TVB has a very interesting variety documentary called "Long Life 12 Years Old".
There is a sentence in the introduction of its program:
"The global population is aging, the 'long life and 100 years old' is outdated, and it is only a matter of time before they live to be 12 years old. The second half of life is getting longer and longer, and the challenges are getting bigger and bigger."
Official data show that the average life expectancy of Chinese residents increased from 77.0 years in 2018 to 77.3 years in 2019.
Academician Wen Yumei, a professor at the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, predicts that if we continue to develop in this way, our average life expectancy will reach 79 years in 2030.
Simply put, people can live longer.
It is getting closer and closer to the dream of "seeing the whole century".
However, in the increasingly long life, disasters are uncontrollable, and life and death are unspeakable.
If no one can accompany you to the end, at least there are a few songs that will be enough for you to listen to for a lifetime.
"Farewell"
1915 to present 105 years
Singing "Farewell", Park Shu already did not know how many times he had cried.
He said that if he could write such lyrics, he would be willing to die on the spot.
That's how he loves "Farewell."
The story begins in 1851.
There was a guy named J. P. Otway's 27-year-old American boy wrote a song called "Dreaming of Home and Mother."
He filled in the lyrics and sang it to his black singer troupe, "The Aeolians of Otway," but not as hot as james Pilponte's "Jingle Bells."
Later, when the American Civil War broke out, Otway became a surgeon to care for the wounded, and his song was once popular in the United States because of its sadness about his hometown.
In 1907, Dreaming of Home and Mother spread to Japan.
Musician Inu Tong QiuXi re-filled it into "Travel Sorrow", which was included in the Japanese government's music textbook "Secondary Education Singing Collection", and became famous at once.
At that time, Li Shutong had already studied in Japan.
He was deeply touched by this song, so he wrote "Farewell" in 1915, that is, a song that made Park Shu cry countless times.
In fact, it is not just Park Shu.
Since the song became a "must-have track for graduation ceremonies", people's tears for it have probably turned the Sahara Desert into an oasis.
Due to its age, there are many versions of the song's lyrics.
Chen Zhefu, a higher normal professor in Beijing, has continued:
Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green.
The lonely clouds are sour, and the sun is filled with smoke and cold.
BerauDong, Fei Yanxi, and Junchang were separated.
Tears like rain, who is in love with words.
Lin Haiyin's version in "Old Things in Seongnam" is also somewhat different from the original version.
But in general, we are still accustomed to using Feng Zikai's manuscript as the "standard answer", after all, he is Li Shutong's proud protégé, and the two have been very close to each other after Li Shutong's renunciation.
It's just that the original sentence "a scoop of turbid wine is still happy" People are still used to singing "a pot of turbid wine is all over the fun".
Of course, none of this hurts.
We love "Farewell" and it's a feeling.
It is completely different from "Versailles literature" in its simplicity and sincerity, and its friendship is profound.
"Selling Newspaper Song"
87 years since 1933
In the autumn of 1933, a little girl surnamed Yang was walking through the streets.
She hadn't read a book, she didn't have a serious scientific name, and people called her "Little Hairy Head."
The "little hairy head" has a sick father in bed, waiting for her to sell newspapers every day to earn a few copper coins to live.
There were many children like her at that time.
One day, "Little Hairy Head" was guarding the tram station, and she knew that the people who could take the tram were a little more cultured and liked to buy newspapers.
But she overestimated her small body, and she couldn't stand it after several meals.
As soon as the tram stopped, the "little hairy head" was knocked to the ground by the flow of people before he could stand, and the newspapers in his hands were scattered everywhere.
At this time, a strange uncle came up to her and helped her pick up the newspaper.
This person is none other than 21-year-old Nie Er.
Later, Nie Er found an opportunity to chat with "Little Hairy Head", and only then did she know that her family was poor and her life was difficult.
"I want to write about the miserable lives of children who sell newspapers."
Nie Er has always paid the most attention to the experience and feeling of life when writing songs, and he hopes that his works will be full of real emotions.
After the creation was completed, Nie Er invited the famous playwright An E to fill in the words, and found the "little hairy head" for the first time, wanting to hear her ideas.
He gently read the words to "little hairy head" and told her to bring it up if she didn't feel comfortable.
The "little hairy head" tilted his head and thought for a moment and said:
"It's all fine, but if I can buy a few newspapers and write them down, I can sing and sell them."
Nie Er went back to discuss with An'e, and then he had the phrase "seven copper plates can buy two newspapers".
The song has a lively and light tune and has been loved by children since its performance in 1934.
His newspaper boy, although under the pressure of an ageless life, still maintains the kindness and optimism of the child, which has influenced the Chinese generations.
This is the charm of life.
It is also the charm of Nie Er.
"Night Fragrance"
85 years since 1935
In fact, the earliest "night incense" is not Li Xianglan's, but Hu Die's.
With 21,334 votes, Hu Di won the championship in the "Film Queen Election Conference" held by Star Daily, and was the first "Movie Queen" in Chinese history.
To say that back then, no one did not know the name of Hu Die.
She debuted at the age of 18 and joined the well-known "Star Film Company" at the age of 20.
In 1933, Hu Die received a movie called "Night Fragrance", directed by Cheng Bugao.
The heroine Ah Xiang is a girl who sells flowers at the door of the dance hall, and what she sings and sells is the night incense.
People are afraid of old age, and pearls are afraid of yellow
The flowers are also afraid of growing soon
People who love flowers come and buy them
Don't wait for the Ming Dynasty flowers to be fragrant
On September 20, 1935, he applied for a supplement to this port, and the headline was Hu Die's "Evening Fragrance".
In fact, the evening incense was originally soft and petite, and it was not as dazzling as roses and lotuses.
It mainly relies on the aroma to attract flying insects that feed at night to help spread pollen, which is the origin of the name "evening incense".
Therefore, if you buy the night incense as an ornamental flower and put it at home, the aroma it emits at night will make high blood pressure and heart disease patients feel dizzy, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
And if you pass by the night in the evening to incense the flowers, you must also remember not to stay for a long time.
However, musicians at that time seemed to love this beautiful and fragrant plant that was extremely detrimental to human health.
In 1944, Lai Kam Kwong was worried about his "Night Fragrance".
He wrote a good song, but because of its ultra-wide range of nearly two octaves, he could not find the hottest singers Zhou Xuan, Gong Qiuxia, and Yao Li.
At this time, Li Xianglan found the door.
Li Xianglan was only 24 years old at the time.
She happened to see the score of this song when she was filming in Shanghai, and felt that it was the song of her dreams, so she found Li Jinguang and introduced herself.
Since then, "Night Fragrance" has become Li Xianglan's classic repertoire, and has also pushed her artistic career to the peak.
The south wind blew coolly
The nightingale chirped softly
The flowers under the moon are like dreams
Only that night came incense
Spit out the fragrance
This song is considered a masterpiece of Chinese pop songs, and has been circulated in at least 80 cover versions around the world, the most famous of which are the works of Teresa Teng and Cai Qin.
However, fate has too many inexplicable coincidences.
Teresa Teng died of illness the following year after she covered the Japanese version of "Night Fragrance" in 1994.
It became her last musical single.
"Song of the Four Seasons", "Song girl of the end of the world"
83 years from 1937 to the present
When filming "Road Angel", Zhou Xuan was only 16 years old.
Although she has never been in love, director Yuan Muzhi feels that she is similar to the age of the heroine and has a naïve personality, so she is so fixed.
In "Road Angel", Zhou Xuan played the role of "Xiaohong", a young girl who was sold to Shanghai.
Coincidentally, In the early years, Zhou Xuan himself was also abducted and sold to the Wang family in Jintan County by his uncle who smoked a lot, and changed the original name of "Su Pu" to "Wang Xiaohong".
Later, the Wang couple sold Zhou Xuan to a family surnamed Zhou in Shanghai and changed their name to Zhou Xiaohong.
The adoptive father smoked opium and had no money, so he sold Zhou Xuan to the brothel as a prostitute, but fortunately the adoptive mother was kind enough to rescue him in time to avoid the disaster.
After that, Zhou Xuan joined the song and dance troupe of Li Jinhui, the founder of Chinese pop music.
Once she sang "The Light of the Nation", which was very popular, and there was a lyric in it that "wrestling with the enemy on the battlefield", And Lai Jinhui proposed that she change her name to "Zhou Xuan".
In "Road Angel", Zhou Xuan's acting skills are quite good, perhaps deeply touched by the similar experience of the heroine.
This film conveys the content of deep tragedy with a lively comedic approach, and is a masterpiece in the history of Chinese cinema.
At the same time, the two interludes "Song of The Four Seasons" and "The Song girl of Tianya" sung by Zhou Xuan have also been sung to this day.
Both songs were filled in by the famous lyricist Tian Han and composed by the famous musician He Luting, which laid the foundation for Zhou Xuan's unshakable status on the beach at that time.
Since then, the name Zhou Xuan has become the "golden signboard" in the history of Chinese pop songs.
At the age of 37, Zhou Xuan was hospitalized for acute brain infection.
Her birth mother learned of this in the newspaper, so she applied for early retirement from the State Council Health Department and came to Shanghai to take care of her.
Because of the fear that great joy and great sorrow would stimulate the condition of Circa, the birth mother never dared to tell her about her life.
Perhaps until her death, she did not know the whole picture of her life.
"In That Far Away Place"
81 years since 1939
In 1939, the Northwest Service Regiment was disbanded, and Wang Luobin ran to Qinghai with a film crew.
The documentary film they are going to shoot is called "Long Live the Nation", and director Zheng Junli is one of the founders of China's films.
At the film crew's welcome dinner, a 17-year-old girl named Saye Dolma was particularly eye-catching.
Zheng Junli decided to invite her to play the shepherd girl in the film, while Wang Luobin played Saye Dolma's helper.
Wang Luobin and Saye Dolma gradually became familiar with each other during this back-and-forth shooting.
Until Wang Luobin left after the filming of the film, he still had a long mind for Saye Dolma, so he spent three nights writing a "Prairie Love Song".
This is what we later became familiar with, "In That Far Away Place."
In that faraway place
There is a good girl
People walked past her accounting room
I have to look back and nostalgic
The one who kept glancing back at the girl's accounting room was probably either the "people" or Wang Luobin himself.
"In That Distant Place" can be said to be the most widely sung song by Wang Luobin, and it is also one of the most popular songs in the Chinese world.
In fact, when Wang Luobin was filming in that year, he not only had a romantic encounter with a beautiful girl, but also did not forget to collect a lot of Western music.
The familiar "Youth Dance" is the Xinjiang folk song that will be collected, adapted by Wang Luobin and refilled with Chinese lyrics.
I heard that later someone returned to the Golden And Silver Beach grassland to find Saya Dolma.
But when she found it, Sayyedoma's sister said she had died of illness as early as the age of 32.
"After Mr. Wang left, many large Mongolian and Tibetan families came to ask for relatives, but she did not go. She had to marry a Han Chinese. Later, he married Shi Bingzhang, the then governor of Haiyan County, and had two children, one named Nima Dorje, and the other died prematurely. ”
The sister finished her sister's life in three words and two words, and then took a black-and-white photo to show the guests who came from afar.
In the photo, Saya Dolma is simple and beautiful, with a slight smile on her face and a radiant look.
She was buried by her people in the form of a heavenly burial, and eventually merged with the Jinyintan Steppe.
"Rose Rose I Love You"
80 years since 1940
How well-known is this song?
Probably whoever sees the song title can sing along with it, and they have to stop jumping on the old Shanghai Di.
The original singer of "Rose Rose I Love You" is Yao Li.
When she was 13 years old, Because She liked to sing, She often ran to the radio station with her uncle to broadcast performances, and one day she was overheard by Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan saw that she was delicate in appearance and good in voice conditions, so he introduced her to EMI Records.
Then Yao Li and her brother Yao Min formed a "brother and sister class", one person wrote songs and one person sang, becoming a popular singer.
Later, she also resolutely quit the music scene because of the death of her brother.
In 1940, Zhou Xuan made a movie called "Tianya Song Girl", which told the story of the wandering life of the singer Xiaolan who lost her husband after becoming pregnant.
The film's director, Wu Cun, and composer Chen Gexin co-created the song "Rose Rose I Love You", but they did not let Zhou Xuan sing, but gave it to Yao Li, who was only 18 years old.
It can be seen that everyone liked Xiao Yaoli at that time.
Her voice is relaxed, gentle and unrestrained, perfectly blending the feelings of the metropolis with the nationalized minor key, which has a youthful and fashionable atmosphere.
11 years later, American singer Frankie Lane translated it into English and quickly became popular in the United States, even reaching the top of the National Music Pop Chart that year.
48 years later, Huang Refilled a version of the Cantonese lyrics, sung by Mui Yanfang, and became the theme song of her and Jackie Chan's movie "Miracle".
67 years later, Huang Ling re-adapted the song and added a large number of characteristic transpositions and broken notes, full of the pop atmosphere of the new century.
79 years later, Yao Li died, a lifetime of fame and fortune, and had a second son with her husband Huang Zhijian, at the age of 96.
"Rose Rose I Love You" and "Night Shanghai", which is 7 years younger, are regarded as the labels of old Shanghai, and they still maintain their vivid vitality to this day, and some people continue to listen to it and some people cover it.
Songs that have been popular for 80 years are not simple.
"Roses Everywhere"
78 years since 1942
In 1968, when Teresa was 18 years old, she released an album called "Smile When You See It".
In addition to the famous title song of the same name on this album, there is also an old cover song that is very well-known, so that many people think that it is the original song of Teresa Teng.
It's "Roses Everywhere."
The original singer of this song is the famous film actor Gong Qiuxia, and the songwriter is Chen Gexin mentioned above.
Chen Gexin is an important figure in the history of popular music in China, known as "Song Immortal", "Rose Rose I Love You", "Rose Everywhere", "Phoenix Yu Fei", "Night Shanghai" and other works are from his hands.
Unfortunately, his fate was relatively bumpy, and he died in three years of natural disasters at the age of only 47.
Gong Qiuxia is considered to be Hu Die's junior.
She debuted at the age of 12 and traveled north and south of the great river with the song and dance troupe.
In 1936, Gong Qiuxia entered the film industry and participated in the filming of the Shanghai Culture Film Company's sound film "Parents and Children".
This film is quite special for her, and the founder of the film and television company, Hu Xinxin, became her husband for the rest of her life.
In 1942, Fang Peilin, who had been an artist for "Fisherman's Light Song", prepared to make his own movie "Rose Everywhere", and found Gong Qiuxia, who was already famous, as the heroine.
Gong Qiuxia not only filmed well, but also co-arranged 5 original songs in the movie with Chen Gexin, including the theme song of the same name ,"Rose Everywhere".
Roses are everywhere
Youth is everywhere
The unstoppable spring breeze blows into the bosom
Listening to Gong Qiuxia singing "Roses Everywhere", you seem to be able to vaguely see a woman wearing a cheongsam with permed small curly hair swaying her waist, which is very graphic.
She took the lead in "self-acting and self-singing" in Shanghai Beach that year, and made film and television songs a popular trend.
Since then, she has become an all-round star of "film and song" in the hearts of the audience.
In Gong Qiuxia's lifelong artistic career, she has participated in more than 90 film works and sung more than 100 songs, all of which have won the love of the public.
Remember "Heart Burning", sung by Song Dandan in 2017, which is known as "China's first popular song"?
According to available information, the original song "Love Companion" was composed in the early 20th century, and in 1932, EMI Records included a male-female duet version sung by Gong Qiuxia and Dusk.
Although Song Dandan made the wrong "hat" for this song, our first pop song should be "Drizzle" sung by Dawn Hui in 1927.
But so far, some people still mention Gong Qiuxia's old songs, and they can also see that her historical status is not ordinary.
《Nanniwan》
77 years since 1943
Guo Lanying has clarified in the program.
She said: "When I sang Nanniwan, people had been singing for several years! I was just fortunate to participate in the great "Oriental Red" and was known by more people, and some people said that I sang it for the first time. ”
Nanniwan was born in Yan'an in 1943 and is a team work by Ma Ke as the main creator.
It mainly tells the story of nanniwan, which was originally deserted, and transformed into 10,000 acres of fertile land.
Although many of the tonal rhythms of folk songs and dances are absorbed in the song, they are usually presented in the form of bel canto choruses.
The "great "Dongfang Hong" mentioned by Guo Lanying is the large-scale musical and dance epic "Dongfang Hong" directed by Premier Zhou Enlai in 1964.
This time, Premier Zhou objected.
He hoped to use the national singing method to interpret "Nanniwan" and directly named Guo Lanying.
At that time, Guo Lanying had already made a splash all over the country with songs such as "My Motherland" and "People Say Good Scenery in Shanxi", and during that time, he was performing abroad.
When she received the news and hurried back to China, there were less than ten days left before the final performance of "Oriental Red".
Even in such a short period of time, Guo Lanying, who has always been strict about stage performances, still choreographed a lot of small details.
For example, when performing, she did not take the previous "song step", but the "stage step" of the opera; the beginning of an action of lifting a flower basket fully expressed her respect.
Although the image effect at that time was not good, this completely preserved material has become a nostalgic classic.
Backstage at that year's performance, Premier Zhou met Guo Lanying, who had just finished his performance.
Premier Zhou asked gently: "You are still young, you can still sing and perform." But have you ever wondered what to do when you get older? ”
At that time, Guo Lanying was young and proud.
She looked up at Premier Zhou and said, "When the time comes, I will do whatever the revolution needs me to do." ”
Premier Zhou just smiled and didn't speak again.
22 years later, Guo Lanying and her husband Wan Trillion Yuan sold their entire wealth and moved south to Guangzhou to establish the Guo Lanying Art School, focusing all their energy on teaching.
"It seems that I will not do anything else, but can only do my best to pass on the national art, even if it is insignificant bit by bit."
Guo Lanying said this in an interview.
"This is also the fulfillment of our beloved Premier Zhou's entrustment to me before his death."
People often ask what exactly is a classic.
Then give a bunch of definitions, maybe just to circle the song you like.
In fact, the so-called classic is very good to judge.
It's enough to let time say.
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