In China in the 1970s, our parents were going to the mountains and the countryside. Far away Britain is trying to be sexually open, gay, bisexual. The world is really absurd. I have seen David Bowie's MV "China Girl", the China Girl in his eyes can make people laugh out loud, naughty and very open. As you can see in the camera, China in their eyes is old and mysterious. The Cultural Revolution also seems to have become very bizarrely great. David Bowie and Eno are both true oriental fans, and in the 1970s China was the most magical and intriguing.
When a Chinese sees China in the eyes of foreigners, it is the first time I feel that China is so great and hard to touch. I remember the end of Greenaway's "8 1/2 Women", the subtitles rose, and the singing did not disappear: "Take a big ship, go to that distant China..."
Brian Eno's other album "Taking Tiger Mountain (Taking Tiger Mountain" in 1974) By Strategy)" records the perspective of the year, and the Chinese translation of the album name is very familiar to everyone - "Take Tiger Mountain by Wisdom".
The style of Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is a continuation of Here Come The Warm Jets. Also a pretty good five star album. The album musically purifies many experimental elements compared to Here Come The Warm Jets. Many capitals have piano accompaniment, with few special timbres but very pleasant to the ear. This is a pure voice of the soul, especially the singing is very spiritual. Deeper and quieter, the eastern factor is stronger. But this is an album that liberates the concept of thinking. The lyrics part highlights the anguish of a leisurely life, calling out a fantasy-style aesthetic life. With Eno's strong personal style: collage, unpredictable.
"Burning Airlines Give You So Much More" imagines the Queen's sightings and irony of spies during her visit to China. enjoyed a lot. The harmonies of "Fat Lady of Limbourg" are very introspective, and you can hear the subtle coordination of the lead bass, sax, and Chinese gongs. The pure beauty of China in Eno's imagination is like a piano, with mist and moist air. In "China My China" he wrote: "A misty morning, China is so far away... In the orchard, my uncle and aunt played their games...". But he was very autistic: "China, my China, I walk around you and you've been there.
The Great Wall will trap you.
You've been under control for a thousand years.
Those little kids all dressed like sailors (He Yong, remember?)
Check out the eponymous "Taking" How to write Tiger Mountain?, another slow piano, beautiful tune:
"Climb, we climb.
How do we climb?
oh, how do we climb?
On the starry sky,
Mount Weihu,
take the road through the snow. ”
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above paragraph is an excerpt from the Internet introducing the music of GLAM ROCK in the 1970s Articles about people and their views on China. Western musicians don't know much about China!
After World War II, the United States and Europe have gradually begun to revive. Because there is no war and blockade, its economy and renaissance are very fast and open. For example, in terms of music, the rise of rock music has brought spiritual support and strength to young people. It should be said that rock music is the driving force of popular music. , and new music methods appear. Europe and the United States hold many large rock music festivals every year. In China, how many people know about rock music? When it comes to rock music, the Chinese only know Cui Jian, sad.
When it comes to popular music, everyone remembers Teresa Teng. After the reform and opening up, it was Teresa Teng who brought the Chinese people the enjoyment of music like a spring breeze, but what does this little Hong Kong pop music count as global music? It's a pity that there are still so many students, young people, and middle-aged people who worship Hong Kong and Taiwan's new songs and old songs, new idols and old idols, and chasing stars. pitiful. I admit that I also grew up listening to pop music from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but I have come out. The important thing is to come out. I've been exposed to more of the world's better music -- really good music that isn't hyped by the mainstream media or the mainstream media in China. So I am very satisfied with myself, so I feel that these young people who are star-chasing and listening to those garbage music from Hong Kong and Taiwan are very pitiful. Nowadays, young people in China are watching "Super Girls", and even adults are watching. These are Chinese adults who have not been influenced by good music. How can they expect you to set a musical example for children? To borrow He Zuoxiu's words: "Who told you that you were unfortunately born in China?".
As a Chinese, it is really unfortunate that after the eight-year Anti-Japanese War was defeated by Japan, it was a civil war, and after the founding of New China in 1949, it was blocked by the international community. In the 1970s, our country was still in the Cultural Revolution, and the only music appreciation was model plays. Dressing in green military uniforms, tunic suits, or khakis, and rubbing powder on your face is petty-bourgeois ideology, you will be laughed at. Do the math, from 1937 to the reform and opening up, or from 1945 to the present, for more than half a century, what is China doing? China is being bullied! Fight within yourself! Alas, this is helpless. Created a generation with ideology above culture.
A few days ago, I watched a movie "The Years of Scratches", and the students in it commented on movies from various countries during the break: "Vietnamese movies, airplane cannons, North Korean movies, crying and laughing, Albanian movies, inexplicable, Romanian movies. Movies, cuddles, Chinese movies, news briefings." People of that era were very satisfied if they could watch "Mine Wars" and "Northern Wars". Ha ha.
2008 is the Beijing Olympics. I wonder if the propaganda agency of the Chinese Olympic Committee will invite top foreign musicians to come and make some music to promote the Beijing Olympics. I think it should be in progress, time is running out. The Olympic Games are not purely about winning gold medals and competing for money. The real money is only made in the Los Angeles Olympic Games in recent years. The previous Olympic Games were very pure.
The Olympic Games should be a grand event for world peace and national unity. For Beijing, it is also an opportunity for cultural exchanges between China and the West to enhance mutual understanding.
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games were well organized, and the opening ceremony and music promotion in all aspects were very good. Is it easy for the West to communicate with the West? ! But for the mysterious and ancient China, making music for the 2008 Beijing Olympics should be a great challenge and honor.
In an album promoting the Athens Olympics, there are superstars from four continents and 15 countries, but there seems to be no Asian ones. There is still a gap between the Easterners and the Western culture. With these big-name top musicians promoting the Athens Olympics, how can the Olympics fail? I believe that the 2006 World Cup in Germany will be another event, and the same is true for music.
2008 Olympic Games, will China also be a music festival? If Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou and Yuan Dewang are invited to direct the opening ceremony, and Guo Feng and Na Ying to sing at the concert, this will not be a global event. Am I right. Western musicians in the 1970s knew little about China, but should China now invite these top musicians in, and Chinese musicians to go out? The road is long, and we are still at the beginning...
The 1970s, Celebrate years, China's lost years. Those who are interested in learning about the world music culture of the 70s can watch a movie "velvet goldmine" (velvet goldmine).
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