[Keywords:] humanistic rock spirit independent rock life philosophy life meaning release lead
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China people's enthusiasm for the main melody began to fade, and the concept of utility and practicality gradually became the dominant consciousness of the people. At the same time, the real ideals of musicians and singers who are specially respected have basically lost their social foundation and cultural effects. The original social role and artistic status of rock musicians have changed. Some people consciously integrate into life, and some people enter the market operation. As the "third underground role", humanistic rock was even suppressed to unconsciousness. Such a state, not only as a background, but also as a kind of "strength", directly controlled, acted and influenced the music culture of China in the 2nd/kloc-0th century, leaving a distinct "timeliness" mark on the music culture of China in this period. As a witness of history, the unique cultural industry will get a "real" record in these rock texts, and it is incumbent on it to undertake the task and fame as a leader.
First, the level and origin of humanistic rock
1, Music Overview
There are many definitions and origins of music, and the origin of music in human society can be traced back to very ancient times. Before language came into being, human beings already knew how to express their meaning and feelings by using the level and strength of sound. With the development of human labor, the chant of unifying labor rhythm and the cry of transmitting information to each other have gradually appeared, which is the most primitive musical prototype; When people celebrate the harvest and share the fruits of labor, they often beat stone tools and wood to express their joy and joy. This is the embryonic form of the original musical instrument. People in primitive times, their working life, can be said to be accompanied by music and development, the two are closely linked. In this sense, music is directly produced from human labor and life. There are different views on the origin, such as gender theory, representative theory and labor theory. Here, we only adopt the definition of China musician Liu Lan: Music originates from the First Year of Senior High School.
Music is a performing art, which needs to be played and sung to be perceived and produce artistic effects. There are many kinds of music, including Latin music, rap music, classical music, pop music, MV karaoke, movie music, children's music, anime music, light music, rock music, national music, folk songs, religious music, festival music, revolutionary music, and game music that has appeared in recent years. In other words, music is a symbolic ideographic system of human beings, and human beings express the meaning of life through their own symbolic system. Music culture is a historical concept, and each nation and its specific historical period has its own unique performance state. Music culture in a certain period should be a combination (not necessarily a unified whole) that accommodates multiple levels and forms complex relationships with each other. As far as the current situation in China is concerned, there are often several levels or forms for the combination of diverse music cultures (Note: I used to divide music culture into mainstream culture, elite culture and popular culture, but later I learned through university study that there are many things in the world that cannot be simply classified. ): Leading music culture, elegant music culture, pop music culture and spiritual music culture. From the perspective of cultural value, there is no difference between these levels. The key is to look at the specific style of the work itself. Every level may produce excellent or inferior works, whether it is dominant culture or elegant culture, or material level or spiritual level. Because this paper is analyzing humanistic rock music; I won't discuss it in detail here. Let's take pop music as an example to talk about the development of China music.
2. Origin of rocks
Looking at the development of pop music, there is a sadness that it is nowhere to be popular. Let's take a look at the current situation of Chinese rock music, but now rock music (in fact, many things) has gone bad, and there may be the same sadness and mystery of exploration that may never be solved.
In the past 20 years, apart from some famous overseas singers who occasionally caused sensation and popularity, how many people went to listen to the live performances of mainland singers? How many people are interested in holding such a concert? Musician Paula Tsui said in an interview a few days ago: "Last year, the national live performance income was only about 654.38 billion yuan. This shows that China pop music has become a' cripple' who walks only on one leg of the record company. "
"I'm standing on the earth with the sun above my head. I pretend that I am the only one in the world. I close my eyes and cling to the wall. I pretend that there is no long head on this shoulder. I don't want to leave. I don't want to live too real. I want to leave, I want to exist. I want to start all over again after death ... "
This is the lyrics of Cui Jian's new song "Start Over". However, how can China pop music start all over again before it comes out of its initial failure, singer's depression and shrinking market?
Rock is a special cultural symbol in China. The uniqueness of rock and roll lies in its own expansion and puffiness. It always exists in this world with a dazzling but merciful attitude. This kind of music cultural form, which has been blown to the skies, far exceeds its own content and connotation. Cui Jian once said, this is also the meaning: "Rock and roll is mainly a form of entertainment, and its social function is imposed by others." When we look at this social phenomenon, social background is always given priority by us. No matter how you flaunt your rebellion and subversion, you can't escape the big social background of the development of Chinese rock and roll today. The uniqueness of rock and roll in China lies in that it is regarded as a means, a platform for appeal and a religious activity under social alienation.
The rock environment in China is a mess, because there is a fierce debate about what is real rock. You call me fake rock, I call you commercial. Some young boys dye their hair, shout at the top of their lungs, and speak quickly while singing, which means singing rock. Our old Cui is old, but she has been sparing no effort to run for the development of Chinese rock. Where will Chinese rock and roll go? Is it sublimation or extinction? Lao Cui said: Living is a kind of progress. So, to what extent has Chinese rock and roll progressed?
I think the present situation of Chinese rock and roll is very embarrassing. On the one hand, countless underground bands and singers have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and various genres of music are competing against each other. On the other hand, for a long time, the concept and spirit of rock and roll were alienated by the continuous structure, which shook people's original intention of clinging to rock and roll. Chinese rock and roll has gone through ten years. I hope you can look back and see what it left behind. A bunch of angry and abusive fighters? A group of music enthusiasts use their musical instruments as a "new destructive weapon" to pick up girls? Or a "behavior rock" new youth with all kinds of hair? Chinese rock and roll may really reach the most dangerous moment, and the powerful social mainstream is grinding the hearts of the audience inadvertently. but
At this time, humanistic rock appeared.
Second, the new blood of rock and roll-humanistic rock and roll
Chinese rock started in the early 1980s, and now, it has experienced a process from heat wave to trough, and finally returned to calm. The uniqueness of these rock artists' artistic attitude and spiritual position runs through their lives. In a sense, the artistic value and spiritual value contained in this uniqueness are enough to rise to a cultural and artistic height.
First, the musical spirit of humanistic rock
"How many times I fell on the road and broke my wings? Now I no longer feel embarrassed. I want to go beyond this ordinary life; How many times have I lost my way and extinguished my dreams? I want my life to be liberated! " -Wang Feng's life in full bloom
The uniqueness of rock and roll in China lies in that it is regarded as a means, a platform for appeal and a religious activity under social alienation. No matter in which country, rock and roll has never experienced a miracle like China. This miracle, endowed with a kind of faith, has been injected with a kind of earnest thought, and has become the banner of some non-mainstream people in society, burning the pulse of this era. It is about the sufferings of marginal groups, the oppression and desire of human nature, the hardships and doubts in the process of anti-system, and the incomprehension and exploration of society.
In the eyes of most domestic music critics, when rock and roll has become an irresistible spiritual carrier, its social function has been virtually exaggerated. The surge of rock music and the help of musicians have created an experiment in Chinese rock circle that thought decides art or art decides thought. This issue is similar to the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and the discussion of this issue is similar to the discussion of "material civilization first or spiritual civilization first" This problem has been explained in detail in the political class from the viewpoint of Marxist dialectical materialism. There is no doubt that material civilization and spiritual civilization should develop simultaneously in order to seek a double harvest of socialist material and spiritual construction.
2. Humanistic Rock Music-Soul and Body
"I suddenly feel so happy and sad. I have given everything to pay for my dreams. Suddenly I felt ecstatic and sad, just smiling and crying to face everything. Suddenly I understood the years reflected by tears, and I gave everything just to find your dream. I suddenly understood the sadness hidden behind a smile. I just laughed and cried when I had everything. " -Wang Feng's "Laugh and Cry"
There is no doubt that rock music and rock spirit should develop simultaneously. No matter from the national conditions of China or the mental state of today's rock people-rock, a unique music form different from other mainstream music, will certainly play its musical role and spiritual value to some extent-and the embodiment of this value is the perfect combination of soul and flesh. We need a rock style that is full of rock spirit, reflects the social and humanistic trend of thought, and is beautiful. No matter how art and business are related, the existence of the band still lies in the work itself.
3. There is no shortcut to climb the peak-climbing the human rock.
1. Looking for the soul on the road-the truth of the rocker
1. Independent life belief
"I don't know what color the dream is, maybe it has its own color, I don't know where the wind is going, maybe it has its own direction, I don't know what loneliness is, maybe it's like grass, I don't know why birds fly, maybe it's looking for hometown, I don't know how big the world is, maybe she can let me go, I don't know what I am, maybe I'm a deer running in the sky"-Wang Feng's flower.
Among those non-mainstream underground people, there are cynical "punk", gloomy and obscure "metal fans", and dark elements who are loyal to alternative music-a complex crowd aimed at maintaining the rock spirit-which is a belief that is unknown in all human nature but remains in their hearts.
However, we can see that humanistic rock music is not accepted by official culture, and its independent spirit makes the public feel at arm's length. This independence exists in the form of DIY (do-it-yourself) in musical attitude. No matter from lyrics to arrangement to production to recording, a line is completed by the rock artists themselves in one go, which undoubtedly makes the work highly completed and better reflects the artists' original ideas (for example, Wang Feng himself has "Peak Music"); From the perspective of life attitude, independence requires rock artists to appear in their most unique posture, spread a life belief and their own philosophy to the audience, and thus realize the evolution of others and social souls and their own growth.
2. Seek development through independence
"Nothing can stop you, your yearning for freedom, your unrestrained career, your heart is carefree, and you feel lost in the dark years. When you bow your head in an instant, you realize that the road under your feet and the free world in your heart are so clear and lofty, blooming without dying ... "-Xu Wei's Blue Lotus"
When a person takes music seriously, he encounters not only the general dilemma of contemporary art, but also the special dilemma of the music he supports. Artists who are lucky enough to make real innovations will have a more difficult journey, and the result is often that they have to repeat themselves or simply give up themselves and compromise to the charm of the mean. At this point, rock and roll is the best example.
An excellent humanistic rocker, first of all, is a person who has a unique understanding of life, and it is this innate uniqueness that makes his artistic Excellence possible; At the same time, his unique self must be the spokesman of the public to some extent, and the sigh and cry of his soul must arouse people's strong and extensive inner voices, so that music can become recognized music in the true sense. It is true that in front of every rock person who has personality and is unwilling to give up his independent personality, the road must be tortuous, and whether the future is bright or not is completely unknown. This may require rockers to seek individuality in independence and support in non-mainstream, so that obscure rock music can become a weapon to purify the soul of philosophy and music in a real sense. Development is inevitable. If it doesn't break out in development, it will perish in development. This is a process that everyone who insists on his rock belief must go through-seeking development in independence.
3. Pursuing uniqueness and leading music to start-humanistic rock values
Humanistic rock music, from ideological content, artistic taste to playing skills, is generally difficult to compare with Yangchun and Snow White. Their market field and cultural orientation are somewhat different. "Anyone who has experienced intense immersion in real works of art can't stand the application of cheap effects and will adhere to the superior development of an art ..."
But humanistic rock music has a good market among many listeners. It is a kind of "popular culture", which has penetrated into thousands of households and audiences at all levels. So, what's unique about humanistic rock music? I should try my best to point it out here, thus pointing out its leading position.
1. Compared with other pop music forms, humanistic rock music has the greatest potential influence. It is not only the mainstream of music, but also changes the face of other pop music and rock music. The sound of humanistic rock music can be seen everywhere in TV, movies and radio, and its unique musical rhythm permeates all kinds of pop music. Its popularity covers the widest range, adding luster after the rock dynasty established by Cui Jian, and subliming the theme and significance. Compared with serious music and recent pop music, the market of humanistic rock music is in full swing. There are countless records, tapes and CDs \ VCD of humanistic rock music. According to incomplete statistics, up to now, there are more than 1300 websites related to humanistic rock, and some publishing houses have written books and biographies for them. It is reported on the Internet that there are more reports and articles about Wang Feng than 1.20.
2. Arouse enthusiastic response from teenagers, teenagers, successful people and social groups, and have a huge impact on social and humanistic thoughts. In the past, rock and roll was basically a culture that reflected teenagers' psychological characteristics and artistic requirements, which in turn influenced and shaped teenagers. However, today's humanistic rock music not only pays attention to teenagers, but also to social groups. Regardless of age and age, there is a joke in online participation: "Humanistic rock music not only revolutionizes pop music, but also has an impact on clothing, hairstyles, language, lifestyle and even political views." As a cultural phenomenon or social phenomenon, rock and roll in the past was often associated with drugs, sex, liberation and innovation. Nowadays, humanistic rock and roll is not only to find the direction in the collision between social repression and human nature, but also to vent the anger of social groups.
3. There is great social controversy. It is normal to have different views on different music. Some people like it and others don't. However, no music form in history has caused such a wide and fierce debate or even opposition as humanistic rock. In the era when rock created public opinion, people only accepted it critically, and now their attitudes towards humanistic rock are quite different. People began to analyze its social and cultural value and educational function. Compared with the early rock, it is more leisurely, less rebellious and closer to the public's ideological interests.
Of course, specific problems still need to be analyzed in detail, and we can't say no without seeing shortcomings. Giving the works and singers a correct evaluation is the result that we and even the society want to see. We should also consider its possible impact on our society today.
Fourthly, humanistic rock and social thoughts.
Despite the triple threats of pragmatism, commercialism and public opinion, humanistic rock music culture still occupies its own position, and a type of rock creation called "new experience" appeared during this period. Excellent works such as Laughing and Crying, Flying Higher, Fireworks, Blue Lotus and Life in Full Bloom have absorbed the sense of modeling and rhetorical experience accumulated by Cui Jian Dynasty, carefully created a meaningful story space and designed various metaphorical audio-visual images. On the other hand, they express ordinary people's daily life, daily experience and daily life with simple style and plain rhythm. Narratively, these works use contingency more consciously to dilute the drama and causal logic of the plot and highlight the helplessness, disorder and uncertainty of life; Consciously, he doesn't trust the drama mode that makes life difficult, and he doesn't want to give a complete end or answer to life; In the field of vision, they are no longer just concerned about the social problems faced by ordinary people, but the life problems that every individual can't avoid. Whether it is understanding and caring for human nature, observing and experiencing reality, or even exploring the aesthetic potential of music art, it has become a symbol of the high development of humanistic rock culture in this period.
Due to the ideological logic and the economic logic of market-oriented production of pop songs, the Chinese rock music culture in the new century, like the whole social culture, cannot be as heterogeneous, noisy and rebellious as the culture in the 1980s, and individualism, originality and wildness are integrated by post-modern industry. Therefore, the pioneering and experimental factors in humanistic rock culture have been reduced to the lowest point, and even unconventional works have appeared in a marginal posture. The most striking thing is Wang Feng's tendency: to use open narrative instead of closed narrative, to use daily life instead of drama and pursuit ... The most normal characters, the simplest life, the simplest language and the most basic emotions are often difficult to convey their turbulent and chaotic life experience, so they all express themselves with the help of music rhythm and emotion. They use decorative language images, bright colors, spiraling structure, MTV rhythm, autobiographical themes and emotional characters to restore their own rather personalized survival experience of hope, confusion and nowhere to escape in the noise and turmoil of the city.
At the turn of the century, China's humanistic rock music culture has formed its own artistic mode in such multiple choices. On the one hand, it has been difficult to update the concept of music (pop music), but on the other hand, the concepts of pragmatism and utilitarianism have also had a profound impact on the development of music culture, and the sense of historical mission, social responsibility and artistic loftiness that people were proud of in the previous period has been weakened to some extent in music culture. Both the conventional perfection of humanistic rock noumenon in mainstream music works and the unconventional exploration of musical aesthetic means in progressive rock works still lack sufficient breadth and depth. The return of humanistic rock culture in the cultural and aesthetic sense of the century is far from complete.
The last sentence: the lyrics of humanistic rock music
Lyrics play an important role in rock and roll, which conveys the meaning and content clearly expressed by songs.
The early rock lyrics mainly described the romantic experience between boys and girls, the good times they spent together, and so on, and rarely mentioned the issue of sex, even if it was mentioned, it was very implicit. The lyrics of Cui Jian, the early leader, are even less, almost none. We can clearly feel that kind of confusion and doubt from the songs. "I can't eat an iron rice bowl like the old man in our family, and I don't want to be taken care of everywhere like a child now. We have never suffered anything or enjoyed anything, so some people say that we are a generation of lazy people with no education. If I really want to eat, I will cry. Earn some money in the sea and don't know how to pretend to be a grandson. When I talk about serious things, I always stutter and beat around the bush. But when I do serious things, I always have to consider face first. What can I do but eat, drink and sleep? Hey, if you want to ask me what the next generation will look like, I will tell you directly: Do I care that much? " In such lyrics, we don't have messy thoughts, but have a plenty of tedious life …
At the end of the 20th century, great changes have taken place in China's rock lyrics. Of course, love song music continues the theme of love and good times between men and women. However, the upsurge of folk (marginal) music has brought new serious significance to rock lyrics. He carefully created a meaningful story space and designed various metaphorical audio-visual images. On the other hand, he expressed ordinary people's daily life, daily experience, daily joy and pain with simple style and plain rhythm, and became a representative work and singer of this form.
My point of view is still the same. Humanistic rock music not only witnessed the turning point of music history, but also shouldered the leading task and fame. For rock and roll, we can't totally deny and affirm it, but we should distinguish between good works and bad works. Lyrics are an important aspect (not all) to distinguish good from bad. There are good works in rock music, but I will never admit that all the works are good and there are many bad places. Our creation should absorb all the beneficial things in human culture. In our country's music stage and film and television programs, whether performing foreign music or creating our own works, I think we should strive to be healthy, high-grade and beneficial to society.
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