Chapter 228: Revealing the Truth
If Li Xianglan's "Sad Pacific" sung in Shanghai could only shock the Japanese upper class, then since the Pacific War, which was like a nightmare for the Japanese, this song can already stab the soul of the Japanese!
Not to mention the Pacific War, when the Japanese took the lead, the situation was turned against by the Americans, and even the navy, which the Japanese were proud of, was defeated by the Americans in several battles. If we take a closer look at the battlefield where the Japanese lost the most casualties in World War II, it is not the Chinese battlefield, which has the largest area controlled by the Japanese, nor the Russian battlefield, which rashly dispatched troops, but the Pacific theater. Every sunken ship is the burial ground of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Japanese soldiers.
Now, with the emperor unable to conceal it, the truth and tragedy of the Pacific War have been known to the Japanese people. While singing, Yu Sheng edited the images taken by American war correspondents and Japanese war correspondents. From the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the sinking of American warships, to the shooting down of Japanese planes by the US military one after another, the gradual sinking of Japanese ships, and then to the total annihilation of the Japanese Navy.
It's as if one motive has produced countless evil consequences. The war launched by the Japanese ended up making the Japanese suffer from themselves. Seeing this, listening to "Sad Pacific", the Japanese were sad, but all the Japanese who listened to the song wept bitterly and whimpered. The concert was full of mourning.
Even the singer Li Xianglan was infected by the crying crowd in the audience after singing, and shed tears. Only the American GIs, when watching the documentary, their emotions changed from anger at the beginning to great joy later. It's as refreshing as reading a web novel with three paragraphs of fighting power. Looking at the Japanese crying in front of me, I have no sense of substitution, and I feel very unwelcome.
Invisibly. The Americans and the Japanese were pitted against each other. It's not much different from what the rest of your life predicted in advance.
However, this kind of provocation can only be carried out in subtle and subtle ways that are imperceptible to man. After all, the theme of the concert is anti-war and peace-loving, not a quick fight between the United States and Japan. Therefore, after Li Xianglan stepped down with tears in her eyes, the song that Marilyn Monroe sang on stage immediately afterwards was an emotionally impartial anti-war song - "HealTheWorld"
The original singer of the song. It is the world-class pop king Michael Jackson in later generations. Because of the quality of the lyrics and songs, the celebrity singing, and the questioning of the various actions of the United States in Iraq in later generations, it has swept the world. Even if you're not a fan of Michael Jackson, you've mostly heard the song.
“There’saplaceinyourheart,AndIknowthatitislove,Andthisplacecouldbe,MuchbrighterthantomorrowAndifyoureallytry。 You’llfindthere’snoneedtocry,Inthisplaceyou’llfeel,There’snohurtorsorrow,Therearewaystogetthere,Ifyoucareenoughfortheliving,Makealittlespace,Makeabetterplace”
“Healtheworld,Makeitabetterplace。 Foryouandformeandtheentirehumanrace,Therearepeopledying。 Ifyoucareenoughfortheliving,Makeabetterplaceforyouandforme,Ifyouwanttoknowwhy,There’salovethatcannotlie,Loveisstrong,Itonlycaresofjoyfulgiving。 Ifwetry,Weshallsee,Inthisbliss,Wecannotfeelfearordread,Westopexisting。 Andstartliving,Thenitfeelsthatalways,Love’senoughforusgrowing,Somakeabetterworld,Makeabetterworld”
"There's a place in your heart that I know is full of love. This place will be even more splendid than tomorrow. If you really try, you'll find that you don't have to cry. It's a place where you don't feel hurt or worried. There are many ways to get to that place, and if you genuinely care about the living, create some space. Create a better place......"
"Save the world and make it better, for you, for me, for all humanity. People are dying all the time, if you really care about the living, for you, for me, to create a better world. If you want to know why, because love doesn't lie. Love is strong, and love is willing to give. If we try with our hearts, we will understand that as long as we have love in our hearts, we will not feel fear and worry. We no longer just live, but actually begin to live. That feeling of love will last. Love allows us to grow and create a better world, to create a better world......"
Although Michael Jackson, a superstar of later generations, would not be born until 1958, his natural musical talent allowed his songs to transcend the constraints of time and borders. If you only look at the lyrics of this song "HealTheWorld", it is definitely lofty. It's not a disgusting love song theme that has flooded the pop music scene in later generations. The view is extremely grand.
Generally speaking, although songs with this theme will be played frequently, they can't be played with pop. Popular, good-sounding, and the subject matter belongs to the lofty songs, there are not many in later generations. This "HealTheWorld" is one of them.
Moreover, Michael Jackson is a star who is good at singing and dancing, not the kind of star who focuses on singing but wants to show his dancing talent in public, or who focuses on dancing but wants to sing across the border. It's a true singing and dancing specialty. Not to mention anything else, his own original space step will inevitably leave a strong mark in the history of dance. Later generations imitated it, but none of them could reproduce its charm.
If it weren't for Marilyn Monroe, who was really not suitable for spacewalking, I would have wanted Marilyn Monroe to sing and dance for the rest of my life.
However, the song is good. Still didn't scratch the itch of the Japanese in the audience. After crying, many Japanese people are looking forward to Li Xianglan coming to power again. In the audience, only many American GIs gave a tsunami-like applause after listening to "HealTheWorld". Although the applause of the Japanese audience was not so intense, it was not so conspicuous because the number of people in the concert was a minority.
Under the arrangement of the rest of her life, Li Xianglan and Marilyn Monroe played alternately. After all, the rhyme in each song will be different. If you want to get a better performance, you have to adjust the singer's costume and the image flashing on the screen behind you according to the difference of each song.
In the long-awaited wait of Japanese audiences, Li Xianglan took the stage again. Her second song is "The Car of Dawn". Because of the war, Li Xianglan's night incense concert in Shanghai was extremely successful, but many new songs did not have time to be recorded and released. For example, this anti-war song has a very strong "Dawn Car".
in this world. This song is sung for the second time. As in the first feeling, an indescribable desolation gradually escaped from the tune. The first sentence made the audience feel that their scalps were exploding, their bodies trembled, and there was an inexplicable tremor in their hearts - "Wind (かぜ) さそう木尹 (こかげ) に俯 (うつぶ) せて泣 (な) いてる......"
Then the song is like a great rising sun, or setting sun, drowning out everyone who can hear the song—"Lying prone in the shade of a tree dancing in the wind, he wept." Looking at the self that I didn't know. The guitar is played for the lost, and the meteor falls for the unreturned. Don't leave me, even if it is pleading, it is only in exchange for the quiet swaying of orange petals. The memories left in the palms of the young faces are gone. Fingertips play parting melodies. The immature heart that leans on your gentle wings is ruthlessly thrown away by the whistling wheels. ”
The guitar plays the sigh of the dead, tugging at the heartstrings and not being able to calm down, and the summer shadow of swaying orange petals is reflected in the white that is not stained by sadness. Even if your face is no longer immature, you can cross the sandy beach that is red by the setting sun. The melody of parting, on the earth where memories are burning, the shoots of nostalgia are breaking through the ground. Watching the dawn of the train, where are the orange petals swaying now? Don't extinguish the lights until the dawn that has been welcomed countless times comes! Wheels, spin it! ”
In Li Xianglan's singing, the silver screen in the background begins to show images taken by war correspondents, Chinese or foreigners in China after the Japanese invaded China. There wasn't much editing of these images for the rest of my life. So, there's no rhythm to speak of. There is no montage or artistry to speak of. There seems to be no end to the long shot, which makes the image more realistic.
And the Japanese in the audience couldn't sit still. When the Japanese invaded China and other parts of Southeast Asia, the Japanese invading army had strict military discipline of press control. It was strictly forbidden for soldiers to record the immoral behavior of the Japanese army in the local area in letters sent back to Japan and in their own diaries. Once violated, severe punishment will not be granted.
This precept was strictly enforced by the Japanese, firstly because of the constraints of military discipline itself, and secondly, because the Japanese soldiers who were traitors and criminals in China did everything they could, and they were unwilling to damage their image in front of their own families. Even a Japanese officer who had a killing contest in China could not have told his family in a letter to him that I had cut off dozens of heads today. The selfishness of such people can completely guarantee the strict implementation of this military discipline.
Therefore, many of the lower classes of the Japanese people did not know what the Japanese army was doing in China and Southeast Asia, and this concealment continued after the Americans turned to support Japan. Japanese textbooks have become world-famous in later generations. As a result, many Japanese who were unwilling to admit their historical mistakes in later generations did not know what the Japanese army had done in the place where it invaded. So, I don't want to apologize at all. It is even more impossible to plead guilty and make amends.
Of course, in the world of developed networks in later generations, there is no news that can be concealed to the end. There are many Japanese who have come from the war years and know the truth, and some Japanese who have learned the truth of history from the Internet in later generations, are still willing to reflect on history. It's just that these people are really in the minority.
It is precisely because of these concealments that when the Japanese audience at the concert saw the Japanese soldiers on the silver screen who wantonly and inhumanely slaughtered the Chinese people, they could not accept it for a while. There was an uproar.
"How is this possible?"
"This image must be fake! Chinese not only insulted the personality of the Great Japanese Empire, but also wanted to insult the IQ of the Great Japanese Empire......"
"Oh! Miki! The one who killed with a bayonet was Miki! Li Xianglan, tell us, is this image real? "A Japanese person found a person he knew in the total image.
In the midst of the crowd's uproar, Li Xianglan finished singing "The Car of Dawn". In the face of the questioning and excitement of the Japanese in the audience, Li Xianglan said with red eyes: "I know that due to the secrecy measures in wartime, everyone has very little understanding of the front line. But...... However, I swear by my life that all the images shown on the silver screen are real. It is impossible to fake this kind of real recording. Although Japan is devastated today, I have to admit that the Japanese have done harm to other countries in the war. ”
Although Li Xianglan is hugely famous, she is not arrogant because of her fame. When it's time to apologize, there's no arrogance. At that time, the frank apology to the Chinese in Shanghai Beach made the people in the press who had planned to besiege Li Xianglan dissipate their anger into invisibility.
With Li Xianglan's fame, most Japanese people know Li Xianglan's general resume. For example, she was born in Japan, grew up in China and became famous. With her experience, the credibility of what she said is very high. Such an answer makes people have to believe it. (To be continued.) )