Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Music and Theater

Everything to their names

By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2019-09-30 07:45
Share
Share - WeChat
Pop singer Faye Wong. [Photo by Ding Zhenjie/For China Daily]

From ballads to hip-hop, the nation pounds to new beats.

Cui Jian, a then 25-year-old trumpet player with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, took part in a concert at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing on May 9, 1986. At the packed venue, Cui performed his original song, Nothing to My Name. When it ended, a rock star had been born.

The song opened a chapter in China's rock music story at a time when few Chinese knew what rock 'n' roll was. It also marked the start of a journey, which would later make Cui China's "godfather of rock 'n' roll". In 1995, he went on his first tour of the United States with a total of six shows in Boston, San Francisco and New York.

For audiences on the Chinese mainland, especially young fans, the song has become a collective memory. Following the fashion style of their rock idol-long hair, jeans and boots-they cheered wildly and danced in the aisles when Cui performed it. They also interpreted Nothing to My Name in their own ways, declaring their individuality.

As Cui said, thanks to that era, when young people needed that kind of energy and the message delivered by this number, "the song became a hit and I became famous".

The members of his band were classically trained like Cui. One of them, Liu Yuan, learned the suona, a Chinese wind instrument, with his father as a child and later worked with the Beijing Singing and Dancing Troupe. He became interested in jazz in the 1980s and taught himself to play saxophone. As owner of the East Shore Live Jazz Cafe in Beijing, Liu has trained many young Chinese jazz musicians.

1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本欧美一区二区三区在线播放| 第九色区AV天堂| 国产福利第一页| 99精品国产99久久久久久97| 成人无码嫩草影院| 久久国产精品久久| 欧亚专线欧洲s码wmysnh48| 亚洲欧美成人一区二区在线电影| 男男GayGays熟睡入侵视频| 又大又硬又黄的免费视频| 被催眠暴jian的冷艳美mtxt下载| 国产成人麻豆精品午夜福利在线| 1000部拍拍拍18勿入免费凤凰福利 | 国产不卡视频在线| 黑人借宿ntn神宫寺奈绪| 国产真实露脸乱子伦| 香蕉视频在线看| 国产美女视频一区| 97色伦在线观看| 在线观看星空传媒入口| www.中文字幕在线| 少妇性饥渴无码A区免费| 东京热TOKYO综合久久精品| 斗罗大陆动漫完整免费| 久久久久久久久中文字幕| 日本爽爽爽爽爽爽在线观看免| 久久精品国产99精品最新| 日韩精品一区二区三区在线观看| 亚洲av无码片区一区二区三区| 欧美va天堂在线电影| 亚洲人成网男女大片在线播放| 欧美性xxxx偷拍| 亚洲国产精品一区二区三区久久 | 国产亚洲av手机在线观看 | 女的和男的一起怼怼| √天堂中文官网在线| 娇小bbb搡bbb搡bbb| www亚洲精品| 夫妇交换性三中文字幕| narutomanga玖辛奈本子| 天天影院成人免费观看|