There is a simple tradition in Jiaju's bones, which makes his songs and BEYOND have such temperament. After his death, BEYOND's innocence also decreased.
He did a lot of work before entering the music scene, and he still worked part-time for the first three years after entering the music scene. Later, he became popular and had little property. It's a shame that Fuji TV lost more than he earned in his life.
Many people have offered various temptations for BEYOND to develop independently. Jia Ju said, "Don't expect me to disband and surpass. It's not that BEYOND needs me, but that I need BEYOND. I can't bear the blow of losing BEYOND. If BEYOND lost me, it would be nice to find someone to make up for it. " But in Liu Zhuohui's words, it is easy to make up for others. You can go there and find another colt.
In Hong Kong, it takes several times more money and manpower to form a band than to form a star, so record companies rarely use bands and the conditions are harsh. BEYOND, as a band that has completed all the work of composing and arranging music, is absolutely out of proportion to its income. Four people get a salary, except for publicity, most of the time is spent on creation and practice. They can't and won't take part in more activities to get richer income, so in the first decade of development, they were in a state of hard work and average income. Many stars in Hong Kong become extravagant as soon as they appear. Ka kui is still the same, no matter whether it is red or not, it is not as brightly dressed as other stars. When the camera zooms in, you can clearly see his unsmooth face without any modification. At that time, some media commented that BEYOND members were one of the worst in the entertainment circle because they were jeans and T-shirts. There is no point in evaluating Ka Kui. He says he doesn't earn much. Moreover, the maintenance cost of personal guitar is as high as 400,000 to 500,000 per year, and it costs a lot of money to buy musical instruments and band room settings, and there is not much money to buy clothes at all. Ka-kui's friend said that Ka-kui would rather spend all his money on music than spend money on another dress.
In fact, if you do personal development with the conditions of Ka Kui, you will definitely become a superstar who earns millions of emperors and has unlimited scenery. Few people in Hong Kong are as good as him in music, lyrics, performance, singing and editing. Many people want to keep him for themselves, but many temptations have been pushed away by him. Ka Kui played down her prominent position in Beyond. When a teammate sings, he often goes back or away intentionally or unintentionally, so that the light is not focused on him. Fans call his name, but he occasionally smiles but never responds, and sometimes he says something like "This is our guitarist Paul" to divert attention.
Ka kui's light is too strong to be ignored, but he never puts on airs with anyone and doesn't feel any star spirit. I never get lost in the flash, and Ka Kui has remained until the end of my life, which is what I admire most.
Besides work and life, Kaju is on the edge of this circle, wandering between reality and ideal. Goodbye to Ideal, a song written by Jia Ju 1985, is his first time to sing. He said it was a song that I couldn't sleep for days and nights after I finished writing it. 1988, when Liu Zhiyuan left the team, he also sang this song, saying that our distant son has bigger ideals to realize, and I am looking forward to the realization of his ideals.
At the 9 1 life contact concert, Jia Ju said: We have experienced many things for so many years, and it doesn't matter whether we have a chance or not. The important thing is that we will stick to our beliefs and play guitar together until our fingers can't move. This very old song records our feelings when playing music. Although so many people share our music today, many times we are still lonely. I want to thank a friend.
Ka Kui didn't expect that Chen Jiantian, who sincerely thanked him in those days, would do something to hurt him later. After Chen Jiantian, who owns many copyrights of Ka Kui's posthumous works, sold a work to a band, the check for Ka Kui's father was written with Ka Kui Wong, which made BEYOND furious, but Chen Jiantian called it a clerical error. He also took advantage of the 20th anniversary to release a VCD of BEYOND's early concert, and attached a scene in which Ka Kui's angry fans threw things and cursed "jumping off the street". Some time ago, a weekly magazine in Hong Kong published the remains of Ka Kui, and even made BEYOND swear in front of the media. Ka kui is still fidgeting ten years after her death. No wonder BYOEND went to Japan to find another world, but he lost his colt for it.
Tayu Lo wrote, "Why did Ka Kui die? It is mentioned in the book: When people die, who killed Jia Kui? It is understandable to scold the Japanese and journalists after the impulse. The Japanese didn't kill ka kui. It was necessary to be on TV, but unfortunately an accident happened. What I want to ask is why Ka Kui died in Japan instead of Hong Kong. It's very simple, because Ka Kui thinks that music has no future in Hong Kong, so she moved to Japan for development. Ka kui and beyond have always insisted on creating their own music. It's a pity that Hong Kong music scene is a place with extreme disrespect for music!
Japan is a market that highly values original music, with more than 90% of original music in the top 100. Adapting or copying songs in Japan is the most despised behavior in the music industry and society. Beyond insists on originality, because they know that this is not only a matter of their own style, but also a matter of dignity. Beyond can't survive, because making original music consumes at least half of the band's time and energy, while others just need to copy songs and open their mouths. Under such completely unfair competition, how can beyond survive in Hong Kong? "
1990 After going to Africa, Ka Kui was inspired to make a record model based on African music, but it was rejected by the company and finally "deliberately hesitated". I think this record is also good, but for Ka Kui, the depression that has been suppressed is difficult to solve, and it also sets the stage for them to go to Japan. The song "Who will accompany me to travel" comes from this album, which is cold and lonely. What is predicted in it, such as "listening to rock", "persisting in faith" and "who will dominate".
9 1 is BEYOND's heyday. The first band in Hong Kong to sing in the Red Pavilion was more attractive, but BEYOND gave up these at this time and turned to Japan. Chen Xiaobao, the boss of Xinyibao, hopes that Jiaju won't go. Jia Ju said that he was unhappy in Hong Kong and decided to leave. How did he know that he was on a road of no return?
BEYOND also has conflicts with Japanese companies, but living under Mount Fuji is a happy time for them. Look at those snowball fights, four people cooking at home, Jia Kui lying in bed, Jia Qiang brushing his teeth on the toilet and being photographed by Rong Shi. It's really interesting.
1992, BEYOND returned to Hong Kong with the cool genre "Continue Revolution", which is a record full of feelings of running away from home, and every song is worth pondering. The main songs are The Great Wall and Farmers. In a foreign country, Ka Kui's sense of wandering will make him feel dependent. As a resident of China and Hongkong, the motherland is too far away and strange, and he lacks real understanding. Jia Ju looked at this strange country from a distance. The Great Wall is the cultural symbol of China, and farmers are the largest group in China. With these two feelings, his songs and Liu Zhuohui's poems are seamlessly combined to create a long and profound artistic conception. A good song must have good words to be perfect. Ka Kui Wong and Liu Zhuohui are perfect partners. They always have a heart in their hearts, and 15 songs together are excellent works.
After Ka Kui's death, Liu Zhuohui gradually stopped writing lyrics, saying that he could not find a good song. His simplicity and composure, which echoes Ka Kui from a distance, has no place in Hong Kong, which is increasingly full of sinking lust. Silence is helpless and inevitable.
In the last two years of his life, most of the songs written by Jiaju were desolate, such as asking the sky silently, looking far away, endless emptiness and so on, and the vast sky that was so familiar.
Wandering in Japan, although there is some freedom, but can not get along, isolated. Where is the way forward? Ka Kui indifferently sang "Keep Drunk": Looking coldly, we can see that the people around us have changed, and the bustling seaport of Zhan Qing has become secular and indifferent. And can we break through their expectations: "I don't want to fight every day, I see through the truth, the world is becoming more and more confused, and too many desires are pressing me." I'm tired of being cheated as before. Can I break through this costume, can I break through the trembling years before, bid farewell to the loneliness of the past, and stick to my confidence? " . "Colonel" is even tougher: I never believe that I have to kneel down to face life, and in the end I have no one to help me. I have only relied on my hands all my life, which makes me scream loudly.
This is the most expensive and presumptuous song in Continue Revolution. Seeing Ka Kui singing live, her voice and demeanor are extremely firm.
1993 "Joy and Anger", joy and anger, is the end of Jia Ju's life, and we will never see the glory in the future. & lt joy and anger are much clearer than continuing the revolution, full of hope and positive.
Wild I'm Angry, Crazy Villa is passionate and heroic, and Crazy Villa is my favorite song. Jia Ju's excellent handwriting has changed the previous singing style and brought people back to a chivalrous world with tragic blood, and Jia Ju is the warrior who always holds enthusiasm and faith. 1997 The metaphor of "Mom and Dad" has their confusion and expectation. & lt In Happiness We Can't Leave, Ka Kui tells us: "The world is always cold and full of depression. In the bustling city, people lost their feelings. Ordinary you, ordinary me, are all good. You don't have to complain about falling. You can find happiness in the storm. Do not worry about yourself. As long as you know how to turn your thoughts into the deep sea ... "
Many people say that "fate is your home" is a portrayal of Ka Kui: "You are an indomitable person by nature, just keep your face unadorned". But no matter how indomitable this man is, he can't resist death. It is said that before he fainted, he said the last three words to his family: "Pain, take care ..."
"I'm afraid I will fall down one day" is such a bizarre and coincidental swan song that Jia Qiang burst into tears when she sang this sentence.
Jia Ju's affection for Jia Qiang is obvious. As we all know, every performance always smiles at Jia Qiang intentionally or unintentionally, and the smiling eyes are full of spoil, or approaching him, which may be encouragement or a communication between brothers.
It was raining cold the day Ka Kui died. Some fans from Japan and Hong Kong crowded outside and cried. Many staff members sat in the corridor crying. The sad cry of Jiakui's parents spread far away, and Jiakui also fell down, but the owner who survived with a hat was also crying, perhaps with great guilt. More than three members were quarantined.
For Jia Qiang, that's my brother who has been dependent on me for thirty years. For Rong Shi, this is the best friend I have known since I was 17. For Paul, that's his teacher and good friend. How to face this unacceptable fact?
Later, at the press conference, Paul was silent, and his swollen face was at a loss when others signaled. Rong Shi sat with his head down, his long hair covering his eyes and face. He said, "I hope the fans will calm down. Ka kui just went to a far place. From now on, we will listen to every note for him. "
In the face of death, people are extremely powerless, watching, powerless, and completely desperate. If you have ever faced death, you will feel this yearning.
BEYOND was dissatisfied with the handling by the Japanese police and Fuji TV, and the negotiations broke down several times. The family said excitedly, "I don't want money! Give my brother back to me! "
These rights and wrongs have been forgotten by many people over time. Only Jia Qiang will say angrily after many years, "I really hate them."
Although he doesn't cry at the mention of it as before, he is afraid of long-term darkness and loneliness, needs company day and night, and can't hear Ka Kui's previous voice, but his sadness can be deeply buried by time, and his anger and regret can't be easily dissipated. It's just that his life has passed away, no matter how angry he is, it's futile to reach out and want it back.
If I can, I'd rather Jia Qiang is always a child under the protection of my brother, and I'd rather BEYOND is still struggling to explore the road ahead.
Famous? What about success? So what if it's difficult? Not as good as a life with many unfulfilled dreams, a life that brings warmth to friends and family, and a life that writes good music.
After ten years of night rain, people have experienced ups and downs, right and wrong, and turned into butterflies.
Ka Kui is obsessed with music and guitar, and is also recognized as a top guitarist in Hong Kong. Once at a large party of TVB, Ka Kui and his friend Tai Chi's Deng Jianming improvised guitar played for more than 20 minutes (a little strange, how was it allowed at that time? ! ), I was dumbfounded to see the people under the stage.
Paul learned 80% of his skills from Ka Kui, and many Hong Kong people were students of Ka Kui or received instruction, such as guitarist Huang Zhongxian who later appeared in BEYOND concert. At least 90% of the teenagers who play in the band are influenced by Ka Kui and always follow him.
Besides guitar, there are many musical instruments, such as bass, drums, saxophone, flute, keyboard and so on. , are all affordable. The young foal likes playing saxophone best, but he can't afford it. He picked up a guitar abandoned by his neighbor and entered his music career. I have seen foal play saxophone once, and I always feel very elegant. At least I think so. I also saw foal play the flute once. Ka Kui accompanied the "Old Footprints" with a flute for three minutes. She blew it wrong and smiled shyly. When singing, she carried the flute on her shoulders like a sword, which reminded me of the young swordsman, so energetic. The flute in Dune Witch was played by Ka Kui, which should be the only time he published an instrument that is not a guitar.
Ka kui wrote at least seven or eight hundred songs in his life. Only Liao has published many of them, and a few have not been published. Some are similar to hymns, others take seven continents or some cities as the theme to express their feelings about these places, and so on. There are various styles and themes.
Among the demos I have heard, I like Southern All-Stars best. I like to play the guitar gently under the night breeze and starry sky, lonely but quiet. These unpublished works, compared with the published works of Ka Ju, are like the foundation hidden under the sea, and the corner exposed from the sea makes you sincerely sigh his talent.
It's a pity that these things under the deep sea will never be seen.
In addition to more than a dozen love songs, Jiaju's published works can be roughly divided into four categories: inspirational, transcendental grievances, peace and love, and feelings of home and country. His works are not obscure and mysterious, nor gorgeous and exquisite, clear and simple.
If Samuel Hui is a master who starts from the beginning, Ka Kui is the best disciple of his sect. Only Ka Kui Wong, who comes from a grassroots family, can best inherit Song Shen's simple and clear style.
They have very similar things. They all grew up under the influence of western music. They all started playing bands at the age of sixteen. They all wrote good songs, played many musical instruments, and their images were so healthy. Samuel Hui, who is also from a band, has a beautiful melody. His arrangement is shorter than BEYOND, but it is still touching and full of real feelings about life. But Samuel Hui will never bear the burden of rock and roll, and Ka Kui who is doing similar things is always so tired.
The relationship between them is not shallow. Xu Zhiyong appreciates Ka-kui very much, and the album Friends, which is a collaboration with friends, includes "A Thousand Hearts of Entanglement" composed by Ka-kui. At that time, BEYOND was not The red band. Facing Samuel Hui, the youthful Ka Kui also respectfully called "Brother Sam".
In Cantonese pop music, Ka Kui can write tough and bold songs as well as graceful and graceful songs, expressing life with simple and fluent melodies and straightforward words, similar to Samuel Hui. Their tunes are simple and humorous, simple and frank, but Samuel Hui has a wider range, which is for all men, women and children, and Ka Kui is mainly for young people.
"Ghost Horse Song" is not sung casually. Without Samuel Hui's wisdom and gentleness, it would be vulgar. If there is no personal experience, or that kind of heart, such as inviting those noble and degenerate singers to perform, it will only be artificial. For Kaju, his environment makes him feel the same way. The cover of "Half a catty, 82 Liang" is also good. Before that, they played a song "Face-to-face Meeting", which teased the entertainment circle about the helplessness of attending various parties. 1992 The tentative Cantonese EP Endless Emptiness contains only three songs: Endless Emptiness, Point Solution and Great Wall (Japanese Edition), which brings the style of Xu Shi's Ghost Horse Song and indicates that similar songs will appear in the future. In Joy and Fury, Mom and Dad and Nothing is meaningless use a lot of slang, Mom and Dad have 97 questions, and Kaju still has a funny passage to read. "Nothing" was teased by four people in a strange way. I don't know what so-called people live for every day.
After Samuel Hui's rapid retirement, BEYOND was the only Hong Kong song that faced the secular life directly, and added its own characteristics to the inheritance. Ka kui can definitely become a further hero and step into a higher hall, but it is a pity that everything comes to an abrupt end.
After the great changes, BEYOND's plan was disrupted, and Ghost Horse Song disappeared in today's Hong Kong. Jia Ju is also deeply influenced by Samuel Hui's thought, as can be seen from some of his lyrics, but he is young, bloody and energetic after all, so his songs are always masculine. There are basically no songs suitable for women to sing.
However, he wrote a song "Can you hold me tight" for Faye Wong. I don't have to say that I couldn't guess that it was written by him. It was also a big surprise for Tian Zhen to sing "Missing One Thousand Years" with a song written by Jia Ju before. The most elegant one is Forgive me Today, published by 1989. Many people are unfamiliar with it, but I like it very much. Ka kui gently brushed a lonely and pure artistic conception with an acoustic guitar, and liked the feeling of pouring large and small pearls into a plate of jade like a pipa.
Cheerful ka kui wrote sad songs, but people will never forget them. Gray Trajectory is the beginning of my attention to BEYOND. Every time I listen to it, there is a deep sadness that can't be dissipated. I don't know why, maybe it's too sad.
This is the music written by Ka Kui for the movie "If there is love in the sky" on 9 1. It is also a sad "Never regret" and a gentle "Right or Wrong". At that time, many Hong Kong movies and TV series used Ka Kui's songs as interludes to set off the atmosphere, such as Never Regret, Laugh at the Wind and Cloud, Who will accompany me to travel, Love in Flying, Like You and so on. The strangest thing is that Silent Years was rewritten in Hong Kong gangster language and renamed Sword Shadow.
Watching Ka Kui change from a shy, childish and frivolous teenager to calm and calm is like watching the life course of many people. The young ka kui stood on the stage, nervous and stiff. She forgot the lyrics and said something wrong. She smiled with great embarrassment. Playing the guitar is natural, but she doesn't know how to let go when singing. Later, she gradually got used to it and could sing easily.
If I had to choose a word to describe Ka Kui, I would choose kindness. Before I know it, I will choose something different. When I was in middle school, I didn't like his earrings and long hair in the photo. I don't like men with long hair and earrings, but Ka Kui, a man with earrings, is as simple as a child in my heart.
I am surprised that he has such a sincere smile. When he smiles, it seems that the whole world is covered with sunshine, which is very different from my initial feeling for him. His smile has never changed since he was a child. It is pure and heartbreaking. Seeing him smile, you can't help laughing, and there is a kind of heartfelt warmth.
He is kind-hearted, and naturally shows his usual every move and treats people. Hong Kong media listed Ka Kui as "a model for the younger generation in Hong Kong", and filmmaker Huang Baiming commented on Ka Kui: "He is a very good person."
Jia Ju's film "The Cage Man" is a social film reflecting the life of the lower classes in Hong Kong, and has won many golden awards. At that time, director Zhang Zhiliang wanted to find a young man with a good reputation. He grew up in adversity, but he had a rebellious image, but he enjoyed playing a similar role very much. Looking at the entertainment circle in Hong Kong, Zhang Zhiliang chose Ka Kui, which everyone didn't like, but he thought it was the only candidate, which made the film a highlight.
Ka kui's music and himself have never been violent, and even those songs that are afraid of singing crazy are not violent at all. As he sang, "youth is not an excuse, indulgence is not a reason." This is the main reason why I like Ka Kui and his music.
BEYOND's influence on Hong Kong music fans is firstly healthy and positive, and secondly, it makes many people fascinated by guitar and creation. At that time, the boys and girls in the fans were in a rebellious period, and their behavior was fanatical. Some people often have conflicts with BEYOND employees and even BEYOND members. This madness even made BEYOND blacklisted for performing in the Great Hall, because some fans would destroy and damage the equipment.
Ka-kui has repeatedly apologized for the behavior of fans in front of the media, often dealing with young and energetic fans with both hard and soft methods, and sometimes even being very strict. There is a fan crying in front of Jia Ju's grave: "I promised you to be a good boy. Why didn't you come back when you promised us?" Maybe they didn't listen to their elders, but Ka Kui listened. For some people, Ka Kui may be just an abstract name, but in my heart, he is as kind as a friend around him, without any mystery.
Music is actually the condensation of life. Without music, Ka Kui lives a normal life, just like we have ordinary happiness, anger, sadness and joy.
He likes to wander around the street at will, like a group of people talking and laughing, often making friends, camping, swimming, fishing and being free and happy. The humble back seat on the second floor is the home of street sleepers. Everything you know and don't know has come up. Laughter, scolding, quarreling and music, as well as the endless sound of Ka Kui, are unforgettable. After losing his colt, Chao Sanzi dared not go to the back seat on the second floor for a long time, unwilling to face the loss of his colt. Besides music, Ka Kui has five hobbies: sleeping, eating, reading, chatting and meditation. He fell asleep with sleeping pills in the days of heavy work, but he couldn't wake up, so he often slept late and was scolded and punished by his peers. Sometimes reporters will ask Jiaju if you are still late. Embarrass him.
After Ka Kui left, Paul said he wouldn't complain any more. Ka kui just likes to be late. It's just that Ka Kui will not only be late, but will never get up.
Ka kui likes to think while playing the guitar. It was quiet, but as soon as he spoke, he kept saying that others were afraid of being entangled by him.
The best media with BEYOND is Radio Television Hong Kong. In addition to talking about music, a large group of people often play around and listen to those recordings. They are just friends chatting and often laugh their heads off, which makes people miss the simple years.
Looking at these pictures and listening to these sounds, I often wake up suddenly. Such a person with a warm smile and outstanding talent can only be the same on the screen, with no future ... Sometimes I wonder what the future of Ka Kui would be without Chen Jiantian's lobbying. He should lead a normal life, get married and have children, and play music with a group of friends after work. Nothing will happen in Japan.
If so, it is definitely a kind of happiness.
10 years ago, the funeral was a sensation in the whole city, but the form was simple, there was no jewelry, and there was no scene of stars walking on the road like the Avenue of Stars. People inside and outside the circle came quietly in casual clothes, and most of them were fans and friends. During Ka Kui's coma, crowds of fans knelt in the temple, hoping to be protected by the gods. Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Deng Jianming also set up temporary programs to pray for Ka Kui. Facing death, everyone's last hope is only the gods.
When Ka Kui was brought back to Hong Kong from Japan, the fans were very excited and there was great chaos at the airport. At the funeral, the police increased their manpower, but the fans broke through the crowd and stopped the hearse. On the way to Tseung Kwan O, there was a long line behind the hearse, and all the fans were chasing and calling Jiaju to come back soon.
However, Ka Kui always left with the acoustic guitar that accompanied him for many years. The white-headed man gave the black-headed man a cup of pure land to cover up his romantic life, which was very frustrating and regrettable.
At the memorial service held by Radio Television Hong Kong, there were no singers, only Ka Kui's fans and students, all dressed in black and white, wearing a black belt on their wrists, waving Ka Kui's usual gestures and singing his old songs in tears.
In the past ten years, many fans have married and had children, and those young days are still fresh in their memories and will never grow old.
The blow was almost fatal to BEYOND, and it took several years to recover. They disappeared from the entertainment program and stopped going.
BEYOND with a colt will always be a legend, which is my favorite.
We and Transcendence are on different tracks, we meet in an instant, and then we separate and continue our respective journeys. Maybe we will go further and further, but the intersection will always exist. Looking back many years later, it still shines behind us. This is a wonderful communication between people. Life has no intersection, but it can resonate with the soul. This is the beauty of music.
Ka Kui's thirty-one years of life is a complete life, with laughter, tears, success, loss, confusion, pursuit … and finally death. His life is full of struggles and he doesn't want to be bound, but it is impossible for everyone to indulge in love and freedom, so life is full of bitterness. Ka Kui belongs to the last generation of people in Hong Kong who still have a sense of social responsibility and spiritual pursuit, so she will sing "Always see the ideal ahead, and her heart has collapsed in the city, and let it shine again", and she will also ask "Is the ideal of ordinary people called delusion?"
The bitterness of life lies in persistence. Ka kui is persistent. How many times she met with cold eyes and ridicule, she took BEYOND to the distant shore, although she still couldn't get there. So many people read BEYOND's resume in the annual format, how can they understand this bleak and unwilling situation? People with different personalities need a charismatic and cohesive leader to do things together, otherwise it will be difficult to accomplish anything.
Ka kui is the leader of transcendence. When he is here, his people will surpass him. When he leaves, his soul will guide him. No matter BEYOND's past or future, Ka Kui can't be surpassed, and his Excellence in all aspects has made him a model and influenced many people.
Ending with a passage from Ka Kui more than ten years ago, you may feel how similar it is to us today: "The Bible says that the end of the world will come in the year 2000. If I can live to witness it, it is quite exciting; But I think it is very boring to think that the earth no longer exists. There has been a trend towards the end of the century in recent years, and today everyone is drunk, which is really a headache. The atmosphere of the last days is irresistible, new incurable diseases are constantly being discovered, and news of the struggle between countries is endless.
I often think that many small countries on the earth are looking forward to a new world or a bright future, but by the end of 2000, the earth announced that there were no more humans. Isn't that fair? Why do those so-called great powers create an eschatological atmosphere because they feel that their development is coming to an end and believe that the end of the world referred to in the Bible is coming soon?
There are only two kinds of people on the earth: those who expect death and those who expect a better tomorrow. What kind of world is this? Should we continue to work actively? These are all the things I think of after work or watching the news, and they are also the headaches I think of now. "