Xian Xu Farewell Ka Kui for 15 Years Cantonese subtitles

part1 Footprints of the Past

Why do I want to organize the activity "Farewell Jiaju for Fifteen Years"?

Actually, this has always been my wish. Since he left, I myself...have always had his legacy in my hands. I want to release his songs all day long. However, Beyond struggled very hard back then, because at that time...after he just passed away, many people felt that Beyond could not continue without Wong Ka Kui. We hope to use our own efforts to make our music better. If Ka Kui's works were to be published at that time, people might think that we haven't put in much effort, so his works have always... need to find a good time. For the 20th anniversary of Beyond, I actually made a song... using one of his songs, called "Twenty Years of Resistance War." I have already... called returning a little wish. It's our 15th anniversary this year, and Beyond also disbanded in 2005, so I can think about it quietly...this wish can be realized this year. First of all, I really want to publish his works first, and I really want to publish some works that have never been published before. Thus began this activity.

In the process of doing this activity, I actually encountered many... difficulties. I want to be very grateful to a very good friend - Huang Zhicong, because... Actually, I... First of all, I just... I just want to make music and make this record for him, but I feel that just making records is not enough. I want to do some commemorative activities. Then, I found Jiaju’s good friend, who is also a good friend of mine, Huang Zhicong. Because I think he can help me a lot culturally and musically. I called Zhi Cong and told him that I wanted to organize some activities.

During this process, Zhicong proposed many... and gave me many ideas, such as symposiums and exhibition halls. That’s it…things I never thought I could do at an event. When it came time to do this, I was very excited. I was very excited that Zhi Cong gave me so many good ideas. However, the exhibition hall is very... which makes me feel very... very... difficult. It has been fifteen years. You are going to exhibit his belongings, it has been fifteen years, and to find them all, I will need a lot of help from my family. Fortunately, my mother kept a lot of relics there. Look for some more, look for more, look for more, and look for more. There are also fragments, fragments of our lives! I edited the film at home and stayed up all night. These are some of the...harder ones. But sometimes, when I watch those movies myself, I... many times... smile... very happily. The feeling of living with him back then... was unforgettable.

These demos have actually always been in my hands. When we were developing in Japan, we composed many songs, and my brother also composed many songs. All the demos were in the hands of our previous Japanese manager, and when our contract ended, they were all handed back to me. I am his relative, and the so-called legacy that should belong to him is his property and belongs to our family. I've kept it to this day, so it's always in my hands. I collected them very closely and kept them well. Because those are recordings, not CDs, not MDs, and not some very advanced technology. Audio tapes are prone to mold and breakage. I keep it well myself. In fact, for a while, I simply recorded these cassettes into the computer and made them...digital, so I didn't have to worry about them breaking. I've kept it this way for so many years.

During the song selection process, there were actually about eleven or two demos, but some of them were incomplete. Some styles are very different, so when it comes to song selection... I have to choose... why did I choose these five songs? The styles of these five songs are relatively unified. Or that... style, emotion... I would choose fast songs and slow songs, but they are all relatively close (in style). I won't suddenly go to a very special song...I won't choose those, I will choose something more uniform.

As for lyrics, of course my first choice is Liu Zhuohui, who is the most compatible with him. I think the two of them are very compatible, and Liu Zhuohui understands him very well. I think in terms of subject matter, those demos originally had no lyrics or themes. Then I will... use his spirit... the concept of spirit he left to me, his awareness of music and society... I will first think in this general direction. I communicated with Liu Zhuohui, and I said... I think there is a song that I want to write that compares to the people... and is more similar, so he wrote a song "we are the people"... that is, "We are all the people." It means that the world is fair, or that some characters contribute to society for their own rights or their obligations. We are all people. I think Liu Zhuohui's writing is very close to some of Ka Kui's themes.

In addition, some encouraging songs, such as this is the year of the Olympics, and our country is also the organizer. I think Ka Kui actually has a very strong concept of the country, so I suggested writing about the Olympics... There is also a song called "Olympic".

I wrote a song called "His Guitar" myself, just because he kept... there are too many guitars around me. There are at least a dozen of them. If you go to the exhibition hall, you will see them. I often use his guitar to record. In addition, his guitars give me a lot of feelings, and seeing his guitars reminds me of the time he used these guitars. These guitars inspired me a lot and helped a lot in my musical development. It can also be said that these guitars are what he left to me...a feeling of brotherhood. I projected all of those things onto the song.

The first guitar sold to me. I asked him to give it to me, but he refused to give it to me, so he sold me this one. Just... he bought this acoustic guitar for the first time at that time. After buying it... later he bought a new acoustic guitar, and I asked him to give this (guitar) to me. ..."I won't give it to you! It's almost the same if I sell it to you!" Just like that...then I...sold it to me at half price. There were no stickers originally, I put them on myself later. Then I... I cherish this guitar very much. Although it was said to be sold to me at half price, it was still... he left me... a guitar... that was really given to me through his hands. It was not a relic, but a guitar that he personally handed to me.

There is a song called "Nobody's Performance", written by Liu Zhuohui, which has the feeling of a prodigal, a tough man and a prodigal, and a tender feeling, very much like Wong Ka Kui. I also think it's very relevant.

The other song is written by myself, called "Ending". It talks about something... that is more philosophical about life, that is... sometimes when we are human beings... we live in an environment, even if we want to... Escape... Sometimes things go wrong and we can't escape... This is the theme. These are the contents of these songs that I uphold Ka Kui and imagine his spirit.

In terms of production and arrangement, I just want to maintain his original flavor and not deviate too far. I think Ka Kui must like guitar the most because he is a guitar fanatic. Therefore, I must have a lot of guitars in the arrangement, and the guitar is the main part. Most of the songs are guitar-based. Of course, there are some songs where I will use some...occasionally there will be piano, and some new elements will be added. But... because his songs were written in the early 1990s, I would add the flavor of the early to mid-90s and some new modern sounds (that is, new sounds) into it. If you suddenly make it very modern...because it was 1992 when he wrote (these songs), if you suddenly make it very modern, you will feel...a little out of place. I mixed the two things together, and you can hear the new feeling of mixing the sounds of the early 1990s and now.

Many of the people who participated in the production of this record are his good friends. For example, Ah Wing plays the drums, Ah Paul helps play the guitar, and Yuan Zai also comes back to help play the guitar. These are all old beyond members. In addition, Shan Liwen of Blue Jeans is also a good friend of Ka Kui. There are also Gary Tong and Joey Tang from Tai Chi.

There are also people who grew up in our band room. I don’t know if you know them: one is Xiwei, who plays bass; the other is Ah Yin, who plays guitar. All of them are friends he knows. I hope these people can appear on this record and participate in this event. In fact, I have always felt that this album was produced by Wong Ka Kui, so it should have been made by Wong Ka Kui's friends.

Part2 Japan’s footprint

Why did you go to Japan to develop? Actually... to a certain extent, I feel that the music scene in Hong Kong is too narrow. Because for those of us who make music, create music, and play bands, the living space in Hong Kong is actually very narrow...it is difficult to survive. Moreover, sometimes when listening to foreign music or Japanese music, I feel that the Hong Kong music scene seems to be unchanged. When a Japanese company appreciates our music, we have a feeling that... Japan is actually a very big market, and Japan can accommodate a lot of different music. Because we have all listened to a lot of Japanese bands, and many types of music can survive there. We felt that this was a new outlet or a new direction, so we just gave it a try to see if Japan could produce our ideal music, so we went to Japan together.

Life in Japan is actually quite difficult for the four of us. Well, first of all, let’s talk about the language... because the Japanese... we don’t understand Japanese, and most Japanese people don’t speak English very well either. I've tried getting lost on the street and asking for directions but no one paid any attention to me. Just what kind of car do you take? Where to go? ...Everyone of them...did away as soon as you spoke English. Of course that was more than ten years ago, so I think things should be better now. When we lived there, it was actually quite boring. First of all, everyone must learn Japanese. There is a teacher who teaches us Japanese. In our daily life, the four of us would go out to eat and play together, but... we were all very happy. It was quite fun to go to Disneyland, because it didn’t exist in Hong Kong at that time. It was a bit harder for a while, because during the recording period, we were not recording in the city. We went to Lake Yamanaka, a recording studio near Mount Fuji. That recording studio is very far away. You have to drive... for a long time to get there. It was still winter and the hotel we were staying in had no guests. Because it is a resort hotel, resort hotels usually only have people staying there in the summer. There is no one there in the winter. There are only the four of us and an assistant. There are only so many people in the whole hotel and only one manager. We can only enjoy ourselves in suffering. We had no choice but to organize a big food party by ourselves. We are commonly known as the "boring big food party". There are only a few of us...

(Jiaju) You hear these ticking sounds, these are the snow It melted into water, so it dripped down. Suddenly I heard a "pop" sound, it was the heavy snow that the tree couldn't bear and fell. This should be the last snow of the year!

Actually...life is all about recording every day, going back to sleep, writing songs, writing lyrics...and then going back to recording again.

However, in the recording studio, I think it is a very enjoyable process. Why? Because the equipment in the recording studio there is really very good. Just a recording room is like an auditorium that can accommodate two to three hundred people, but it is only used for you to record guitars, or even an orchestra... a string orchestra can be there. His room can be big enough for you to put thirty or forty people there. In addition, we have learned a lot about facilities and technology. For example: What is engineering? We learned a lot about how the engineer tuned the sound, the opinions of the producer, music director, etc., and about music knowledge. Because Japan is actually a relatively advanced country in music or other aspects. We have benefited a lot, the only thing is that we are a little bored. Sometimes the greatest fun is going to a convenience store to buy something. Because they are all quite special...you know, their products are different from ours...because they always sell Japanese food, which I find quite interesting.

When working with their supervisors and producers to make music, the difficulty lies in the language.

Fortunately, our producers can speak English. They all speak English very well and everyone can communicate better. However, some, such as engineers, cannot speak English, so they need to use translators. Most of the time, when they don’t understand English, they have to rely on translation. If the translation is not good, there will be errors, omissions, and confusion (these situations). So sometimes the work process will be slowed down...but...we are happy because it is always novel. For example: they distinguish many things very clearly. For example, if the record you are making this time has a relatively beautiful sound and is very hi-fi, they will find an engineer who specializes in beautiful sound; if you are If you want to make a very rocky record, he will find a very rocky engineer; if you want to make a funky record, he will find a funky engineer. Each one is clearly distinguished. We even recorded the drums... When we recorded in Hong Kong, the drummer tuned the drums himself. They are different, they have specialized people responsible for doing such things. There is a person who is responsible for tuning the entire set of drums. After the drums are tuned, the drummer comes up to play. To a certain extent, it saves the drummer's energy, because tuning drums is actually very tiring. Programmers also make a clear distinction. In this regard... this is actually very professional.

Translation: This is called Jiaju.

Ka Kui: (pointing to the makeup artist) Can’t you tell, this person is thirty years old!

Make-up artist: Thirty years old!

Kaju: kawai! kawai!

Makeup artist: Handsome!

Translation: She said you are handsome!

Jiaju: Haha! Handsome man!

Translation: She wants to marry you!

Ka Kui: Maybe... I feel very lucky! Do you need to zoom in so close? How to take pictures?

Translation: Take a photo of what you drew. Take a picture of her drawing your eyebrows...

Except for the language barrier, most of them were very happy to work with them there. The only thing I couldn't stand was the breakfast we had to eat. We live far away, and our studio includes breakfast. We can't get used to their breakfast. I had to eat natto in the morning. I couldn’t accept it then, but of course I can now. Breakfast is just a dry fish, some natto, and a bowl of rice, that's it. We all lost our appetite just looking at it. I kept asking friends and family to send some lunch meat, those canned goods, to us. I really can’t get used to it. The eating habits are always bad.

We were actually quite playful when we were working in Japan. Of course, you can’t play when you’re recording. For example, if he’s recording drums... and playing drums, then he doesn’t have to play. The three people next to me were making noises. For example, when Ka Kui was singing, the three of us were having fun.

Actually, we never stop for a moment... Basically the four of us... we like to be funny and have fun. But the recording studio can't be noisy all day long. You may see some films that are silent but vibrating... That's the kind of thing... We don't sigh when we are about to set off. Work started, looking very dejected. We should tease others when we have the opportunity. Shirong is easily teased, and we like to tease him the most. He didn't care, so I teased him all day long.

Photography: Can I just press it like this? Arong? Do you still need a flash?

Sirong L: No need!

Photography: OK, look here... one, two... Huh?

Paul: Why is this action so old-fashioned?

Jia Qiang: Can you be more stylish?

Photography: One, two, three... Huh?

Shirong: Alas! No power! Use mine...

Jia Qiang: I have one more photo. Be safe

Photography: Hello! Paul!...

Ka Kui is very difficult to tease, of course they have teased him while he was sleeping.

You know, when you are in the studio, if it is not your turn and you have nothing to do, you will fall asleep... just take the opportunity to tease him... Anyway, be very careful. If you are not careful, you will be teased by the other three.

Jia Kui: It’s still a rainy night, staring out the window, thinking of you silently, the warm laughter, the wind seems to be floating by...

Jia Qiang: Hey! The lyrics don't rhyme, they're random. What? This word doesn’t rhyme!

Jiaju: Feng...the upper and lower parts are not suitable for melody...

It is still a rainy night, staring out the window, thinking of you silently, It is a warm laughter, the wind seems to be blowing gently...

Looking at the hope in the distance, like the breeze, accompanying her to float away, letting the lonely arms hold you tightly again and again...

In terms of creation, we actually spent more time together in the early days. I mean the very early days, when we were first established. Especially when it comes to writing lyrics, everyone often participates together. Most of the songs were written by Ka Kui. Later on, everyone would write songs by themselves or collaborate on songs. The fragment you see is the unfinished "Looking from a Distance" written by Ka Kui. I was listening and he sang it to me, just the two of us. I think Paul and Shirong were recording other things at that time, so I was here with him to listen to his lyrics. He sang it to me, and he said: Hey, I filled it out, how about you listen to it for me. We discuss it often. Many times we give each other opinions... Hey, what do you think? I'll be there to listen. If you feel bad, you will tell him and ask him to change it.

Jia Kui: Let the raindrops sprinkle gently, covering up the melancholy again, shining like broken stars, calling you in the sky.

I need you so much every day, hugging you forever, forgetting everything in the world, pain and sorrow... Huh? Don't know if it's missing?

Forget everything in the world, pain and sorrow... Huh? Missing melody?

Jia Qiang: These words are not good enough! Take it easy and think about it again.

Jia Kui: Forget everything in the world, the pain and sorrow, even if we are separated by the horizon, I hope I will love you in this starry night for the rest of my life

Revise and revise it, write it first Just use these.

We often see this kind of cooperation. We two brothers often have this. This is not just true in the studio, but also true at home. Very early on, for example, when he was a child, he wrote some songs at home... Hey, come here, jam jam here, jam some bass, come here... or... Hey, I've filled in these, what do you think... He likes to have people listen to his works and give him their opinions. He is a very open person. In fact, he is not afraid of me scolding him. I don't know if what I said is right or not. I say it first and then think about it. Everyone just treats it as a joke. The most important thing is that... we are very happy to work together and do things very comfortably. Everyone has the same mentality and are not nervous... It is not the kind of work where everyone is nervous... No, Everyone is relaxed.

Why did you make the song "Half a Catty Eight Liang"?

Actually, it is because this is a tribute event, to pay tribute to Xu Guanjie. All the new generation, even our generation, want to sing a song by Brother Sam, so we chose "Half a Category Two". However, we were in Japan at that time, not in Hong Kong. We arrange and record in Japan. The whole process was fun. Because this song is very...very...we chose this song ourselves, and it is very suitable for us beyond. Because it is a very grassroots song, and we are also grassroots people, so we sing it with great enthusiasm. During the compilation process, we felt that there were many new ideas... which were very different from the original song.

Part3 Footprints of Africa

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Why do we How about going to Africa? It's because Jiaju visited Papua and New Guinea before.

After he went to visit, he felt a lot of feelings and came back to us and said: "The three of you will go on a visit with me. Because there are many places in this world, we should go and see them. And we must know what is happening in other worlds now. What's going on?" So we went to visit Kenya and Nairobi in Africa. What we saw... what he saw and heard was really... eye-opening to us, and we had a lot of feelings... Really... what Ka Kui said at the beginning... is actually endless. When you see it in person, the feeling is very strong. That is to say...the children, the place where they live, the water problem, and the living environment all make us feel that we need to cherish resources and care about the future. That kind of construction, or protecting the environment... are all very important.

In fact, the main purpose of our trip to Africa is to visit schools, AIDS hospitals, and villagers. Some... the villagers refer to those very backward nomadic peoples. Our purpose is... first of all, to tell those nomadic peoples to stop cutting down trees. If too many trees are cut down, water sources will become more and more likely to be in short supply, because Africa It's very dry in itself. Secondly, it is to teach them how to grow things, how to settle down, and stop being nomadic or wandering around. Another thing is to visit AIDS hospitals...it's quite serious in Africa...it's actually a kind of comfort. Next we visit the children... it’s the school. Let’s first see their facilities. What do they need? We appeal and donate money to build their schools better. When we went there, we saw that the children were actually very innocent...then we...of course had to have candy...give them some biscuits, play with them, and sing to them. Ka Kui wrote a song called "AMANI" at that time, which was written at that time. I just want to sing it to the children. If we sing it in Cantonese, they won’t understand. Then... Jiaju quickly thought of a way, which was to learn some African words first. Which African words are there? It is to learn "Peace AMAMI", "Love, peace and love, NAKUPENDA", "We need to love NAKUPENDA WE WE". Ka Kui used these words to write a few verses of the accompanying song, which he sang to the children at that time. In fact, it is to convey the message that we are caring...come here...we are preaching love. This is how to communicate with those children.

What I admire my brother even more is that he only used a few very simple words, African words, to promote peace and love.

During that time, in addition to visiting, we also had some fun in seeing many lions and many animals... It was like watching some beast documentaries. That journey was a... big experience for us in our lives.

When we chased those birds, we were actually photographers. They asked us... they wanted to take some broader... macro photos or some clips.

Photographer: Hey, let’s go, let’s go! Don't stop, keep chasing! Let’s go! Keep walking!

Everyone: Hahaha...

Jiaju: Almost. It’s just a little bit close, it doesn’t matter!

Because there are a lot of birds there, that location... then... we have to jump over a river, just a small river... just jump over... Everyone saw Jiaju... stepped on something... ...stepped on some...he was so reckless...everyone jumped over, but he was the last one, he stepped on it...and stepped into the mud puddle.

Staff A: Are there any issues?

Staff B: Yes...Yes...Where is Tom?

Staff A: Where are the feathers? Where did it go?

Staff B: Pants.

Staff A: Ka Kui, Ka Kui, Tom has passed by, he is ready to jump over!

Jiaju: Be careful! Don't mess around!

Staff A: He doesn’t jump very far, so don’t pay attention to him!

Paul: Wow! Bravo!

Photographer: This is a dead...dried bird.

I don’t know what the name is?

Then I ran to the birds, thinking that they would not leave, but they were all gone, so I could only keep running. Actually, I want that feeling of nature.

A lot of... In fact, interesting things happened on camels, but they were not taken down because they were scared to death by those natives... the natives there... because we saw some Camels, photographer Shui Hetian said: "Hey! There are camels over there, you go take pictures!" The four of us ran to the camels and stood next to them to take pictures. Patting and patting, who knew those camels... suddenly it was so strange, they began to form a circle. Once the circle was formed, four...five of us were surrounded...all five of us were surrounded. Can't walk...can't walk at all. They keep circling... Why is it so weird? Thinking about how to go? Then two natives... natives came out. One was holding a straw, the other was holding a knife, and they were digging into the ground with all their strength... slashing with all their strength... very fierce... and I didn't know what they were talking about... I was very scared, and I thought what should I do? ...Finally, they let us go out alone and asked a translator to come back and say...It turned out that they said, "You can't take photos of our camels at will"...To a certain extent, they all have tourism industry...If you If you want to take pictures, you have to pay. After negotiating the price...I think...after paying the money, they will just pull the camel and let you take photos as you please...after all, you have to pay...but after giving the money, you can feel more at ease when taking photos. ...You don't have to scare them half to death...I'm so worried about them using a knife to chop us...When I was editing the film, I rewatched a lot of African clips...Actually, I have never felt the same about Ka Kui. What a change. What I feel is that he has a great sense of humor, and a lot of things mean... he has great leadership qualities. He will... oh, this and that! ...Hey, this is great! …just lots and lots of these impressions…all of a sudden coming back. In addition, he is also very informal, which means he can play... that means... I have a lot of memories. Rewatching those movies makes me miss him even more.

Part 4 Today’s Footprints

In the past fifteen years, the feeling my brother gave me has not changed. I have always missed him. I have always hoped to do a lot for him and to continue his legacy. In my music, if you have noticed, I have always continued his spirit. In doing this activity this time, I actually want to tell others about his spirit. His belief will never disappear. Although he has left us for fifteen years, his spirit can be carried on by everyone except me. For example, after I have held so many symposiums, many students may not be doing music, but they adhere to an ideal. Jia Kui also adheres to ideals, but he uses music to adhere to his ideals. As long as there are dreams, people will be energetic. I think it is a belief he left us.

Nowadays, I think there are many people who play bands or people who like to play music. They all say: "I must know Wanju's songs", or "I must play his songs"... To me...I don't know if he can hear this, because no one may have said this to him at the time, but now...sometimes when I go back to the mainland and many people say this, I hear this sentence, I feel very happy, and I also hope he hears this sentence: Many people like him, and many people miss him.

Actually, Jia Kui has a great influence on me. Because he and I are always at home... the two of us are the youngest, and the two of us are the closest. We play with everything together. I follow him everywhere all day long. I go wherever he goes. He had just started playing band, and I didn’t even know how to play music yet, so I just followed him around. Just a lot of things... He knows me very well, and I know him very well. From me being willful... to being sensible... to when he left me, at every stage... I think of many, many words he said, which will stay in my heart and affect my life. This kind of influence...has been a great influence on my growth...it can also be said to be a help. I think he is very mature.

As a young man of 21 or 2 years old, he could already do a lot of things. He was also very ambitious and had done many outstanding works in music. Now that I look back on his past, I have learned a lot.

As for the Hong Kong music scene, I think Ka Kui has influenced many people who play music to a certain extent. But what about the changes in the Hong Kong music scene? I can only say one thing... Hong Kong... music... In fact, Ka Kui has said that Hong Kong only has entertainment circles but no music scene. In fact, it is still like this to this moment. He put in a lot of effort, but the results... weren't that ideal. On the contrary, in the mainland, it is more ideal. More people play music and you will hear more bands. In fact, Ka Kui has put in a lot of efforts to change, but... I hope that we will stick to our beliefs, continue Ka Kui's spirit, and change the Hong Kong music scene. This is what we must do.

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