Under normal circumstances, what we call Cantonese songs refers to popular songs sung in Cantonese (Cantonese). Everyone knows that Cantonese, also known as Cantonese and Cantonese, is one of the seven major dialects in China. Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangxi, Hainan and other regions all have Cantonese-speaking populations. Guangdong Province of China is the place with the largest Cantonese-speaking population. Nearly 40 million people speak Cantonese, and about 70 million people around the world speak Cantonese. In addition to people who use Cantonese who like to listen to Cantonese songs, many fans in non-Cantonese regions also listen to Cantonese songs, so the audience for Cantonese songs is still relatively wide.
Hong Kong used to have a small population, but in 1949, a large number of immigrants poured into Hong Kong, and the population of Hong Kong surged to 2.5 million.
And among these people, most of them are rural residents in Guangdong, and Cantonese people also speak Cantonese, which led to In the early 1950s, the really popular music in Hong Kong was Cantonese music.
Cantonese opera was originally a part of Cantonese opera. Cantonese opera is singing and usually takes two or three hours.
In the 1950s, some songs in Cantonese opera were extracted, and a few people sang a paragraph in the teahouse, which meant "extracting highlights".
This form is short-lived and easy to spread, and Hong Kong citizens have the habit of going to teahouses to drink morning tea. Listening to a piece of Cantonese music while eating and drinking Xiaolongbao makes Cantonese music spread.
has listened to Cantonese songs for so many years, so do you know when it became popular? In fact, it did not appear for a long time.
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According to the research of the late famous Hong Kong musician Dr. Huang Zhan, in 1974, the appearance of the theme song of "Wireless" TV series "Marriage of Laughter and Laughter" was the beginning of the general acceptance of Cantonese pop music in Hong Kong society. After
, a Cantonese song sung by Cinderella, was released, it was announced that Cantonese songs were no longer "popular tunes" that "cannot be on the stage", but upgraded to "popular entertainment" and entered the house.
The subsequent emergence of a series of Cantonese songs allowed Hong Kong people to discover their own unique voice.
The famous lyrics of Cantonese pop songs have become a mantra and have been integrated into the life of Hong Kong people.
Cantonese songs have a 50-year history, which is also 50 years of Hong Kong's popular culture changes.
From the 1950s to the 1960s, Cantonese songs in Hong Kong have been suppressed by foreign pop music and Mandarin songs. Cantonese songs are called Xialiba songs, which means that it is difficult to be elegant, and Cantonese songs only appear in some In the episodes of TV movies, many Cantonese songs are popular but not popular. This phenomenon did not change until the appearance of the first generation of singer Xu Guanjie.
Xu Guanjie is known as "the originator of Cantonese songs" and plays a very important role in the development of Cantonese songs. This unprecedented musical genius has launched a large number of works such as "Double Star Love Song" and "Iron Tower Lingyun", which has enhanced the image of Cantonese songs.
17 years ago, Huang Zhan died.
Two years before his death, Hong Kong suffered from SARS. He organized the "Under the Lion Rock" concert and called on Hong Kong people to help each other. The song he wrote in 1979 once became a synonym for the fighting spirit of Hong Kong people.
"Being in the same boat, under the Lion Rock and helping each other, abandoning distinctions and seeking common ground, and letting go of the contradictions in each other's hearts..."
But at that time, "Under the Lion Mountain" was not exactly the "Under the Lion Mountain" that he was familiar with.
His lyrics are linked to the traditional Chinese context and deeply penetrated into the secular life of Hong Kong Island.When
is bold, he is "Jiangshan laughs, misty rain is far away, whoever loses wins and heaven knows" ; when
is graceful, he is "The wind seems to sigh in a dream, the road and people are boundless" ;
When it is high, He is "Yangtze River, Great Wall, Huangshan, Yellow River, weigh a thousand pounds in my chest" ;
When he is low, he is "Do happy things with lovers, don't ask whether it is calamity or fate" ;
And we are going to say today It's Rowan.
Since his passing, Cantonese songs have been lost.
Liu Peiji: "We will not look back, I hope you find someone who will listen to your story." Cai Yijie expressed his thoughts with Luo Wen's lyrics, "I love singing in your life, and I will sing because of you, I miss you."
Luo Wen has sung countless golden songs, such as "How Much Wind and Rain", "Under the Lion's Mountain", "Splendid Future", "Iron-blooded Heart", "Always Hello in the World", "Little Li Fei Dao", " The Great Wall Never Falls", "A Good Song For You" and so on.
Luo Wen's avant-garde makeup, eloquent Cantonese accent, exaggerated clothes, and his excellent singing and dancing in the typhoon are impressive. He once wrote a glorious page for the Hong Kong music scene.
In 1967, Rowan was 22 years old and set foot on the music scene for the first time. At that time, he was only one of the members of the "Rowan Four Step Singing Group". The choir developed in general, and soon disbanded in less than two years. After that, Luo Wen and Feifei Shen Dianxia formed a group together, and there was no splash, but the friendship between the two has been maintained.
The peak of Rowan's career was when he began to sing the theme song for the TVB drama at that time. In 1973, when the TV drama "Under the Lion Mountain" caught fire, once the theme song of the same name sung by Luo Wen was released, it immediately caused a sensation and became the "national song" of the year.
To this day, Hong Kong citizens are still proud to mention this song. When
mentions this song, we have to mention another legendary figure in the Hong Kong music scene - Huang Zhan. Huang Zhan said that he had selfishness towards Luo Wen and was willing to leave the best songs for him to sing, so when he wrote "Under the Lion Rock", he thought of Luo Wen at the first time.
In 1976, Luo Wen held 15 concerts in Hong Kong by virtue of his popularity in the entertainment industry and the recognition of his fans. Every stage appearance is amazing.
When Anita Mui was interviewed by Yuji, she once said that her stage style was more or less influenced and inspired by Rowan.
Aaron Kwok also agreed with this point, saying that his stage performance was also inspired by his predecessor Luo Wen, and in 1998, when Aaron Kwok held a solo concert, Luo Wen once gave him a jewel-encrusted tie, and Put it on him personally and cheer him on!
Huang Zhan never concealed his appreciation for Rowan, and was even willing to violate his own "principles" for this.
As we all know, Huang Zhan does not allow others to change his lyrics, and even Xu Guanjie's suggestion to revise "A Laugh in the Sea" was politely rejected by him. In a discussion, Luo Wen expressed his objection to the lyrics. Luo Wen directly crossed out the entire paragraph of Huang Zhan's lyrics, and Huang Zhan was so angry that he uttered foul language.
But as a result of the dispute, Huang Zhan changed the lyrics.
When he learned that Luo Wen would rather lose blood but also engage in traditional Chinese musicals, Huang Zhan could not stop him and wrote the script for him for free. Many years later, Huang Zhan said in his book: "Luo Wen's spirit and courage to engage in stage plays have never been found to this day."
Ekin Cheng is Rowan's lover. Because Ekin Cheng has invested a lot of energy in his acting career, his singing skills have begun to decline, and Rowan is often angry for this.
But fate seems to have played a joke on him. In 2001, he was investigated He developed liver cancer, and the 57-year-old Luo Wen died the following year after his treatment failed, ending his legendary life. During his illness and hospitalization, Jackie Chan refused to visit him, but Ekin Cheng was always by his side. After all, he was Luo Wen’s most valued disciple. A teacher for one day, a father for life, my teacher Luo Wen helped Ekin Cheng a lot.
At Luo Wen's funeral, half of Hong Kong's entertainment stars came to the funeral, Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui and others came to the scene. Luo Wen Wen won numerous awards before his death, his achievements in the field of music are beyond doubt, the only pity is that he can only be missed now.
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