sang the sadness in the hearts of widows, the loneliness of singles, the helplessness of low-income households and the regret of older leftover women.
Who would have thought that the audience's evaluation of the Spring Festival Gala program was actually aimed at the powerful singer Huang Qishan?
However, the actual situation is like this, Huang Qishan covered the classic song "Unforgettable Tonight" in the Spring Festival Gala, and many fans and staff, including Huang Qishan, thought that she would receive a lot of praise, but unexpectedly encountered a bad review.
This cover version of "Unforgettable Tonight" was performed by Huang Qishan, and many people even thought that her performance ruined their Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. They praised *** for singing about the country's peace and security, while Huang Qishan sang about the hatred of the family and the country.
Who would have thought that at a moment when it should be a happy New Year, it would feel the sadness of three marriages and divorces because of listening to a song. Does Wong's song really convey such a sad emotion?
"Unforgettable Tonight" has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala many times, when TV sets were not yet popular, and there were very few people with TVs at home, and in most cases, people in the whole village would gather in front of a small TV set, waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to begin.
When the early morning is approaching, Mr. Li Guyi will wear gorgeous costumes to attend the concert of the people of the whole country and dedicate "Unforgettable Tonight". In that gentle and hopeful song, people ushered in the New Year, full of joy and happiness.
Now forty years have passed, the crowd of the **Spring Festival Gala is constantly changing, the children who used to sit in front of the TV have now grown up**, and the song "Unforgettable Tonight" has become a childhood memory that they will always miss.
"Unforgettable Tonight" was lucky to become a frequent visitor to the 1984 Spring Festival Gala, and has been accompanying the audience, and there is a little-known Spring Festival Gala story hidden behind it, which is really gratifying.
Huang Yihe, the director of the Spring Festival Gala, knocked on the door of lyricist Qiao Yu, hoping that Qiao Yu would create a warm lyrics for him full of national peace and family reunion.
Subsequently, Huang Yihe found the composer Wang Yan to compose the music, and the song "Unforgettable Tonight" came out.
However, when the other members of the directing team heard the song, they objected, because they thought the song was too lingering and completely unspirited, preferring to sing some rousing red songs.
Huang Yihe has a different view on this, he thinks that in such a beautiful Spring Festival, you can sing passionate red songs, and you can also sing warm songs about the happiness of small families and everyone's health. Therefore, he insisted that Mr. Li Guyi sing this song "Unforgettable Tonight".
"Unforgettable Tonight" won the "Morning Bell Award" in China that year, and Mr. Li Guyi's singing has also become a fixed program of the Spring Festival Gala, and its success is self-evident.
However, as Teacher Li Guyi is getting older, she gradually fades out of the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
"Unforgettable Tonight" will appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala every year as scheduled, but it is sung by other singers. Everything went well before, why did Huang Qishan's cover turn into a disaster?
Huang Qishan had a heartbreaking comment in her cover evaluation that night:
Ten years of sharpening a sword, the beautiful voice is in ruins tonight.
Maybe this kind of evaluation is a bit mean, but after reading it, maybe you will understand why netizens are so angry.
Although the "Unforgettable Tonight" sung by Mr. Li Guyi is soft and moving, the song is full of expectations and longing, and it also conveys the happy emotions of Guotai and Min'an; Wong's version is completely different.
The song itself has been completely rearranged and is very different from the original. That night, Huang Qishan's face was serious, and she didn't show a happy smile, either with a serious expression, or with a frown as if she was sad.
In addition, her singing voice also has a little "sad" feeling, no wonder netizens have expressed "bitterness and hatred".
The time of Huang Qishan's appearance was close to the early hours of the morning, and many viewers waited sleepily, hoping to hear a song full of happiness "Unforgettable Tonight" in the New Year's ritual. However, who can not feel angry when the grieving Wong Yee Shan appears on the stage?
However, this is essentially due to the fact that the singer's style is not quite commensurate with the song, and this problem has been pointed out by Mr. Li Guyi as early as when Huang Qishan first met Mr. Li Guyi.
At that time, Huang Qishan sang a cover of "Sister Looking for Brother Tears" in 2014, and teacher Li Guyi commented that her singing was not gentle, and she sang the originally gentle folk songs too roughly.
Many netizens reported at the time that Teacher Li Guyi said that her style did not match this song, but Huang Qishan was still sitting awkwardly in the audience as before, knowing nothing.
Huang Qishan is actually an extraordinary singer, she has written many popular masterpieces, such as "Life with You", "My Beauty" and "It's a Mother and a Daughter", etc., these songs are full of tenderness.
These songs actually all have a common goal, which is to touch people's emotions and move them to tears.
Whether it's lyrical or healing, the ultimate goal is to hit the softest part of the listener's heart and resonate.
Wong is arguably in her comfort zone in this space, which explains why she's so popular, but it's clearly not a good fit for Unforgettable Tonight.
Some people may think that Wong Yee Shan's cover performance is not good, but Wong Qi Shan herself may think that her performance is excellent.
Everyone has their own unique taste, and they should also have the right to decide how to interpret a song, but everyone seems to ignore an important fact - it is not our own living room that is performed, but the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
The Spring Festival Gala has never been a stage for individuals to stand alone, although everyone has their own pursuits, but the Spring Festival Gala should not be regarded as a personal touchstone.
To take the simplest example, if everyone does this, then the stage sketches of the Spring Festival Gala will no longer bring joy and laughter, but will be full of sadness and crying; The singers no longer convey joy and happiness, but all become heartbreaking and sad songs. In this case, are you still interested in the Spring Festival Gala?
The Spring Festival Gala aims to convey positive and hopeful values, so that people across the country can feel the taste of the New Year and the happiness of life.
Huang Qishan did not correctly grasp her style and strength, and mistakenly sang songs that were supposed to convey happiness and beauty, which brought a bad experience to the audience. The singer and the director team of the Spring Festival Gala should both take responsibility in this matter.
The audience neither blindly blamed Huang Qishan, nor did they forget to criticize the director team of the Spring Festival Gala.
As the most important event of the year, the Spring Festival Gala began to prepare and plan as early as the early stage, and the director team is the core force among many staff, who are responsible for the whole process from program selection to rehearsal to official live broadcast.
Therefore, the director affirmed Huang Qishan's program, which gave her the opportunity to rehearse and finally participate in the official performance.
Obviously, the director did not understand the tastes of the audience enough, and this is why this happened.
But the audience can also feel that the director team of this year's Spring Festival Gala is very much looking forward to presenting some different programs to the audience.
We Grew Up Watching Cartoons" is an excellent show that has resonated with many post-00s and post-90s. As for "Unforgettable Tonight", it can really only be said that the performance is not satisfactory.
In this day and age, it is actually a good thing to have a sense of innovation and dare to innovate, and it is also a sign of keeping pace with the times, but it is necessary to distinguish between different situations.
There is a lot of room for innovation in the sketches, cross talk and other programs in the Spring Festival Gala, but in programs like "Unforgettable Tonight", more audiences want to hear the classics and crave nostalgia. Innovating about them is simply out of order.
Nearly a week has passed since Wong Yee Shan's "Unforgettable Tonight" was performed at the Spring Festival Gala, but the audience still deeply remembers this unforgettable moment.
They look forward to the Spring Festival finally coming all year long, hoping to feel happy at this moment, so it is natural to feel happy when they see such a wonderful show.
Therefore, Huang Qishan can only sincerely accept the criticism of netizens, and seriously improve, and strive to bring more and better programs to the audience in the next year.
The director team of the Spring Festival Gala needs to learn lessons from this incident, and in the future, they should pay more attention to the taste of the public in the selection and preparation of programs, and at the same time pay attention to the direction and degree of innovation, so as to present a Spring Festival Gala full of a strong New Year atmosphere for the national audience.
Huang Qishan