Alan Tam, who started to make an album almost every year in the 1980s, has already reached the age of free will, so even if this year’s new work "Appreciation" enjoys a general reputation, it will not affect his interest.
Be United, don’t be too individualistic, be optimistic and brave, and believe that tomorrow will be better … One generation is a creed. President Tan’s hard work and humility are not only hard to find today, but also full of positive energy is not cool at all.
But seeing a real person is different. The headmaster is the kind of narrator who tells a story with twists and turns and a sense of humor, and is also a serious listener who leans forward in half a chair; He will turn on the corridor lights when sending reporters off, pick up the notebook left by reporters on the table and trot out for delivery.
The principal’s last Cantonese album "Galaxy Years" cooperated with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, and the only new song "Galaxy Years" is reminiscent of Leslie Cheung’s "Star". "Tan Zhang strives for hegemony" has long been an ancient saying. In the two songs, the singers are pushed to the splendid place of Xinghan by everyone, but the heights are chilly and teach people to see the cold, and they are still attached to the gratitude.
Even if you are not a loyal fan, President Tan and "Brother" have become one of thousands of voices in life. If they greet us, we will be sad.
The headmaster said with a smile that his fans have become more than teachers’ nurses, "they are all grandmothers." I will still be happy to take pictures when I meet them on the street. "They are always depressed. Why are their hairstyles like that and mine are still like this?" Pulling out the top of his hair, "It’s still real hair."
The new album is called Appreciation. It took the principal three years to get ten mandarin singers from Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Mayday, Chen Jieyi, Dingdang and Sun Nan to complete this Mandarin album together. At his own speed, "he can record an album in two days."
Most of the music (7 songs) was composed by President Tan. The participating singers also contributed to the creation, with Andy Lau’s "Simplicity is bliss" written by Hua Zai, and Mayday’s "Rebirth" written by Guan You and written by lin xi.
In this album, President Tan is not paying tribute to the past years, but telling his life gains and losses as an elder.
Live high’s "Xing Humanity" should live up to today’s "How many tomorrows there are", bravely attack fate’s "thoroughly remould oneself" and "Simplicity is bliss", and let go of all the "views", which is a life lesson for President Tan, and has always been simple and straightforward without haze.
It is not other singers who foil the headmaster, but the other way around. Every song was recorded in the shed by him and the chorus singer, so the principal flew to many places. "Being used to the’ principal’ will become more and more bloated, which is not good."
The cooperation with Andy Lau is the hardest thing to do, and seven different versions of the arrangement can’t impress Andy. "There are still four hours before he will get on the plane and go abroad for filming for two months. I asked him what to do? He said he didn’t do anything. " So all seven versions were deleted and the audience was quiet. The headmaster asked Johnny Yim, the producer, to improvise on the keyboard, and finally there was one that made Andy shine. "But this is the prelude to" The Love of My Life ",and we can’t use it … I can only let him record his voice and go to the airport, and then we will respect his preferences and continue to arrange music. As a result, he was injured when he returned to Hong Kong. I frequently went in and out of the ward with a sample and became the person who visited him the most. "
Jacky Cheung has been practicing Buddhism in recent years, and the whole disc "View" sung by the principal with him is "the most detached and detached from the world". "I sing with Xueyou, and others will definitely compare it. I don’t want him to be compared." Therefore, both of them restrained their feathers and praised Heart Sutra in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Originally, Jacky Cheung was asked to write lyrics. "He patted his chest and said no problem.". As a result, it was still sinking into the sea for three months, and the principal couldn’t help it. "It happened that the stadium where I played badminton was the venue for his rehearsal tour. One day, I rushed into his room after playing for an hour. He said, Principal, two weeks at most. Ten days later, he called and said that he abstained. "
Not all partners are old friends. "Dingdong once heard her sing" I am a little bird "in the channel of the performance site, and the sound was still high, high and high! Of course, this is a competition, and you will be tired of singing like this all the time. Whether it’s jingling or A-Lin, I let them sing in a low voice, not high notes. "
In Hong Kong music scene, President Tan has always been a big brother. He is kind, generous, decent and diligent. As he grows older, music has long been more than love and lamentation, and he has always been concerned and alert to his surroundings.
He doesn’t act much, and there are few songs in Mandarin. Needless to say, singing is good, and the voice is rare. There is a sense of fragility in Zhengzhong’s abundant voice, which is the best match with Cantonese’s sense of language, and it has experienced vicissitudes with time.
With the participation of President Tan and his partners and something to express, this album with a complete concept could have been better.
Choosing Putonghua is a challenge for President Tan, but his lyrics show the "estrangement" between him and his creative team. Words that are too vernacular lack rhythm and beauty and become a failure. Pronunciation problems make the headmaster’s voice appear broken and lacking in breath, and the production power is even more incomparable with the glorious period of Hong Kong Music.
The lyrics of the album are on the inside page, and the principal will take a group photo with you.
Ask the headmaster if he pays attention to the emerging underground music scene in Hong Kong and goes to Live House and Music Bar in Hong Kong. He shook his head, "Hong Kong is so small, where there are these places. Sometimes people who hear the news of the performance have not passed, and the performance has been cancelled. "
The staff reminded him: "There are also". The headmaster suddenly remembered, "we have opened it! Once when I went there, the people on the stage had such long hair that they tossed their heads fiercely … "I stood up and performed the toss, but I still seemed surprised.
"Don’t listen to metal? What about Hip-Hop? " "Listen, I just do heavy band. But I have done less. "
"Among the young underground music population in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong music scene has been feeding the public the same thing for twenty or thirty years. What do you think of being in it? " The headmaster patted his thigh. "I told you that long ago!"
He began to count how the singers of that year had different charms and unique musical personalities. "Suddenly one day, everything is different and gone."
"When?" I don’t know. The headmaster froze for a moment, and the people in it never found the answer.
"Probably because people are so fast now that they have to take care of their children after work and have no time to listen to music. Many people who make music left Hong Kong for the north, and no one left. "
Alan Tam once participated in the Japanese Red and White Song Festival, and was shocked by the performance of the first Japanese veteran singer Mori Shinichi. In an interview, he knelt down to reproduce the scene and sang the songs that Mori Shinichi sang that year.
But regardless of ups and downs, the principal is always the principal. He said that he didn’t know himself in his early years. "Disco Singer, lead singer, musician or lyric singer?" In 1982, it was confirmed, "I am an Entertainer."
This will make things much easier. Although it is said that "people who make music now only pay attention to rhythm and no longer pay attention to melody;" I just want to do what is in my heart and not benefit the public. "But where is the boundary between what is in my heart and what can impress many people? I’m afraid it’s hard to tell.
President Tan, who has more than 300 golden songs, how to achieve "I sing my songs and sing the world together" is just a steelyard in his heart.