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There is an impressive scene in Stephen Chow's movie "Domestic Lingling Paint":
Zhou Xingchi smoked a cigarette, played the piano in white, and Wen Wan sang "Li Xianglan", which made Yuan Yongyi, who was going to assassinate him, put down the muzzle of the gun, which is definitely one of the most memorable scenes in Zhou's movie.
Fragment of "Domestic Lingling Paint"
And this "Li Xianglan" is taken from Jacky Cheung's song of the same name. Behind this song, there is a very poignant story:
The historical Li Xianglan was arrested in 1945 for "adultery", and was later released for her Japanese origins, and was sent back to Japan to continue her acting career in her original name, Shuko Yamaguchi.
Her most famous work in China is "Night Fragrance" with Li Jinguang in 1944.
In Jacky Cheung's version, from the emotional prime to the vicissitudes of old age, the rhythm is changeable, and the hundred turns are thousands of times, condensing the fate of Li Xianglan's life in this masterpiece.
This song is a song that people hear, in fact, it has a real original song. And the original singer swept the entire Hong Kong pop music scene in the 80s and 90s, and almost half of the singers have covered his songs, and he is now 59 years old
Koji Tamaki
Tayaki Koji
The old man is still very energetic!
At the DUO concert in 2010, Eason Chan sang a Japanese song "Mr. Lonely", which is the only Japanese song he has ever sung.
The original singer of this Japanese song is Japanese singer Koji Tamaki, who is also one of Eason Chan's favorite singers.
Eason Chan once said in an interview, "I think that in music, language is not important. I watched Koji Tamaki's concert in Hong Kong, all in Japanese, I couldn't understand a word, but I cried nine times! ”。
Eason Chan cover sings
Many people know Yuji Koji through covers like eason to understand, in the four kings bombed the Hong Kong pop music scene, they have covered a lot of Works of Yuji Koji. In particular, he is known for singing the most famous singer god "Jacky Cheung", and loves the songs of Koji Tamaki.
And Jacky Cheung's own thick, changeable, extremely masculine voice has also become the perfect candidate to re-interpret Yuji Koji's songs.
Koji Tamaki himself's voice line is also very penetrating, and at the same time, he can also achieve a wide range of control in the range, and the switching of true and false tones is very free, and he is a natural singer. With a chime, falsetto mix and psychedelic your sense of hearing, this singing method is known as the "jade".
Koji Tamaki, born in Hokkaido in 1958, first entered the public eye with the band "Safe Zone", serving as the lead singer and composer. However, the "safe zone" of his debut period was not a mainstream rock band, and his main appearance was to echo another Japanese king-level singer-songwriter, "Inoue Yosumi".
Inoue is the king of Japanese pop music, he has been a blockbuster in the early days of the industrialization of Japanese pop music, and continues to launch hot hits, which can be said to be an important symbol of the expansion of the territory of record dealers, at the same time, he also won Japan's first million-selling record results.
Since they are under the aura of superstars, the starting point of the "safe zone" is already doomed to their life will not be mediocre.
Sure enough, the subsequent commercial beverage commercial song became popular throughout Asia, and this song was later covered by Tan Yonglin in the 1980s in Hong Kong into a Chinese version of "Burgundy Heart", which was originally sung and composed by Koji Tamji and composed by Koji Tamaki and lyrics by Inoue Yosui. With this popular song, Safe Zone also won the highest honor competition format of the Japanese pop festival that year, the Red and White Song Festival.
In 1985, the band's song "Say Goodbye to Sorrow" became the annual number one song for two major music programs, "The Best10" and "THETOP10" on Japan's TBS television.
"Safe Zone" in the 80s star road is not too smooth, although many times launched best-selling singles, but also because of the rise of Japan's overall entertainment industry, so that the Competition in the Japanese music industry intensified, but at that time, the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment market in the Chinese-speaking area prevailed in the Japanese music circle as the respect of the atmosphere, and the high level of Japanese pop music arrangement and singing are very suitable for being used to cover songs into Chinese, so in the 80s and 90s, we heard countless Hong Kong and Taiwan song works from Japan.
The representative work of the safety zone, "Friend", is the work of Koji Yuji in the band period, and the song was first covered by Jacky Cheung in the Cantonese version of "Silent Eyes" and the Chinese version of "Confused Love", and then by Li Keqin's Cover of the Cantonese version of "Silent Eyes", Chen Baiqiang's "Careful Thoughts", Junzi's "Dear Friend" and other versions.
The most prominent of such a trend is the "gentle voice" Teresa Teng.
Teresa Teng was also based on the Japanese market at that time, not only translating Japan into Chinese, but also singing the original version of Japan, but most of the original Japanese songs were still her own songs or songs she had sung, such as "I Only Care About You", the Japanese version of the original song was also her, as well as "Lover", "Repayment", "Lover's Care", "Winter Love" and so on. She also once published an album called "Love Songs of the Island Country", which, as the name suggests, is enough to see Teresa's popular music status in Southeast Asia at that time.
At that time, a large number of Japanese pop music was introduced and re-filled, in the Guangdong region, musicians have sung the original Japanese songs with Cantonese lyrics, Anda Koji Tamaki's songs have become one of the most Chinese Japanese singers and writers in the 90s because of their catchy melody and particularly in line with the aesthetics of Chinese music.
It is precisely because of the breadth of the market that Yuji Koji and the safe zone can become popular outside of Japan, the four heavenly kings, Zhang Guorong, and Tan Yonglin all compete to challenge his original song, and the degree of popularity of Yuji Koji in Hong Kong and Taiwan is no less than that in Japan, or even more so, because of this, until now, his market in the Greater China region is extremely stable.
This all stems from his solid musical skills and solid mass moderation.
However, such popular music trends may not be accepted by all eras.
As early as the 80s, Yuji Koji and the band had come to the mainland to tour in the safety zone, but because the mainland had just risen to listen to music at that time, listening to "Song of Jungang", of course, it was impossible to receive such open pop music, and the times made some Chinese who loved music miss the opportunity to appreciate the beautiful sounds.
It doesn't matter if we can't get the market on the mainland, then we turn our heads and grasp the Hong Kong and Taiwan regions. As a result, after this, Yuji Koji never came to the mainland again, but grasped the Hong Kong market.
In the same year, another female singer in Japan was also greatly interested in being covered in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and she was Miyuki Nakajima.
In the Hong Kong music circle in the 80s and 90s, there was a cover singing boom of male voice Koji Tamaki and female voice Miyuki Nakajima, and some people even joked that Koji Tamaki and Miyuki Nakajima supported the Chinese music scene for 30 years.
But don't think that the kings of an era will be overwhelmed by the tide. On July 9, 2014, in Japan's TBS "Mizui Yuki ダウンタウン2 Time SP" program, a chart with the theme of "200 Professional Musicians Selected by the Best Singer" was made, and the number one was Koji Tamaki!
Koji Tamaki, who is now nearly the age of Hana, has written more than 200 original works, many of which have been covered by Hong Kong singers, and are also the Japanese singers who have been covered by Hong Kong stars.
In 2010, Universal Records released a collection of adaptations by Koji Tamaki, which featured 16 cover songs such as "Burgundy Heart", "The Myth of Summer", and "Half Bend of the Moon".
For young showbiz people, Koji Tamaki's songs also touched them a lot.
Tang Wei: I like simple things, light ones. For example, I like to eat simple noodle soup, and I especially like music with feelings, especially piano. The album I listen to the most is probably Koji Tamaki's "Burgundy Heart", since I was in college, I like to drink red wine while listening.
In Japan, there is a saying that "no matter which song, it is only a matter of time to like Tamaro's song".
Koji Tamaki's song is delicate, with his unique "Jade Style" singing voice, the false tone and tone conversion is as gentle as jade, as silky and soft as silk, this singing technique is the top presence in the world.
——— Koji Tamaki is a true artist, a singer who sings with real heart and soul.
Koji Tamaki and Li Keqin sing "Silent Eyes"
Attached is a cover of the works of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers who have sung Koji Tamaki (part):
谭咏rin, Sake-colored heart, Koji Tamaki, The Heart of Waisoledo
100 陈强 《Cold- In The Middle》 Koji Tamaki 《Premonition of Love》
Chen Baiqiang , "Careful Thoughts" Koji Tamaki , "Friend"
Bao Cuiwei "Needless to Say No" Koji Tamaki "Smile"
Meng Tingwei "Willing to Be Alone" Koji Tamaki "Love Song"
Wen Zhang,Redy,Koji Tamaki,Blue Sky
Natsuo's Voice "Jichu-ji" Koji Tamaki 《To You》
Xin 晓琪, Sou, Koji Tamaki, Iridescent
Andy Lau "Pain" Koji Tamaki "aibo"
Zhong Zhentao "Lost Zone" Koji Tamaki "Premonition of Love"
Goodbye I love you Koji Tamaki
Au Rui Qiang "Didn't Want to Say Goodbye" Koji Tamaki "Hook Finger"
赵咏华《梦梦续》 Tamaki Koji 《梦'
Guo Tomijo 《One Heartfelt End》 Koji Tamaki 《Eyed》
Aaron Kwok, "Can't Break" Koji Tamaki, "Y's Tension"
Jurors Of Pleasure Koji Tamaki
Ying Xiao-Hui, "I'm In a Piece of Aya" by Koji Tamaki, "There's You in the Morning's Gaze"
Kanobu Fumi 《Essay》 Koji Tamaki 《Harmony of Summer Sardines》
Li Kung-tsumu, Natsuhi-no-Shinjo, Tamaki Koji, I Love You KachiHaira
Li Keqin "Missing Her" Koji Tamaki "Love Fever"
Li Keqin, "One Thousand and One Nights", Koji Tamaki, "Juliet"
Li Ketsumu, Ryo Satsuki, Koji Tamaki, Lid wet with the Moon
Eason Chan "The more you think, the more meaningless" Koji Tamaki "MR LONELY"
Dawn,"Roman Before Dawn", Koji Tamaki 《Smile and Toast》
Dawn, Nyoga-ée, Tamaki Koji ,"Friends"
Dawn "Tell Me You'll Wait for Me in Your Dreams" Koji Tamaki "Star"
Dawn "Unthinkable Dreams" Koji Tamaki "Roots"
Eri's Blue Eyes
Chen Huixian "Freezing Point" Original Singer: Koji Tamaki "氷点"
Gakuyu Ying Gakuyu Li Xiao, Koji Tamaki, Don't Go
Jacky Cheung "Silent Eyes" Koji Tamaki "Friend"
Gakuyu Tsukihan Bay, Koji Tamaki, The Continuation of the Encounter
Jacky Cheung , " Can 't Help It ' Tamaki Koji , "Lonely Far"
Jacky Cheung, "Playboy", Koji Tamaki, "I'm Dandy"
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