he opened his mouth, the song "Still clinging to the side and resonating with you in and out" has sincerity, courage, and unconditional strength to move forward, as if returning to the era when Miriam Yeung Chan, the last song king of Hong Kong music, united to cross the music scene.
But among the veteran singers, my favorite is Li Keqin's "Allure". Huang Weiwen's word is wonderful.
Li Keqin is a singer who combines record type and live type at the same time, the appearance seems to be gentle and introverted, in fact, there is a strong Vocal skill, the live sound pressure is strong, the timbre has a very strong record value, clear, stable, flawless, but the presentation of the music inside, but extremely accurate.
Although this song was sung by Eason Chan Xu Meijing, Li Keqin sang his own taste.
In contrast, Li Wei's "Really Want to See You", I personally think it is too clever, too much for the audience to enjoy, and has less grasp of the essence of Hong Kong music.
But overall, as soon as these veteran singers opened their mouths, they were really moved.
Behind this touch, there is the mark left by the Cantonese song era in the hearts of a generation, just like Li Jian said, those songs at that time were extremely difficult to create, that was the transitional stage between ancient poetry and modern poetry, and now in today's song world, who can have that ability, no one can write.
That's the charm of classics.
Although, there are also viewers who complain about how it is all some old men and old aunts.
But I can't agree, everyone will be old, if there is no voice that carries a generation of classic Hong Kong music, without these participants and witnesses of the glorious years of Hong Kong music, what kind of Hong Kong music variety show is there?
2. Who would have thought that the person who got the highest score in the whole game was actually a newcomer
Of course, on the other hand, there are also viewers who are worried that classic singing will not be able to block the charm, and will the new generation of singers be overshadowed?
It turns out that the audience is worried, for example, the audience voted for the best golden song in this scene, which is from a newcomer singer who has never been heard by the mainland audience.
And the performance of many new singers, in my opinion, is not inferior.
For example, the appearance and strength are online, and the quality of each album is OK, but Liu Xijun, who is always not popular.
She stood alone in the center of the stage, wearing a long black dress to highlight the bumps of the figure, the expression was cold, and she performed Wang Jingwen's "Obsession without Regret".
Liu Xijun is the kind of female singer who has her own style, and there is a shadow of Wang Jingwen's style in the interpretation, but with her own style.
It is lazy, and free, the voice is so ethereal, but the voice line seems to stick in the air, so that the listener falls into her obsession and unrepentant.
Mao's difficult choice of Jacky Cheung's "Distant Her" has another meaning, which is the repertoire he sang in the campus singing competition nine years ago.
Compared with that year, this time the live stage is beautiful and shocking, a dead tree, an oil lamp, full of stars, Mao is not easy to be good at high notes, but the processing and sense of language in the bass area is actually very much in its own aesthetic style, as soon as I opened my mouth, I sang my emotions into it, and I wanted to listen quietly to him sing the story.
He is not actually a live singer, but his quietness, nature, clumsiness, and shyness are all part of the vitality of music, and the sense of live is moving.
And the song adapted from the Japanese classic "Distant Her" is definitely a good word,
"Let the evening breeze gently blow the sunset I am used to thinking about her every evening", who would have thought that this is the true story of a cancer lover?
Some of the stages are very dynamic.
For example, the water stage of Anqi, sexy, charming, stage expression, handsome and imposing and powerful dance together, the atmosphere of the scene quickly filled up.
A bit staged very retro lazy.
For example, Zhou Bichang stood in front of the dazzling red lights, his hair braided and sang "Sunset Drunk", Jacky Cheung is indeed a name that Cannot be bypassed in Cantonese songs, which is another of his works in this field.
The stage shape of the pen is also very absolute, a gilded stage shape, singing low on the stage full of sunset, "Who is drunk I don't say sneaky laughter", the mellow voice line is pulled, as if pulling out a touch of oblique sun.
There are also stages that will make the impetuous heart calm down.
For example, Li Jian, who has spoken more than once about the influence of Cantonese songs on him, brought his brother's "Silence is Golden" this time.
As soon as Li Jian opened his mouth, the tone of rationality and emotion coexisted, laying a far-reaching picture. Compared with the original singer Zhang Guorong and Xu Guanjie, the clarity, penetration, and low-key gorgeousness in his voice all give the song a different feeling, the original song is red dust to see, Li Jian's version is to look at the human world in the crowd, from then on", "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating leaves, why not groan and Xu Xing", so "there is no wind and rain and no sunshine".
The live performance of the mosaic band "Earth" also exceeded my expectations, and the atmosphere of the magic flashmaster scene was also very warm, but the most surprising thing to me was Zeng Bit's "First Love".
This song won the first place in the first stage of the sound of endless life, the lyrics are Zheng Guojiang, the original singer is Lin Zhimei, the original singing is the girl's youth and sweetness.
When the colorful lights hit Zeng Bit's body, the cheerful dance posture twisted up, and the teenager's taste of ignorance suddenly spread with the melody of the music, as if it were a small movie, saying the expectation and ignorance of the first love from the boy's perspective. Who doesn't love the young and sincere boy?
It turns out that each generation of different Cantonese singers can also give a song, different tastes, and old songs can also belong to young people.
Although most mainland singers sing Cantonese songs are not so accurate compared to singers like Zeng Bit, who are from Hong Kong, China, I don't think that the correct pronunciation of Cantonese can be used as the only criterion for singing.
Why many foreigners listen to Chinese songs, can not understand a word, still be moved, because the emotion in the song is the most moving, and if the "strong vocal" and stage expression is the entry ticket and pass of the former "Singer" sound synthesis stage, then variety shows like "Sound and Endless" present a variety of stages to the audience, continuously provide freshness, is the methodology that has received public attention and recognition.
3. When the singers sang together, Huang Jiaju appeared in the camera, and I burst into tears again
Honestly speaking, as a generation that grew up and grew old listening to Cantonese songs, from the beginning of Lin Zixiang, I was moved to cry, and that very strong touch really made me hear the endless sound and endless life.
Every song, every word, every chant, is an encounter.
Some of the lyrics were memorized at the time, but I didn't understand them.
Some of the lyrics, when I grew up, suddenly at a certain moment, I found that I suddenly understood.
Pack your bags, leave your hometown, run around alone, get some to lose more, and the moment you look back again, you know what is called "cold and warm where can you rest how many autumns." ”
Every time I came home, I saw that my mother's sideburns had a few more strands of white hair, and I understood what it meant to "search for it but I lost it but I didn't expect it." ”
After going through twists and turns, I grew old and had nothing, and only then did I understand what it meant to "often judge to give up and exhaust my possession." ”
Hong Kong music, Hong Kong films, Hong Kong dramas, at the peak of Hong Kong entertainment, once so profoundly influenced a generation.
When the people who can represent or can sing Hong Kong music are pushed into the public vision again, the audience can directly feel the living life of Hong Kong music.
Behind this is of course the full sincerity of the main creator, whether it is to consume Hong Kong music, or to protect Hong Kong music, the answer is self-evident.
But the most moving thing is that at the end of the program, the winning team took the stage and sang the classic golden song selected by the netizens - "Sea and Sky".
The winner was the women's team, so most of the song, there are female voices, but singing to the last chorus, Wang Zulan panicked, because the whole audience sounded a sonorous and powerful male voice, so familiar, so moving -
The camera turned to the big screen of the scene, which turned out to be a live video, which was Huang Jiaju more than 30 years ago.
If you are a Hong Kong music fan, it is as if you have suddenly been dragged back to the past time, how can you not cry?
This is the best ending I have seen in the national synthesis in recent years, not only because of the strong dramatic tension, but also because of the temperature and power contained in it.
"Embrace freedom in the wind and rain A lifetime of wandering struggles Self-confidence can change the future Ask who can do it."
4, there is no need for hype and gimmicks, this is the domestic variety show we want
Watching "Sound and Endless", the biggest feeling for me is that variety shows can be so meaningful.
It's not just a joke.
However, giving value and generating meaning does not mean that the program will be reduced to preaching. Funny can also not be exaggerated.
For example, the chemistry between the guests is really strong.
Miriam Yang taught Mao that it was not easy to speak Cantonese, and then learned Northeast Chinese from the other party, "Gaha" really made fun of me.
Li Jian and Li Keqin, each of the singers who had one of their champion students, appeared hand in hand and were tested to introduce themselves in Cantonese, one of whom said, "Is this testing my Mandarin?" One said, "I'm learning tongues in parrots." ”
There is also Lin Xiaofeng and Wang Zulan who said that sentence together, "I love you, you love me, once a week I love you", the audience who loves Hong Kong Zong, is it a second back to the years of the Super Invincible Prize Gatekeeper?
Unexpectedly, in the laughter, you can also have feelings.
I think this is also a mission achieved by this variety show.
In fact, it is not only Hong Kong music, but also the era of taking the audience to relive the whole Chinese Hong Kong culture, back to the 80s of the last century, watching "Shanghai Beach", singing "Iron Blood Dan Heart", "Ten Thousand Rivers and Thousand Mountains Always Love", the era when the Cantonese songs of the Four Heavenly Kings, Wong Ka Koo and Chen Baiqiang echoed in the streets and alleys of the mainland.
This is the happiness of the fans and the luck of the singers, but is the show a re-departure of Hong Kong Music, or is it just a "return to the light"? unknown.
To be sure, "Sound and Endless" should join forces with "Sister Lang 3" to span the second and third quarters of the sound synthesis market, and help Mango get back the music synthesis market that was lost before.
The show will most likely win a few newcomers, just like "Singer" that year.
It is also certain that there will be more good singers on this stage, such as the second flight guest, another champion student of Li Keqin, and Wu Keyue, who conquered the good voice stage with Cantonese songs.
For example, Lin Erwen, Xu Jingyun, and Yong'er recommended by the wireless side, probably, we will also listen to the theme song of "Golden Night Building" sung by Gu Yaqin on the Mango Variety Stage, "How Precious Tonight Is".
Perhaps, there will be Hong Kong Queens such as Chen Huixian and Lin Yilian who will come.
But the most important thing is that for the increasingly depressed Chinese music scene, this is still a rare feast.
Whether you like it or not, the old days of Hong Kong Music are gone, and the new generation is coming.
We know that it is difficult for Hong Kong music to return to the peak, this is not a problem of music, it is an era that carries the prosperity of Hong Kong music has passed, but it is like a good friend, whether crying or laughing, it accompanies us, and has a rich and beautiful youth.
And with such a careful variety show as Mango Station, even if it is a farewell, it is decent.
Just like the song "Allure" sung by Li Keqin in this scene, "Fireworks will be thankful... The song will stop... It seems that the end of the story is more beautiful..."