I heard that mandolin is a superior coffee bean planted in Sumatra, Asia. It grows on the plateau and mountains at an altitude of 75m-15m, and because of its strong and bitter flavor, it attracts thousands of people to pursue and buy it. Wanqing, like bitter mandolin, has a strong flavor, melts down and is dark and bottomless.
"Darkness is like a boulder? Press on the chest "
-"A big stone breaks the chest "
omnipotent youth society is a local band in Shijiazhuang, which is partial to other psychedelic rock and jazz styles and was founded in the late 199s. So far, apart from an album "omnipotent youth society" and several singles in recent years, no other works have come out. Now, Wan Qing's performances, whether Strawberry Music Festival, Zhangbei Music Festival, mainland performances, performances in Taiwan Province and abroad, are crowded with people, and it is hard to get a ticket.
But this rock band, known as the peak in the mainland, is still in no hurry. The new album has been planned since 16 years, and now the tail of 17 years is coming to an end, and there is no certainty about the album. Their performances are sometimes cancelled. For example, the lead singer Dong 2 suffers from depression again and doesn't perform. The bass player Ji Gengji can't leave the class and doesn't perform. The drummer Xiao Geng's family is busy falling in love. How can such a life event be delayed?
? Omnipotent youth society, even on stage, is very headstrong. The lead singer Dong 2 likes not to follow the track flow, but to sing whatever he likes. If the audience at the bottom chorus, the lead singer will simply stop singing, with a straight face and an expression that you want to sing and I won't sing.
The audience under the stage is still enthusiastic and cheering. After the end, they quickly send a circle of friends: Do you know? I saw Wan Qing's performance! The laziness and indifference of the band members are in sharp contrast with the enthusiasm of the audience under the stage; The lyrics of teacher Ji's misty school are sung and widely circulated by the population; In the lively music festival, the boss always arranges Wan Qing to be the first one to attend, and the wave of fans screaming and hysteria passes through the night. At the moment of darkness, like a boulder, pressed on the chest of the lead singer. Silly birds trapped will be doomed to be consumed. "Look in all directions for nothing
Four bodies are not diligent and five grains are not divided
Writing can't measure words and martial arts can't defend themselves"
—— 1, Hippies
? Ji Geng and Dong 2 were primary school classmates. In 1996, they formed Nico band with Zhang Peidong, the first drummer in Shijiazhuang. However, in the autumn of 1999, Dong 2 suffered from depression, and Ji Geng had to study for college, so the band was temporarily dissolved.
? Dong 2 went to Qinhuangdao to recuperate. There are many legends about his depression. Some people say that it is because Dong has been struggling with why he can't play guitar as well as foreigners, and he is depressed. There is also a saying: Dong 2' s favorite dog went out and was killed by a car. He went crazy on the spot, took out his favorite short sleeves from the closet, took the dog's body and broke his beloved piano. Rumors spread vividly.
? In a word, this man was depressed, didn't go to college, didn't have a serious career, practiced guitar in the courtyard of Qinhuangdao medical room all day, and finally achieved his unique skill of smoking with one hand and playing guitar leisurely with the other. At the same time, he also met a group of friends who love music in Qinhuangdao. They have long hair, drink beer, get as drunk as a fiddler, walk at night, drag bottles, and look like hippies.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the cities in Hebei developed rapidly. When in Qinhuangdao, the old streets and houses disappeared rapidly. Local accent and emotion are replaced by international brands and wealthy investors; When Dong 2 returned to Shijiazhuang, he almost didn't recognize this home that he had become "the first farmer's market in China". Under the cold reinforced concrete and the slogans of "GDP", "development" and "soaring",
"There is a smoke under the eyes
There is no way to go before and there is no way back"
? -1, Hippies
It was once explained that the word "trapped" means trapped, which is in line with the meaning of "trapped beast" mentioned in Want to be Free. What I think is that if there were no Ji Geng's words in this world, Wan Qing might not be the most temperamental band in China.
"In the last season of my wish,
I remember that I used to hide my sharp sword
Who came from mountains, rivers, lakes and seas
but was confined to day and night kitchens and love"
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Heartwrenching jokes and long daydreams? Ji Geng is Wan Qing's lyricist and bassist, and also an English teacher at Huaxin College of Shijiazhuang University of Economics. Teacher Ji never calls the roll in class, which makes our students very happy, and also makes Wan Qing fans who want to see the true face of Teacher Ji very happy. When class is over, Miss Ji doesn't drag on. She lights a cigarette before leaving. When someone asks Ms. Ji for her autograph during recess, she asks what Ms. Ji is busy with recently. Writing new songs? Or school affairs? Teacher Ji usually answers: I am mainly busy holding the baby now.
? Ma Shifang, a music critic in Taiwan Province, said: Wan Qing's ci made us suddenly wake up, and the choice of language decided the spiritual destination. Teacher Ji's ci is extremely white, free and romantic. Throughout the country, there are countless lyricists who take Teacher Ji as their idol, pondering and imitating her style.
? His words are mixed with heavy realism and hazy images like clouds. "Seeing his father sitting in the clouds smoking, he said that the children should make up with yesterday, just like we used to" but they are also full of profound irony and depressing shouts. "Fangbei Road, where 5 yuan bought a new atmosphere, is still foggy in the distance." Listening to his words, accompanied by Dong 2,' s arrangement, I don't feel abrupt and obscure, but I feel deaf.
In 22, Dong 2 met Ji Geng and asked him to rename the band. Teacher Ji remembered the empty house by the popular river of 2, families when I was a child, where all kinds of strangers stayed, and they wandered in it since childhood, mixing with a group of young people who knew each other and didn't know each other, dressed strangely and out of date. So, Miss Ji said, "Let's call it omnipotent youth society"
? Wan Qing's exquisite songs have been polished for more than ten years. Dong 2 said that we actually wrote dozens of songs, but only a few were satisfactory. Wan Qing's members are composed of Dong 2, the first guitarist in North China, Xiao Geng, the first drummer in Shijiazhuang, Shi Li, the trumpeter in the national platoon, and Ji Geng, the bassist, who are quite versatile. After 13 years of naughty riding a horse on the prairie of Zhangbei Music Festival, unfortunately, he fell off his horse and was seriously injured. In the end, Xiao Geng played for the lead singer of 2,, and the guitarist from Taiwan Province helped him play. It was a success, and it was simply impossible to be omnipotent.
? After all, it is my hometown, not Hebei Province. In 16 years, China was one of the top ten polluted cities, and Hebei Province monopolized seven, probably because Shougang moved from Shijingshan to Caofeidian, and its steel output with Hebei Iron and Steel Group, the largest steel company in China, in Tangshan, Qinhuangdao and Handan accounted for nearly half of the country's total, while Cangzhou also had coal and chemical pollution, Langfang also had chemical and cement production, and Chengde and Zhangjiakou were relatively clean and of course absolutely poor because they were located in the upwind of the capital. Most of these heavy chemical plants belong to central enterprises and state-owned enterprises in Beijing, and they don't pay taxes to Hebei Province at all. However, the change of provincial government leaders is like a cursory tour. How dare officials go to Beijing for more political achievements to offend those central enterprises and state-owned enterprises? Shougang, Tangshan Iron and Steel, Handan Iron and Steel, chemical industry, pharmacy and cement, the economic pillars of Hebei Province, have destroyed many mountains and green waters and poisoned many ordinary hearts. Which is more worrying, the unemployed workers under the closed pharmaceutical factory in Shijiazhuang or the broken PM2.5?
"After work at 6 o'clock in the evening, I changed my clothes in the pharmaceutical factory.
My wife cooked porridge, and I went to drink a few bottles of beer.
I lived like this for 3 years until the building collapsed.
The darkness in the depths of the clouds drowned the landscape in my heart."
-"Kill that Shijiazhuang man"
? Finished.