. Just like me, I have a wish: I must watch a solo concert of Zheng Jun in Xi'an in my lifetime. It doesn't matter whether he can't sing at that time, and whether I still love rock music so much at that time.
When I was in college, I watched all the performances at Nanchang Black Iron. In that small space, in the hot summer in Nanchang, the black iron has no air conditioning, and the pogo sweats profusely. When I get tired, I go to the bar upstairs to buy a bottle of Nanchang 8 degrees, sit on the sofa and chat with friends, and occasionally have a cigarette.
I was always happy at that time. Now that I think about it, that happiness should be the love of rock music in my heart. Then go to a show of your favorite band. Meet like-minded people. Get together to chat, smoke and drink.
Those songs inspired me to go through the time when I was 18, 9, and 20 when I was rebellious and thought a lot. It was I who decided to go to Beijing after seeing the MIDI promotional video. I was the one who packed up and went far away when I heard "Song of the Road". More of a constant update of ideas. After visiting many cities and meeting many interesting people, I realize that the biggest difference between white people and people is ideas. It’s still the same today. I’m doing a job I like, and I’m very tired every day, but I also feel that life is not thin to me.
Over the years, because of rock music, the happiest time was Midi in Mentougou, Beijing in 2011. At that time, there was no explanation for the smog days. Beijing was really full of yellow sand in May. Midi started that afternoon, and it rained a lot, but it soon cleared. At night, people in the camping area chat, play guitar and sing "Goodbye Jack". At that time, a few of us found a perfect location to have a barbecue there, and gradually many people joined, and no one knew each other. I don't know who bought a lot of cases of beer, who distributed the cigarettes, who was the first to coax and order songs and exchange interesting things. When the mood was at its highest, someone shouted: I will meet in Beijing Midi in May next year, see you soon.
Beijing Midi in May 2012, the people who used to be no longer there. I don't know if anyone will remember the joy of singing, talking, laughing, chatting, and smoking during the bonfire in Mentougou, Beijing in 2011.
As if to say something that doesn't matter. From the film Rodriguez went to South Africa to hold a concert, the fans' emotions and excitement. Time has changed a lot and nothing has happened.
What moved me was the first sentence Rodriguez said at the concert: Thank you for keeping me alive. After many years of absence, he stood on the stage and continued to sing, as if he had returned to the past. But no one knows how he felt when he stopped releasing albums and couldn't continue to make music. Also many years later, the fans who stood in the audience and listened to his singing were excited and happy.
I thought Rodriguez might continue his musical path from now on, but no. He returned to the United States and continued to do the physical work of repairing roofs, as if everything in South Africa was a waking dream.
It turns out that there really is such a man in this world, after failing to do what he likes most, he can peacefully accept that he is the most ordinary person at the bottom of the society, doing the hardest life, just to make a living. When educating children, even if they are poor, they will take them to visit museums, technology centers, and art exhibitions. And when he went to South Africa for a concert, he was the same as usual, neither humble nor arrogant, neither arrogant nor impetuous, and sang good songs quietly. When it's over, it's over, and it's back to reality. But he didn't forget to say: Thank you for keeping me alive.
He didn't know that what he did would affect others, so many people, and to that extent. He is just himself, a person who always has his own perseverance. And what is he holding on to? No one can tell.
After watching the film, I can also understand that it is impossible for such a person to end his life by suicide. Unlike most rock singers who commit suicide or want to commit suicide, Rodriguez truly respects life, truly recognizes himself and accepts it. And most rock singers who choose to commit suicide are conceited and depressed, and feel that everything is meaningless. Having said that, it is still everyone's different ideas, which will create different endings. Nothing wrong with that.
And a friend of mine said: I think I will also influence more people than they have ever seen me. Indeed it is.
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