【Art Review】
Original title: Words seek the heart, music seeks the soul
Liu Yingyu
The 90s were a wonderful time. For a while, we were all eager to become music enthusiasts, with a monthly salary of a few hundred yuan, buy tens of thousands of stereos, and then buy genuine records for more than a hundred yuan. It sounds absurd, but it symbolizes a certain characteristic of that era: paying for love is not measured in money.
I am also artistic and listed it among them. I still clearly remember that the first audition CD album was Tian Zhen’s “Wild Flowers”. In addition to “Wild Flowers”, there were also songs such as “Persistence”. I still think Tian Zhen’s unique voice is worthy of that expensive stereo.
Talking about the main point, Tian Zhen was the leader of the pop music scene in the 90s. With her thick, flexible and penetrating voice, Tian Zhen once occupied half of the mainland music scene and won all major music awards on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. When he was the most popular, the “Godfather of Rock and Roll” Cui Jian was also “jealous” three points. He recalled one performance: “I was on stage stomping on the applause given to Tian Zhen by the fans.”
Tian Zhen’s most famous storyline is the so-called “Queen of Heaven” dispute with Na Ying. There are many rumors and records on this matter, so I will not repeat it here. Later, with Tian Zhen’s retirement in 2007, Na Ying’s popularity and exposure increased dramatically, until she became the “Na Ying” who rides wind and waves today. However, after that turmoil, Tian Zhen always refused to confront Na Ying, “I don’t care about entertainment, others have nothing to do with me. I just want to be myself.”
Tian Zhen, who “just wants to be herself”, is rarely seen in recent years. Of course, she doesn’t want to follow the popular custom and “ride the wind and the waves”, but enjoy her free life among the clouds and wild cranes. Besides contributing her voice to a film in 2009 and serving as a judge of a musical variety show in 2014, Tian Zhen’s biggest move is probably to participate in “Time Concert 2”, which was broadcast on last week.
As soon as “Time Concert 2” debuted, it got a good start in the charts, and 56-year-old Tian Zhen should be said to have contributed the most. Among the musicians of the time, she is not only the oldest, but she also sings well. The song “Perseverance” immediately made Sun Yue, Deng Ziqi and Zhou Shen fans. The program team also meticulously recorded the congratulatory videos of friends, which made Tian Zhenge cry and cry together, and also let the audience in front of the TV gather more emotion and tears that weekend.
Returning to variety entertainment after 8 years, Tian Zhen is quite uncomfortable with the large amount of radio equipment that reality shows bring. For young people, Tian Zhen has no sense of disobedience, even if he laughs at himself for “following each other”, he is still sincere when he talks about music. For example, she calmly told the story behind the song “Persistence” and Xu Wei, old fans and new fans seem to have heard it for the first time, she made no secret of her “caution”, she sounded so real and pretty.
In Tian Zhen, we don’t see the ambition and arrogance common to some female stars, but we feel more peace and relief. Under her spotlight, she sang to her heart’s content, chatted happily, and talked about music and life; out of the spotlight, she enjoyed the ordinary fireworks of the world. Just before opening the rumor this time, Tian Zhen was exposed, sitting on the roadside in Changsha, eating corn. She was clearly glad no one recognized her.
Music can awaken the soul and travel through time. Tian Zhen came back and chose “Time Concert 2”, obviously after careful consideration. This kind of program has no competitive engagement, no imaginative editing, no more topics, but only natural listening, heart-warming friends and casual communication, which is obviously more in line with Tian Zhen’s calm and calm state of mind.
Borges said: “At that time, what I liked was twilight, wild nature and sadness, but now I long for the morning, urban areas and tranquility.” What Tian Zhen wishes.
When he was young, Tian Zhen once sang in a song: “The wild flowers on the mountain are blooming for whom and for whom, quietly waiting for someone to pick them, I am waiting for him to come just like that flower, pat me on the shoulder, and I will hear your arrangement”, really waited for him and followed his arrangement. But now, there may be only one thing for Tian Zhen to do: follow his own internal dispositions.
As the saying goes, look for love in the moonlight, make a living on fireworks, look for the heart in writing and look for the soul in music. Everything has spirituality and music is no exception, it brings Tian Zhen to find herself and also allows singers like her to comfort souls of different ages with song.
