1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 295: Don't Ask Me What Disco Is

Now, young people in Yanjing are very curious about the Yandian graduation ceremony.

Just after it ended two days ago, related rumors began to appear in the market.

Of course, it is also possible that the school fanned the flames. After all, Xia Tian’s song "Written to Beijing Film Academy" can be understood as a confession to his alma mater!
Isn’t this a great promotional point?!
Anyway, now many young people in Yenching are spreading rumors about how great this song "Written for Beijing Film Academy" is - how good it is, how touching it is, and how they were stunned when they heard it, and how they felt in their hearts... It's been spread like a miracle!

It’s about to become a form of high-end bragging!

There are at least 300,000 young people in Yanjing City now, and they all said that they went to Yandian to watch the graduation ceremony two days ago.

I have heard the song "Written for Beijing Film Academy" sung by Xia Tian with my own ears!
I don’t know how Yandian can accommodate so many people?
"You know what kind of person I am, I have a heart of steel! But that song moved me to tears!"

"I was really moved at that time! My eyes were red and I tried hard to hold back my tears!"

Xia Tian: Just blow it! You will blow me to death sooner or later!
However, the Yanjing Audio and Video Publishing Company was very smart. Once they saw the popularity of the product, they immediately changed their minds.

The disco album tape, "Don't Ask Me What Disco Is", which was supposed to be released a week later this summer, was released ahead of schedule!

Yanjing was the fastest, with sales starting the next day; followed by major cities in the north, small cities and southeastern coastal cities; and finally the inland and southern cities.

Originally it was said to be released nationwide simultaneously, but isn’t this just grabbing popularity?
Manager Li Yang of the audio-visual company even came specially to explain it to Xia Tian.

I didn’t take it too seriously in the summer – my interest had worn off!
……

He has now officially joined CCTV.

But there aren't many changes. I just swapped my time at school for time at CCTV - which isn't much actually.

The small office was also put to use.

The CCTV is divided into many parts, including different groups, and they all work in a circular tower building.

You can see many famous actors and hosts here - Xia Tian can't help but think of a book "Riyangshi" ~
There is not much to do in the summer, so the main purpose is to relax.

So, he slacked off in the CCTV office and secretly wrote novels.

After receiving a letter from Xiang Jiang some time ago, I don’t know why, I thought of a character - Bi Yao!
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to write "Zhu Xian"!
I still remember the characters and the general plot, but I definitely don’t remember the details. After all, I didn’t take it seriously when I first watched it.

But it doesn’t matter, you can play your own role in this aspect.

In terms of cultivation, magic weapons, techniques, and sects, you might as well give it some play~
Add some supporting characters and side stories to enrich the world view.

Even if we don't say it's comparable to "Swordsman of Shu Mountain", it should at least be a little bit better.

……

Xia Tian doesn’t care much about the sales of the album tape, but Milan and the others do care very much.

In fact, they were still a little unsure - if it was a normal song, they believed that given Xia Tian's current situation, it would definitely sell well.

But this disco music is really different!
"I don't know if the current fans can accept it?" Milan said worriedly.

Xiao Xu said: "Fortunately, I didn't ask him to add the song "Cock's Crow Song"!"

Zhang Li wanted to laugh whenever she thought of the song "Cock's Crowing Song".

Is this song too advanced?!

Although they were worried, the fans still gave them face.

The fans' loyalty and confidence in summer are still very high, not to mention that disco has been popular in the past two years.

In addition, the birth and development of disco that we had learned about in the previous summer aroused the interest of many people who had never heard of it.

So sales are good!
In Yanjing alone, it can be heard in every street and alley.

Especially during the first weekend when the album was released, the parks and open spaces were filled with disco music!
Don't Ask Me What Disco Is

"Turn on the recorder~Turn on the record player~Let the music start~Let the rhythm keep going~Don't ignore me~Don't hate me~Our date~You can't be late~"

The Girl Under the Streetlight

"Ha! Under that street lamp, there is a little girl crying. I don't know where she came from. Ha! The little girl is crying so sadly. I don't know who abandoned her and where she should go now..."

When it comes to the chorus, Xia Tian sings the English version of the lyrics. This is a song that mixes Chinese and English.
Walking Tractor

"The express train from Yanjing to Moscow crossed the Volga River in Siberia, passed through the Swarovski forest, and arrived at the psychedelic Kremlin."

When the lyrics reached "Kabinsky, Tchaikovsky, truck driver, taxi driver, tractor driver", Xia Tian actually used Russian tongue-twisting pronunciation!
He is very good at Russian! He learned it from Xia's father when he was young, but it's useless.

Mr. Tractor

Narrator: "This tractor can make you feel the speed of lightning in an instant! Sit tight~"

Rap: "Enjoy the no money, order a Mr. tractor, a tool that costs 30,000 or 40,000 yuan to make money, you can't believe it! The ignition needs to be strong to make it smooth~ The vibration of the tractor makes me unable to extricate myself~"

Xia Tian is actually a little unsure about this song. After all, his academic qualifications have exceeded the upper limit of rap, and he doesn't know if it will affect the quality?
There was no rap in China at that time, and even in the United States, hip-hop culture and rap only appeared in the 70s.

I wonder if domestic audiences can accept this?

But there is only this one song, if you don’t like it, just skip it!

"Ordinary Disco" "On this ordinary day, I am wearing ordinary shoes, walking in this ordinary street. I take out ordinary headphones, find some ordinary feelings, and listen to my favorite ordinary music."

"We are shaking normally at the ordinary disco, ordinary passers-by are watching normally, my ordinary soul is leaving my body normally, burning normally in the ordinary beats~"

Compared with the previous songs, this electronic disco seems too normal!

"Do you want to dance"

"Whenever the tide comes, will you also be sad? In this crowded and lonely room, I can no longer breathe~"

"You you you you want to dance~you you you you want to dance~you you you you want to dance~"

When listening to this song, even the most reserved person can't help but shake their legs quietly!
"The Lost Love Front Alliance"

"She always only left me her phone number and never let me take her home. I heard that you also fell in love with her and were unable to extricate yourself from her~"

This song should be considered a pop dance song, which is more about love and is more in line with the music style of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

No limit

Pure disco music, the kind played on discotheque dance floors, roller skating rinks and the like.

Xia Tian: “Let me hear you say Yeah!”

Chorus: “Yeah!”

Then there is a long dynamic rhythm, "No no~no no no"

"No no limits, we'll reach for the sky!"

"No valley too deep, no maintain too high~"

This song is quite a classic!
Boomboomboom

"ohohoh~ohohoh~"

The song title can be translated into plain language as "Applause~Applause~Applause~"!
Although I don’t understand these English songs, the melodies and rhythms are so catchy!
As soon as the music started playing on the tape recorder, my body started moving involuntarily!
"Moscow"

This is a German divine song~
A few lyrics I learned in the summer!
Hollow Ear: Screwdriver! Screwdriver! Getting up in the middle of the night to install the floor!

This song was sung by a German band in the original time and space - could it be the Germans' obsession with Moscow?

During the recording, Xia Tian sang and performed the Cossack kicking dance for the boys and girls in the band.
Xia Tian: “This song only works when paired with this dance!”

Settlement screen~
The san value of the symphony members is collectively -10!

Rabbit Dance

“Left Left Right Right
Go Turn Around
Go Go Go! "

The literal translation of the English title of this song should be "Penguin Games", but everyone is still used to calling it Rabbit Dance!

Chinese people don't dance to foreign music

Narrator: Taibai Jinxing (Xia Tian): "This heaven is a fairyland, with golden splendor everywhere and exotic flowers and plants everywhere. Wouldn't it be a pity if you don't go and see it?"

Monkey King (Xia Tian): "Okay, I'll go with you and take a look!"

Then the four beats of gong, cymbals and bangzi started!

Then the suona "Havoc in Heaven" started playing~
Directly——explode the place!!!
Then all kinds of traditional instruments and electronic music mixed in - pipa, ruan, guzheng, flute, erhu, drum, gong, bangzi, sheng, yu, sanxian, cucurbit silk, dutar, yangqin, panpipe, chime bells...

It was so lively for a while that it was hard to tell what instruments were being played!

It always feels so familiar, yet a little different!
It seems like there is a group of fairies, twisting and turning in front of you with magic~
The Monkey King plays DJs and the Heavenly Palace dances!
This is also the reason why we need to find many college students from music colleges to compose music in the summer, as a lot of musical instruments are needed!
During the last piece of music, summer gave the young men two long pheasant feathers, and the girls wore colorful masks!
What's the saying? Once the mask is on, the mask will be taken off!

After half a month of training, on the last day, everyone was excited after putting on and taking off masks.
The staff in the recording studio were all scared at that time!
Then he quickly integrated into it and started to twist his body, as if he was possessed!
Then everyone sang the chorus together - a very "unconventional" Wa folk song "Welcome Song" ~
"Ariyariye~Ariyariye~Ohhh!"

"Ariyariye~Ariyariye~Ohhh!"

Narrator: Monkey King (Xia Tian): "Who the hell are you to control your grandpa Sun~"

I don't know who was scolding~
Who is being scolded? No one knows!

You don't know how to comment on this song...

That’s right, I didn’t expect that traditional instruments, under this arrangement and combination, would actually give me a feeling of excitement deep in my soul!!!
People always talk about inheriting traditional culture and traditional musical instruments. What do you think about this time?

"Has it been passed on?"

"Ah, pass it on!"

"Then how did it get passed down?"

"Then don't worry about it, it's been passed on anyway!"

Those dozen or so music students who came to compose the music for summer couldn't find the right tune for more than half a month after they went back!
The music school teacher said: No one is allowed to compose music for summer anymore! No leave!

I think this book can be used as a playlist, and the popular songs of each year will be listed in the author’s statement in the last chapter of each year!

Readers who like it can follow the map~
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(End of this chapter)