1984 (Wed)
Zhang Guorong quickly broke out of the predicament with the "Leslie" album, which made Tan Yonglin's camp nervous again. I have said it before in 1984 (I), and Chen Baiqiang's "Chen Baiqiang '94" album is also excellent, although their "Love of the Mist" has been successful, but still feel that it is not enough, feel that it is more important to go to the city, so in the same year issued the "Root of Love" album, a perhaps a classic in Tan Yonglin's classic! The purpose of this album is to diversify Tan Yonglin's music, make him fashionable, and don't always serve "a certain kind of man". So in Roots of Love, we can hear a lot of different musical elements and styles, whether it's good or not, I don't know, but at least push Alan to another peak of his career!
Like Zhang Guorong's "Leslie" album, Tan Yonglin's "Roots of Love" is also popular for almost every song, and 8 of the 10 works still have memories. "The Roots of Love", "Summer Cold Wind", "Love in Late Autumn", "I Love Freckles", "Who Can Change", "The Man Who Catches the Wind", "Burgundy Heart", a capital is a masterpiece, each capital is worth studying, but because of the time relationship, I can only focus on a few here.
"The sky next to the meteorite is my home
The pitch-black sky is my roots
Survive only because you can live for you."
"The Roots of Love" – Music: Chen Feili, Lyrics: Lin Mincong, Singing: Tan Yonglin
I couldn't imagine that after "Phantom", I could have another wonderful Hong Kong original love song so soon to bless Tam Wing Lin. This time, although there is no help from her sister Lin Minyi, she still has her younger brother Lin Mincong, a name that is very important to Alan! The theme song of the movie "Gentleman's Good" reached the year of 1984, bringing out the highest point of the original love songs of this era. At that time, it became Zhang Guorong Records Company began to be nervous!
According to legend, the melody was actually written by Zhou Qisheng, but he sang the melody to Chen Feili. I don't think this is slander at all, because "The Root of Love" does have a lot of Zhou Qisheng's shadow.
"Love is something that can be sent or received,
You are lovely forever,
I really don't want you to go."
"Love in late autumn" – Original song: "Friends" - Zhao Rongbi, music: Lee Ho Joon, lyrics: Lin Mincong, Singing: Tan Yonglin
However, Mr. Kwan did not snub the "certain kind of men" who had always supported Tan Yonglin, but still adapted a Korean song to satisfy them in the old way. At that time, K-Pop had not yet appeared, so Korean songs were heavily influenced by the older generation of Japanese songs. "Love in late autumn" balances the novelty of "The Roots of Love", so that some iron fans still find themselves in the album.
"Scream me emptiness
Hate was so heartbroken
Knowing the end, why do it, play with the apparatus?"
"Summer Cold Wind" – Music: Hiroaki Serizawa, Lyrics: Lin Zhenqiang, Singing: Tan Yonglin
"I know I'm a lost tramp now
There was a man on the road who did not speak and was heartbroken
Eyes a little sad and tired, wear black cloth every day"
Captive Child – Original: Mary Ann – The Alfee, Song: Toshiaki Takamizawa, 词:Lin Peng- Rin
For example, Tan Yonglin confronted Zhang Guorong's "Monica" and "H2O" with "Summer Cold Wind" and "The Wind Catcher", rather than Lin Zhenqiang himself, of the four songs, three capitals are his works. In 1984, Richard (Lin Zhenqiang) has become the first person to create a new generation of pop music in just three years, especially in helping singers position and write stories and philosophies that you can't resist. And he writes so wonderful and modern songs, both fast and slow, that more than half of these songs are successful because of him!
Of course, as I said in the previous article, the two kings are already fighting in the gods, making the fans crazy! Fast song to fast song, slow song to slow song, no mercy! In fact, the two are obviously such different singers, personality, feeling, personality, positioning, are different, why fight?
"The clouds flutter and scatter the rain and suddenly follow the direction of the wind,
I was afraid that I would not be able to pay for the old regrets,
The world has changed,
... I'm afraid I won't encounter it again."
"I'm afraid I won't meet again" – Music: Weng Jiaqi, Word: Zheng Guojiang, Singing: Zhang Guorong, Chen Jieling
Zhang Guorong's record company could not help but come up with a killer at this time. Let the new generation of creators, and later the soul of the band, Weng Jiaqi, bring another feeling that was not originally in Hong Kong, along with Chen Yongliang and Lin Minyi. "I'm just afraid of not encountering again" is a good song that is rare in a hundred years, and it is also a local creation, and its artistic value is super high.
Leslie and Elisa play from the mahjong stage all the way to the recording studio, and then on stage, working together seamlessly, a pair of touching couple sounds, a perfect match! Sir Zheng certainly did not disappoint, but you can still see a lot of the shadow of the 70s left, so although the quality of the lyrics is far higher than "Midnight Beauty", but like it, "Only Afraid of Not Encountering Again" lacks a Lin Zhenqiang or Ka Long, otherwise there will be better results. But even so, it is already a classic!
The new "Two Kings and One Queen" is set, what about the newly deposed Heavenly Kings Luo Wen and Xu Guanjie? It turns out that they just switched record companies at this important juncture, is it more or less influential?
"Did everything we could,
A person who can never get rid of his stealing heart
Love is intoxicating,
Burning your body is that fiery long kiss."
"The Man Who Stole Hearts" – Music: Xu Guanjie, Word: Xu Guanjie, Singing: Xu Guanjie
In 1983, Xu Guanjie washed away the past addiction and a little vulgarity in the album "New Beginnings", gave up the number decoded by the No. 2 artist - civilian hero, and walked out with an absolute handsome man image, completely the aura of No. 3 (neighbor)! The songs "The Thief of hearts" and "Father's Piano" are very good, and he insists on composing themselves, in addition to the high standard of these works themselves, there is a kind of sophistication that he did not have before, which is a Sam that fans have not seen, but those who know him personally know that he does have this side. But the effect is a bit like Rowan's songs, perhaps because of the gorgeous arrangement of Bobby Da, and then the new sensibility is a bit like Lin Zixiang.
"Father, if you know everything, you will be happy."
Today I am in the music industry, and I am also a celebrity.
It's a pity that I didn't repay you for your kindness."
"Father's Piano" – Music: Zhou Qisheng, Word: Xu Guanjie, Singing: Xu Guanjie
The 1984 album "Like You The Most" still carries a very strong No. 3 artist to decode the true color, but in music and feeling, it gradually leaves the shadow of Rowan and Lin Zixiang, returning to the essential character of Asam, which has a lot of good songs, but it is not the kind of Xu Guanjie song that fans know and like before, because it is not noisy at all, but how Sven, tasteful. Personally, these two are my favorite Hui Guanjie records, which are the most artistically valuable, but anyway, some rustic Hong Kong fans can only accept the old Hui Guanjie, and they are not angry at all! Don't accept Asam, who already has an artistic temperament, how pitiful!
"Overcome everything with love."
Which fear of obstacles on the way is with you
Always believe that invincibility is love."
"Invincible is Love" – Music: Gu Jiaxuan, Word: Xu Guanjie, Singing: Xu Guanjie, Zhen Ni
Fortunately, there is a song "Invincible is Love" with Zhen Ni because the movie "Family Portrait" is very popular! But isn't it a bit ironic that Xu Guanjie returned to the stage of the Top Ten (Jinge) Golden Songs because of a gu jiaxuan's work? But, from another point of view, these two founders who grew up with Cantonese pop songs finally did not sing your songs to beat my songs, but worked together to write a good song, isn't it also a beautiful thing?
It wasn't long before I had the privilege of getting to know and work with this legendary figure, so I understood Xu Guanjie's mood at that time. And on behalf of thousands of fans, I also told him that Xu Guanjie's status can never be replaced!
Another legend, Rowan, also changed his record label at about the same time and released a high-level album work "Fantasy of Love" produced in Japan. His fate is also very ironic similar to that of the song god Hui Guanjie, and his style has soared, and he has been isolated from some of Hong Kong's rustic masses. Of course, there are still many tasteful people in Hong Kong who appreciate the high change of Xu Guanjie and Rowan, but when there is a second big explosion in front of them, the media simply does not have the space to give these two singers who have been going up and the song saints and their artistic crystallization, all eyes are focused on the first type of singers in the big explosion, and the former "Two Kings and One Queen" has changed into the second type of singers of the big explosion, or the influential predecessor song giants!
"In my life, many winds and frosts have stirred up many ideals
In my life, I sang everywhere, and everywhere the song flew
In my life, there are many winds and frosts, and the wind and frost find the direction."
"In My Life" – Music: Rowan, Word: Zheng Guojiang, Sing: Rowan
Rowan challenged the difficulty of the singer-songwriter this time and wrote a good song "In My Life", which is very suitable for him! In terms of lyrics, Zheng Guojiang summed up all the classic songs that Rowan had previously sent to fans. Sir Zheng, who deeply understands Rowan, surpasses himself and truly writes Rowan's life purpose in the song!
"Naturally spontaneous and sincere, natural spontaneous and heartfelt.
If there is a little bit of false intentions, I am willing to lose my life! ”
Biography of Liu Yi – Music: Gu Jiaxuan, Word: Huang Xia, Sing: Rowan
At the same time, Rowan continued to invest in musicals with his own money, and the result was to produce a "Biography of Liu Yi" that was as good as "The Legend of the White Snake", and let Gu Jiaxuan write a song of The Book of Liu Yi, one of Rowan's many ancient works of Brother Xuan, so that he could hear and cry. The heroine is the beautiful and dramatic sister of Ouyang Peishan.
In my opinion, the two kings, in this low tide, contributed some super good works in their lives, even if the market did not react much, but they have withstood the test of time, and they are still excellent works! The market is not always right!
1984 Third Set of Honorable Mentions (III):
"Set Sail with Me" - (Theme Song of TV Series "New Brother Brother") – Music: Li Xiaotian, Lyrics: Zheng Guojiang, Singing: Little Tiger Team (Sun Mingguang, Hu Weikang, Lin Li)
The third type of big bang exploded this boy band, singing the theme song of a TV series that was also an explosion in the streets. Out of the effect, Lü Fang is no weaker than Liang Chaowei!
"The Wind Is Blowing Here" - Music: Lu Guanting, Word: Tang Shuchen (There was this couple, we did not worry about no good songs to listen to in the eighties, this is one of their best works)
"Love in the Glass Window" - Music: Angus, Lyrics: Angus, Singing: Chen Huixian (Chen Huixian's second popular work, it is true that it is not as old as the first "The Promise of passing", but it is not new, the style relies on Japanese idol style, but the market still has a good reaction. ）