Chapter 289: "Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies" Debuts
On the stage, Xu Nuo said to the microphone: "This "Boundless Oceans and Skies" is for everyone present and for the audience in front of the TV. I hope everyone will never give up their ideals."
For the third song of "New Era", Xu Nuo chose the Beyond classic song "Boundless Oceans and Skies".
Among Cantonese songs, this song can be ranked among the top few in history.
However, this song was not favored at the beginning.
On May 26, 1993, "Boundless Oceans and Skies" was officially released, but at the beginning, this song was almost drowned in the industrialized pop songs.
At that time, most stars became popular by covering and adapting Japanese songs, and original songs were ignored.
The album "Music and Anger" that included this song was given a low score by the magazine. "Boundless Oceans and Skies" performed mediocrely, and almost no media mentioned this song.
And the Beyond band lost to Grasshopper for six consecutive years in the Best Group Award.
Huang Jiaju also said disheartenedly: "Hong Kong only has the entertainment industry, not the music industry."
Disappointed with the Hong Kong music industry, Huang Jiaju chose to go to Japan to expand the market. However, life in a foreign country was not easy. After being fed up with cold eyes and ridicule, Huang Jiaju wrote this song "Boundless Oceans and Skies".
It is sad that on the 29th day after the release of "Boundless Oceans and Skies", the 31-year-old Huang Jiaju unfortunately fell off the stage and died 6 days later.
The life of this talented singer came to an abrupt end, and "Boundless Oceans and Skies" became his last song.
After Jiaju's accident, all radio stations in Hong Kong chose to play "Boundless Oceans and Skies".
After Jiaju left, as long as there were many people, this song would definitely create cohesion and become a song that brought everyone together.
Since it came out 31 years ago, "Boundless Oceans and Skies" has never fallen from the altar. No matter where we are, as long as its melody sounds, we always have an impulse to burst into tears.
Because the song has such a huge impact, the comments on the Internet can be said to be overwhelming, but these comments are full of comparisons, scolding, self-deprecation, mutual deprecation, blind exaggeration and malicious denigration.
The music circle has become a fan circle. It doesn't matter whether the music is good or not, what matters is who sings it.
This is probably one of the reasons why Ka Kui said, "There is only an entertainment circle in Hong Kong, not a music scene."
Many people don't love music as much as they say, they just like stars.
When Ka Kui was alive, all members of Beyond only sang "Boundless Oceans and Skies" twice, which is a pity for the entire music scene.
Such a song should be well known to everyone even on Blue Star, so Xu Nuo chose to reproduce "Boundless Oceans and Skies" on the stage of the finals.
Even the styling is the styling of Ka Kui singing "The Years of the Tiger" at the Contact Life Concert.
This is a tribute.
At the same time, it is also an encouragement to everyone. "Boundless Oceans and Skies" is naturally suitable for appearing on a stage like a competition.
The camera gave Xu Nuo a close-up, and his muscle lines were looming under the light, exuding strength and passion.
The whole person exudes the breath of male hormones.
The applause, whistles and cheers at the scene could not be calmed for a long time.
The sleepiness of the audience in the live broadcast room was immediately dispelled, and the whole person became energetic.
"Director, can you code the pants? It will look more exciting."
"Exposed on the stage"
"I want to see."
"Brother, give me a license plate."
"Fuck, you are really perverted!"
The women in the live broadcast room were very excited, and the men were the most excited.
At the same time, Xu Nuo's style was also uploaded to the Internet.
# Shock! A famous singer exposed his clothes on the stage in public!
When the scene finally quieted down, Xu Nuo snapped his fingers, and the lights dimmed, giving people a sense of loneliness.
The prelude was played on the piano, with a low starting pitch and a slow rhythm, simple and powerful.
The three people on the stage stood separately, and Xu Nuo stood in the middle.
But the more he played, the lower and heavier it became. It was a hot summer day, but there was an inexplicable sense of cold and bleakness.
After just a few notes, the accompaniment almost disappeared, and the listener's mood became low and empty.
At this moment, Xu Nuo's singing voice sounded:
"Today, I watch the snow drifting in the cold night,
I drift far away with a cooled heart,
Chasing in the wind and rain,
I can't tell the shadows in the fog,
The sky and the sea are vast, you and me,
Can you change (who is not changing)"
The harmony part was sung by Shen Kaiwen.
Everyone was shocked when he opened his mouth, he was actually speaking Cantonese.
This is the first time Xu Nuo showed that he can speak Cantonese.
Cantonese songs have long developed into a genre in the Chinese music scene. Among the most classic and popular songs, there is a place for "Boundless Oceans and Skies". Only a few songs such as "Shanghai Beach" can be compared with this song.
It doesn't matter if you don't know Cantonese. It doesn't affect everyone's singing of Cantonese songs, especially this song "Boundless Oceans and Skies". You can hum a few lines even if you can't sing it.
"What! Nuoyan can speak Cantonese?!"
"Isn't he from Jiangcheng?"
"Handsome boy, I am from Northeast China and can speak a few words, is that strange?"
"What a surprise, this is Nuoyan's first time singing a Cantonese song, is there anything he can't sing?"
Nowadays, few people create Cantonese songs. On the one hand, Cantonese pronunciation is difficult, and the pronunciation must be standard, and the six tones and nine tones are even more difficult. On the other hand, many people are too demanding on Cantonese songs, not for the music, but for the singer's speech.
So now fewer and fewer people sing Cantonese.
The audience was shocked, especially those from the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
"This pronunciation is very standard."
"As a person from Jiangcheng, it's shocking enough that he can distinguish l from n, in from ing, and he can also sing Cantonese, which I didn't expect."
"Treasure singer, right?"
Someone suddenly remembered, "By the way, Lin Wanqing also sang a song "Shanghai Beach" before. Could it be that she taught it?"
"How to teach? Mouth-to-mouth teaching?"
"Tell me more about mouth to mouth."
The barrage in the live broadcast room gradually went off track, and the style became more and more crooked.
Xu Nuo spoke in Cantonese, which really surprised everyone.
What is even more surprising are the singers in Hong Kong. The sense of crisis in their hearts is getting stronger and stronger. Cantonese songs are already their last moat. If this is broken by others, will they still have a place to stay?
Everyone is surprised that the third song of "New Era" is actually a Cantonese song, and also surprised by how exciting this song is.
It is obviously a midsummer night, but with just a few lines of this song, it seems that everyone has been transported to a cold winter snowy night, where everyone is despondent, sleepy, windy and snowy, and bruised and bruised, and everyone will change.
At this time, the rhythm of the piano on the stage changed, from being vague to nothing, and the two accents were struck repeatedly, firmly and full of power.
The voice of the promise was also a little thicker, and the pace of walking forward was determined in the windy and snowy night.
"how many times,
Enduring the cold looks and ridicule,
Never gave up on the ideal in my heart.
I was in a trance for a moment,
If you feel a sense of loss,
Unknowingly it has faded,
Love in my heart (who understands me)"
The lyrics displayed on the big screen moved everyone. The slow and heavy piano sounded a little lonely and desolate.
On the stage, the string orchestra remained motionless, with only the sound of the piano and three singers, lonely instruments and lonely singers.
It is also a lonely dream.
In the camera, the students backstage had red eyes, as did Xia Qi, who had just won the championship.
Shen Kaiwen and Yu Zhou on the stage even had tears in their eyes.
On the road to chasing their dreams, they have experienced countless cold looks and ridicules.
The words Shen Kaiwen heard the most were: "You'd better give up as soon as possible, no one will like you."
"It's better to be in a class than to have unrealistic dreams."
He has also seen many people who had the same dream as him, and then gave up sadly under pressure and returned to mediocrity.
Who understands me? Shen Kaiwen glanced at Xu Nuo and Yu Zhou on the stage.
If it weren't for this shirtless man singing, he might really not be able to bear it.
When Shen Kaiwen looked over, he happened to see Yu Zhou across Xu Nuo.
The two people's eyes met, and nothing was said.
Brothers in distress, even the situation is the same.
On the road to chasing their dreams, fortunately they met Xu Nuo, a man who single-handedly made them famous.
The audience is also sympathetic. Many people have wandered and endured hardships for their ideals. The road to pursuing their ideals is long and arduous.
"Boundless Seas and Sky" vividly expresses the struggle of such frustrated people in life and their desire for ideals.
The audience has lost count of how many times they have heard songs about dreams on stage tonight, but they are not tired of it at all.
Just like that graduation ceremony, they listened to ten graduation songs in a row and felt that they still had more to learn.
Everyone has great patience for good songs.
They listened to the song quietly, and Nuoyan's singing voice was still gentle, delicate and full of boldness and uninhibitedness.
Up to this point, the overall feeling of the song is low and depressing, but everyone knows that the chorus will definitely be more exciting.
Because until now, there has been no movement from the string orchestra on stage, which is not normal.
This fully armed string orchestra cannot be just a decoration, nor is it in line with the style of the promise.
The piano slowly and powerfully plays a cold and intriguing melody, and in the atmosphere of loneliness and pain, the chorus is sung.
"Forgive me for my unruly indulgence and love of freedom in this life,
I am also afraid that one day I will fall~oh~no,
Abandoned the ideal,
Anyone can do it,
How can I be afraid that one day it will be just you and me~"
There was still no movement from the string orchestra, and there was only the promised roar on the stage, but in this atmosphere it felt more like a wail.
The three words "you can" were bitten very hard, and the voice was a little hoarse, as if he was hoarse.
The sentence "Forgive me for my unruly indulgence and love of freedom in this life" was like a heavy hammer that hit everyone present.
It doesn't matter if you are not understood, it doesn't matter if thousands of people laugh at you, as long as there is one person willing to support you, it is worth it.
For the singer on the stage, even if there is only one person listening to him singing, even if there is only one person who understands him best, it is still worth it.
The first half of the song ends with the promise of a slightly hoarse roar.
Everyone seems to have seen an inspirational story. A person who has experienced hesitation and pain and struggle, who is indomitable in the face of difficulties and pursues his ideals and strives for self-improvement is standing on the stage.
The hearty performance on stage makes people feel the urge to burst into tears.
While the audience was deeply immersed in this emotion, the music suddenly became quiet, and the song dropped from high to low in an instant.
This leaves everyone wondering what the second half will be like.
repeat? Or are there new changes?
Their intuition told them that the second half would not be a simple repetition.
Because their instruments had not moved yet, the string orchestra on the stage was still motionless.
On the stage, the piano accompaniment almost disappeared. In the first 1 minute and 44 seconds of the song, there was only the sound of the piano, which seemed extremely lonely.
In fact, the original name of this song was "Piano Song". In this song, Ka Kui changed the previous accompaniment mainly based on guitar and chose to use piano to cut in, which was completely different from the previous "Glorious Years".
The sound of the piano disappeared, and silence was better than sound at this time.
The next moment, the string orchestra finally moved, and the exciting drums sounded, and the audience was excited.
Xu Nuo spoke in the passionate drum beats.
It was still a repeated lyrics, but everyone's feelings were completely different from the first half. If the first half was unwilling and roaring, then the second half was an uplifting momentum.
The audience couldn't help but sing along. There were 80,000 people from all over the world. Their pronunciations were different. It was not standard Cantonese at all, but their feelings were the same.
At this moment, the audience from the Cantonese-speaking areas were very tolerant.
"Today, I watched the snow drifting in the cold night~"
Everyone sang together. Some audiences who didn't know how to sing at all simply hummed instead of the lyrics.
But it doesn't matter. The atmosphere is here, and no one will laugh at humming.
"Still free and self-reliant,
Always sing my songs,
Travel thousands of miles~
Forgive me for my unrestrained and free love in this life,
I will also be afraid that one day I will fall~oh~no,
Abandoning ideals,
Anyone can do it,
Why would I be afraid that one day it will be just you and me~"
All the instruments were spread out at once, the magnificent music, the majestic momentum, the music seemed to surge and stir on the stage, every beat was more firm, every beat was more powerful.
Hardships and twists and turns, loneliness and hesitation, not only did not crush the people on the stage, but burst out with more powerful power.
Everyone thought of a sentence: Everything that can't beat me will only make me stronger.
At the end of the song, there is a chorus of three people. In this song, Xu Nuo is the lead singer, Shen Kaiwen is responsible for the harmony, and the last is a chorus of three people.
The momentum of the song reached its peak, majestic and unstoppable, as if to crush all the frustrations and hesitations and throw them into the sky.
Many people at the scene were already in tears.
On the stage, Xu Nuo finally picked up the guitar that had been hanging on his body for more than four minutes and played a one-minute guitar solo.
The shrill and choked sound of the piano is similar to the wail of a lone goose. This is Huang Guanzhong's performance in 1996, which is called "crying guitar."
A one-minute guitar solo, few people play like this, this is the privilege of genius, and ordinary people will definitely be scolded by the audience if they play like this.
The hearty "Sea, Sky and Sky" ended here.