In China, anyone who knows rock and roll knows that Cui Jian is called the godfather of rock and roll by many people. But many people do not know that in the former Soviet Union, in that era of social turmoil, there was a person who really gave the national strength and hope through rock music, he was not a great politician, nor a great thinker or a religious person, nor a soldier with outstanding military achievements, he was just the lead singer of a rock band, he was Victor Cui.
In this world, many people will always live in people's hearts even if they leave, they will always float in that free sky, and they will always make people feel that he exists all the time and gives people directions. We call them heroes. There is no doubt that Victor Choi is known as the last hero.
Against the backdrop of rock and roll being considered an anti-national anthem by the Soviet system at the time, 15-year-old Vidoc Choi, in addition to painting, organized a rock band called "The Sixth Ward" with friends at school. It was also in this way that Victor Tri was ordered to withdraw from school for rock and roll reasons.
After dropping out of school, Choi did not give up, and by chance he met Boris Grebenshkov, the lead singer of the most outstanding rock band of contemporary Russia, "Akovarim". Joining the Rock 'n' Roll Association under boris's influence was an opportunity in which Cui was greatly inspired in music and ideas. After several setbacks, Choi formed the band KINO (film), which became the greatest rock band in Soviet history.
"I have a blood on my cuff, my military number on my cuff, pray for me to rush to the battlefield!" Pray for me! ”
This is the lyrics of Victor Cui's masterpiece "Blood Type", which became the favorite song of young people at that time, and people seemed to see Cui encouraging and calling on themselves from the words, as if they were telling you loudly and calmly, the world is yours, for freedom and love, go and fight! In any case, no matter what the cost, go and fight!
The song was sung by families, young people sang it aloud in the streets, and KINO instantly occupied the whole soviet union.
Victor Choi was once put under house arrest by the police for a school performance, but the crazy and enthusiastic fans were very angry when they heard the news, and for Choi, they rebelled against the police station demonstration and finally succeeded in achieving their goal. Form a candle escort and send Cui to the stage.
It can be seen that Cui was fiery in the Soviet Union at that time, under the Soviet system, Cui did not choose silence, but had the courage to speak out on his own, such a person with the spirit of resistance and revolutionary consciousness, although the musical process has gone through ups and downs, but it has been loved by the majority of young people, perhaps, it is precisely because of Cui's spirit that touched the confused and helpless young people in that chaotic and uneasy era, became their guiding light, let them see hope.
"My sun, you look at me, my hands clenched into fists, if there is gunpowder, give me fire, that's it."
Cui is a person who attaches great importance to the lyrics, and his lyrics have a strong appeal, as deeply imprinted in the hearts of young Soviet soviets, and he is also seen as the embodiment of freedom and resistance.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Soviet commander-in-chief Mikhail Gorbachev once shook Cui's hand and said: "Comrade, for the sake of reform and the people, you need your strength, work together." ”
His enormous influence on the Soviet Union was something that conservatives desperately wanted to see.
"We are the first fruit to ripen, and Death will be the first to pounce on us."
In August 1990, 28-year-old Victor Choi died in a car accident. At that time, Cui went on vacation in Latvia, and on the way back to the hotel, the bus driving opposite rushed to his car from the front, knocking his car backwards more than 10 meters, and Cui died on the spot.
After the news of Cui's death came out, some fans committed suicide for him, and more young people came to hope to complete the last leg of the road with him. Cui's hospital was submerged in a sea of people and roses.
After his death, artists raised funds to make memorial monuments on his cemetery, and streets named after him appeared throughout the Soviet Union.
Young people in Moscow chose Arbat Avenue as a place of honor for Choi, making it a permanent place of worship. At 2 Arbat Street, his memorial wall (aka the Wall of Weeping) appeared, filled with fans' thoughts about him.
As fans put it, "Songs may not change the world, but Vidoc Tree changes us." ”
Victor Tri wrote 10 albums and 4 films in his lifetime, and is also listed as one of the 13 people who changed the history of the Soviet Union. After the above introduction, it is not surprising that Cui is called "the last hero" or "father of rock and roll".
Some people use the guise of rock and roll to fool everyone's eyes; some people want to call themselves the father of rock and roll in this day and age, to gain fame and money. If you look at these people a lot and think of Victor Cui, you will feel that they are so small, so unreachable.
Victor Cui is the real founder and leader, in that country where rock music is banned, he is not afraid of all fears, in the shape of rock and roll, resolutely stood on the highest peak of the revolution, leading a large number of young people who have not yet numbed, and successfully set off a wave of rock and roll revolution.
As Victor Tri said, "Today I can sacrifice everything for freedom." ”