The Debate on Pornographic Songs
Gu Jianfen recalled, "Wang Min wrote "Little Flower" and "Nostalgia", and was criticized by name. At that time, the League Central Committee organized a '15 song In the song selection, "Hometown Love" received 150,000 votes. Some people said that these 150,000 votes were all voted by gangsters. This is a song that gangsters like."
"Strictly speaking, it was the 1980s. Zhu Fengbo, Su Xiaoming and Cheng Lin all shouldered social criticism. Although the songs of Teresa Teng, Liu Wenzheng and others were sweeping the mainland, the most popular songwriters at that time were Wang Min, Wang Liping, Gu Jianfen and others. The music of Zhang Piji and others is more of a continuation and expansion of the tradition of lyrical mass songs in the 1950s and early 1960s. Although the lyrics have enhanced the lyricism, the technique basically continues the tradition from Tian Han to Qiao Yu. Tradition, themes praising the motherland, nation, era and labor accounted for a large part. "This was a comment in the "China Reading News" at that time.
Controversy over the Chinese kiss song
The "Chinese kiss song" was originally an authentic wife-in-law song in rural China, sung in traditional Chinese accents. However, once it was released, there were divergent opinions. Some people classify it as a pornographic song, while others call it the "Chinese Wedding March". In short, it is a matter of opinion, and there are mixed reviews.
The song "Chinese Kiss Song" is characterized by being relaxed and cheerful, humorous, joyful, and practical for life. It is a country song with Chinese characteristics and an authentic Chinese style song, because China has one billion farmers, accounting for About 80% of China's population is a song that suits the taste of Chinese farmers. It is a Chinese song and a Chinese-style song. The word "tradition" must be marked in it. China's five thousand years of culture is a precious legacy left by our ancestors from generation to generation. We cannot forget about wealth. We also have our own authentic Chinese songs and weddings. Let the world align with our Chinese culture. This song contains a lot of content and culture, including China’s unique happy culture, China People have been fond of lively and festive celebrations since ancient times. The songs incorporate festive elements such as firecrackers and flutes used during weddings, making people smile as soon as they hear it. There is also the culture of filial piety with Chinese characteristics. Chinese elderly are most particular about passing on the family line and continuing the incense. , and the Chinese people have respected filial children the most since ancient times. Filial piety comes first, there are three unfilial piety, and having no descendants is the greatest. These are the classic sayings passed down by the ancestors to this day. They can also be fully reflected in the songs. In the songs There are also traditional Chinese cultures such as husbands singing and women accompanying each other, and treating each other as guests.
A PDF of "How to Identify Pornographic Songs" scanned from the "Central Conservatory of Music Library Collection" was circulated as a "black humor" on the popular Douban.com, and it climbed to the top of the Internet in two weeks. It has reached the sixth place on the website’s reading list, and all the books on the list are new! This proves that this booklet, which was published in 1982, priced at 22 cents, and has nearly 50,000 words, has found its place in the 21st century and continues to play a role. People were surprised to find that some of the "yellow songs" criticized in the book have become what are now considered "classics." For example, "Rose Blooms Everywhere" and "When Will You Come Again".
"Pornographic songs" have been burdened with all kinds of infamy and accusations since the day it was born. On various occasions, it has been criticized as "obscene music" or "obscene music". According to Wang Yunjie's research, "'Pornographic songs' is a term used since Nie Er criticized those pornographic songs in the 1930s... Generally speaking, it includes the following types (some music): pornographic, disgusting, frivolous, frivolous, negative Those who are decadent, pessimistic and world-weary, those who are crazy and chaotic, those who stimulate the senses, those who use the guise of love to show off verbal love, false love, vulgar love, and those who spread feudal ideas and politically reactionary things." "The earliest 'yellow' was not just pornographic things, but also other content that stimulated the senses." There is also a record written by Wang Dingjun, a writer living in the United States, in his memoirs "Seizing the Road at Passing Mountains", which is also worth referring to. "At that time (during the Liberation War) songs were divided into 'art songs' and 'pop songs,' and most pop songs were regarded as 'yellow songs.' The term originated from 'yellow journalism.' In the 19th century, low-level songs appeared in the United States Interesting newspapers, printed on yellow paper, extend to pornographic songs and pornographic novels. Yellow news spreads pornography and stirs up lust, so the meaning of pornographic songs is self-evident."
From today's perspective, most of China's so-called "yellow songs" are actually early urban pop songs, which refer to songs that were born in the 1920s and became popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and were popular among urban people. For the audience, it uses commercial operations as the model, records, dance halls, radio stations, and movies as the channels, aesthetic modernity as the direction, and the creation concept of popular songs that runs through ancient and modern times and integrates China and the West. Judging from the connotation, most of these songs contain thoughts and feelings such as science, democracy, equality, and patriotism. They are a reflection of the afterthoughts and twists and turns of China's "May Fourth" New Culture Movement that began in the early 20th century. From a formal point of view, most of these songs use clear and clear vernacular, folk songs or diction with elegant meaning as lyrics, and are composed to tunes with Chinese folk flavor, sometimes accompanied by Western dance rhythms (such as jazz, tango, rumba, etc.) ) band accompaniment. The creation of these popular songs introduced elements of jazz that were popular internationally at that time, coupled with the orchestration of Chinese national music or Western music, and combined with the new cultural operating mechanism that was initially formed after the "May Fourth Movement", a large number of pop music was produced. creative achievements.
Starting from Li Jinhui's creation, a large number of songwriters have emerged, such as Chen Gexin, Li Jinguang, Yan Hua, Chen Dieyi, Xu Ruhui, Yan Gongshang, Yan Gefan, Yan Zhexi , Gao Tianqi, Liu Ruzeng, Yao Min, Li Houxiang, Liu Xue'an, Li Junqing, Liang Leyin, Huang Yijun, etc.; with Mingyue Society as the source, a large number of popular singers have been produced, such as Liming Hui, Wang Renmei, Li Lili, Xue Lingxian, Zhou Xuan , Bai Hong, Gong Qiuxia, Yao Li, Bai Guang, Wu Yingyin, Ouyang Feiying, Huang Feiran, Yan Hua, Zhang Lu, Zhang Fan and so on. Their works still retain their charm and aesthetic value.
Today, as the stigmatizing title of "porn songs" has been abandoned, the connotation of these songs that promoted individual rights and expressed personal feelings has been reaffirmed, focusing on aesthetics, leisure, and Under the background of urban culture pursuing the interest in life, they have once again entered the city's cafes, dance venues, restaurants, teahouses and other leisure places, becoming an integral part of people's lives.