In 2002, when Rowan died, fans sang "Left to the Most Beautiful People in the World" to see off Luo Ji.
In 2003, after Leslie Cheung passed away, "brother" fans would burst into tears when they heard "When the Wind Rises Again".
At the end of 2003, before Anita Mui died, she held her last 8 concerts in the Red Hall, and the curtain call song was "Sunset Song".
In 2015, people were still singing "Let It Be", but Yao Beina died away.
The four singers, from the super king of the first era of Hong Kong music to the "next stop diva" in the mainland music scene, were originally not very related, but one person linked them together, he is the top lyricist of the Chinese pop music scene - Chen Shaoqi.
In the Hong Kong music of the 80s and 90s, in addition to "Erlin", "Erpan", and Xiang Xuehuai, Xiaomei, Liang Weiwen, Chen Shaoqi, etc. were the future stars of the hall-level lyrics.
Compared with the five seniors and Xiaomei, who later transformed into Guo Fucheng's agent, Chen Shaoqi and Liang Weiwen came out on top although they were juniors in the rivers and lakes, becoming lyricists on an equal footing with the five masters.
What is rare is that Liang Weiwen and Chen Shaoqi took over the banner left by their predecessors and kept Hong Kong Music to a height, and the number of words filled in by the two far exceeded that of their predecessors. So far, Liang Weiwen has about 4,000 lyric songs, and Chen Shaoqi's lyric works have exceeded 3,000.
Unlike their predecessors, who faded out of the music scene at the end of the century, they went north with music and became a generation of masters in the leading Chinese music circle.
Today, enter the music kingdom of Chen Shaoqi, a well-known musician who has turned from a science and engineering man into a master of lyrics in the Chinese music scene, and see what familiar classic chapters he has left for fans.
Chen Shaoqi entered the field of Hong Kong music lyrics, about 1986, when Hong Kong music was accustomed to Lin Zhenqiang, Xiang Xuehuai, Pan Weiyuan and their lyric filling methods, the inherent stubbornness and pride of young people forced Chen Shaoqi to use a different way of filling words to "work against the predecessors", and also embarked on a colorful Chen Shaoqi's independent music path.
"Brother Sam (Xu Guanjie) wrote grassroots songs to perfection, Mr. Zheng Guojiang's lyrics are beautiful, Mr. Lin Zhenqiang is good at writing very profound love songs, and Mr. Lu Guozhan's sentence "The earth is at my feet" (the theme song of the 1986 TV series "Qin Shi Huang") wrote the imperial domineering spirit vividly. But I've always had the idea that making art should make something different. So the influence of my predecessors on me is "opposite", I avoid the road they have walked and make my own characteristics. It's really hard to make a way out of the hands of Yun Yun, but now it seems that I have done it. ”
Chen Shaoqi became famous in Hong Kong music in 1987, when he filled in the lyrics for Alan Tam and the song "Knowing the Heart as a Doll" was shortlisted for both the top ten golden songs and the top ten Chinese golden songs.
If Wang Jie is the representative of the singer's debut and peak, then Chen Shaoqi is the representative of the debut and peak of the Hong Kong music lyrics industry, and the song "Stone Notes" he wrote for a certain school helped him win the Best Lyrics Award for Golden Songs.
"The slightest calculation is too far apart; Round and round, turning into a segment of dust. They have disturbed the marriage, the Spring Festival love has changed, the truth is false, and the sorrow and joy are originally fraudulent. ”
This is the most beautiful lyric used in the author's cognition, which is very classical and still advanced today.
Chen Shaoqi's cooperation with a certain school is far more than that, and the lyrics such as "Forbidden Colors" and "Road Angel" are worth appreciating.
Unexpectedly, what made Liang Weiwen obsessed with becoming his "mole in the palm" Mouming, his best work left in Hong Kong music was actually brought by Chen Shaoqi, who competed with Liang Weiwen after the 90s.
In 1988, Chen Shaoqi's songs "Intimate" and "Stand by me" cooperated with Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui were both shortlisted for the top ten golden songs of the year, and their lyric level was more affirmed, which is a great encouragement for a 22-year-old teenager.
In the fourth year of entering the music scene, Chen Shaoqi ushered in his highest moment in the 80s.
1989 is a year that Hong Kong music does not want to remember, this year it lost three music superstars, Chen Huixian will go to the United States to study after singing this year, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui will "take a back seat" after singing this year.
This is the year in which the "Battle of a Thousand Nights" took place, and the "Battle of a Thousand Nights" is a dispute between Chen Huixian and Anita Mui, a new and old diva, but it is a dispute between the old and new forces in the word filling circle.
"Qiangbo" Lin Zhenqiang filled in the song "Thousand Que Songs" that best renders the parting atmosphere for Chen Huixian, and the 24-year-old Chen Shaoqi wrote the song "Sunset Song" that is not the one he should have at his age to see all the emotions of life.
As a result, "A Thousand Que Songs" won people's hearts, "Sunset Song" won honors, and Chen Shaoqi filled in his first Golden Melody Gold Award song.
"I have encountered many ups and downs, weaving my dreams; I have met your sincere arm and accompanied me through tribulation. The rushing center is gloomy, the road is full of twists and turns, and one day I want to return but it is too late. ”
In 2003, when Anita Mui died more than a month after singing this song, she savored the song again, and she was teary-eyed, Chen Shaoqi's work 14 years ago turned out to be a portrayal of Mei's life.
Although Chen Shaoqi caused the "Battle of a Thousand Nights", he also left a classic when writing songs for Chen Huixian.
In 1989, after knowing that Chen Huixian was going to study in the United States, Chen Shaoqi put the idea of filling in the lyrics on the flight that "Princess" was about to take, and he wrote the song "Night Plane" for Princess Xian in the way of Lin Zhenqiang's lyrics.
"Away from the drizzle and the vast starlight, don't come to panic in the early morning of the Ming Dynasty. Flee to a distant place, willing to forget a certain hope. ”
In 1992, when PolyGram recorded an album for Chen Huixian during her studies, Chen Shaoqi did not skimp on her talent and filled in "Moon" for Princess Xian.
The sentence "May my life shine beautifully, may my footprints be like the wind and frost" is enough to make fans remember this song.
Also in 1989, Chen Shaoqi, who used "wind" as the medium, gave a song "When the Wind Rises Again" to the music industry and fans as a farewell gift for "brother" Leslie Cheung.
He said: Since Leslie Cheung's famous song is "The Wind Continues to Blow", then I write a song called "When the Wind Rises Again", so that when the wind rises again, fans can think of "brother".
"Silently this heart no longer cares about galloping, even if I want to return with tears, I am willing to find the poetry in my heart in precious years." When the wind rises again, I think of your support for me in the silence of the night, and then I hear the joys crying for my gratitude, although I have said goodbye, there is still a trace of warmth. ”
When the wind rises again, when the wind of Xiangjiang continues to blow, although the "brother" is no longer in the world, he will always be in the hearts of the fans. The night is quiet, who resonates, Leslie Cheung has never left, he just makes us no longer find it in front of our eyes.
Among Hong Kong music singers, the singer with the most lyrics by Chen Shaoqi is Jacky Cheung, and according to statistics, he wrote a whole 109 songs for Jacky Cheung.
In addition to the Golden Melody Gold Award songs "Breaking Up Always on a Rainy Day" and "After Leaving" written for Jacky Cheung, "I Wait Until the Flowers Thank You" (Cantonese version), "Red Leaves Dance Autumn Mountain", "This Winter Is No More Cold", "So Long You Live for a Day", "There is Someone" and other Xueyou's representative works, the lyrics filling work are all undertaken by Chen Shaoqi.
Just as Liang Weiwen prefers Faye Wong and Huang Weiwen favors Yang Qianwei, Chen Shaoqi's favorite female singer is none other than Liang Yongqi.
When Liang Yongqi was 23 years old, Chen Shaoqi wrote "I Love" for her, making "Wen Qing" her label; When GiGi was 25 years old, Chen Shaoqi wrote "25" for her; When Liang Yongqi encountered emotional problems, Chen Shaoqi gave her "Love Song to Myself".
"Kiss me", "Disgust", "Good Hour", "Missed", "Affordable" (Cantonese version)... Chen Shaoqi did not hide his appreciation for Liang Yongqi.
Chen Shaoqi's highest year in Hong Kong music was in 2001, when he had three songs shortlisted for the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards of that year, namely Andy Lau's "Summer Friesta", Kwok Fucheng's "Bala Bala Sakura Blossoms" and Li Keqin's "Flying Flower".
In addition, Chen Shaoqi's Hong Kong music masterpieces include Faye Wong's "Obsession and No Regrets", Wang Jie's "Unromantic Charges", Li Huimin's "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman" and "Yokohama Farewell Love", Tang Baoru's "The Sky of Fate", Faye Wong's "Obsessive and Unrepentant", Chen Jieyi's "Reveal" and so on.
In 2005, Chen Shaoqi went to the mainland to develop, and he said three reasons for this: First, the departure of a group of superstar friends such as Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui made him afraid of the feeling of seeing things and thinking of people; The second is to see the mainland music scene begin to rise since "Supergirl"; The third is his so-called "greed", he hopes that he will not only be a master of Hong Kong music, but also a name that can be remembered in the mainland music scene.
After 17 years, Chen Shaoqi has been the best developed Hong Kong musician in the mainland, and in 2007, the official media asked him to write the theme song "Always Have You" on the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China; At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he was the producer of the theme song "Welcome to Beijing"; At the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, he was the lyricist and producer of the theme song "Smile Shanghai"; In 2021, he was the planner of CCTV's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala "Bay Area Rising Moon"; In 2022, Chen Shaoqi filled in the theme songs "Before" and "We Will Be Better" for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
It can be said that after leaving Hong Kong, Chen Shaoqi also left his own strong mark in the mainland music scene.
In the mainland music scene, the cooperation between Chen Shaoqi and Zhang Liangying can be said to have made her grow into a leading figure in the female camp of the mainland music scene in recent years, "Red Rose", "Chao Si Twilight", "Please Let Love Believe in You", the two collided with a lot of sparks, and Chen Shaoqi's song "Painting Heart" for Zhang Liangying can be said to be her most well-known masterpiece.
"Seeing you holding me with eyes like the moon and loneliness, it makes you happy in the arms of others. Love you Like a heartbeat difficult to touch, drawing you Can't draw your bones, remember your face It's my persistence waiting for you, you are a song I can't sing endlessly. ”
What Chen Shaoqi filled in is not only Zhang Liangying's masterpiece, but also a representative work of the mainland music scene.
Today, Chen Shaoqi seems to have fully adapted to life in the mainland, his Mandarin is becoming more and more fluent, he abandons traditional characters and uses mainland Chinese Simplified to interact with fans on social platforms.
However, when fans asked him what he thought of "Hong Kong music is dead", he calmly said: The reason why Hong Kong pop music was so brilliant in the eighties and nineties of the 20th century was because we started early, so it could radiate to the whole country, and superstars such as Leslie Cheung were even popular in Japan and South Korea. Objectively speaking, Hong Kong pop culture has received disproportionate attention - at the time Hong Kong had a population of only 5 million, but almost all of China and East Asia listened to Cantonese, a language that could only be understood by reading subtitles. Later, the music scene in various places gradually developed, and there was no need for everyone to only listen to Hong Kong pop songs. So it's not that Hong Kong music is gone, it's that the spotlight has turned elsewhere after the turn of the millennium.
I don't think Hong Kong has ever left the stage, it's just that for a long time, we have become dancing in the shadows, invisible to others.
Although you chose "escape", please do not ignore the name "Chen Shaoqi" when recalling the peak of Hong Kong music. May I work hard in exchange for a follow-up and like from you!