Listeners who love Li Jian, do you know the name Zhong Lifeng? Did you know that this is another creative musician with the title of "musical poet"?
Zhong Lifeng and Li Jian have many similarities, both are original singers, both start from folk songs, both love to read, both are full of literary temperament, and even the ages of the two people are exactly the same.
These two musical poets, who also feel sorry for each other, are old friends who have known each other for more than twenty years. They were even jokingly called "good friends". But they think that it is a gentleman's friend who is as light as water.
Zhong Lifeng once said that every time he saw Li Jian, he was like his first love.
In 2015, when Zhong Lifeng was interviewed by Sina Entertainment, he talked about what he admired most about Li Jian:
Li Jian's kind of cold humor. Li Jianjian has a very calm state, which may be related to his study of science and engineering? I envy his quiet, but actually very real, restrained thing. Li Jian's best performance in "I Am a Singer" is his first "Lake Baikal", how restrained he expressed the emotion of this song, unlike some singers who are hoarse and exhausted, and they have to sing down. This is what he has in moderation, self-control, and calmness, but this calmness does not mean that there is no emotion, he hides the feelings deeper, and you melt as soon as you touch them. ”
Zhong Lifeng knows Li Jian so well, so how does Li Jian evaluate him?
Li Jian once said: "Zhong Lifeng has a vast world in his heart, richer than this world, but only he knows that only a little can be spied from his songs and books." ”
"When I read his lyrics and words, I often have an inspiration: the lyrics can also be written like this, and they can often be inspired. I envy him so much that I don't know how he can stay in such a state. ”
To talk about the difference between the two, Zhong Lifeng once said that he and Li Jian have many differences. For example: Li Jian is beautiful, he is loose; Li Jian is loyal, he is affectionate; Li Jian sings with ease, and he is clumsy and clumsy. One of them is an elegant and elegant Tsinghua high-caliber student; the other is a stumbling fantasy traveler.
Some people say that Zhong Lifeng is more like the "wild school" and Li Jian is like the "academic school", but they are undoubtedly the most literary and artistic singer-songwriters in China.
The following picture shows that when Zhong Lifeng's new book "At the Intersection of Various Tragedies and Joys" was published, Li Jian was invited as a guest to sing a duet at the Central Academy of Fine Arts:
This person, who can make the musical talent Li Jian very envious, is the lead singer of the band Borges . He has published albums such as "On the Side of the Road", "The Fruit of Madness", "Private Room Song: She Knits a Sweater for Me", "I Turned the Lights Dark that Night" and so on.
Look at the song titles written by Zhong Lifeng, such as: "Sad like a sexual encounter", "A fish with a vague gender", "The Pursued Passenger", etc., is it very special? There is a kind of unspeakable imagination space. Somewhat revealing his literary qualities.
Yes, Zhong Lifeng not only can write songs and sing, but also a writer, publishing several literary works, "Sad like a sexual encounter", "At the intersection of various tragedies and joys", "Men Without a Past" and so on. Among them, "Sad like a Sexual Encounter" published in 2011 won the Most Reader's Attention Book Award at the "Southern Reading Festival" that year.
As Zhong Lifeng himself said: music is his loyal wife, and literature is his greatest sexual encounter. Whenever you go to a city, always ask if there is a good used bookstore. Even, he himself, who loves books, once opened a bookstore in Wuxi.
Speaking of Li Jian and Zhong Lifeng's acquaintance, it was in Beijing in 1995, when Li Jian was still studying at Tsinghua University, and he played music with many young people who loved music in his spare time.
In 1999, when Li Jian first watched Zhong Lifeng's performance at Tsinghua University, he felt that his next step was to sing real folk songs like him, to transcend the weakness of the usual campus folk songs, and to have wild power.
Li Jian's appreciation and love for Zhong Lifeng never hides, and often praises Zhong Lifeng in front of his friends. That's a heartfelt appreciation.
It can be said that Li Jian has twice helped Zhong Lifeng's music career.
The first time was the opportunity for Zhong Lifeng to debut, when he was still just playing and singing in the bar, and Li Jian had already gained a little fame and introduced him to Song Ke, which led to his later development.
The second time was when Li Jian sang a cover of Zhong Lifeng's "Today is your birthday, Mom" in "I Am a Singer", and many listeners knew Zhong Lifeng as a person. His Weibo followers immediately began to skyrocket. This is also the effect that Li Jian most wants to achieve through the "Singer" program, hoping that more good musicians will be recognized by everyone.
Li Jian mentioned Zhong Lifeng in a 2012 interview with Life Idea, saying:
"I met Xiao Zhong in 1995, and for so many years I have always felt that he is a reminder of my life: there are still people who have always maintained their original intentions, like they used to love music. He is a special born person, he has nothing to do with the world, he only cares about what he wants to care about, whether this thing is recognized by others or not, the commercial value has nothing to do with him, he has a vast world in his heart, richer than this world, but only he knows. I envy him, I can't have the traveler-like state he is always on the road, I envy him for letting go of everything and going where he wants to go. I might have had it in college, but there is no such state now. ”
Zhong Lifeng and Li Jian have been good buddies for more than twenty years, and they appreciate and trust each other. Although the friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, even after years of vicissitudes, it cannot change the tacit understanding between the two people.
As Zhong Lifeng said in an interview with Sina Entertainment, he was asked: "If Li Jian opens a concert, will you go?" ”
He said: "If he had a concert, I would prefer to sit in a corner and watch him silently. It was as if I had a concert, and one of the sessions was that after the lights went out, I was going to stand in a corner of the audience and sing, and when the lights came, I suddenly found Li Jian sitting next to me. ”
Hearing this, I was inexplicably moved. This is the case with the acquaintance of the heart.
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