In the entire Chinese pop music scene, Lin Zixiang is really an outlier. It is no exaggeration to say that without Lin Zixiang, Chinese the pop music scene is not one person, but a kind of person. He made people (especially Hong Kongers whose brains were still immersed in the Hui Guanjie style of small-character self-deprecation and Winna style of foreign idols) begin to learn to believe that the original singer could not be a star, not an idol, or even a professional artist, but an elegant and calm gentleman. As far as shaping the other identity and image of pop singers, Lin Zixiang is already a character who should never be forgotten. The interesting point is that Lin Zixiang, a person who looks very Western, has a very Western moustache, even the voice is exposed from beginning to end, and even writes lyrics only in English, but 99% of the songs he made himself belong to the Chinese minor key, plus he sang it with a Chinese like English with affection, which is difficult to say! Perhaps only in Hong Kong at that time could produce such an interesting character who entangled Chinese and British music in his bones. If Lin Zixiang's golden years in the 1980s and early 1990s were exaggerated, it is an indisputable fact that his approach revealed the possibility of a completely different direction of development in the Hong Kong music scene and other places.
01. Dare to love and dare to do
The theme song of the movie "Wonder Woman"
原曲：Starship – Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987.01)
Composer: A. Hammond/D. Warren
Lyricist: Pan Weiyuan
The original song was the number one song performed by Starship, including the Grammy Award-winning song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from the 1987 "No Protection" album, which has been used as an interlude in many films, with a light melody and beautiful lyrics, and is listed as one of the Oscar classics. In addition to their commercial success, the musical culture they have brought to the music scene over the years, the psychedelic rock spirit, is their most successful achievement of the era.
I am anxious on the street, you are melancholy in the restaurant, the sand glass in the partition, and the eyes are sad. At the traffic light, I hugged you dearly, and listened to the sound of breathing but was already urgent to death. Cold rain poured on me, dots flew, thousands of tons of high temperature waves surged up by you. One by one said that I was too crazy, laughed at me, dared to hand over the truth, which is despicable.
Wild hugs, kisses without rest, no need to breathe air, no need for street spectators to stay away. In the light rain, the vehicles around you flew by, the passers-by in the street passed, the traffic lights urged, and the only one left was me and you.
Tighten a pair of arms, tighten the tight grip on you, through the wet shirt to your skin muscles, how many accusations around you, have ignored everything, love so deeply, we should kiss to death. Cold rain poured on me, dots flew, thousands of tons of high temperature waves surged up by you. One by one said that I was too crazy, laughed at me, dared to hand over the truth, which is despicable.
Let the universe collapse, the world become a wasteland, the sun and moon shatter into stones, and we kiss every century.
02. When and where
原曲：James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt - Somewhere Out There (1986.01)
Chorus: Lin Zixiang / Ye Qianwen
作曲:B.Mann / C.Weil / J.Horner
Lyricist: Pan Yuanliang
The original song is the theme song of the American animated film American Rat Tan. James Ingram was born in 1956 in Akron, Ohio, and was primarily active in the 1970s and 1990s. He performed at Revival Funk in the early 1970s before moving to Los Angeles with the band. His 1980 record, The Dude, was his initial success and won the Grammys for Best Male Pop Vocalist and Best R&B Artist that year. James Ingram's strong voice and confident singing voice were arguably the number one of the most popular adult lyrical/rhythmic blues of the '80s, and his singing prowess is well recognized from his 15 Grammy Award nominations. In 1981 and 1984, he became the Grammy's Best R&B Male Singer of the Year twice. Linda Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American singer and composer. Linda achieved great prestige and success in the music industry. Since the late 1960s, her musical career has spanned 40 years, covering different types of music, including rock, rhythm and blues, folk and jazz. Her versatile style and her charming voice captivated the masses. In the '70s, she remained the most successful and best-selling female singer, known as the "Queen of Rock' roll" and the "First Lady of Rock'n' Roll.". During her musical career, Linda Lonsde has achieved great things, including winning numerous platinum and multi-platinum albums, entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and being named to the Billboard Hot 100 Singles and Billboard Albums Chart. She has received numerous awards, including the Emmy Award, the Alma Award, the Country Conservatory Award, and the American Music Award.
The moonlight is pale yellow, and whoever looks out of the window is willing to enjoy his tenderness, hiding in every distraction.
The road is long and the night is long, and everyone prays, every day let the snowflakes fly, dreaming of the late night to get us both.
The two poles, the heavens are on each side, but they look at the stars together.
Whenever the indifferent evening wind sings softly, I seem to have accompanied you to lie under the starry curtain and watch the moonlight.
Mo complains about the long road, He worries on both sides of the strait, the end of the world may be vast, but affection (but affection) is gathered together (together on the same side).
03. Brave love
原曲：Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love (1985)
Composed by Peter Cetera/David Foster/Diane Nini
Lyricist: Lin Zhenqiang
The original song was the 1986 Billboard number one single "Glory Of Love", the theme song of the sequel to "Karate Kid". Billboard Hot 100 is a single chart produced by the American music magazine Billboard, which is also considered to be the most authoritative single chart in the United States. The chart ranking is determined by the sum of the number of record sales in the United States and the number of times a single has been broadcast on the radio, and the sales period is every Friday to Thursday, and the radio broadcast count period is every Monday to Sunday.
The world is high, everyone defends the road to old age, the voice of morality rebukes you for not being good, once you have stepped on the wrong road, how to be willing to change will not be good.
But I want you to be clear, there is me on the vast road, don't feel inferior and shrink like an island, peers are my footsteps, and the road is extremely rugged or good.
Cast a warrior knife with love, cut obstacles, escort you throughout your life, and share the future, you must teach the world, respect you around you, and no one can tear up the brave love.
I want the world to know who loves you unscrupulously, how bad you are in the old days, walking through thousands of miles of wind and rain, never giving ridicule to intimidate.
No white horse has sprinted all his life, splitting the thorns, accompanying you to have a warrior, never afraid of swords and mountains and fire.
04.April (English song)
Composer: Lin Zixiang
Lyricist: Lin Zixiang
05. Lonely War
原曲:Frank Noël - Where Are You
Composer: Kaufman/Noel
From the 1980s to the 1990s, Lin Zhenqiang can be said to be a lyricist in the music scene, and the lyrics in his hands, through the story, through the imagination, have become a fresh face with a sense of the times and entertainment. Lin Zhenqiang's output in the late 1980s was far more than that of other lyricists; people who liked his lyrics said that his whimsy was endless, and the language of his lyrics was traditional and sophisticated, paying great attention to the symmetry, neatness and rhythm of the words.
She was leaving the world, desperate, but she pretended to be cheerful and never mentioned it once in a letter. The handwriting is like the morning light, marking me on the other side, as if to let me know, there is no need to worry half a time.
Ooh, how lonely the war, how brave she was, and I didn't know that day, people left the rear to know that she only wanted me, and sang without worry.
Ooh, how lonely the war, how brave she is, and I don't know that day, people away from the rear know me in this life, no melody and no song.
The handwriting is like the morning light, illuminating me today, yellowish old letter paper, still hiding a trace of warmth.
06. Look at the road far
Original Song: Five-Wheeled True Bow - Home Road (1986.09)
Composer: Five-wheeled true bow
As a teenager, the five-wheeled real bow was well trained in classical music, played the piano well, and was proficient in French. In 1972, at the age of 21, Wulun Makoto published her first album "Maiden", in which she showed her great general style, showed amazing creative talent——— and covered the songwriting of almost all the works on the album. Later, the five-wheeled real bow bloomed into the music world at an average annual rate of one record, and created its own style of music. Around the end of the 1970s, she calmly jumped into the ranks of famous Japanese female singers, and when the 80s arrived, she climbed to the peak of her personal career and published some of the most representative albums, such as "Lovers", "Shio Saul", "Residual Fire" and other widely acclaimed albums, which became popular for a while.
From the worldly search, from birth to death, from the earth to space, the stars are not eternal, a blank voice asked, in the infinite starry sky, who has not changed in a lifetime.
Home Again, Home Again, remember a lone person in the wind in the distance, see the road is far, the sea is deep, but the heart in the wind is very close.
Looking for it from the world, the breeze sweeps away the light dust, it is difficult to shake my heart, love is eternal, and I ask in a dazed voice, who has not changed in a minute and a second in a floating life.
07. Addictive
原曲：Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (1985.11)
Composer: Ralmer Palmer Allan
Robert Palmer, whose real name is Alan Palmer, was born in Beitley, England in January 1941, and spent almost all of his childhood on the island of Malta. It was not until the age of 19 that he officially returned to the UK. He began to enter the music scene and a year later joined a 12-member soul band. Releasing three albums and still reacting well, he decided to embark on a solo career and released his debut solo album, Sneakin'Sally Through the Alley, in 1974. He had a special love for black music, and then began to play with the flavor of reggae, but although he followed up with the Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor) in 1978, and gradually turned to the field of rock and roll, and even received quite good reviews, basically his record sales situation was not very ideal, but his well-dressed little white face image was still more famous, and he continued to experiment with various music. In 1980, with Gary Numan and Cris Frantz of the Talking Heads Choir, the electropop-inspired Looking for Clues became a hugely popular ballroom song.
08. 70 Flower Street
Original: Robert Cray - Smoking Gun (1986.02)
Composer: Cousins/Bromberg/Cray
Robert Cray was one of the few mainstream blues singers of the 1980s and 90s. From the 1970s to the music, after a short or short decade, his style gradually took shape, and his creative level has been greatly improved. His songs have elements of the blues, pop music and traditional blues of the time, and these elements are well integrated into his songs, forming his unique rhythm and charm, his blues style is very in line with the cultural background of the 80s of the last century, and by the 80s his songs became popular in the music scene at that time and were recognized by the majority of fans. Dan Forte, editor of Guitar Player magazine, described it this way: "Robert Cray is a rare blues artist who has not only created great music for people, he has made history. Some exceptions are that there used to be blues with audiences, but the two didn't blend well with each other, but Robert Cray brought the blues into the masses." There were many in the critics' circles who were unhappy with Robert Cray at the time, with critics accusing him of polluting the purely blues style, especially those who were very repulsive to Robert Cray's "mixed blues" in particular. But Robert Cray didn't give up on his style, sticking to his style and eventually winning four Grammy Awards. (For example, the 1986 song "Smoking Gun" and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" won a Grammy Award.)
Recently, in the evening to call early in the morning, the phone is not on the right road, in fact, you are dark until early in the morning, and who to start a new line. Sleeping and waking up, people are extremely irritable, driving alone to charge the black road, I did not expect to see you and him in the dark light, and stepped into No. 70 Flower Street.
How can I suddenly change into a third party, thrown down the narrow road by you, fists like clenching a sharp knife, pulse with green tendons to provoke anger. Sitting alone in the car, I stayed until early in the morning, but you and he stopped going out of the road, and like a fierce wind, I crashed the car into no. 70 Flower Street.
The flying car was about to break into the end of the road, crashing into your footsteps with him, and suddenly there was a sound in my heart, awakening my crazy brain. Fool Fang will be sad because of you, now I know that you are dirty like dirt, hurriedly turning sharply to find a new road, no longer care about No. 70 Flower Street, no longer care about No. 70 Flower Street.
09. Déjà vu
There are you in the circle, there is me in the circle, with your back to the strange road, sideways rubbing, how many times right, how many times wrong, you and I have not thought about it.
How accidental it is to come, to go or not, like the stars and the sky, the silent wind falls, it is difficult to see through the heart, but feel harmonious, the unknown heart is me.
Love like smoke, looking forward to knowing why, when the illusion is broken, lost and sitting, if you have loved deeply, how is it in the end, whether everything is wrong.
One side has you, the other side has me, it seems to be together, but missed, light wind and drizzle, brushed by the window, teach you to think of me silently.
10. A lifetime leaves you
Composer: Lin Minyi
At seven o'clock in the morning, you will wake up as beautiful as the ebb tide, but I know that I will be in the distance, dark and lonely for a century. The wedding dress in front of the bed will hug you lightly, the lover will greet you with joy, and on the side of the world will be me, laughing at myself silently.
If I have no chance to get you, let me die peacefully alone, and when I leave you, I will wish you happiness and luck, no regrets. There is no chance to get you, let me die peacefully alone, only to leave you, leave you in a lifetime, go to a different place, and then do not love others for a lifetime.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, you will swear intently in church, but my body will be far away, and my soul will secretly die again. The cheers of the crowd will be attributed to you, the unforgettable first night will be sweet, and on the side of the end of the world will be me, encouraging and explanatory myself.
11. Lone traveler
原曲：David Foster - Love theme from St. Elmo's Fire (1981.07)
Composer: Foster David
David Foster (David Foster), the godfather of Western music, spanned four popular years, traversed the Western music scene for 36 years, countless music award nominations, won 15 Grammy Music Creation Awards, including three "Producer of the Year Award" affirmation, the king of heaven, the queen of heaven, the tiantuan designated to cooperate with the super producer, its ability to "point stones for gold" is what many newcomers in the music world expect, and all the objects that can be named by him for cooperation will definitely soar and rank among the halls of fame.
Life was once a lonely wilderness, in which it was a lone traveler, who expected you (one day), swinging into this side (looking at this side), with the line of sight in front of me, the universe has no shortcomings that day.
Life is still a lonely wilderness, boundless but warmer, no reason to share you (life), but you have (on a certain day), leaving an unquenchable fire, how far away can also be seen.
You have grown up in my memories, and no matter how far I cross the mountains and the seas, you are with me.
You still have to wander the lonely wilderness, you still have to be a lone traveler, but even (every day), the road is dark (like a rainy day), and when you look at the fire from afar, you will see the light, no matter whether I cross the distant mountains and the sea.
Who expected you (one day) to swing into this direction (looking this way), and with the sight in front of me, the universe had no shortcomings that day.
12. Behind the scenes heroes
Composer: Geoffroy/Loigerot/Lebel/Limesle
Lin Zixiang is one of the very few people who can increase the difficulty even higher than the original song when singing English songs. Lin Zixiang's superb singing skills make his voice soft like running water, like a tightrope when intense, and with an indescribable bursting sound, which is a must.