Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Next up were the Hong Kong rock bands, starting with Tai Chi Band.

They were playing at home and were greeted with crazy screams from fans as soon as they took the stage.

There are not many people playing in bands in Hong Kong, and the members of several bands overlapped in the early days.

Tai Chi Band's Lei Yau Fai formed a band with Tat Ming Pair's Liu Yida, while another member, Tang Kin Ming, formed a band with brothers Wong Ka Kui and Wong Ka Keung.

This is just like the group of rock musicians in Beijing. During the underground period, they all helped each other, and only after commercialization did they have fixed members.

There are very few rock fans in Hong Kong, only a few thousand people. Even if everyone buys a rock album, the sales volume will only be a few thousand copies.

It is very difficult to make a living by rock music, so if you want to be famous in a band in Hong Kong, you have to compromise with reality.

Tai Chi and Beyond have been commercialized for many years, and they have both chosen to move closer to popularity.

Tai Chi's songs sound very good and inspiring, but compared to the previous bands, I always feel that there is something lacking in shocking elements. When listening to them live, they are not that exciting.

Despite this, local music fans still gave enough face and roared along with the band, creating an extremely warm atmosphere.

When Beyond came on stage, the atmosphere became even more heated.

The movie "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" that Yang Ye tailored for them last year used comedy to package music and achieved good box office results.

In the movie, the song "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" runs throughout the entire film, which is equivalent to using a hit movie to make a super advertisement for a song.

Especially at the end of the movie, Wong Ka Kui sang "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" in the ruins without any audience, which was very infectious.

After the movie was released, the album originally named "Joy and Rage" was renamed "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" and the sales exploded, allowing Beyond to finally become first-tier singers.

When he appeared on stage at this moment, his popularity naturally exploded and his momentum was extraordinary. With tens of thousands of people cheering like a thunderous roar, he even had a sense of dominating the world.

The three songs "Glory Days", "Boundless Oceans and Skies" and "Really Love You" were sung in one go, forming a chorus of the entire audience.

Li Binbin, who was beside Yang Ye, was infected by the atmosphere and sang along, but his pronunciation was a bit harsh on the ears.

Yang Ye didn't care. Li Binbin was not from the Cantonese-speaking area, and Yang Ye sang the same way in his previous life.

After singing three songs, the fans still felt unsatisfied and refused to let them leave the stage, strongly demanding one more song.

"One more song!"

"One more song!"

Gigi Lai and Li Binbin also followed the crowd and shouted loudly.

The four looked at where the organizer was. Seeing that the atmosphere was so lively, Zhang Yaorong from Red Man Performance Company asked the on-site director Herman Yau with his eyes.

Herman Yau nodded, and Zhang Yaorong raised his hand and made an OK gesture.

Ka Kui was overjoyed and said, “Thank you Uncle Rong for “No More Hesitation”!”

This sentence not only announces the song title, but also seems to praise Zhang Yaorong.

Amid the joyful music, the four children sang together: "Boredness leads to hesitation. It is not easy to achieve the ideal. Even if you have confidence, your fighting spirit is suppressed."

The audience immediately sang along: "Who decides whether I stay or go? Who decides the universe in my heart? I just want to rely on my hands and wave to my ideal..."

Beyond’s songs are also very popular in mainland China, and they are not only popular in the Cantonese-speaking areas, but also in the north.

Seeing the atmosphere was so heated, the mainland players all turned their eyes to He Yong, as it was his turn to go on stage.

People are divided by region and group, so they naturally hope that He Yong can make a comeback.

Dou Wei handed his cigarette to He Yong: "They are awesome, Da Zhuang, don't let us down!"

He Yong snorted, took Dou Wei's cigarette, took a deep puff, and said, "I'll stun them to death!"

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it, and rushed out with his guitar.

The band took place, the drums began to roll, and the curtain slowly rose.

He Yong picked up the guitar, jumped up and strummed the strings fiercely. With a "bang", the scene immediately became lively.

This guy is wearing a blue and white sailor shirt and a bright red scarf around his neck, which makes him look very funny.

The guitarist Deng Ou Ge next to him had long flowing hair, a white vest on his upper body and black shorts on his lower body. If you didn't look carefully, you would think he was a girl.

The two of them jumped around on the stage, played the piano together, and had a lot of fun.

Gigi Lai and Li Binbin finally understood why Yang Ye said there was another young man with bipolar disorder. It turned out to be this guy.

He Yong's debut song was "Pretty Girl". The song wasn't actually that good, but this guy was very pretentious and posed in all kinds of ways on stage.

He pointed at the audience, paused, and said loudly: "Girls in Hong Kong, are you pretty?"

There was a burst of response from the audience below the stage: “Beautiful!”

Especially Karen Mok, who shouted the loudest, even Yang Ye couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.

This girl grew up abroad. It’s been a long time since she came back to Hong Kong. This is the first time she’s listened to such an exciting rock performance. She was extremely excited.

He Yong screamed on the stage: "Girl, girl, you are beautiful. Police, police, you have a gun..."

Karen Mok stood up from her chair, jumped and danced, raised her hands and clapped her hands vigorously, and she had even forgotten her last name.

You can imagine how well this guy sings. He just runs around and yells on the stage, but the people below the stage are having a blast.

By the time the second song "Garbage Dump" was played, the atmosphere was even more lively. Some people were so excited that they tore off their clothes and ran naked with rags hanging from their waists. They were soon restrained by security personnel.

After that man's commotion, the atmosphere at the scene became even crazier.

Zhang Peiren later kept saying that the person running naked was Huang Qiu Sheng, but in fact it was not.

Huang Qiu Sheng personally responded to this incident and released photos of him at the scene. He was wearing a leather jacket and leather pants, which could not be torn off. It turned out that there was someone else running naked.

Zhang Peiren said this for hype.

In addition, it was also fake for the Four Heavenly Kings to express their admiration on the spot. They were not there at all. Others scolded them as clowns, but they still came to show their support. Isn't that shameless?
Just when many audience members had forgotten their last names, He Yong invited his biological father, Grandpa He, and Dou Wei took the stage again with a flute.

Amid the melodious flute playing of Dou Wei and the rhythmic sanxian playing of Mr. He, He Yong sang "Bell and Drum Tower".

"My home is just inside the Second Ring Road. People here have so much time. They are talking about other people's family affairs and watching what brand of cigarettes you take out. The people working hard in the small restaurant are fellow villagers from other places. Their faces are like mine. I ride my bicycle on the fallen leaves and watch the sunset disappear. I can no longer see the Yinding Bridge clearly, and I can no longer see the West Mountain..."

"This song is still better!" said Gigi Lai, "The previous ones made me feel like my head was going to explode."

He Yong's previous songs were purely for venting. He crammed all the European and American punk, metal and other styles into his songs, swallowing them whole without digesting them. In fact, they were just noise.

The song "Bell and Drum Tower" introduced the characteristics of northern folk songs. The melody is catchy and easy to sing, making it quite popular.

It feels like a once rebellious punk teenager who returns to the Bell and Drum Tower and is infected by its quiet and peaceful power. Looking back on the past feels like a dream.

"The bell and drum tower is breathing in the dust, letting you paint his face. Why can't I hear your voice? It's too noisy and chaotic now. You've been watching for such a long time, why don't you speak again? Who made the question so difficult? There are correct answers everywhere."

A few years later, when this bipolar young man was performing in Beijing, he shouted the name of a model worker in Beijing on the stage, "Are you beautiful?"
This suicidal behavior led to him being banned quickly and he was never able to perform on stage again.

Later he went crazy, set the house on fire, and was even admitted to a mental hospital.

Decades later, most of his music has been forgotten, only "Bell and Drum Tower" has been passed down and is still sung.

After singing the song, He Yong said in the melodious flute sound: "Thank you for giving us the opportunity to perform in Hong Kong. We should especially thank Bluebird Music Group and RTHK.

But the people I want to thank most are Zhang Peiren and Jia Minshu from Magic Stone Culture. They have made many contributions to Chinese pop music, and future history will prove it all.

Friends, let's spend this wonderful night together, thank you for coming!"

Before he came on stage, he threatened the Four Heavenly Kings to be trash, but now he was acting so humble and polite during his curtain call, bowing deeply towards the four directions of the stage! ...

Tang Dynasty Band was the last to take the stage, and Ding Wu started off by saying, "Good evening, friends from Hong Kong!"

There was a burst of cheers from the audience, and then he stammered: "I'm very happy to have the opportunity to spend this rock night with you all. I hope to... hope to... make friends with you all, and become a flying bird together."

Their first song was "Flying Bird".

Ding Wu's words were stuttering, but the drummer Zhao Nian's drumming was really cool, and the audience shouted along with the drums: "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Ding Wu has learned Qinqiang, and he combines Qinqiang with rock music, creating a desolate and exciting feeling in his singing.

When Zhang Peiren first heard Ding Wu's songs, he said to him: "Your music is not rock and roll. Your music is like a sharp knife that can pierce people's hearts. I suggest you give this kind of music a name, Knife Song."

Qinqiang and rock have many similarities, and some people even call Qinqiang the "ancestor of rock."

Zheng Jun once said: "In all of China, no music is as direct, bold, desolate and shouting as Shaanxi's Qinqiang. The music of other places is more subtle."

Because of this, most of the rock singers in the 1990s came from Shaanxi, including Ding Wu, Zhang Chu, Zheng Jun and Xu Wei...

In Shaanxi, there is a kind of "old tune", which Wang Quanan once demonstrated in the movie "White Deer Plain". It is very exciting. After listening to it, you feel that all rock music is weak.

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Later, Tan Weiwei adapted it into "A Roar of Huayin Old Tune" and brought it to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, making it popular across the country.

The Tang Dynasty Band ended with "The Internationale":
"Rise up, slaves who are starving and cold. Rise up, the suffering people of the world! Your blood is boiling, and you must fight for the truth..."

This is the most powerful song in the world. When its music sounds, it can make countless people feel their blood boiling.

When the proletariat of the world sings this song and takes to the streets, countless ruling classes will tremble in fear.

Even in Hong Kong, a highly developed capitalist society, when Tang Chao sang "The Internationale" on the stage, many people still stood up, waved their fists, and sang along!
"The old world is in ruins. Slaves, rise up! Rise up! Don't say we have nothing. We want to be the masters of the world!"

Amid the exciting music, Yang Ye sang along, completely forgetting that he was now the capitalist who was supposed to be hanging the street lamp.

Tonight's rock night comes to an end, and all the performing bands come on stage together to thank the audience.

Zhang Peiren, the organizer of this event, took the microphone and expressed his gratitude to the musicians, the audience, and especially the musicians in the front row.

The camera swept across the guest seats, all of which were familiar faces and well-known names.

When the picture finally stopped on Yang Ye, the whole audience screamed.

Zhang Peiren asked, "Did we forget someone?"

"Forgot...there's a rock singer!"

He shouted loudly, and everyone on and off the stage shouted Yang Ye's name.

"Yang Ye! Yang Ye!"

Yang Ye hadn't sung for a long time, but in an occasion like this tonight, Yang Ye stood up cooperatively.

Under the spotlight, he turned and waved to the audience, which immediately triggered another round of enthusiastic cheers.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Yang Ye nimbly leaped onto the stage, took the microphone from Zhang Peiren, put it down, and clapped his hands a few times.

Needless to say, the musicians on the stage and the fans in the audience immediately cooperated closely.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"...We will, we will rock you!"

"Sing together!"

Yang Ye waved his hand, and tens of thousands of spectators immediately roared loudly: "We will, we will rock you!"

Neat applause and slogan-like chorus resounded over the Coliseum.

Although he hasn't been on stage for a long time, his strong ability to control the stage is beyond the reach of any other band tonight.

He Yong, the bipolar young man, jumped and danced on the stage, trying his best to arouse the audience's emotions, but it was no match for Yang Ye's gentle wave of his hand.

In the guest seats, Karen Mok and Li Wen sat together. Li Wen jumped up excitedly, stood on the chair, and roared with everyone.

After the song was over, Karen Mok couldn't help but complain: "You just said I was crazy, I think you are even crazier than me."

Li Wen stared at Yang Ye on the stage and said without turning around: "Can it be the same?"

"One more song! One more song!" The audience was still not satisfied and wanted to continue.

"Queen's Road East!"

"'Shame'!"

Li Wen also joined in the fun, shouting, "Nunchucks! Nunchucks!"

Her voice was so loud that it stood out among the noisy voices.

What was even more unexpected was that there were actually people at the scene carrying nunchakus.

"then!"

The man roared, took out his nunchaku and threw it towards the stage, not afraid of hitting anyone.

Fortunately, Yang Ye was quick-witted and quick-handed. He dodged and grabbed the nunchaku in his hands.

Seeing how agile he was, the audience cheered loudly.

Yang Ye said, "Don't throw things onto the stage. What if you hit someone?"

Yang Ye was no longer a young man and didn’t want to jump around on the stage. He said, “Since everyone is so happy today, I will sing a new song for you. How about that?”

"Wow!"

After the first season of "The Voice of China", Yang Ye never appeared on stage again or released any songs.

Even after he released the first album for his four students, he rarely wrote songs for others.

After waiting for four years, I finally got a new song tonight?

"I wrote this song when I was in BJ. It's called "One Night in BJ". I'm giving it to you all."

As soon as the song title came out, Dou Wei, He Yong and others inexplicably felt that this guy did it on purpose.

We came all the way here to host a Hong Kong night, and you just jump on the stage and sing BJ all night?
Yang Ye asked Ka Kui to lend him his guitar and started to play and sing. Yip Sai Wing quickly accompanied him with drums.

"One Night in BJ, I left behind many feelings. Whether you love it or not, it is all the dust of history.

One Night in BJ, I left behind many feelings. I dare not ask for directions at midnight, for fear of walking into the depths of the flowers..."

This song incorporates Peking Opera singing into rock music, and is a classic work that combines Chinese and Western art.

The lyrics are desolate and sad, as if there is a touching story hidden behind the song.

It’s just that Yang Ye has a bad reputation, and everyone knows that he is an LSP.

When people first heard it, they felt that this must be Yang Ye's song for picking up girls.

Look at the lyrics, what they say are "leaving a lot of love in BJ" and "deep in the flowers", it's really romantic.

However, only locals like Dou Wei and He Yong know that Baihua Shenchu ​​is actually a place name, the name of an alley. (End of this chapter)