What do you think of Ka Kui Wong music for those who really understand Ka Kui music?

The songs of B E Y O N D have all the characteristics of pop rock and are full of fighting spirit, which is the result of young people's surging blood being amplified behind the mixer and the effect device. The popularity of B E Y O N D is not because they are profound, wise and philosophical, but because their frankness, enthusiasm and persistence have touched countless souls. The influence of B E Y O N D's songs is not only in karaoke and song ordering programs, but also in people's hearts.

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In the past 20 years, they have the most songs and the most pirated records.

They have the biggest and most loyal fans, and they represent the youth of a generation.

They changed people's views on pop music.

They have influenced the whole pop music scene in China.

Their name is-beyond.

First, the impact on the public.

The spiritual inspiration of a generation

The youth portrayal of a generation

I don't know when the concept came into being in the 1970s. So who was the spiritual idol of pop music in the 1970s? Tayu Lo and Cui Jian? Undeniably, their influence is enormous and far-reaching, but their influence is more limited to those born in the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. The people who really influenced the whole 1970s were Ka Kui Wong and his transcendence. His songs, like Judas and Cui Jian, record our true and vivid youth.

Perhaps by accident or necessity, BEYOND's most active band, 1983- 1993, happens to be the critical period for people born in 1970- 1979. BEYOND conquered the hearts of this generation with unusual musical spirit. Their music is based on rock and melody.

At that time, pop music was pure, with no publicity expenses and no publicity. Music spread from records to radio stations, from fans to fans, and its influence on individuals spread to a group one by one. It spread to the whole place with China people and the whole era.

At that time, our youth was like the song of Ka Kui, intense and restrained, confident and tragic. Too many people's life trajectories have changed because of hearing Ka Kui's songs, and we can't count them.

They changed the public's view of pop music.

BEYOND, the name of the band explains the meaning of his existence-transcendence.

In the past 20 years, they have surpassed too much. In short, they have transcended time and influenced the trend.

Before BEYOND's voice hit our eardrums, we all thought that rock music was only the patent of a few people. In the eyes of the public, rock music must be noisy, different and unpleasant, but they changed this. They convey the same humanistic, atmospheric and profound content with beautiful and easy-to-circulate melodies. On the other hand, their appearance has injected new ideas into the music scene in Hong Kong. It has injected humanistic spirit into pop music, thus changing the views of many pop music. Before that, pop music was decadent and an ordinary ditty. BEYOND makes people realize that pop music can also express their wishes and serve the people and the country.

BEYOND lyrics analysis

Like other bands, BEYOND's lyrics are mostly written by Ka Kui Wong and other members, who produce and sell them themselves. They seldom write songs for others because their songs are only suitable for themselves.

Early works mainly express their ideals and anger at reality, but this anger is direct, but it is not low. Other works also directly express their concern for the world and their yearning for a better life. They are responsible musicians. It is this sense of responsibility that leads most of them to sing. In the loving Hong Kong music scene, their works are particularly atmospheric and have cultural connotations. In the part of love songs, they also wrote deeply. But after careful analysis, there are not too many pretentious deep sentences, but those direct emotional expressions that are more touching, such as cold rainy nights, such as liking you. Later, some ironic and playful lyrics began to appear, which opened up another direction for them.

Among other lyricists, beyond cooperated with Liu Zhuohui most frequently, and he wrote many well-known songs, such as The Good Earth, such as Gray Track, such as Lovers, such as Farmers. Liu Zhuohui's lyrics are very close to BEYOND's music in temperament, which adds deeper rationality to BEYOND's lyrics besides anger, ridicule and care.

Looking through BEYOND's lyrics in the card-dwelling period, there are memories (old footprints), ideals (eternal waiting), family (really loving you), love (liking you), patriotism (the earth), vicissitudes (midnight complaints) and care (Armani). Ambition (Haikou sky) and anger (arrogance) ... but their lyrics do not give people a dazzling feeling, because their spirit is unified, no matter how the content changes, it is always an inspiring force. Some people say that transcendence is the "main theme" of Hong Kong, which is no exaggeration.

Beyond the language barrier

BEYOND's performance has been high in KTV's click list. In the past 20 years, new songs and new people have emerged, but this situation has never changed, because their songs are the most suitable for singing. No matter in the south or the north, wherever there are Chinese people, I really love you and Broad Sky are all singing, because they are the earliest in the history of China pop music.

If Hong Kong TV dramas have formed a preliminary understanding of Cantonese pop music among mainlanders, the widespread spread of BEYOND songs in the Mainland is undoubtedly the main reason for deepening the influence of Cantonese songs in the Mainland. The charm of BEYOND music makes too many people who don't know Cantonese begin to pay attention to Cantonese songs and make them realize that there is another dialect in the south that is more suitable for pop music. Their melodies are easy to accept and are in harmony with the Cantonese register. The power contained in music is also exciting. Although many people may not fully understand the meaning of BEYOND's lyrics, they can still sing along with the music from beginning to end. Because those spirits are * * *, which transcends the language barrier and even the music itself. In the vast land of the motherland, more and more people like their music.

From then on, there were only four heavenly kings, and people began to accept more canto pop. BEYOND has played a key role in the spread of canto pop in the whole Chinese-speaking area.

Second, his influence on pop music.

pioneering spirit

In the history of Hong Kong pop music, the first wave of bands included Wen Na, teddy robin and Playboy and Lotus in the 1970s. They are mainly European and American songs, and their creative proportion is very low. Moreover, the environment of the music scene in Hong Kong at that time also doomed that this wave was short-lived and had little impact. The most important thing is that the second wave segment rises around 1987, and Daming and Redas appear. BLUEJEANS and other excellent bands, and BEYOND has since moved to the ground, becoming one of the representative bands in this wave and the most far-reaching one. Jia Ju commented that this wave is not a recovery, but a music revolution.

The bands of the second wave are all creative, which is in sharp contrast with the current situation of Hong Kong music scene at that time. The appearance of these bands slowly reversed this situation and made Hong Kong pop music enter an era of original music. A large number of outstanding local musicians began to emerge, and the characteristics of Hong Kong pop music began to take shape, and began to influence mainland pop music with this characteristic. BEYOND, who came to Beijing for a concert for the first time, is undoubtedly the most critical force.

Many later bands were directly or indirectly influenced by BEYOND, not to mention how many people started writing songs and embarked on the road of music because of Jia Kui. For a simple example, after the 1990s, almost every band was formed. At the beginning, almost every guitar beginner's first etude was "I really love you". In addition, as the first underground band, their development direction has pointed out a broad road for many up-and-coming bands. However, some orchestras only parody their commercial forms, but they are far from surpassing in the depth of musical concepts and lyrics. If BEYOND is the chief culprit of the proliferation of these bands, it may be the only negative impact on BEYOND.

Business idea

Although it is a rock band, it used to play heavy metal. But BEYOND's real influence belongs to the category of pop music. It organically combines the situation of the band with the sweet melody, so that the spirit of rock music can be sung without losing. Music exerts a subtle influence on the public. They brought rock music from underground to the ground and expanded their influence from small circles to the public.

Strictly speaking, the popularity of BEYOND songs is not worse than that of Jacky Cheung and Alan Tam, because there are more thought-provoking things in their music. This kind of thing is conveyed in a way that is easy for the public to accept, and the effect is amazing. If it is not accepted by the public, then even the best form and content are empty talk. This concept is the same as when Bai Juyi wrote poems for the old lady.

Their music is very inclusive, and this inclusiveness is true. In their records, musical terms are not only mentioned in the record copy as popular artists do now. Their music is real music, and even those who are too avant-garde in musical concept will reject them because their melody is too conservative, but music is real music. No one can change that. BEYOND is not a pioneer band. We have no right to ask him to do this and that. They do this and that, but they are not beyond, and they can't have such a deep influence. Transcendence is destined not to surpass a few people, but to influence the public.

They represent not only rock music, because they have influenced the whole pop music scene in China. This meaning cannot be summarized by the word business.

Music myth

The grandiose and impetuous Hong Kong music scene often praises singers as gods, kings and divas, but ignores the people who really create this myth.

BEYOND is the most popular and influential China band. Although they belong to the Hong Kong music scene, they are bigger myths than the Hong Kong music scene.

The death of Ka Kui Wong, the soul of the band, hastily ended this myth, but his influence spread more and more irreversibly. Because of Ka Kui's death, more people began to notice his songs and knew the band from the beginning. More young people are beginning to be moved by BEYOND's music. Music will not die, it will be passed down forever, affecting generations.

After Ka Kui left, their members continued Ka Kui's ideal of "continuing the revolution". Paul Wong has become the mainstay of Hong Kong's music industry, while Ye Shirong is still the chief drummer. Jia Qiang worked behind the scenes for many years and published his solo album in 2002. But he only joined BEYOND's Maruko (Liu Zhiyuan) for a short time, and now he has become an indispensable behind-the-scenes master in the Hong Kong music scene. Although a myth has ended, they used to be the creators of this myth.