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| Yuncun Research Institute, Author | Michelle, Editor | Wang Meimei
Every year on April 1st, friends who are more concerned about Cantonese songs will invariably think of a name - Leslie Cheung .
Although "Brother" Leslie Cheung has left us for 19 years in a blink of an eye, his musical works and film works have been praised and shared by generations of fans.
's many classic works of "Brother", such as "Monica", "Intentional Sleep", "The Wind Continues to Blow", "Stars", etc., all appeared in major music variety shows with brand-new styles and combinations.
These classic songs that swept the Hong Kong music scene in the 1980s and 1990s continued to radiate new vitality in different innovative forms.
Today, let us relive the 3 classic songs of "Brother" Leslie Cheung and the touching stories behind them. understands these three songs, maybe you understand Leslie Cheung.
01 "The Wind Continues to Blow": "How can you tell me to cry, the state is beautiful"
(Photo source network, Leslie Cheung's farewell concert in 1989)
"He has a style of his own, I think he is walking a tightrope , he often frightens you, and you never know if he will fall. People around him often sweat for him, but he is not afraid at all, and he will never set up a safety line. Go to the end."
- lyricist Zheng Guojiang
"The Wind Continues to Blow" was written by Zheng Guojiang and composed by Uzaki Ryutong , included in Leslie Cheung's album of the same name released on May 1, 1983, "The Wind Continues to Blow" ", is the theme song of the movie "Across the Four Seas".
This is one of Leslie Cheung's most popular songs,Also his famous song. The original song comes from the song " goodbye to the other party " by the idol Yamaguchi .
Although the original song is from Japan, the arrangement is strong in Hong Kong style. The well-known lyricist Zheng Guojiang's lyric level has shaped the artistic conception of this song very well. Although the mood in the
song is a pair of lovers who need to separate from sorrow and hate. But the tears of parting are not limited to the small feelings of madmen and resentment of women, but also the feelings of life.
Zheng Guojiang once talked about the inspiration for writing lyrics for "The Wind Continues to Blow" in an interview:
"I think a good song, the color of the text, the picture and the plot must be well matched. I listen to this song very carefully, the song The introduction and the soundtrack of the song give me a feeling of wind, like wind and waves. It is because of this feeling that I think of the seaside. When I was young, I often went to Stanley , and at dusk, many young men and women were swimming and grilling there. Facing the remnants of wildfires, there should be many stories."
After Leslie Cheung recorded "The Wind Continues to Blow" for the first time in the studio, he immediately invited Zheng Guojiang to give him advice, but Zheng Guojiang's comments made Leslie Cheung feel Unexpectedly: "You sing too much like Luo Wen , one Luo Wen in the music world is enough."
Luo Wen's singing has a "heroic" temperament, and his loud singing was the most popular in the Hong Kong music scene at that time, but Zheng Guojiang believes that the theme of the song should be interpreted in a more lyrical and soft way. In the end, Leslie Cheung also listened to his opinions and re-recorded, and achieved the final familiar version.
"Leslie Cheung's voice has acting skills, this is his personal style, and it is also where he is superior to others. Even if he sings in a low or low pitch, he will not deviate from the main melody. His rhythm sometimes slows down a little, Instead, it made the song even more special. This unique personal style cannot be imitated by others.” Zheng Guojiang once said.
mentioned "The Wind Continues to Blow",Inevitably, it is reminiscent of this song's 1983 TVB song selection.
It was rumored that this song was ranked eleventh or twelve in the total score, only one step away from the top ten. Although I knew that there was no prize that night, the "brother" who attended as a "foil" in order to create a tense competition atmosphere was reported to cry in disappointment on the night of the general election.
But "Brother" won the top ten songs in the general election with "Monica" the following year.
By convention, each singer can perform an additional song in addition to the winning song. All the singers have chosen to push new songs as a matter of course. In , only Leslie Cheung chose to sing last year's "out of breath" unsuccessful song "The Wind Continues to Blow". weight in his heart. And his "Feng Mi's work" "When the Wind Rises" also echoes the famous work "The Wind Continues to Blow".
In 1989, Leslie Cheung announced his farewell to the music scene, and held 33 "Farewell Music Concerts" at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong. Some people say that the "brother" who was in his prime at the time suddenly retired, which is really strange. There are two main reasons for this:
First, Leslie Cheung Alan Tam The trend of two people fighting against each other in the Hong Kong music circle is becoming more and more obvious, and the Hong Kong media does not hesitate to encourage fans of both sides to "fight against Taiwan" in order to hype.
Although the two persuaded their fans many times (the two are reportedly very close friends), the fans responded with "Shh!" from the audience, and they even fought each other.
The second is that Leslie Cheung has always hoped to retire bravely at his peak like his idol Baihui Yamaguchi, and leave the most beautiful memories to everyone.
(Photo source network, Leslie Cheung's farewell concert in 1989) At the
farewell concert, when Leslie Cheung performed this song at the end of the concert,Tears swirling in my eyes finally burst when I sang the phrase "I really long for / I hope to stay with you". Presumably at this time, his heart must be full of deep nostalgia and reluctance for the stage, and 14 years later, this sentence has become the best footnote he left to the world.
02 "Monica": Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks Peter Li
Peter Li was asked by the host at a music salon many years later:
"Tell me about you (Peter Li) can make Leslie Cheung be such a fool and help you sing for free "Monica"?"
"What is it for free? At that time, he (Leslie Cheung) was beaten to death by Chen Baiqiang . Without me, this song would not have Leslie Cheung."
- Music Salon "The Secret of Cantonese Pop" by Peter Li
(Photo source network, photo of Leslie Cheung and Peter Li)
Since his debut as a singer in 1977, Leslie Cheung's singing career has not been smooth sailing. His records were once unpopular, and they were even sold at a price of HK$1, and the sales were not able to recover. When
sang at the Hong Kong High-level Club Jockey Club, Leslie Cheung threw a beloved hat to the audience when he was singing, but he didn't expect the audience to throw it back. When the concert was held, he was even booed by the audience under the stage.
(Photo source network, Leslie Cheung and Zhong Paul attended the program interview)
, as one of the "Three Princes of Central" since childhood, with a strong family background, saw that the one who met him later "If we get to 40 Years old, you are not married, I am not married,We are together" 's close friend Anita Mui has become popular in Hong Kong with the album "Red Anita Mui" and the short-haired handsome, cool and bad girl image created by designer Liu Peiji . Songs took a step forward, and the singing career has been tepid. People Chen Shufen , and after released the Cantonese Disco dance song "Monica" in 1984, has been subversively changed.
"Monica" is adapted from the song of the same name written and sung by Yoshikawa Koji , and composed by Peter Li in Cantonese The lyrics are included in the album "Leslie" released by Leslie Cheung in 1984. The song
"Monica" established Leslie Cheung's status as a superstar in the music world. This song breaks the previous lyrical style of the Hong Kong music scene, and is full of youthful passion, "fast, vigorous, hi" His performance added splendor to the song and created a boom in fast singing and dancing. Da Jingge Golden Melody Award. In 1999, the song won the "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards in the 20th Century" at the 22nd Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony.
Peter Li said in an interview with Hong Kong MPWeekly Ming Zhou in 2019 that "Monica" is his One of the most difficult songs to write since I entered the industry:
"Originally sung by Band (band) in Japan, Notes (notes) are very dense, and there is no cadence. How can people write it? "
After being urged by Leslie Cheung's mentor Li Xiaotian,Li Peter, who was in "no mood" for his lovelorn relationship, decided to write his nostalgia for his ex-girlfriend and his self-blame into the lyrics.
"Because I have only one girlfriend in my life, it can be said that I have no choice. The most painful thing in life is to have a choice." However, "Monica" inspired by its love history has created a "myth" in Hong Kong.
In Chu Hanchen's book "The Love of Leslie Cheung in Life: I'm afraid I won't meet again":
" Mr. Liang Wendao and Lin Xi once said in their memory of Leslie Cheung that Leslie Cheung is the background music of a generation in Hong Kong, because on the streets, In shopping malls, record shops, and dance halls, no matter where you go, there is Leslie Cheung's singing. No matter how popular the later singers are, they will not have the influence of this kind of 'background music'. "Monica" is a well-deserved number one in the hearts of most Hong Kong people."
Maybe looking back at the MV of "Monica", "Brother" Leslie Cheung's dance steps and head-shaking movements, as well as a series of The hand movements are somewhat funny.
Li Peter, who is good at writing words in Cantonese, spent a week composing the words for "Monica", which is not meaningful, and the melody can only be said to be the usual catchy pop music.
's repeated "Thanks thanks thanks thanks Monica/Who can replace your status" chorus lyrics somewhat magically echo the popular "Divine Comedy" routine of the short video platform now - easy to learn and easy to remember, mixed in Chinese and English, infinite repetition.
But all this was unimpeded. In those days, countless Hong Kong girls changed their English name to "Monica". In the movie " fate " that year,The heroine played by Maggie Cheung also changed her name in response to the popularity of the song "Monica".
(Photo source network, "Monica" MV screenshot)
At the TVB (Wireless Television) Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony, Leslie Cheung was dressed in black pants, and the silver shoulder pads at the shoulder pads still seem to have a full sense of design. The book "Love Leslie Cheung: I'm afraid I won't meet again" mentioned in the book:
"There are only a few short steps from the seat to the stage. He (Leslie Cheung) walks very lightly, but these short steps cost a lot of money. He has spent seven years. And these few steps, every step seems to be rehabilitating himself."
On the stage at that time, Leslie Cheung was no longer the "idol faction" who would be "dismantled" and returned by the audience. A dancer danced for him, dazzling lights and applause from the audience, opened another spring of Leslie Cheung's accumulated music, film and television career.
03 "The Love of the Year": The unforgettable brotherly love inside and outside the light and shadow
"The following song is very related to fat brother ( Zhou Runfa ), the reason is that I have loved the most since filming. This drama is also one of the dramas that I like the most with idols since the movie, which is the theme song "Love of the Year" of "The True Color of Heroes"." The theme song of "The True Color of Heroes" is composed and arranged by Gu Jiahui, written by Huang Zhan and sung by Leslie Cheung. In the era when the Hong Kong music scene was in full bloom, it still won two heavyweight awards in Hong Kong's top ten golden songs and top ten Chinese golden songs in one fell swoop.
"Cry softly, look up at the sky together, and finally the blue sky is beautiful for you."
The melodious harmonica that sounded in the prelude to "The Love of the Year" suddenly brought the audience into the thoughts of brotherhood in the movie,The moments between Song Zihao, Mark brother and Song Zijie in the movie gradually came to mind. The pronunciation of the first word of each lyric in the
chorus is particularly sonorous and powerful, setting off the scene-by-scene atmosphere of bloodshed between heroes.
In fact, before the filming of "The True Color of Heroes", John Woo has been a down-and-out director who has been sitting on the bench for three years, Dillon is a "passed-up hero" who is no longer in glory, and Chow Yun-fat is jokingly called repeated battles and repeated defeats "Box-office poison", only Leslie Cheung is a popular star in the music world.
So when John Woo planned to invite Leslie Cheung to play the third male lead, he was not sure whether Leslie Cheung would be willing to take on Song Zijie's stubborn and "one-stringed", seemingly unflattering role.
Leslie Cheung also felt that his role was not likable at first, but he still expressed his desire to join the film because he was deeply moved by the script.
"Brother" knew that John Woo was in financial difficulties, so he personally got the investor, and privately expressed many times that he could lend money to John Woo. Although the role of Song Zijie played by Leslie Cheung is not the protagonist in the movie "The True Color of Heroes", can be said that without Leslie Cheung, perhaps there would be no smooth release of the classic movie "The True Color of Heroes".
echoes the theme of the movie, as well as the creative story behind the theme song.
It is said that Huang Zhan, the lyricist, helped John Woo write the lyrics of the theme song of the movie without receiving any money. And "Zhan Shu" is a good word,It is to commemorate the friendship between him and John Woo that began when the latter was an assistant director.
"The laughter is sending me warmth / You inject me with happiness and strong electricity", "I will accompany you to smile again in the past", "Today I will try to be side by side with you again / At this moment, the love is fresh" The lyrics of
depict the emotions of spanning time, supporting each other, and accompanying each other. Both parties smile and bring joy to each other, so there is no need to care about so many "you" and "me".
Perhaps it is precisely because the three protagonists and directors have experienced major setbacks in their careers that whether it is the movie "The True Color of Heroes" or its theme song "The Love of the Year", the performers can especially relate to the work itself. empathizes with .
(Photo source network, "The True Color of a Hero" Chow Yun-fat's character lines)
In 1987, "The True Color of a Hero" became the No. 1 film at the Hong Kong box office that year, and won the best film at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards Awards Ceremony And the Best Actor (Chow Yun-Fat) award. In the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Woo Yusen was named the best director.
Two years later, Leslie Cheung held a farewell concert at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong. When singing "The Love of the Year", Leslie Cheung shouted enthusiastically to the "fa brother" in the audience:
"If it is a kind of enjoyment to make a film of John Woo, I agree. If it is said that making a film with Chow Yun-fat is even more different. If he enjoys it, I agree even more. The reason is that he is really a super idol and a super actor. Give me some more applause, my beloved Fat Brother." Headache and crying, but looking at the video material, it is more like this "big brother" who has always shown himself as a tough guy. He is used to seeing fights and killings on the battlefield, but after faced the sudden truth of the younger generation,I don't know how to deal with it for a while, can only hide its face and smile, and the scene is really cute.
At the end of
There is a widely circulated saying about Leslie Cheung: "Compared with talent, his appearance is not worth mentioning, and compared with his character, talent is not worth mentioning".
Looking at Leslie Cheung's works, we will find that his works not only bring visual and auditory stimulation to everyone in terms of beauty and freshness.
What is even more commendable is that some works of exhortation and positive significance such as "Silence is Gold" and "I" also follow Leslie Cheung's personal life experience and practice of noble character, as well as a deeper self-awareness. After that, it continued to iterate in terms of style and artistic conception.
Perhaps this is the reason why Leslie Cheung's works can bring new moving expressions time after generation.
Looking back at the current node, we found that the legend of Leslie Cheung cannot be fully summarized in any case. Therefore, it is better to use the comments from generations of fans, , to tell Leslie Cheung's moving and the "Missing You" hidden in "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter".
Although the original song is from Japan, the arrangement is strong in Hong Kong style. The well-known lyricist Zheng Guojiang's lyric level has shaped the artistic conception of this song very well. Although the mood in the
song is a pair of lovers who need to separate from sorrow and hate. But the tears of parting are not limited to the small feelings of madmen and resentment of women, but also the feelings of life.
Zheng Guojiang once talked about the inspiration for writing lyrics for "The Wind Continues to Blow" in an interview:
"I think a good song, the color of the text, the picture and the plot must be well matched. I listen to this song very carefully, the song The introduction and the soundtrack of the song give me a feeling of wind, like wind and waves. It is because of this feeling that I think of the seaside. When I was young, I often went to Stanley , and at dusk, many young men and women were swimming and grilling there. Facing the remnants of wildfires, there should be many stories."
After Leslie Cheung recorded "The Wind Continues to Blow" for the first time in the studio, he immediately invited Zheng Guojiang to give him advice, but Zheng Guojiang's comments made Leslie Cheung feel Unexpectedly: "You sing too much like Luo Wen , one Luo Wen in the music world is enough."
Luo Wen's singing has a "heroic" temperament, and his loud singing was the most popular in the Hong Kong music scene at that time, but Zheng Guojiang believes that the theme of the song should be interpreted in a more lyrical and soft way. In the end, Leslie Cheung also listened to his opinions and re-recorded, and achieved the final familiar version.
"Leslie Cheung's voice has acting skills, this is his personal style, and it is also where he is superior to others. Even if he sings in a low or low pitch, he will not deviate from the main melody. His rhythm sometimes slows down a little, Instead, it made the song even more special. This unique personal style cannot be imitated by others.” Zheng Guojiang once said.
When mentioning "The Wind Continues to Blow", it is inevitable to remind people of this song and the 1983 TVB Great Song Selection.
It was rumored that this song was ranked eleventh or twelve in the total score, only one step away from the top ten. Although I knew that there was no prize that night, the "brother" who attended as a "foil" in order to create a tense competition atmosphere was reported to cry in disappointment on the night of the general election.
But "Brother" won the top ten songs in the general election with "Monica" the following year.
By convention, each singer can perform an additional song in addition to the winning song. All the singers have chosen to push new songs as a matter of course. In , only Leslie Cheung chose to sing last year's "out of breath" unsuccessful song "The Wind Continues to Blow". weight in his heart. And his "Feng Mi's work" "When the Wind Rises" also echoes the famous work "The Wind Continues to Blow".
In 1989, Leslie Cheung announced his farewell to the music scene, and held 33 "Farewell Music Concerts" at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong. Some people say that the "brother" who was in his prime at the time suddenly retired, which is really strange. There are two main reasons for this:
First, Leslie Cheung Alan Tam The trend of two people fighting against each other in the Hong Kong music circle is becoming more and more obvious, and the Hong Kong media does not hesitate to encourage fans of both sides to "fight against Taiwan" in order to hype.
Although the two persuaded their fans many times (the two are reportedly very close friends), the fans responded with "Shh!" from the audience, and they even fought each other.
The second is that Leslie Cheung has always hoped to retire bravely at his peak like his idol Baihui Yamaguchi, and leave the most beautiful memories to everyone.
(Photo source network, Leslie Cheung's farewell concert in 1989) At the
farewell concert, when Leslie Cheung performed this song at the end of the concert, the tears in his eyes finally sang "I am very eager/hope to stay with me. You" broke the embankment. Presumably at this time, his heart must be full of deep nostalgia and reluctance for the stage, and 14 years later, this sentence has become the best footnote he left to the world.
02 "Monica": Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks Peter Li
Peter Li was asked by the host at a music salon many years later:
"Tell me about you (Peter Li) can make Leslie Cheung be such a fool and help you sing for free "Monica"?"
"What is it for free? At that time, he (Leslie Cheung) was beaten to death by Chen Baiqiang . Without me, this song would not have Leslie Cheung."
- Music Salon "The Secret of Cantonese Pop" by Peter Li
(Photo source network, photo of Leslie Cheung and Peter Li)
Since his debut as a singer in 1977, Leslie Cheung's singing career has not been smooth sailing. His records were once unpopular, and they were even sold at a price of HK$1, and the sales were not able to recover. When
sang at the Hong Kong High-level Club Jockey Club, Leslie Cheung threw a beloved hat to the audience when he was singing, but he didn't expect the audience to throw it back. When the concert was held, he was even booed by the audience under the stage.
(Photo source network, Leslie Cheung and Zhong Paul attended the program interview)
, as one of the "Three Princes of Central" since childhood, with a strong family background, saw that the one who met him later "If we get to 40 Years old, you are not married or I am not married, we will be together" 's best friend Anita Mui has become popular in Hong Kong with the album "Red Anita Mui" and the image of a handsome, cool and bad girl with short hair created by designer Liu Peiji .
, but he is still one step closer to the top ten songs of Jingge's general election. His singing career has been tepid. Leslie Cheung has not given up, and has been trying to find a breakthrough in disappointment.
All these troughs, when Leslie Cheung followed his mentor Li Xiaotian to switch to Huaxing Records, met his later manager Chen Shufen , and in 1984 released the Cantonese Disco dance song "Monica", got subversive changes .
"Monica" is adapted from the song of the same name written and sung by Koji Yoshikawa , with Cantonese lyrics written by Peter Li, and included in the album "Leslie" released by Leslie Cheung in 1984. The song
"Monica" established Leslie Cheung's status as a superstar in the music world. This song broke the previous lyrical style of the Hong Kong music scene. It was full of youthful passion and the performance of "fast, vigorous, hi" added splendor to the song, creating a boom in fast singing and dancing, and became One of the landmark works in the history of Hong Kong pop music.
In 1984, "Monica", the leading song in Hong Kong, won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs and the Top Ten Strong Song Golden Melody Awards. In 1999, the song won the "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards of the 20th Century" at the 22nd Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony.
Peter Li said in an interview with Hong Kong MPWeekly Mingzhou in 2019 that "Monica" is the most difficult song he has found since he entered the industry:
"The original song was sung by the Japanese Band (band), and the Notes (notes) are very dense, without cadence and rhythm. , how do people write it?"
After being urged by Leslie Cheung's mentor, Li Xiaotian, Peter Li, who was in love with "no mood", decided to write his nostalgia for his ex-girlfriend and self-blame into the lyrics.
"Because I have only one girlfriend in my life, it can be said that I have no choice. The most painful thing in life is to have a choice." However, "Monica" inspired by its love history has created a "myth" in Hong Kong.
In Chu Hanchen's book "The Love of Leslie Cheung in Life: I'm afraid I won't meet again":
" Mr. Liang Wendao and Lin Xi once said in their memory of Leslie Cheung that Leslie Cheung is the background music of a generation in Hong Kong, because on the streets, In shopping malls, record shops, and dance halls, no matter where you go, there is Leslie Cheung's singing. No matter how popular the later singers are, they will not have the influence of this kind of 'background music'. "Monica" is a well-deserved number one in the hearts of most Hong Kong people."
Maybe looking back at the MV of "Monica", "Brother" Leslie Cheung's dance steps and head-shaking movements, as well as a series of The hand movements are somewhat funny.
Li Peter, who is good at writing words in Cantonese, spent a week composing the words for "Monica", which is not meaningful, and the melody can only be said to be the usual catchy pop music.
's repeated "Thanks thanks thanks thanks Monica/Who can replace your status" chorus lyrics somewhat magically echo the popular "Divine Comedy" routine of the short video platform now - easy to learn and easy to remember, mixed in Chinese and English, infinite repetition.
But all this was unimpeded. In those days, countless Hong Kong girls changed their English name to "Monica". In the movie " fate " that year, the heroine played by Zhang Manyu also changed her name in response to the popularity of "Monica".
(Photo source network, "Monica" MV screenshot)
At the TVB (Wireless Television) Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony, Leslie Cheung was dressed in black pants, and the silver shoulder pads at the shoulder pads still seem to have a full sense of design. The book "Love Leslie Cheung: I'm afraid I won't meet again" mentioned in the book:
"There are only a few short steps from the seat to the stage. He (Leslie Cheung) walks very lightly, but these short steps cost a lot of money. He has spent seven years. And these few steps, every step seems to be rehabilitating himself."
On the stage at that time, Leslie Cheung was no longer the "idol faction" who would be "dismantled" and returned by the audience. A dancer danced for him, dazzling lights and applause from the audience, opened another spring of Leslie Cheung's accumulated music, film and television career.
03 "The Love of the Year": The unforgettable brotherly love inside and outside the light and shadow
"The following song is very related to fat brother ( Zhou Runfa ), the reason is that I have loved the most since filming. This drama is also the one that I like the most with idols since the movie, which is the theme song "Love in the Years" of "The True Color of Heroes"."
- Leslie Cheung's Farewell Concert in 1989.
"The Love of the Year" was used as the theme song of the 1986 movie "The True Color of Heroes". Won two heavyweight awards, Hong Kong's Top Ten Strong Songs and Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs.
"softly shouted, looked up at the sky, and finally the beautiful sky is presented to you. "
The melodious harmonica sounded in the prelude of "The Love of the Year", which suddenly brought the audience into the thoughts of brotherhood in the movie, and the bits and pieces between Song Zihao, Mark brother and Song Zijie in the movie gradually came to mind.
The pronunciation of the first words of each lyric in the chorus is particularly sonorous and powerful, setting off the atmosphere of the scenes and scenes of bloodshed between the heroes. The down-and-out director of the cold bench, Dillon is the "outdated hero" who is no longer in glory, Chow Yun-fat is jokingly called the "box-office poison" with repeated defeats, and only Leslie Cheung is the star of the music scene.
So when John Woo planned to invite Leslie Cheung When he played the third male lead, he was not sure whether Leslie Cheung was willing to take on Song Zijie's stubborn and "one-stringed" role, which seemed to be unflattering. He still expressed his desire to join the film, because he was deeply moved by the script.
"Brother" knew that John Woo was in financial trouble, so he personally got the investor, and privately expressed many times that he could lend money to John Woo. Although Leslie Cheung played the role of John Woo The role of Song Zijie is not the protagonist in the movie "The True Color of a Hero", but it can be said that without Leslie Cheung, perhaps there would be no smooth launch of the classic movie "The True Color of a Hero".
echoes the theme of the movie, as well as the creative story behind the theme song.
It is said that Huang Zhan, the lyricist, helped John Woo write the lyrics of the theme song of the movie without receiving any money. And "Zhan Shu" is a good word to commemorate the friendship between him and John Woo that began when the latter was an assistant director.
"The laughter is sending me warmth / You inject me with happiness and strong electricity", "I will accompany you to smile again in the past", "Today I will try to be side by side with you again / At this moment, the love is fresh" The lyrics of
depict the emotions of spanning time, supporting each other, and accompanying each other. Both parties smile and bring joy to each other, so there is no need to care about so many "you" and "me".
Perhaps it is precisely because the three protagonists and directors have experienced major setbacks in their careers that whether it is the movie "The True Color of Heroes" or its theme song "The Love of the Year", the performers can especially relate to the work itself. empathizes with .
(Photo source network, "The True Color of a Hero" Chow Yun-fat's character lines)
In 1987, "The True Color of a Hero" became the No. 1 film at the Hong Kong box office that year, and won the best film at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards Awards Ceremony And the Best Actor (Chow Yun-Fat) award. In the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Woo Yusen was named the best director.
Two years later, Leslie Cheung held a farewell concert at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong. When singing "The Love of the Year", Leslie Cheung shouted enthusiastically to the "fa brother" in the audience:
"If it is a kind of enjoyment to make a film of John Woo, I agree. If it is said that making a film with Chow Yun-fat is even more different. If it's a treat, I agree more. The reason is that he is really a super idol and a super actor. Give me some more applause, my beloved fat brother."
Some people say that Chow Yun-fat cried after hearing Leslie Cheung's remarks, but looking at the video material, it is more like this "big brother" who has always shown himself as a tough guy, who is used to fighting and killing on the battlefield. , , after faced the sudden truth confession of his younger generation, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Compared with his talent, his appearance is not worth mentioning, and compared with his character, his talent is not worth mentioning.”
Looking at Leslie Cheung’s works, we will find that his works not only bring visual beauty and freshness to everyone and auditory stimulation.
What is even more commendable is that some works of exhortation and positive significance such as "Silence is Gold" and "I" also follow Leslie Cheung's personal life experience and practice of noble character, as well as his After gaining a deeper understanding of myself, it continues to iterate in terms of style and artistic conception.
Perhaps this is why Leslie Cheung's works can bring new moving faces again and again in generations.
Standing at the current node and looking back, We found that the legend of Leslie Cheung cannot be completely summarized anyway. Therefore, it is better to use the comments from generations of fans, to tell what Leslie Cheung once brought them, and the "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" hidden in "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter". Miss you".
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