The Paper's reporter Huang Xiaohe
Huang Xia once said that there are two people in the Hong Kong music scene who do not have to worry about their singing skills, no matter how difficult they can sing, and it is better than you expect, one is Rowan, and the other is Lin Zixiang.
"Boys should be self-reliant", "Dare to love and dare to do", "A Lam's diary", "Zero o'clock", "Who is the favorite"... Whether it is a bold masculine or a warm model, what kind of song, Lin Zixiang is easy to take.
Someone has accurately evaluated Lin Zixiang's singing skills:
"Its bite is fierce, and you can hear the sound of the green horse stepping on the crack of the river; its tuna is thick, and it can restrain the whale in the blue sea; its sentence change is clever, such as the five ancient songs of Dongye; its affection is deep, like the sound of the river flowing westward, when it is empty."
There are even professionals who have examined that Lin Zixiang's high notes can go to D5 or C5 (octave higher than the central C).
Lin Zixiang on the stage of "Our Song"
On the stage of the variety show "Our Song", a song "Digital Life", another "Those Years", 74-year-old Lin Zixiang, every time he opened his voice, he was shocked by four seats, and each issue constantly refreshed the new cognition of him at all ages.
Lin Zixiang and Hu Xia sang "Those Years", and Yang Qianwei's eyes were instantly red; Xue Zhiqian said that he could not win in his life; some audiences sighed that every stage of Uncle Xiang was a classic! Hu Xia's fast version is like a young man chasing time, Uncle Xiang's slow version is like an old man reminiscing about the past, and the feeling of regret is vividly interpreted by Uncle Xiang.
Born in Hong Kong in 1947, Lin Zixiang came to a well-off family as a child, studying at The Outstanding Men's College in Hong Kong and Dover College in the United Kingdom. The school provided Lin Zixiang with the conditions to play music, and it was during this period that he formed his own band.
Album cover of "Lam"
In 1976, Lin Zixiang released his first English album "Lam", officially opening his musical path. In 1980, with the two songs of "In the Middle of the Water" and "Minutes Need You", he won two Golden Melody Awards at the Third Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Concert. Lin Zixiang not only can sing but also write, is a creator with high gold content, most of the songs in his album are his own originals, at the age of 20 began to play guitar singing and writing songs, so far created nearly a thousand songs.
He believes, "Creation is very important, it can directly represent your own feelings, so I have always disliked others to teach me how to sing a song, and I myself will have my own strong feelings about a song." ”
Lin Zixiang participated in the game session of "Our Song"
When it comes to Lin Zixiang, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is "Boys Should Be Self-Reliant", and the behind-the-scenes story of this song is also quite interesting.
The theme song of this movie "Huang Feihong" is a very difficult song, at that time, director Xu Ke asked Huang Xia to compose the theme song of "Huang Feihong", Huang Xia adapted the ancient song "General Order" into "Boy When Self-Improvement", and asked Lin Zixiang to sing, because time is tight, Lin Zixiang only has one day to record, and at this time, the accompaniment that can be provided to Lin Zixiang is only piano demo, and the arrangement is not done well. The producer then told him: When you sing, you should imagine that there are thousands of horses, drums, traditional instruments such as the siren and the lute. Finally, as soon as Lin Zixiang opened his mouth, it really seemed as if thousands of troops and horses were rushing forward.
Talking about the recorded song at that time, Lin Zixiang said, "At that time, there was no song in the drama, so I immediately chose this song, because I didn't want money, because it was an old song (ancient song adaptation), the style of the song was the need to have the strength of a boy, I found me, the more I sang at that time, the more excited I was, I said that the last paragraph I could also sing a high octave, and then I really sang, every time I sang here in the future, be a good man!" That feeling came. ”
Back then, the most fun scene was the performance scene of the 1985 Hong Kong Jingge Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, the superstars were sitting in a row like children, in that scene, Lin Zixiang sang Zhang Guorong's song "Monica", Zhang Guorong was like a small fan who was flopped, and even sang a broken sound from the seat, "Lin Zixiang! Who can--substitute-substitute-you-land-bit?! "There is starlight in the eyes.
Also with Lin Zixiang after the chorus is also a small star in the eyes of the singer Hu Xia, on the stage of "Our Song", this pair of old and young with the cooperation is also quite tacit. However, Lin Zixiang could still speak calmly after singing, but Hu Xia even struggled to catch his breath, and the audience quipped, "Good guy! After singing this song, Lin Zixiang almost sent Hu Xia away! ”
Since then, some viewers have also ridiculed that the biggest winner of "Our Song" this year is Hu Xia.
"Milk Moustache" combination: Hu Xia (left), Lin Zixiang
On the day of the reporter's interview, it was just in time for Lin Zixiang's partner Hammer Na Lisa to sing an old English song "Endless Love", which had previously been sung by Lin Zixiang and Teresa Teng in the 1980s, and that version was unprecedented.
Across the century, singing again, Lin Zixiang also wants to try his best to present a different performance, rehearsal and hammer tried several times, the girl was originally a big voice, but to the high pitch has also been born loveless, Lin Zixiang treble like lightning, very lethal. After singing, he gently took his partner's hand and said without hesitation, "You sing really well!" Hammer Narissa was immediately filled with happiness, "Satisfied! Worth it! ”
In Lin Zixiang's heart, whether it is singing or acting, everything is performance, since the performance, it is necessary to use twelve points of emotion to invest, so it should not rap a song, but say that the performance of a song. So he thinks he's not very willing to face the cold camera, and the importance of live performance to him lies in real emotional, face-to-face interaction.
Lin Zixiang
Lin Zixiang sentenced two people on and off the stage, the stage was full of life, when interviewing, he turned his volume to the minimum, the interview was like a secret conversation, and the reporter had to get closer to hear clearly. Speaking softly is not from the perspective of protecting the throat, but simply do not like to talk loudly with others, "hear a loud speech will run away", plus there are only two or three people around the staff, so that the whole lounge even has an echo.
In life, Lin Zixiang is also unexpected. In addition to playing golf and practicing yoga, he is also a master of sewing, and it is said that every time he goes abroad, he will go to a second-hand shop to buy old clothes, pick and return to repair it with a needle and thread, and will not use a sewing machine. He even tried changing his denim skirt to a handsome men's shirt. His wife, Ye Qianwen, also praised him as the world's most powerful sewing master.
During the broadcast of the program, "Lin Zixiang wore a dress for decades" was also on the hot search.
The dedication to his own style is also reflected in the publicity photos, a favorite jeans was picked out by the photographer because of the high frequency of appearance, and the attentive staff reminded, "This is his favorite, or stay." ”
"I don't have a makeup artist, I don't have a stylist, I don't need it, I'm used to it, when I go to the UK when I go to school, everything is done by myself, I'm my own stylist," Lin Zixiang said proudly, "Mainly my decades of styling have not changed much, hahaha." With that, he brushed his moustache.
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● Feelings are always there in music
The Paper: You appeared in two mainland music roundups this year, why did you suddenly become active when you were originally particularly low-key?
Lin Zixiang: There is no low profile... Because of the epidemic, all of us have no place to go and no work, so now that so long has passed, everyone wants to come out and sing. And singing our songs requires close contact with the audience, and it shouldn't be like singing KTV, facing that TV, there is no immediate reaction. It is still very important to be able to feel the feelings of the person who sings on the spot.
The Paper: Among the songs I often listen to are your two "Piano in the Old House" and "Who is the Favorite", although they are ancient slow songs, they are not tired of listening.
"Who Loves Most" is included in the album "Favorite"
"The Piano in the Old House" is included in the album "93' SongBook"
Lin Zixiang: That was a song from the 1980s and 1990s... Really old... Haha, I think a song is not good, it will not change, we are old, we will go to a lot of places, but the song is still there, the thing is still the same.
How we sing this song now must be a little different from how I started acting in the 80s. I used to sing "Who is the Favorite" in my 30s, that I must not be as clear as I see things now, and now that I sing this song, the lyrics can naturally express a little more profoundly.
The Paper: "Endless Love" you have sung with Teresa Teresa before, what new feelings have you felt about this re-interpretation?
Lin Zixiang: (Last century) in the 80s, the time I sang with Teresa Teng was already very powerful, until now I have not sung this song with anyone else, and now with a female singer who is so young and sings so well, I also sang a spark, so you see, the music will not change, the feelings in the music are always there.
The Paper: Once at the scene of singing, Zhang Guorong jumped up and sang with you, crazy like a little fan, do you remember?
Lin Zixiang: Remember, how can you not remember. Because "Monica" was his song, I changed it specifically for that show. I've known him for too long... In the seventies, neither of us was popular, in a small part of Hong Kong, in a singing competition (the 1977 Asian Singing Competition), I sang my own songs with a guitar, I met him at that time, he sang there, he sang the song "American Pie".
The Paper: Your past album covers are very special, such as Lin Zixiang's version of the Mona Lisa.
Album cover of "The Most Memorable You"
Lin Zixiang: And Charlie Chaplin, we did several versions of the queen at that time...
The Paper: Quite ahead of its time, much like the current AI face swap.
Lin Zixiang: Yes! We didn't have any high-tech at that time, we were all little by little, slowly, very time-consuming.
● Slowly adapt to the recording rhythm of the program
The Paper: Did Principal Tan (Tan Yonglin) come to this program to give a few instructions?
Lin Zixiang: No, everywhere he went, nothing can affect him, he said to play together, just be happy, he does everything like this, very directly to do. I actually don't like the game very much, who sings better than whom, I don't believe this, of course, this time it is very easy, the most important thing in singing is to invest, the audience sits at the bottom, as soon as you sing he knows if you have invested feelings in it.
The Paper: Because your attitude towards life has always been simple and self-disciplined. Will the recording program be uncomfortable?
Lin Zixiang: The program is slowly adapting. I actually don't like to talk in public, and it's okay to sit and talk to someone like this. I don't smoke, I drink one or two drinks the most, I love to drink milk the most, I eat very little, a little is enough, so I haven't been fat. I must go to bed before twelve o'clock, because I will wake up very early, but this is natural, not deliberately self-disciplined.
There are a lot of things I don't like to eat, such as many places like black truffle (black truffle), and I have to put a little in any dish, but I think it tastes very bad and smelly. Eating at my own home is very simple, Hong Kong-style American can be, but it is simple, because I don't like things dirty, if I make a meal, it seems that I have more time to clean up than I cook, so then take a simple one, eat quickly and say goodbye!
The Paper: You don't like to talk loudly, you probably won't go to KTV to sing, right?
Lin Zixiang: I hate singing K the most, one is noisy, the second is that habit is very bad, you will involuntarily go to see the subtitles, if you are a good singer, you should try not to look at the subtitles, to write down the lyrics. The show now prepares a teleprompter, because others will need it, I try not to watch it, and as soon as I watch it, I'm wrong, it's weird, because I firmly believe that the lyrics have to be in your head before you can sing that feeling.
None of the songs we listen to now are melody
The Paper: Forty-five years after your debut, will you sigh when you see the peak of Hong Kong pop music flourishing to declining?
Lin Zixiang: Actually, it is very normal. Really, there is nothing particularly beautiful in Hong Kong now, and our best ones are no longer there... So now the songs in Hong Kong have also changed... At that time, it was actually quite good, because we could do anything together. After the concert and then go to the recording, after the recording to go to the filming, after filming to do the radio, so the work is non-stop, in that era there are many dramas, I can shoot two or three plays a year, not to mention those actors who are not afraid of tired, I can watch ten films a year. Filming first depends on whether the director has cooperated, that is very important, there will be trust, do not need to talk too much. In those days, everything was in front of us, you could do it, the opportunities were in front of you, and you didn't need to sleep at all.
The Paper: Have you paid attention to the music of young people in the mainland now?
Lin Zixiang: Relatively few, they don't listen to our songs anymore, but they used to listen to our songs... So I think this opportunity is good, because a lot of these young people have not heard of me, how can they go to listen to a "digital life", I was doing this song at that time, but also because there must be many different types of songs to make a good concert. For example, I have a very quiet love song "Endless Love", and there is also a very fast "Real Man", the mood of the concert must change, otherwise the old bandage, so fierce singing can not be.
Now these songs, in fact, I can't tell each other apart, it sounds like a song, the melody is similar. The melody of the golden song is still different, and even different types of songs can be passed down for a long time. For example, to dance, it is Disco, and I still sing songs from the 1950s, so those good songs don't die.
My "Digital Life" is actually Classic, and children learning to play the piano is to play these notes, which is actually the most basic extension. Now these songs we listen to do not have melody (melody), everyone likes typing too much, save effort! I don't want to speak, so the language (lyrics) that I fill out is gone, so it's hard to touch my heart, and I can't understand it.
The Paper: Generally, singers with strong treble explosiveness will appear to have weak control at the bass tact, how do you achieve high and low speed?
Lin Zixiang: The beat is the most important. So I play golf, one two three one two three (do swing decomposition action), find that rhythm, sing any song will become very beautiful. Of course there are also talents that come, you see the hammer, so young can sing so well.
The Paper: Will "Choice" be sung this time? After all, it occupies the top ten of KTV must-order songs all year round.
"Choice" sung by Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen is included in the "Hope" album
Lin Zixiang: It should be able to sing, it is very strange, I sang so many concerts, several times asked the audience whether the audience was willing to sing this song with me, each time several men rushed up, so this time and Hu Xia to see if there is any new way to interpret this song.
Source: The Paper