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This episode brings you five golden songs by the famous Hong Kong lyricist Liu Zhuohui.
Liu Zhuohui was born in Hong Kong in 1960. He has composed a large number of excellent songs for many famous singers such as Jacky Cheung and Beyond. He is also one of the top ten Hong Kong singers. One of the top lyricists. He is best known for writing the song "Earth" in 1988, which won the band Beyond the 6th Top Ten Golden Melody Award and made the soon-to-be-disbanded band the focus of the music industry. This song brought Beyond back from the brink of death, so "Earth" became Beyond's famous song. Liu Zhuohui also had the new title of Beyond's royal lyricist
. He later collaborated with Beyond on many lyrics, including " "Lover", "Gone Days", "Grey Tracks", "Peasants", etc. are all popular and outstanding works. From the end of 1999 to October 2002, he served as a director of the Hong Kong Composers and Lyricists Association (CASH). In 1992, he was a Hong Konger. Liu Zhuohui came north to Beijing, founded Dadi Company, recruited Huang Xiaomao and Wang Di, and started a more formal "singer packaging job" in mainland China.
Liu Zhuohui's lyrics are not gorgeous, but they are roundabout and powerful, and they are how ordinary people make a living. A true portrayal of the song, his lyrics and Huang Jiaju's music complement each other and are intoxicating.
Well, let's take a look at the five classic songs written by Liu Zhuohui!
The fifth song: "Friendship Years"
" "Friendship Years" is a Cantonese song sung by Ekin Cheng, written by Liu Zhuohui and composed by Chen Guangrong. It is included in the "Young and Dangerous" movie soundtrack released in 1996. It is the theme song of the movie "Young and Dangerous". The song won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs in 1996. There were many cover versions, and most of them surpassed the original song.
The fourth song: "Too Silly"
"Too Silly" was originally written by Malaysian singer Ko Yi Min in 1993. A song that debuted in Malaysia in 2016 was composed by Mo Chi-hsien. Mo Chi-hsien sang and released the song in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1994. The Mandarin version was written by Chen Jiaming, the Cantonese version was written by Liu Zhuohui, Mo Chi-hsien composed the music, and Nakajima Takeo arranged the music. In 1994, Mo Qixian released a new album "Too Silly". The album's title song "Too Silly" instantly became a classic sung by everyone, with more than 1.8 million copies sold throughout Asia. This achievement even surpassed Andy Lau's album "God's Will" released in the same year (1.5 million copies sold in Asia).
The third song: "Gray Track"
"Gray Track" is a song (film and television masterpiece) sung by the famous Hong Kong rock band Beyond. It is written by Liu Zhuohui, composed and sang by Huang Jiaju, and arranged by Beyond. It was included in the soundtrack of "Heaven Is Loved" released by Xinyibao Records in June 1990. This song is the theme song of the 1990 movie "Love" starring Andy Lau and Wu Qianlian. In 1990, "Gray Tracks" entered the radio charts for 6 weeks, peaking at No. 9. When "Gray Tracks" was created, the band was at a low ebb, the music was criticized, and life was not going well. However, Wong Ka-kui led Beyond to usher in the "non-love" era of Hong Kong pop music. It covers everything from family love and life to inspiration and current affairs. It is like opening another door for songwriters at the end of the gray track.
The second song: "I Just Want to Follow You All My Life"
"I Just Want to Follow You All My Life" is a Cantonese song sung by Jacky Cheung. It was written by Liu Zhuohui, composed by Mo Qixian, and arranged by Zhao Zengxi. It was included in Jacky Cheung's July 24, 1993 From the Cantonese album "You and Me" released on Japan. "I Just Want to Be With You All My Life" won the "Golden Melody Award" among Hong Kong's top ten hits that year. It was widely sung and remains popular to this day. It is now also a Cantonese song with a high singing rate in KTV.
The first song: "The Earth"
"The Earth" is a musical work by the Hong Kong rock band Beyond. It was written by Liu Zhuohui, composed by Huang Jiaju, co-arranged by Beyond and Lin Kuangpei, and sung by Huang Guanzhong. The Cantonese version was included in Beyond in September 1988. The Cantonese album "Secret Police" was released on October 6, and the Mandarin version was included in Beyond's Mandarin album "The Earth" released in October 1990. "The Earth" was Beyond's most successful song from its debut to 1988. It also established Beyond's position in the Hong Kong music scene and became Beyond's famous song. In 1988, the Cantonese version of the song won the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Song Award. In 1988, when the band was discussing who would sing "The Earth", Wong Ka Kui believed that Wong Guanzhong had just filmed a TV series and had a certain reputation, so it would be easier for the public to perform it if he performed it, and he wanted to have more songs in the band's album. Different sounds. This song uses father's love to write about great love, which sublimates the artistic conception of this song "Earth" and is far from being as simple as superficial understanding. In terms of music style, it is a bit different from Beyond's usual rock and roll, but adds a bit of fresh Chinese flavor.
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