30 years ago, after Wong Ka Kui disappointedly dropped the sentence "Hong Kong has no music world, only entertainment circles", he led BEYOND to travel east to Japan to find their musical ideals.
On June 24, 1993, due to the need for the promotion of the new album, Huang Jiaju recorded a show on Toyama TV in Japan. A stage accident occurred in the middle of the show. Huang Jiaju fell into serious injuries and died a week later.
After the news was sent back to Hong Kong, it was extremely shaken. During the funeral in Hong Kong, it once caused a situation of empty streets and traffic paralysis. The death of Wong Ka Kui became a sensational social event in Hong Kong at that time.
Yes, it is a social event, not entertainment news. Luo Dayou, who I will talk about below, emphasized this sentence in the article.
Luo Dayou, a godfather-level musician who was already well-known in the Chinese music scene at the time, faced the death of Wong Ka Kui, what did he think?
For many years, there has been a saying on the Internet about the two musicians Luo Dayou and Wong Ka Kui, saying that Luo Dayou commented on Wong Ka Kui: " has no real musicians except Wong Ka Kui! ”
is this sentence true or false? Many people believe it to be true, and Lao Liang also said in the show. But I can't believe it easily. First, there is no definite source, and second, I think Luo Dayou should not say such extreme words.
However,After Huang Jiaju's death, Luo Dayou did have a clear voice. He wrote an article in a Hong Kong magazine, expressing his views on this matter angrily, and also bombarded the fact that the Hong Kong music scene did not respect originality and indirectly became the murderer of Huang Jiaju. The title of the article is "Who killed Jiaju?" The picture below is a screenshot of the publication page. This is more conclusive evidence. If there is no such evidence, I would not write this article lightly.
Judging from the content of the article, the text is very sharp, and there is a severe torture at the beginning: BEYOND, as a very famous and popular band in Hong Kong, why Wong Ka Kui died in Japan ?
Interlude, just Luo Dayou’s BEYOND “extremely famous” and “very popular” in Hong Kong is enough to slap the face. Many sprayers have been saying that BEYOND “was not popular in Hong Kong back then” and “just a second-rate band”. "If you can't mix in Hong Kong, you can go to Japan" and other remarks. It should be noted that Luo Dayou settled in Hong Kong in 1987, founded a music factory in Hong Kong in 1990, and has stayed in Hong Kong for many years since then. He is a witness to the whole process of BEYOND's rise, glory, and departure in Hong Kong until the fall of Wong Ka Kui.
Luo Dayou said that Wong Ka Kui’s death has exposed a certain level of social and popular issues in Hong Kong. Everyone is only superficially concerned about the death of Wong Ka Kui, but no one thinks deeply about it. The cause and effect of the incident.
Who killed Huang Jiaju?
BEYOND fans don’t blame the Japanese. Under impulse and passion, it is understandable to scold the Japanese or scold the reporter, but the Japanese did not kill Huang Jiaju.TV is needed, but unfortunately there was an accident.
So why did Huang Jiaju have the accident in Japan instead of Hong Kong? Luo Dayou said that the reason was "Ka Kui felt that there was no future for music in Hong Kong, so he moved to Japan for development." Why is there no future for music in Hong Kong? Luo Dayou said that it was because "the Hong Kong music scene is a place that disrespects original music."
This openly criticizing the Hong Kong music scene directly echoes Wong Ka Kui’s phrase "Hong Kong has no music scene, only entertainment circles". Both are original musicians, which is really a shame.
Luo Dayou also explained the reason BEYOND chose to go to Japan:
Japan is a market that respects original music. In the top 100 in the market, more than 90% of original music is listed. Adapting or copying songs in Japan is the most despised behavior in the music world and society.
This style of copying songs that people most look down on is the most popular in Hong Kong, accounting for more than 70% of the Cantonese market. Copying Japanese songs, English songs, Spanish songs...
BEYOND Stick to originality, because this is the basic dignity of music. Others only need to copy songs and open their mouths. Under this completely unfair competition, how can BEYOND survive in Hong Kong with dignity...
This is known to everyone in the Hong Kong music scene. Most of the popular songs are quotations from Japan,Perform Chinese lyrics and sing. It can be seen that a little Japan is indeed a very mature music market with strong originality. It is precisely because of this that Huang Jiaju chose to go to Japan to develop. The so-called "people go to higher places". Those who take it for granted said that BEYOND went to Japan because they couldn't mix in Hong Kong, as if anyone can go to mix in the Japanese music scene. Obviously on the contrary, only musicians who have full confidence in their own music and don't want to be in the cover city can enter the Japanese music scene bravely.
Luo Dayou's whole article expresses the meaning, Hong Kong does not respect originality, and he does not have the awareness and dignity of music, he just relies on covering foreign songs to entertain the public like Huang Original musicians with attitudes are not respected enough, so they are forced to leave their homeland. Although the direct cause of Wong Ka Kui's death was a stage accident, the indirect killer was the Hong Kong entertainment industry, which could not tolerate talents.
This makes sense. To make a simple analogy, a child suffered from parental indifference and even domestic violence in the family for a long time. Later, the child ran away in anger and died in a car accident outside. Wouldn't everyone only scold the driver who caused the accident, and the indifferent parents would not be morally condemned ?
Some people say that Luo Dayou’s article is not very well written, and Roseau is repeated in some places, and some expressions are also slightly scribble...
, that’s not wrong, this A "beautiful essay" with a particularly neat form and a particularly wonderful content, but is precisely because of this, let me see the true feelings of Luo Dayou when he wrote, his text is full of indignation, full of power, this kind of emotional catharsis , Can't allow him to think and think again,Polish and polish...
At least, he expressed what he wanted to express and also criticized the object to be criticized. In the whole of Hong Kong, how many people can understand Huang Jiaju's experience like him? Who would dare to tear off the fig leaf of the Hong Kong music scene like this?
Maybe this is the hero, cherish the hero, the same talent, the same pride, this is a true original musical personality.
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