Thursday, April 24, 2008

Chinese rock and roll - the public's imagination (2000)

by:吴虹飞


94 campus folk songs of the great success should be attributed to the long-term accumulation of the city and nostalgic feeling of well-planned commercial operations, it at least shows that people "musicians"the creation of the commercial trend. The same year, the demons rock launched Dou Wei and ZHANG Chu no doubt that the album has a personal creative potential - it has been made in the collective society is weak in the inability of individuals in the music to highlight their personality. Bar industry once prosperous made many foreign singers, guitarists gathered in Beijing, and stray poetry
, Painters together and formed a relatively stable located (94-95 Yuanmingyuan village ,97-99 Shucun, Dongbei Wang, as well as the so-called MIDI music schools). Folk song writer/pop music to imitate the style started to change (many Dianming its guiding function in publications such as "English pop music appreciation,""Composition Guide"at the same time), as suspicious of these workers, peasants, unemployed, the homeless, Poet, painter in the part of the current transition to rock the Chinese elite. "Rock"is an ambiguous word unclear formed in the public and official between the cracks, because of its local roots of fuzzy, and western pop music and the spirit likeness and inevitably become a "heterogeneous", and in the public and the media The role, it gradually evolved into the "rebel", "alternative"a synonym for life and fashion. The public's imagination




Li Wan in the "newlong marchon the Rock"Scholars on behalf of the public to confirm the identity of Cui Jian as the 1980s, the status of the Enlightenment, and of trying to make it classic. Interestingly, Cui Jian, although he does not recognize the "philosophy of the Enlightenment,"the status, but he still has to imagine a poet, thought to the quality music, and this very historic significance of the role of the imagination is the music critic/Writers, publications, media and the general public to jointly complete.




As a very developed culture for big countries, China has always been there, "the text to contain,"the tradition. If the music is still dependent on the spread of text, then "text containing"Song seems to be inevitable. Musicians to "transcription", "remake"and "imitation"and with a strong subjective news, music critic, will take full advantage of the literati for the charm of the rock was re-shape, making it Enlightenment is a kind of the nature of romantic temperament (no one seems to doubt that "birthright"of the characteristics). Although rock music video performances, broadcasting, MTV pathetic, but thanks to Baidoa printing capital, can still rock with variety and the increasing number of music magazines and fashion magazines can be widely disseminated. In a music manufacturing industry is not so perfect country, the rock was discussed, argued, criticized and questioned, praised, verbal abuse, to classical, codes of. It is Cui Jian, Dou Wei, ZHANG Chu, Tang Dynasty music on their practice and newspapers, magazines, best-selling book, the media, journalists, writers, listeners with the common imagination, makes rock in the rock in some sort of dialogue, exchanges, Beattie charged confrontation in the flowers, at the same time have become entities (rock bands, rock clothing, rock music) and spiritual (rock concept, meaning rock) a case. Here, print and write the text - a/civilian role is critical and meaningful.




Scholars position is the growing sales of music magazines, and the latter because of the large number of foreign infiltration of pop culture, the rise of domestic new music and the China Federation of the Phonographic Industry slump, its spread effect is clear, direct and fruitful. Their sales are good, such as "modern skies"each issue printed 30,000 copies of the withdrawal rate of 4 percent, and its predecessors, "music heaven,"sales have reached 200,000 10,000. The organizers of these magazines for more vibrant, independent thinking, innovative young people. The one hand, they rely on the operation of the business, on the one hand under the banner of "alternative"for upholding the freedom of the spirit of utopia (But it really possible free ») music magazines and fashion magazines and new entertainment site, is an alternative life style and the strong Advocates. Their words and voices, not only all the jazz, blues, electronic dissemination of music, but also "non-mainstream", "alternative", "anti-Mei Su,"the wording of this type into people's everyday thinking. Music critic of the large number of consumer text and a photo realist style of the text description (create) a group - Rock circle, they are often of unknown age, place of birth unknown, distinct personality, good shocking language, as well as ordinary people Not to. Description of the city to meet these people look forward to reading it fully met the outsider "spying"'s wishes, so that they do not see their own image. It seeks to guide people to "watch"- a Qianceng Ci, Lieqi, deformation of the "View"and thus the focus in people under the so-called "Xinxinrenlei""rock pioneer"formed, with their Hair, tattoos, piercing, the formation of similar groups, and in fact they may be Camp, there is no personality, a "plausible illusory."




Despite the "media era"of the system is still not complete, was a civilian or showcases the opportunities. They Jubu in popular culture market, observation and reflection of what can Daijiaergu territories. Columnist came into being, they are witty, sensitive, warm and calm, they are well on their own what kind of person speaking, writing and carefully selected the content, form and tone. They must be careful to grasp the era of pop, fashion words, not to abandon their point of view, edit and cater to the tastes and layout requirements, and they are the masters - the public or the public in certain types of people (the middle class, Feeling frustrated, are among the crowd and rock lovers). In this way, the literati entered into alliance with the market, he will be sold is: intellectual, emotional, stand, viewpoint. Rock has not made the most basic musical discourse, but merely a comment on the Western followed the general classification, the domestic music critic also unthinkingly to take this classification: soul, jazz, country, punk and heavy
metal. They are very clever use of literary language to describe the music of subjective feeling, and to move through the subjective feeling for the text of the public and gain the reputation. If they love the mother, the father of the general adhere strictly to the popular music of the rock band the attention, observation and comments, guidance, such as the use Chuan gradually erected a large sum of their respective authority and brand. Has not yet been incorporated into a normal commercial track, a rock band can only be assumed "underground"and "rebel"gesture. In the literati, social activists planning, with 1997 1999, Lanzhou, Guangzhou, Tangshan "underground music"performed, and each time the performances are full of printing a large number of inflammatory propaganda material - "Welcome to the Mass Transit . "From the last 12, the underground rock lead inevitably relied on the "well-known music critic,""Bole"vigorously promote, and "speculation"in recent years has become the most common media operations. Does not seem to be "Bole"created a 1,000-mile horse, but 10 million Ma Chengquan a Bole. Musicians are silent, to speak, people have the right, even if the chords do not know, do not understand music theory, also have reason to Ling-in on the musicians, intentionally or unintentionally become the de facto spokesman for rock music.




What's interesting is Cui Jian and writers/music critic have a delicate Duishi, he insisted that the nature of rock is only a form of entertainment, and rock as a social function is given by the others. "It is the body,"the first rock and soul - that is, heavy rhythm blues improvisation, freedom, to express personal misery of the agreement. His music on the scene, improvisation, the music itself on the structure and emotion. For the audience, the important thing is not to listen, but to watch: musicians of the costumes, singing and playing style, movements, facial expressions, such as the outbreak of degree. In the violent bombing of the noise, people jumping, screaming, waving his hands, very excited, ecstasy. The interaction of these movements is a huge influence, these groups - the audience, musicians, music critic, although the focus of their attention is not the same, but they invariably look into the same focus -- Rock. Thus, in the printing capital on the basis of the common people's imagination in an exciting scene (such as a bar rock my field) a collision between each other without reservation. This stirred people's blood, heart desire and passion of living things is it not to come at the scene? » This has a specific time and place of the incident made people believe that the rock as a transcendental and concrete things come - in the public's imagination, it does exist, but very real.

original link:http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_474243c801008yfh.html

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