China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 356 Spring Festival Evening Divine Comedy "When You Are Old"

There are a lot of singers to watch in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Hu Jing barely counts as one, and Zhang Baizhi also counts as one. Two top florets from the Mainland and Xiangjiang made their debut in the Spring Festival Gala, and they received a certain amount of attention.

In addition, there are two big names in the Xiangjiang music scene, the Queen Lin Yilian and the Four Heavenly Kings Guo Tianwang.

The former came to the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, and sang his masterpiece "At Least You" .

The latter is the second time to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. The last time was in 1993, exactly 10 years after this time. The work is "Move", which can be regarded as his masterpiece, the 2000 Pepsi commercial song + the 2001 A-League theme song.

Mainland singers carrying the flag are Cao Xuan, Liu Huan, Tian Zhen, Tan Jing and the two queens of folk songs.

Among them, except for Cao Xuan and Liu Huan, the popularity of the others is less.

The only singer who can wrestle with Guo Tianwang and even overwhelm him is Cao Xuan.

The previous Grammy nomination incident made Cao Xuan, who hadn't been around in the music scene for half a year, gain a lot of presence. Many people are looking forward to his Spring Festival Gala show.

Even in the families of many people, Cao Xuan's program in the Spring Festival Gala can be compared with those language classes, let me add a word.

"Cao Xuan calls me when he sings."

Don't underestimate this sentence. The Spring Festival Gala has been held for 20 years, and few artists have this treatment.

The gold cup and the silver cup are not as good as the audience's word of mouth. This sentence is not only everyone's trust in the quality of Cao Xuan's Spring Festival Gala works, but also the national influence that makes countless artists envy and envy.

Cao Xuan's program is behind a cross talk, that is, the bald Chen Hanbai.

Especially Hou Sanye's apprentice, this year he was honored by his master for the Spring Festival Gala. Before the rehearsal, he specially came to Cao Xuan's place to visit the pier.

Cao Xuan and Hou Sanye worked together in the Spring Festival Gala last year, and they have a good relationship. Although they are not very close, they still have phone calls and text messages to greet each other during the holidays.

There is no seniority between the two, they are considered to be close friends. He calls the other party the third master, and the other party calls him Xiao Cao.

Cao Xuan once had a big brainstorm, and when he met Lao Guo in the future, would he call him uncle, elder brother, or a neutral title of teacher...

"I've decided on a name, it's called Aviation Hen."

"Hi!"

At the end of the crosstalk performance, the host Zhou Tao, who had just performed a sketch with Feng, announced the curtain. When Cao Xuan's name was heard, the audience cheered up one after another, and people in front of the TV cheered for their friends.

"...Let us invite Cao Xuan, and we will sing the song - "When You Are Old"."

On the stage, the lights were dim, and two white lights casted down. Cao Xuan did not appear. The first to appear was a pair of elderly couple with white hair, quietly leaning against the "fire", the old lady sat in a wheelchair and fainted Feeling sleepy, the old man held the book and read to her softly.

At this moment, the prelude ended, and Cao Xuan, who was wearing a gray-white sweater with a high collar, slowly walked out of the shadows, humming softly with a microphone in his hand.

"When you're old and your hair is gray

drowsy
When you're old and can't walk anymore

Nodding by the fire to recall youth

......"

The soft, delicate and vicissitudes of singing, combined with the lighting and dance, quickly pulled the audience into the emotion of the song.

The song "When You Are Old" originally came from a poem by the Irish poet Yeats.

Later, singer Zhao Zhao adapted it into a song based on the translation. It first appeared on the "Song of China" program, but later it was Li Jian who sang the song "Huo", and became famous on the stage of "I Am a Singer".

In the 2015 Spring Festival Gala, Karen Mok sang this song again, and it was widely acclaimed. It is one of the few songs that can be produced during the fall of the Spring Festival Gala.

Cao Xuan thought for a long time, and finally chose this song.

The atmosphere, depth, and meaning are all right, and the popularity of singing may be weaker than before, but it is not much worse. Overall, it is still an excellent work, and it does not fall into the title of Cao Xuan's Spring Festival Gala singer.

"How many people have loved your youthful and joyful moments
I admire your beautiful fake or true heart

Only one person still loves your pious soul
Love the wrinkles on your old face

......"

The two elderly couples got up, danced, talked and laughed along with the song·walking.

Cao Xuan looked at them with a smile, and sang softly, and the audience inside and outside the venue slowly substituted for the song.

Many couples or lovers hold each other's hand, thinking about the day when they grow old together, what will happen to the two of them, whether it is as beautiful and warm as in the song.

It is worth mentioning that the song "When You Are Old" was originally intended to commemorate my mother, but the original poem is a love poem, and many people sang it by default as praising the love of growing old together.

How to put it, you understand that mother’s feelings are right, and you think it’s right to sing about love. There are a thousand readers and a thousand Hamlets, so you can understand it in any way.

Cao Xuan personally prefers love, so the backup dancers he finds are also specially elderly couples.

According to the news of the new song released in the Spring Festival Gala, Cao Xuan also stated that it was adapted from a certain poet's love poem, but he did not say who the poet was for the sake of confidentiality.

It's mainly to lay the groundwork, and if the whole song becomes popular, they will plagiarize Cao Xuan.

Although this is the truth, Cao Da's "talented man" will not sit back and watch his character set collapse, so he laid the groundwork in advance to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

In addition, some of the lyrics and melody of this song are a little bit similar to Shuimunianhua's "I Have You in My Life", which should be the author's reference to this song when creating it.

Cao Xuan also specifically contacted Shuimunianhua for an explanation.

In fact, the two songs are not very similar, but some of the lyrics and the melody collide a bit, which does not constitute plagiarism, but just in case, Cao Daguan is still very cautious.

In the second half of the song, the old couple goes off and is replaced by a young couple.

Fighting, living, quarreling, reconciling, relying on each other to watch the sunrise and sunset in the distance.

Cao Xuan stopped singing, took out the harmonica from his pocket, and played the interlude softly. This was the first time in his entire career that he performed the harmonica in public.

As I said before, when Cao Xuan was studying vocal music in high school, his family was poor and could not afford other musical instruments, and the school stipulated that he must learn one musical instrument, so he chose the harmonica, one of the cheapest musical instruments.

Before becoming an official singer, Cao Xuan played the harmonica and suona the best among all the instruments, as well as the piano and guitar.

However, after becoming a professional singer, Cao Xuan began to strengthen his professional studies.

He has a certain grasp of most musical instruments, not to mention proficient, at least beginners, guitar and piano are the most important instruments for him to learn.

However, the basic skills of the harmonica and suona have not been lost, especially the harmonica, which is easy to carry, and it is affectionate and romantic to blow it to the East and West Palaces at ordinary times. It is simply the first weapon to coax a wife.

After long hours of practice, Cao Xuan's harmonica is absolutely top-notch, which surprised many audiences.

The melodious and melodious sound of the harmonica is especially matched with the song "When You Are Old", and even this harmonica interlude is a very good sublimation of the whole song.

After playing the harmonica, Cao Xuan picked up the microphone and sang the last verse, more soft and tender than before.

"The wind blows, your news
This is the song in my heart
When I'm old, I wish

this song is for you
......"

The camera shot towards the Spring Festival Gala auditorium. Under the background of thunderous applause, some audience members couldn't help expressing their feelings and silently wiped their tears.

If you count the previous "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", Cao Xuan has sung and cried the audience twice in the Spring Festival Gala.

It is also the mainstay of the Spring Festival Gala, on a day of great joy, Zhao Binshan makes everyone laugh, and Cao Xuan makes everyone cry, it is really not a person.

Maybe in a few years, the Spring Festival Gala skits will be sensational, and you will have to complain that he started it...

.........

After thanking a few dance assistants, Cao Xuan returned to the backstage dressing room and found Hu Jing wiping her tears. Cao Xuan was shocked.

"what happened?"

"No, it's just that you sing too well."

Only then did Cao Xuan understand that she was embodying her emotions, rubbed Hu Jing's head, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Didn't you hear about the rehearsal before, why did you have such a big reaction?"

"It's not the same, you sang very well this time, and the dance lights and everything are well coordinated, so it's easy to immerse yourself in."

"If you want to hear it, I'll listen to it later. It's not good to cry during Chinese New Year. You must be hungry. Let's go home for dinner."

Cao Xuan made a group of audience cry, but he said that it is unlucky to cry during the Chinese New Year. If it spreads, he might be beaten violently.

Hu Jing didn't notice the double standard here, so she obediently responded, changed her clothes, and the two of them left CCTV together with their assistants and went to Dashizuo Hutong to celebrate the New Year.

This year because of SARS, Cao Xuan greeted the East and West Palaces, but the parents of the two palaces did not come to Beijing.

Zeng Li's mother didn't come, so she could go back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year, while Hu Jing couldn't go home because of the Spring Festival Gala.

Cao Xuan couldn't bear to see her celebrate the new year alone, so he made a decision, anyway, his parents had finished seeing each other, so they simply spent this year together.

Separated from Zhang Chong and the others on the road, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing walked into the alley wearing hats and masks. During the interval between firecrackers, Cao Xuan knocked on the gate.

"I'm coming."

"Wang Wang Wang!"

The door opened, revealing the bright smiles of Cao Shuangguo and Sun Lan. Sun Lan even hugged Hu Jing's arm, and hurriedly pulled her into the room, talking non-stop.

"Jingjing is hungry, my father hastened to order dumplings and hot dishes. Is it cold on the road? Why didn't you drive? Auntie made a few dishes for you. I don't know what you like to eat. I don't think it's good. Let's buy it tomorrow. ..."

"There is a stove in the room, you let Jing Jing roast your hands, crack some melon seeds, eat some fruit as a cushion, and the food will be ready in no time."

Sun Lan grabbed her daughter-in-law's hand and refused to let go. Cao Shuangguo greeted her a few times, and then hurriedly served hot dishes and dumplings.

The two were busy with their own work, and Cao Xuan stood alone at the door, looking at his parents who were enthusiastic in previous years, but this year they all surrounded Hu Jing to make out, and ignored him, unable to hide his grief and indignation.

"Who is your own?"

"Stop pushing, close the door, and come over to serve the food."

Cao Xuan's grief and indignation did not receive any friendly response, only Comrade Cao's cold order. Cao Xuan did not dare to talk back, so he could only vent his anger on the two dogs who had not appeared in more than 200 chapters, and raised his hand to scold him.

"Go away, what's the name, the New Year's Eve has no eyesight at all."

Wangcai Laifu: "..."

We are not humans, you are real dogs!
(End of this chapter)