Chapter 731, just call me Chinese!
The other two guests are both male singers.
One of them, Allen, is over sixty years old and is the lead singer of the once-famous band Soplay, which has countless good songs, and Li Zhifan picked up the guitar with him and sang a golden song that they became famous that year.
The other one is Ives, but the two don't sing "Baby" in this part, and the song is going to be sung at the end, and Ives will be invited to come at that time.
And the two sang two rap songs in this part.
Adapted from "War" and a song by Ives called "Gun", Gun means gun, which is very interesting when placed behind "War".
Ives sang a large English rap in the song "War", the rhythm was not the original, but he improvised it, including the lyrics, which was not quite the same as the rhythm part of the original version, but came by feeling with the accompaniment.
And in the song "Gun", Li Zhifan also added a rap in Chinese:
"Light, light as paper, light, scattered places, light, in the applause he hurried!"
"He's singing, unbearable injuries, the script is on stage, the last performance!"
"And the whole village is in their seats, quietly watching how time has abandoned this theater!"
"The war stained his tears, who was clamoring for candy in the wind!"
"At the beginning of this story, the dust of the footage has already obscured the sun!"
"Fear is engraved on the children's faces, and the wheat field has fallen in the direction of the chariot!"
"The shape of the dandelion is drifting, and it is flying in despair!"
"She only sings this song of ending the war!"
Li Zhifan remixed the song "Death of the War" into the song "Gun", and the two rhythms not only did not interfere, but were very harmonious, because the speed of the rhythm was the same, so it would not sound discordant.
And after a long period of Chinese rap, the girls who sang harmony and the boys sang together: "Candlelight burns on the evil night, the sky breaks and the war is chaotic, the song spreads for thousands of miles, and the hometown is famine!"
Then, Ives actually read a sentence in Chinese: "Naivety on this road, stumbling, he was cut by miscanthus grass!"
Although the pronunciation is not very standard, it is already very powerful, at least the audience can understand the lyrics by watching the lyrics on the big screen.
There is no "gun" or "gun" in this passage, but the meaning of the anti-war song "Gun" is the same, listening to Ives's English lyrics reminds people of Europe during World War II, and listening to Li Zhifan's lyrics of "Death to Stop the War", I am reminded of China's history of resistance in World War II!
After singing, Ives was very happy and said: "When the company first asked me to record "Baby", I really didn't think what kind of song it was, because I was only given Rap lyrics and a short piece of music, but I didn't expect this song to change me. The Internet is really developed, he has changed the distance between us, I love this era, I prefer the China that used to be far away from me, but now it seems to be close to me. Lee, I wish you a successful concert!
After speaking, the two shook hands and embraced.
Hugging a big man like Ives, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, Li Zhifan is like a child.
Just as Ives waved his hand to leave, the audience below was stunned and shouted, "Baby!
As if he hadn't heard, Ives left the stage like a black whirlwind.
Li Zhifan hurriedly said to the audience: "OK, OK! I understand what everyone means, but because of the schedule of tonight's concert, Ives has not performed this song now, and I only paid for the performance just now!"
The audience, who was originally complaining, was amused all of a sudden, this kind of joke may not be heard by the Chinese people, but the Americans are very happy, because they really value money and contracts.
After the guest session, Li Zhifan introduced the next link, which is pure Chinese songs.
And it's a lyrical slow song, and the genre is more complex, with R&B, ancient Chinese style, folk, and rock.
The most important thing is that the brand "LI" of this concert has a special theme song, which will open in this link, that is, the Chinese song "Li".
"In China, Li is a big surname!"
Li Zhifan introduced, "When I came to the United States, many American friends also like to call me LI, and the first English EP I released here is also called LI! So the following song is tonight's theme song, called "Li", which is a Chinese song. ”
The Chinese who understood Chinese applauded, and those who did not understand were overwhelmed because there was no translation on the big screen.
So Li Zhifan translated it in English again, which immediately aroused the expectations of these foreigners.
The sound of music sounded, the guzheng was gently plucked, and the sand hammer sounded gently, which instantly seemed to bring the audience to the antique scene of Chinese civilization.
The girls and boys who sang softly chanted: "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, Feng, Chen, Chu, Wei, Jiang, Shen, Han, Yang!"
As soon as he finished reading, Li Zhifan began to sing: "A "Tao Te Ching", a leisurely Hangu Xing, a song "Will Enter the Wine", the drinker will leave his name!"
This sentence is about Lao Tzu Li Er and poet Li Bai, both of whom are representatives of Chinese culture, not only in the category of ancient culture or history, but also in the study of the entire Chinese civilization, both of which play a very important role.
A pair of straw shoes, the Compendium of Materia Medica!"
The second sentence is about Li Qingzhao and Li Shizhen, one is the first talented woman in the ages, and the other is a saint of traditional Chinese medicine.
The treasures left by the two have influenced all Chinese to this day, and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is even amazing to foreigners and devote themselves to research.
"A singer in the world, it is the good scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, an eternal word emperor, Xiaolou had the east wind last night!"
The singer refers to the Year of the Turtle, a music singer and composer in the Tang Dynasty, and the phrase "It is the good scenery of the south of the Yangtze River" is from Du Fu's "The Year of the Turtle in the South of the Yangtze River".
Although this man is not very good as an emperor, he has made extremely high achievements in the art of writing words, and has left a strong mark in the history of Chinese literature.
"A flying general, a bow outside the plug, a generation of heavenly khans, and heroes from all over the world. ”
"There is a beautiful woman on one side, looking forward to the city, one hand Xingyi fist, Chinese kung fu out of Taiqing. ”
Flying General Li Guang and Tian Khan Li Shimin are all famous figures, but Lady Li, the concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Li Luoneng, the master of Xingyi Boxing, may not be familiar to everyone, and the original version is "a nunchuck", but there is no martial artist Bruce Lee in this world, so he was replaced by Li Luoneng, one of the top ten martial artists of the Republic of China.
"Once the spring silk is exhausted, the young phoenix is clear in the old phoenix, a song "I live in the head of the Yangtze River", I am embarrassed at this night!"
The last two characters are Li Shangyin and Li Zhiyi.
In addition to counting the historical figures surnamed Li, the biggest highlight of this song is the opera singing of the chorus:
"In the prosperous era of China, there are Tang people in the well water!"
"Tracing back to the roots of "Hundred Family Names", blood is thicker than water, and it is in the same vein!"
For those foreigners, hearing Li Zhifan's sudden change of voice in the opera womanhood, I almost dropped my jaw in shock, as if this person on the stage was not the same person as Li Zhifan who sang "Poker-Face" in front.
For the Chinese in the audience, when they heard the sentence "There are Tang people everywhere in the well water", they couldn't help but burst into tears.
There is nothing more touching than this, it is their efforts abroad, the construction of overseas Tang culture, the formation of Chinatowns, now many Chinese communities in the United States have become extremely large, come to these communities and in China is almost no different, the shops everywhere do not even write English, are Chinese, occasionally a white black on the street, they will look at the past curiously, this kind of thing that will only appear in the second and third tier cities in China, but it is also "popular" in the United States.
Blood is thicker than water, and it is in the same vein.
Hearing this, the Chinese audience couldn't help but stand up and shout:
"Lee!"
"Lee!"
"Lee!"
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When those non-Chinese Americans saw this scene, they also stood up in surprise, thinking that this was some kind of religious ceremony.
I couldn't help but clench my fists, raise the next door and wave, and shout along.
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After two and a half hours of play, the concert came to an end.
Ives finally appeared on the stage again, and sang the song "Baby" that originally made Li Zhifan a sensation in North America.
This song became a chorus of the audience, and both Chinese and non-Chinese sang along.
They thought that Li Zhifan and Ives would not be able to sing this song, but they didn't expect it to be the last track.
This also means that after singing this song, the concert is over.
At the moment when it finally came to an end, Li Zhifan stood on the stage and bowed: "Thank you! This is my first concert, but also the premiere of the whole tour, today is very successful, I am very happy, I don't know what adjectives to use to describe my mood at the moment, thank you again, I hope that one day I can return to this place and sing with you again." ”
After saying that, the lights went out, and the audience fell into darkness, only the glow sticks under the stage were still on.
After a few seconds of silence, there was a tsunami of "encore" from the scene.
This is the habit of concerts, after all the songs are sung, if the audience is not happy, they will ask to sing the "encore" song, just like the encore in the cross talk special.
Some celebrities will sing the last song again, some will sing songs that don't appear in the whole track, and some won't return to sing if they can't hold on, but they will take the stage to thank the whole crew.
And sometimes there is not just one song to sing, because the audience will keep asking to sing it again.
However, whether to sing "Encore" or not depends on the enthusiasm of the audience.
Some of them just shouted casually, and they couldn't hold on for two or three minutes, and the audience began to leave the venue in the dark.
But some will keep shouting, and the voice is getting louder and louder, and they won't stop until they see the singer come out again.
At this time, the situation encountered by Li Zhifan is the latter.
After changing his clothes, Li Zhifan returned to the stage with the Chaoyang Park Band, ready for the final encore.
At this time, he was completely free of pressure and nervousness, but in the most relaxed state.
The inside of the stadium was pitch black, but suddenly all the lights were on, not only on the stage, but also above the audience.
This means that the return has begun.
Chaoyang Park was the first to take the stage, and at this time there was no one in the musicians' seats, and those invited co-musicians did not need to go on stage.
The five of them walked up to their respective instruments, picked them up, and started playing.
Hearing the music, the audience's voice swept the entire venue like a wave, and Li Zhifan walked out in such a wave.
"Five thousand years of wind and rain, how many dreams have been hidden!"
"A yellow face, black eyes, and a smile ......"
This "Chinese" as a return to the American concert is perfect for Li Zhifan and all the Chinese in the audience, the audience never expected him to choose this song, but Chinese friends who live in Chinatown will hear this song every day, because there is always a store playing.
"Hand in hand, you and me, walk forward with your head held high!"
"Let the world know that we are all Chinese!"
Today's night, although it is only a concert of 26,000 people, although it is a little-known residential city like Inglewood, everything Li Zhifan has done so far is enough to let the world know the ability and name of Chinese.
After singing the main song and chorus in the first section of the song, Li Zhifan did not continue to sing the latter part, and the music also changed suddenly, with dense drums and electronic sound effects rumbling.
Li Zhifan's microphone was tilted, and a Rap word was read out:
"Pangu opened the world, and Nuwa gave human souls and bodies!"
"Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn Warring States, Qin and Han Jin, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms!"
"From the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties to the founding of the Republic!"
"Thousands of years of history have created this land of China!"
"Beijing, Shanghai, from Tibet to Xinjiang, from the treasure island of Taiwan back to the beautiful Heilongjiang!"
"From New York to Moscow, Sydney, Singapore, all over the world, I still miss home more!"
"Use this song to express our patriotism, every time the five-star red flag is raised!"
"I saw tears glistening in the corners of everyone's eyes!"
"How many magnificent mountains and rivers are there in the world, what about it, all you can see on the moon is the Great Wall!"
"My pen still writes the marks of the years, don't ask me my name and my surname, just call me Chinese!"
"Time has written a movement, and the symphony of the soul of the country echoes in my ears!"
"It doesn't take too much rendering, this song is still loud!"
"Let the people of the world pay attention to the flight of China!"
"Our dreams are no longer fantasies!"
"China's rise is like a rocket launching into the air, unstoppable!"
"It is beyond reproach that the descendants of Yan and Huang have created countless miracles!"
"Black eyes and yellow skin, yes!e-are-Chinese!"
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