Harlem Nightclub
Singer: Yu Chengqing
Language: Mandarin Album 1CD
Company: Sony Records
Date: 1995.12.18
The lively opening of Harlem Nightclub
Harlem is indeed a music naughty boy. When these songs are in his hands, they all have a contradictory feeling that they are familiar yet paradoxical. , in the past, no one in the Mandarin music scene could do such a subversive cover album. The songs in the entire album combine a variety of different genres, giving new life to these old songs.
I don’t think anyone can forget how many times Black Dog Brother on the Peak rang in our ears on Christmas Day in 1995. This song was extremely representative in Taiwan in the 1950s. "Black Dog Brother" has become synonymous with fashionable men. Some of the techniques in the interlude "U Lay E Lee" are extremely difficult, but everyone is still scrambling to imitate them. This brisk old Taiwanese song was remade by Harlem. Interpretation, combining European house dance music with a joyful festival atmosphere, it became popular in the streets and alleys, making Harlem the spokesperson of "Black Dog Brother" in the 1990s.
There are also two Taiwanese songs in the album: "Sad Hotel" and "Drunken Hearts". In fact, Harlin, who is from other provinces, does not sing Taiwanese songs accurately. However, with his personal style, he improvised two songs that were adapted into hippie rock and blues rock, and the effect is no less sad than the original ones. Also wearing a new rock style is lt; When I Wake Up gt; , Chen Shuhua sings "When I Wake Up", which has the tenderness and subtlety of a woman, while Harlem sings the domineering and unwilling true feelings from a man's perspective.
The song "Long Time", which tests the singing skills, uses simple guitar and harmonious vocals to emphasize the simple beauty of the song. Harlem's real and false sounds can be freely switched, which is quite lingering. Feeling; As for "I Can't End Love You", which made Aaron Kwok famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan, his passionate and dynamic singing and dancing left a deep impression on the stage. However, after re-arranging it in the Soul way, compared to the original version It's fiery, mysterious and low-key.
The opposite of "I can't stop loving you" is "lt; Kiss Goodbye", which is a cover of a friend's famous song. Harlem repackaged it with swing and Big Band jazz orchestration, and Jacky Cheung sang it affectionately. Harlem sings about the intense and inseparable sadness of separation, and instead feels happy to meet again next time; the same enthusiasm is even more outgoing in the passionate desert gt; in the past, Harlem has expressed I like Miami Sound Machine, a group famous for its Miami Sound music style, and often sang their famous songs in the early years. Now "Passionate Desert" combines passionate Latin rhythm percussion instruments and lively and powerful beats, making Harlem and Miami Sound Machine Likewise, it has the power to infect everyone with happiness.
When Taiwan was not familiar with Ramp; Looking back at gt's rhythm and blues and lt;Gone of Love's Hip-Hop plus soft-key RAP, his familiar interpretations can be seen that he spared no effort in promoting black music.
Of course, Harlem knows more than just black music. Continuous innovation and integration are his greatest charms. This album is unprecedented for both the Taiwanese music scene and himself. author's initiative.