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In the last seven short stories of “March 15”, many readers left a message in the background: “It turns out that “Looking at Flowers in the Mist” is a song for cracking down on fakes!”
In fact, after many classic songs and music, there are actually many unknown stories.
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“Liren”
Music: He Jiawen
Word: Li Manting
Singing: Lin Zhixuan
Issuing time: 1998 (Jacky Cheung)
The reason why I said this song at the beginning is because my wife sent me a Weibo some time ago, which was sent by Maori:
Then someone heard the “Baidu Encyclopedia” entry of “Liren” with this sentence:
That’s why I said this song when I came up–
I am the “Shanghai Dad”!
That was in 2012. At that time, my daughter Tangyuanmei was just over 2 years old. It was my task to put her to sleep every noon and night, and how to put her to sleep as soon as possible was a difficult problem for me.
I usually sing to her softly while patting her on the back (After comparison, I found that I sang “Night in the Military Port” and “The Sun in the West is about to The two songs of “Lost Mountain” have the best effect).
When she couldn’t sing, I would play some songs from the phone for her. At that time, I was listening to Lin Zhixuan’s “Leaving People”, and then I discovered this magical effect.
At first, I thought it was a coincidence, but every time I tried it, I kept trying to keep it smart, so I posted a Weibo to tell everyone. By the beginning of 2013, the discovery had become a “secret known all over the country.”
Until 2021, I saw someone talking about “Li Ren”-in the blink of an eye, nine years have passed.
As I said in this Weibo, this feeling is very magical——
It seems that I took a time machine to the future, knowing that a major historical event has happened, and then discovered that the protagonist who triggered this event was actually my own back then…
Then, let’s talk about this song.
The composition of this song is He Jiawen, and the lyrics are Li Manting. Not Lin Zhixuan, but Jacky Cheung.
This incident dates back to 1998. At that time, Jacky Cheung and Lin Zhixuan both liked the song “Li Ren” and let their record company buy it, but it is said that the money paid by Lin Zhixuan’s record company was late, so Jacky Cheung was the first to sing the song and it was recorded in In his 1998 album “No Regrets”.
But Lin Zhixuan has always been obsessed with this song, and finally got the opportunity to cover it in 2001. He slightly changed the lyrics and included this song in his album “Break By”.
I’ve heard the version performed by two people. Personally, I prefer Lin Zhixuan’s version. Jacky Cheung sang really well, but Lin Zhixuan performed this song more vividly with the voice of God’s meal.
Some people think “Li Ren” is a love song, but more people think it is not, because it is a song for people who have passed away. Lin Zhixuan himself also said in a program that he sang this song mainly for his mother who had died. When he said that, his emotions were almost out of control and tears burst into his eyes.
“The silver boat swayed, swayed, bends,
Hanging in the velvet sky.
Your thoughts, three or three, two or two, blue,
Stop on my faint heart.
You intercede to the depths, how can people not be lonely,
When the love is strong, I worry about it,
My luggage is lonely, alone, scattered, melancholy…”
Even if I see the lyrics of this song now, the familiar melody will still sound in my mind immediately.
“Some people say that once a farewell, a star in the sky will go out again.” I hope you are all well in the sky.
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“The End of the World”
Singing: Shoo and Toot (S.B.D.W)
Word/Music: Jay Chou
Issuing time: 1998
In 1998, Jay Chou was 19 years old.
At the time, he had already signed a contract with Alfa Records-the owner of the company was Wu Zongxian.
Although Wu Zongxian signed Jay Chou, he did not intend to release a record for him for the time being, but let him compose music and write lyrics full-time.
In order to make some money and for his music dreams, Jay Chou would go to a bar to sing as a part-time worker every day. That shop is located on Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, and it was also opened by Wu Zongxian.
Jay Chou would sing there for about one to two hours every night. Over time, he found that a girl would often sit down and sing, and sometimes would come on stage to sing with him.
Jay Chou knew that this girl was an Aquarius, and after a long time, he began to have a special feeling for this “Aquarius”. But he found a strange phenomenon:
“She is very strange. She gave her home phone number to many people in the store, but she didn’t give it to me.”
That year, the sci-fi blockbuster “The End of the World” starring Bruce Willis was released. (the mainland translated as “Peerless Heaven”), Jay Chou mustered up the courage to ask “Aquarius” to watch this movie, but the girl agreed.
That day, Jay Chou was riding a motorcycle to pick up the girlChild’s. Along the way, Jay Chou was issued a ticket for speeding, but he felt it was worth it-the girl held his waist tightly with her hands.
“At that time, my feeling was: I finally caught up!”
However, after arriving at the cinema, “Aquarius” told him that she had a date with another friend and could not watch “The End of the World” with him.
At the time, Jay Chou felt that the sky was about to collapse, so he held it back and slowly rode home.
As soon as he got home, he picked up the guitar and began to compose music and lyrics:
“I want to laugh, to disguise the tears I have fallen,
Nodding, admitting that I am afraid of the dark.
I just ask, I can take some time to accompany you.
But you don’t give it to love.
……
The sky is gray, will it be?
Make me forget who you are?
The darker the night, the dream violates,
Difficult to track down, hard to recall.
My world will be destroyed
Maybe it’s counterproductive. “
This song was written almost in one go, but Jay Chou did not use it to sing, but gave it to Wu Zongxian’s own group at the time. (SBDW ), included in their album “The End of the World” released in December 1998.
Perhaps because this song is too classic, or it is because Jay Chou was devoted to the purest feelings at the time. In November 2001, Jay Chou sang the song again at the Fantasy Show Fantasy Show at the Taoyuan Arena concert. This re-arranged version was included by Jay Chou in his EP album “Fantasy Plus” released on December 28, 2001.
But the first time I heard the song “End of the World”, it was the version of (SBDW), derived from The 1999 TV series “Love Letters” (starring Xu Jinglei and Pan Hong)-This song appeared as the ending song of the TV series.
I didn’t watch the TV series very much, but when I heard this song by accident, I was shocked: this melody, this lyrics, this artistic conception…
Because there are four people in this group, they can sing a variety of harmony, making this song richer and fuller.
Now aftertaste, I personally still like this version:
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“A Laugh from the Sea”
Word/Music: Huang Zhan
Issuing time: 1990
In 1990, Tsui Hark’s film “Swordsman” ran into a problem.
There is a classic scene: Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng want to wash their hands in a golden basin, and they play the song “Swordsman Swordsman”.
According to the description in Jin Yong’s book, this song is a “divine comedy”, even Ji Kang’s “Guangling San” can’t be compared:
“The sound of the piano also becomes softer, the two notes are high and low, and the sound of the piano rhyme flute suddenly changes, as if there are seven or eight Yaoqin and seven or eight Dong flutes playing music at the same time. The sound of the piano and flute Although it is extremely complicated and changeable, every voice is mellow and mellow. Linghu Chong can only hear the blood pressure, so he can’t help standing up and listening for a while. The sound of the piano and flute has changed again, and the sound of the flute flute. Changed the main tune, the lyre was just an accompaniment to Yingying Lingsong, but the sound of the flute was getting higher and higher. Linghuchong felt inexplicably sorrow in her heart, and when she looked sideways at Yilin, she saw her tears streaming down.”< /p>
Jin Yong only needs a pen. As for how wonderful the “Divine Comedy” is, readers’ brains can fill it up.
But to make a movie, there really needs to be such a song.
What if the audience hears that they are not “god” at all?
Tsu Hark thought and thought, so he could only find his friend, Huang Zhan, the “big talent” in Hong Kong.
Xu Hark and Huang Zhan
Tsu Hark and Huang Zhan are old friends. Many of the film music of the former is matched by the latter. But this time, this task also stumped Huang Zhan: how should this “divine comedy” created by Jin Yong out of thin air behave?
Huang Zhan racked his brains and composed a total of six drafts, all of which were rejected by Tsui Hark.
The frustrated Huang Zhan could only go through the ancient books, and saw a sentence: “Great music will be easy”, and suddenly felt enlightened–
Chinese ancient sounds: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, use these five sounds to compose a song!
Huang Zhan basically didn’t make any changes. He just reversed the order: Yu, Zheng, Jiao, Shang, Gong. With a piano, that kind of lofty sentiment rushed toward his face like a surging river!
Huang Zhan immediately composed a song, and then accompanied it with the most chic lyrics:
“Canghai laughed,
The surging tide on both sides of the strait,
Floating and sinking with the waves only remember the present. Cangtian laughs,
One after another in the world,
God knows who loses and wins. Jiang Shan laughs,
Yuyuyao,
The waves have washed away the world, how many beautiful people are. Qingfeng laughs,
To provoke loneliness,
There is still a night photo of pride left. Everyone laughs,
No longer alone,
The pride is still grinning. “
After finishing the work, Huang Zhan drew a huge male genitalia on the music score, and wrote:
“Tsu Hark, I’m XXXX, you want it, don’t hire another Gaoming!”
According to Huang Zhan later recalled:
“If he doesn’t like it, he will turn his face!”
When the score came to Tsui Hark’s hands, Tsui Hark was very surprised, thinking that this song was like tailor-made for “The Swordsman”, that kind of chivalrous spirit makes people happy.
Soon, this song “A Laugh from the Sea” became the theme song of the movie, and it became a sensation after it was released and became a permanent classic.
In the movie version of “The Swordsman”, this song is divided into Mandarin and Cantonese versions, and it is sung by Huang Zhan, Xu Guanjie and Zhang Weiwen. But Huang Zhan also found Luo Dayou and Tsui Hark, and they recorded a version.
Before the recording, the three of them drank wine deliberately. During the recording, they were heartily and heartily. Later, it was discovered that some lyrics were also sung incorrectly. Tsui Hark said to re-record, but Huang Zhan walked out of the recording studio with a big laugh:
“It’s not recorded anymore, this version is the best! Confidantes are in love with each other, this is called Xiaoaojianghu!”
I personally think that in terms of singing skills, Huang Zhan and the other three’s versions are definitely notAnd Xu Guanjie’s version, but it is true, unruly and heroic enough.
If Xu Guanjie sang a classic song, then Huang Zhan’s voice like a gong would be a whole arena.
Finally, let me be careful:
If you see Guzheng on some occasions, even if you have never studied it, you can go up and play the song “A Laugh in the Sea”-this song only needs “Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, “Yu” is enough to pluck the strings one by one, with at most a little change, you can try it yourself (swipe the strings from top to bottom a few times before playing Start playing, the effect is better).
Also, songs like “Jasmine” and “Kissing Goodbye” are made of ancient sounds, which can be easily played with the guzheng, and can also be played with the piano-just play the black semitone keys.
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