Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

After the performance of “Illusion Eye Band”, it was the turn of Wu Bai and his “China Blue Band”.

Wu Bai is a very loyal person. Many people, after becoming famous, would choose to abandon their little brothers and go solo.

As for Wu Bai, his "China Blue" has been with him for decades and he has never changed.

Wu Bai didn’t have many classic songs at that time. After he came on stage, he first sang a song called "It’s a Happy Thing to Fall in Love with Someone Else".

Wu Bai is good at blues and rock, and the style of this song is a blues-rock combination of the two.

The song has a strong sense of rhythm, and under the influence of the live atmosphere, the audience couldn't help but shake their heads along with the drum beats.

If you can't understand this behavior, you will think that they are a group of psychopaths who have taken drugs.

The second song was "Betrayal", which had the same great rhythm as the previous one. The audience still swayed their heads to the song, which was very exciting.

Especially the last solo part, I almost shook my head.

For the third song, Wu Bai said, "I'm bringing you a new song, 'Ronin Love Song'!"

"Ronin Love Song" can be said to be Wu Bai's representative work, and it even became his label for a time.

But the audience tonight came to listen to rock music, and were not very interested in this pop song. The effect was not as good as the previous two songs.

Wu Bai didn't expect that the audience would falter. After singing, he walked off the stage in disappointment.

However, Yang Ye found it very moving and even sang along. Li Binbin asked curiously, "Godfather, isn't this a new song? How do you sing it?"

Yang Ye not only knows how to sing, this was also a must-order song in KTV in his previous life.

Yang Ye smiled and said, “The melody is so simple, you will learn it after listening to it once.”

Yang Ye was just making up an excuse to cover it up, but Li Binbin felt that his godfather had a really strong memory, so awesome!
Gigi Lai hummed a few lines and said, "This song is catchy and I think it's pretty nice, but people don't seem to like it very much!"

Yang Ye explained, "This is a very good blues song, but the theme tonight is rock. Almost all the rock fans in Hong Kong are here tonight, as well as those from the mainland, Taiwan and other places. It's normal that they are not interested in this song."

Yang Ye was chatting with two girls when the announcer called out, "Please welcome Dou Wei, the Dreaming Band!"

Dou Wei threw down the cigarette butt in his hand and said to the others, "Brother, go up first!"

As soon as Dou Wei came on stage, everyone was a little confused.

The lead singers of the previous two bands both had long hair, and Liu Weiren, the lead singer of "Phantom Eyes", even curled his hair to imitate his idol Brian May.

Dou Wei was wearing a suit and had a neat short haircut. He didn't look like a rock singer at all, but more like a businessman.

Dou Wei had a falling out with the other members of the Black Panther band and started his own band called "Dream Band".

He chose this name because he felt that: "Everyone has their own dreams, and the process of realizing this dream is equivalent to having a dream, so I think everyone lives in a dream!"

Because Yang Ye went to the United States to participate in the "Save Lives" concert a few years ago and sang "Shame", which is known as the number one rock song in mainland China.

Without "Shame" and having lost Dou Wei, the Black Panther band was in a very difficult situation.

Dou Wei’s first song is “Advanced Animals”.

As the drum beats sounded, red and purple lights flashed alternately on the stage, rendering the entire scene into a psychedelic, weird, and even a little scary atmosphere.

In such an atmosphere, Dou Wei was like a monk, holding a microphone and chanting: "Contradiction, hypocrisy, greed, deception, fantasy, doubt, simplicity, fickleness..."

The two girls beside Yang Ye were all stunned. Li Binbin had been a teacher before, so she couldn't help but ask, "Is he reciting?"

Yang Ye wanted to laugh a little at what Li Binbin said, but he still explained: "He used these words to summarize the characteristics of human beings as animals."

Dou Wei recited forty-eight words in one breath, and suddenly he let out a roar. Yang Ye chuckled.

The two sisters looked at Yang Ye in confusion, not knowing why he was laughing.

Yang Ye explained: “You haven’t heard this song so you don’t understand. After this guy finished reading these words, he would say ‘I, my God, a high-level animal’ to mock him. But he was too nervous and forgot the words, so he just… yelled and fooled around.”

Gigi Lai looked at Dou Wei who was expressionless and continued to chant on the stage, and said doubtfully: "But I feel he is very calm!"

"He appears calm on the surface, but he's actually panicking inside."

Dou Wei let out a howl and continued, "Hell and heaven are both on earth!"

Then he recited the lyrics again, followed by a burst of ghostly and wolves howling voices, howling non-stop.

Yang Ye suddenly discovered that in later generations there was a person named Hua who also liked to scream on the stage. Could it be that he learned it from Dou Wei?

Dou Wei howled for a while, his throat almost splitting, and then he roared again: "Where is happiness? Where is happiness? Where is happiness..."

Gigi Lai didn't understand what she heard. Is this called a song?

Li Binbin got some idea of ​​what was going on and listened silently. He even felt a little cold all over and couldn't help but lean on Yang Ye to seek a little warmth.

In the eyes of many people in later generations, this poem "Advanced Animals" is just a pretentious recitation of a text.

But in fact it is an experimental work that combines vision and hearing.

It uses blurry lights, low bass, and restless drum beats to metaphorically represent that turbulent era.

Under the sun, everything is psychedelic. Hell and heaven are both on earth.

Gigi Lai is a Hong Konger and doesn't understand rock music, so she found it very boring.

But Li Binbin, like Dou Wei, is a person who lives in the mainland and understands music, so he figured out something about it.

To appreciate a work or understand a person, one must be familiar with the field he is in or the era he lives in.

Otherwise, it's indifferent.

For example, during this era, there was a horror film in mainland China called "The Haunted Mansion". From the perspective of later generations, this movie was not scary at all, and was even a bit ridiculous, but "The Haunted Mansion" scared people to death.

Because for those who have experienced that era, this movie is an ultimate nightmare.

In fact, visual horror is not real horror. The real horror comes from the heart based on the absurdity and horror of human nature.

"Advanced Animals" has this characteristic. As Li Binbin listened to it, he felt an inexplicable fear.

She wanted to seek protection, so she couldn't help but throw herself into Yang Ye's arms.

Yang Ye hugged the little beauty in his arms. He didn't expect that Dou Wei's song could have such an effect and could give him an assist.

Gigi Lai was getting impatient when she suddenly saw Li Binbin crawling into Yang Ye's arms. She couldn't help but feel jealous.

Yang Ye felt that he couldn't favor one over the other, so he hugged Li Zi and whispered in her ear, "Don't make trouble, she's scared."

Gigi Lai stared with her big eyes and asked in confusion: "Are you scared?"

Yang Ye kissed her gently on the cheek and said, "Well, she understood the song and was seeking comfort."

Dou Wei brought over a tambourine, shook it, and began to sing the second song "Oh, Good Boy".

This is the first reggae music in mainland China, and it is highly accomplished. As soon as the song was released, many audiences recognized his talent.

Yang Ye hugged the two beauties on his left and right, and felt very comfortable watching Dou Xian'er showing off on the stage.

"Oh, Good Boy" is sung seriously, unlike the previous "Advanced Animals" where we just recite the text.

But as he was singing, he suddenly started to make some gibberish, and no one knew what he was saying.

Yang Ye laughed out loud again. It turned out that Dou Wei had forgotten the words again, so he started to scream and fool around.

After singing a few lines, he still couldn't remember the lyrics, so he simply stopped singing and ran to the stage to play the keyboard. In the audience, Wang Fei's eyes lit up.

Wang Fei in this time and space did not have to spend a period of depression because he was discovered by Yang Ye early on.

Instead, she became famous as soon as she debuted and had a smooth life, so she was not familiar with Dou Wei.

But we all came from Beijing, so we naturally felt close to each other.

The queen found that this young man was very talented. The songs he wrote were very unique. He could play the tambourine and the keyboard. She was actually a little attracted to him.

By the third song, "In a Black Dream", the style has returned to its previous state, with chanting and various human voices to create a dreamlike feeling.

After two songs, the audience gradually became familiar with Dou Wei's style and accepted his music. They all swayed their heads to the rhythm as if they were on drugs.

Especially the guests in the front row, all of them were caught up in the dream created by Dou Wei and were shaking almost crazy.

"Thank you!" Dou Wei finished singing the song and walked off the stage calmly.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

"Clap clap clap clap!"

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The audience woke up from their dreams and gave him crazy cheers and warm applause.

After the performances of “Phantom Eyes” and “China Blue”, we sat in the audience and watched other guests perform.

Zhu Jianhui, the captain and bassist of "China Blue", is a Chinese from Myanmar who came to Taiwan as an adult to pursue his musical dream.

He watched Dou Wei's performance and felt incredible: "I always thought Chinese music was in Taiwan, I didn't expect that there is such great rock music in the mainland."

The drummer of the "Phantom Eyes" band is a Chinese from Madagascar who also came to Taiwan to pursue his dreams. Hearing this, he expressed his agreement.

The drummer of "China Blue" is a white American. He felt even more incredible: "I heard that mainland China is very closed. How can such music be produced?"

Wu Bai had chatted with Zhang Peiren and knew something about it. He said, "The mainland bands that came to perform today are all underground bands. Before Zhang Peiren found them, many of them couldn't even get enough food to eat. They had nothing but a rock dream."

Then he added with a somewhat envious tone: "Even so, they can make the music they want, but we have to consider the market acceptance and we have to be responsible to the record company."

Liu Weiren said: "In fact, although this kind of music is not commercial enough and is difficult to sell well, the atmosphere he creates on the spot is incomparable to our music. As a rock music fan, I envy them."

The two Taiwanese bands were chatting in the audience, Dou Wei had already returned to the backstage, and it was Zhang Chu's turn to perform.

Dou Wei asked Zhang Chu: "Brother, are you nervous?"

Zhang Chu said: "Nervous!"

Dou Wei sighed: "I was nervous just now too."

Dou Wei admitted that he was nervous, but Zhang Chu felt a lot more relaxed.

Because he thought Dou Wei was very awesome, and since Dou Wei was nervous, it was normal for him to be nervous.

Zhang Chu went on stage, placed a high stool on the stage and sat on it.

A cheerful and melodious violin sounded, and Zhang Chu began to sing: "This is a season of love, the air is filled with the scent of lovers..."

The audience was stunned. How can rock music be played like this? Are you sure you are not singing folk songs?
After singing a few lines, Zhang Chu became nervous again. Although he did not forget the lyrics like Dou Wei, he shrank into his chair, his fingers tightly grasping his trouser legs, like an autistic child.

He is completely the opposite of the general impression of rock singers.

Many singers label themselves as rock singers, so they keep their hair long, perm it into curls, and have wild and unruly personalities.

This guy has a short crew cut, wears a plaid shirt, and is kind to others, but his rebellious nature is hidden.

He ran away from home at the age of 10 and wandered around.

How difficult was it to get into college in that era? He passed but then dropped out.

At that time, he was less than 20 years old, and he had no idea about the normal life and social phenomena: "Why does it have to be like this?"

For example, the assigned work, marriage and childbirth, and the pursuit of graduating from university were all unbearable for him.

So he gave up his studies and went to Beijing with his guitar.

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were many film crews in Beijing, and many young artists who moved to Beijing liked to work in the crews.

Not only can you earn a living, but you can also accumulate some social experience and life experience.

Zhang Chu worked in a film crew, making props.

The chief producer of that crew was Zhang Jizhong, and Zhang Chu called Zhang Jizhong "Uncle" according to the custom of his hometown.

Zhang Da Huzi criticized him: "It's not easy to get into university, you should still go to school!"

Zhang Chu didn't understand these people's advice: "I don't like it, why should I go?"

Some people of this era seem to pay more attention to their own inner experiences.

But they are dismissive of what society attaches to them.

They attach great importance to like or dislike.

If you like something, do it. If you don't like it, don't do it. Other reasons are not important. Even if this matter will affect your future or something, don't take it to heart.

For example, Zhang Chu, who had a good university opportunity, chose to wander around instead of going to college. And Wei Hua, who was mentioned earlier, gave up his job as a CCTV host and chose to do rock music.

In the eyes of the world, this is definitely a big sand dollar, but they themselves think it is normal.

In short, they believe that society's moral values ​​cannot override the individual's inner heart, and that one should base oneself on "self" and do what one wants.

However, with the development of the times, the whole society is becoming more conservative and more backward.

When people in later generations evaluate a person online, they don’t look at what achievements he has made or what accomplishments he has achieved.

Instead, use a magnifying glass to search his private affairs to see if he has any black spots.

Once they find any flaws, they will accuse the person of having distorted values ​​and punish him with one blow.

For example, Jin Yong is a scumbag who abandoned his wife, and Qiong Yao is the mistress in a bad family.

But the quality of their works and how many people they have accompanied have all been wiped out.

Yang Ye didn't like that era because in that environment, the quality of the work was not important. Celebrities made money by building up their personas and cutting leeks from their fans.

Yang Ye feels that as an audience, one should pay more attention to the quality of the work.

Because you want to watch it. You like a work not because it is good, but because the creator has a good personality? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?
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Zhang Chu sat on the stool stiffly like an autistic child, singing his songs one after another.

In fact, his vocal condition is not very good and his singing is not that good, but for some reason, the audience at the scene just felt very excited.

After he finished singing a song, the audience cheered.

He himself did not communicate with the audience at all, as if those audiences had nothing to do with him.

The audience shouted their songs and he sang his songs.

The more Gigi Lai listened, the more interesting it became. She said to him, "He's so funny. He ignores everyone."

Yang Ye hummed and said with a smile: "This is an autistic child, and there will be a bipolar youth later!" (End of this chapter)