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In 1988, the once dominant Wenner band had been disbanded for ten years, and this year they released a commemorative album, in which the song "Unchanged for a Thousand Years" also entered the top ten golden songs of the year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among the members of Wenna after flying solo, the lead singer Zhong Zhentao is becoming popular in singing and shadowing, and Alan Tam is the first person in the Hong Kong music scene. It's just that the situation of Tan (Alan Lin) and Zhang (Guorong) competing for hegemony is getting more and more intense, and the fans of the two are becoming fire and water, and conflicts of scolding and even beating each other appear from time to time, and Zhang Tan and Tan are overwhelmed. For this reason, Alan Tam announced at the 1987 Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony in early 88 that he would no longer accept the award from now on and withdrew in a high-profile manner.

In this year, Lin Yilian left the CBS Xinli that made her popular, and Zhong Zhentao left Polygram and Wang Mingquan, who had more than ten years of guest-host relationship, to return to the old Chinese-funded record company Entertainment. Lun Yongliang has twice co-organized concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and the latter time was attended by Lin Yilian. Film superstar Chow Yun released a record, and although he was eligible to compete for the newcomer award at some award ceremonies, Chow voluntarily withdrew.

Li Keqin became famous in this year with the album "The Myth of Summer". In August of this year, Chen Baiqiang was drunk and made trouble in Lan Guifang, Hong Kong, and was fined 250 yuan by the court. Beyond held two concerts at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China's largest indoor venue, with an attendance rate of 90%.

In the mainland, the film "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, and Zhang Yimou and the fifth-generation directors to which he belonged are becoming more and more active, and there are also young men in the streets and alleys who shout "Sister, you boldly go forward".

While Cui Jian has established a reputation in China, he has also begun to gain attention abroad. He sang "Nothing" on a live global broadcast for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Singer Na Ying debuted in the music scene with a northwest wind song "Mountain Gully" in this year. In the 10 years since, she has basically monopolized all the best/most popular female singer awards in the country.

Hang Tianqi, who graduated from Beijing Normal University last year, hesitated and then signed up for the third National Young Singer Contest held by CCTV. Immediately afterwards, she participated in the 44 Nations International Singing Competition held in Shanghai, and won the first place in the Chinese division with the song "The Source of the Yellow River".

Former film actor Chi Zhiqiang was released from prison this year, and the audio-visual company took the opportunity to release a singing album "Prisoner Song" with the theme of self-description of prisoners in labor reform, and used folk slang tunes as the music packaging.

The wave of the northwest wind faded out of the music scene, followed by a wave of slang and minor tunes. Such as "The Big Impact Pandemic", "Grape Skin", "The Girl in the Sorghum Field", "Spring Rain is as Expensive as Oil" and so on. Wang Di, Tian Zhen, Tu Honggang and others were all caught up in this tide.

In Taiwan, 15-year-old boy Su Youpeng joined the Little Tigers, a Japanese boy idol group inspired by the boys' team, and at the end of the year, they sparked a craze with "Green Apple Paradise".

Zhang Xinzhe, who joined Jushi Records last year, sang "You Are the One" with Pan Yueyun in the album "********" and became a high-profile newcomer.

Following last year's popularity, Jiang Yuheng once again caused a sensation in the music world with "Cheers to the Past", which was translated from the Japanese ranking number one song.

Zhang Yusheng organized the group "metalkids" to participate in the popular music competition in March, winning the group championship and the best lead singer. Zhang Yusheng entered the music industry with his high-pitched and clear voice. In November of that year, he released his first solo album "Miss You Every Day", which became a popular student lover, and the album sold more than 300,000 copies.

Also releasing their debut album in the same year were Zheng Zhihua, who switched from the advertising industry to the record industry, Wang Jie, a newcomer to UFO Records, and Chen Sheng, a singer-songwriter from Rolling Stone.

The title of Chen Sheng's first album may also be a portrayal of the Chinese music scene at this time, and the title of the album is "Crowded Paradise". In the song of the same name, Chen Sheng sings: colorful story, pale face, say-goodbye-to-the-crowded-paradise......

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After Alan Tam withdrew from the awards, Leslie Cheung had no opponent, he won the most popular male singer in Hong Kong in 1988 and 1989, and held a world tour in 1989, after which he was physically and mentally exhausted and tasteless to announce his farewell to the showbiz.

In the Hong Kong music scene this year, like Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Lin Zixiang and Chen Huixian also announced their retirement. Chen Baiqiang signed with Warner Records again in this year and released the song "What Do You Want in Life". Luo Dayou released his first film music album "Homecoming", and began to write a column in Hong Kong's "Oriental Daily", criticizing current affairs, which attracted a lot of attention.

In the same year, a young singer who was not very eye-catching joined Polygram's new Yibao record company and released her first album, the album title was her new name - Wang Jingwen, before that, she was called Faye Wong.

Also in this year, many singers in Taiwan sang the song "The Wound of History", and many singers in Hong Kong covered the mainland song "Bloodstained Style". Cui Jian's "Nothing" also caused a huge response in Taiwan.

Li Zongsheng published "Li Zongsheng's Collected Works" in Taiwan, collecting his famous songs from 1984 to 1989, 23-year-old Huang Shujun published the album "Yandu Hantan", the Little Tigers released "Happy New Year" in February, with sales exceeding 250,000, "Getaway" was released in May, and the top of the charts was released, and "Boys Don't Cry" was released in September, which once again caused a sensation in the music world.

Zhang Xinzhe released his first album "Lying" in March of this year, and the title song is "We Love This Mistake". Tong Ange released his fifth solo album "Actually, You Don't Understand My Heart", which became popular all over Taiwan in less than a year, becoming the record sales champion of Taiwanese male singers this year.

Singer-songwriter Yu Chengqing also became popular at this time with "Let Me Love Enough at a Time", and Zhao Chuan also sang "I'm Ugly, But I'm Gentle" in reverse.

Lin Qiang, a newcomer who also belongs to Rolling Stone, became an instant hit with the Taiwanese rock song "Go Forward".

The most upset is that Chen Shuhua resonated with thousands of fans with a song "When I Wake Up from a Dream", producer Li Zongsheng, singer Chen Shuhua, and Li Zhengfan, who arranged the music for this album, and at the same time rose and became the new darling of pop.

In 1989, the entire mainland pop music scene was sluggish, but a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers were officially introduced, forming the second climax of Hong Kong and Taiwan song imports since Teresa Teng. Wang Jie, Tong Ange, Jiang Yuheng, Zhang Yusheng, Qianbaihui, "Little Tigers", "Red Lips" and even Alan Tam, Anita Mui and other Hong Kong and Taiwan singers are all popular. Among the mainland singers, Liu Huan, Mao Amin, and Wei Wei reached their heyday; Fan Linlin, Na Ying, Zhang Qiang, Zhu Zheqin, Xie Jin and others are becoming more and more popular. At CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, Wei Wei sang the song "Love Dedication", which has since become popular all over the country and has been sung for more than ten years.

In March, Cui Jian and the ado band held a concert "Rock on the New Long March" in Beijing. He then performed in England and France. "Karaoke" entered the mainland in this year and began to become popular in Guangzhou, Beijing and other places.

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The Chinese music scene in 1990, compared with the previous 1980s, seems to have diluted the edges and corners, and when it comes to thinking, the ups and downs, the clutch, the joys and sorrows, always make people feel mixed and unspeakable.

In 1990, the Asian Games were held in Beijing. On January 28 of this year, Cui Jian's first performance for the Asian Games kicked off at the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. On May 1, Taiwanese singers such as Zhao Chuan, Yu Chengqing, and Qian Baihui also participated in the "Asian Games Eve" large-scale concert held in Beijing with the permission of the Taiwan authorities, which opened the prelude to the upsurge of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers performing in the mainland.

Mao Amin, Na Ying, Tian Zhen, Sun Guoqing and others were relatively famous singers at the time, although their musical styles at that time may be completely different from now.

Also in this year, on February 17th and 18th, the "90 Modern Concert", known as "China's first rock music festival", was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing. Six rock bands, "Tang Dynasty", "Breathe", "Cobra", "Baby Brother", "1989" and "ADO", participated in the performance. According to the comment at the time, "One mile away from the Capital Gymnasium, the venue of the performance, many young people stood on the rainy and snowy streets, waiting for a refund. The black market ticket rose to 50 yuan a piece. During the concert, Cui Jian said in an interview with American scholar Tim Bliss: "Politicians have the right to dislike my work as an audience.

Cui Jian's album "Nothing" was released in Taiwan and attracted a lot of media attention. He Yong also established the "Newsboy Band" in this year.

In 1990, Radio Television Hong Kong held the "Top Ten Performing Arts Celebrities in the 80s" election, accounting for five singers: Wang Mingquan, Xu Xiaofeng, Alan Tam, Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung.

In January of this year, Leslie Cheung announced his retirement from the music scene in Hong Kong, and nine months later, on October 7, another winner, Anita Mui, also announced at her small birthday party that she would no longer receive any music awards.

In addition to these, in the first year of the 90s, there seemed to be no earth-shaking changes in the Hong Kong music scene, and the top of the charts were still those glorious names of the 80s.

Ja-Jackson and Eric Clapton both held concerts in Hong Kong this year, and the scene was very popular. The most politically charged Daming school record "Nerve" and the most **** Liu Meijun's record "Red. Bare. Feel. Jue was published in this year.

A large number of Taiwanese singers have seized the Taiwan market, and Yu Chengqing, Wang Jie, etc. have extraordinary performances. Many masterpieces have also emerged among Hong Kong singers, Leslie Cheung sang "When the Wind Rises Again", and Ye Qianwen sang "Burning Heart with Fire" written by Huang Zhan. Alan Tam took advantage of the continued popularity of karaoke and sang a song "Karaoke Forever".

In Taiwan, Luo Dayou launched two sets of new songs + cover albums "Love Song - Luo Dayou" in 90 years, and Qi Qin also followed in the footsteps of Luo Dayou and launched a new song + cover album "Declaration of Love". Yu Chengqing's "Let Me Love Enough at One Time" has caused great repercussions in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Lin Yilian from Hong Kong also released her first Chinese album "Falling in Love with a Man Who Doesn't Go Home" in Taiwan. Lin Qiang launched the sensational Taiwanese album "Walking Forward" under the Rolling Stones, in which the single "Walking Forward" won the "Best Song of the Year Award" at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. This is the first time since the establishment of the award that a Taiwanese song has broken the language barrier and won this award.

Zhao Chuan set up his own music studio in 1990, but the business was not doing well until Li Zongshengte wrote a song for him called "I Am a Little Bird".

This year, when Chen Sheng launched "Song of Greed", the economy and marriage were in crisis together. He understands the suffering with the persistence of a musician – "a morphine-over-addicted idiot like a gluttonous musician, impatiently waiting for another stronger shock of the heart, afraid that he will not be able to purify all his emotions." ”

In 1990, Xue Yue released the album "Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death", and when he recorded this album, his liver cancer was getting worse day by day. He had to hold a chair against his upper body to make a sound while recording. However, works such as "If There Is Tomorrow" and "Scorching Life" on the album shine with a moving light of life. And, when he finished the album "Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death", people suddenly heard that he was going to hold a final concert.

On the evening of September 17, 1990, Xue Yue dragged his terminally ill body and appeared on stage. North. Country. Father. On the stage of the memorial hall, the concert "Scorching Life" was held, and the audience was full and gave three standing ovations, which lasted for a long time.

At the end of the concert, Xue Yue once again sang the song "If There Is Tomorrow", in which he said: "If there is still tomorrow / How do you dress up your face / If there is no tomorrow / How to say goodbye ......" At the end of the concert, Xue Yue said in a weak voice: Let's - let's draw a good end.

20 days after the concert, on October 7, Xue Yue was admitted to the hospital for treatment. On October 24, because he no longer had the physical strength to comb his hair, Xue Yue asked to cut off the long hair he had stored for many years.

At 2:04 p.m. on November 7, 1990, Xue Yue passed away in Taipei.

In the same year, there was also a new singer in Taiwan who officially debuted, although the start was not so smooth, but within a few years, he sang a work "The Heart is Too Soft" that was all over China.

His name is Ren Xianqi. (To be continued.) )