The reporter recently interviewed two domestic post-80s music critics, Cui Shu and Sean. As a generation who grew up with Little Tiger's music, they talked about Little Tiger's representative works Love and Green Apple Paradise.
Cui Shu even said: "Little Tiger created the idol culture of China".
Re-understanding of Little Tiger.
Cui Shu: They are the ancestors of Chinese idol culture.
Little Tiger will sing the songs "Love", "Green Apple Paradise" and "Flying Butterflies" in the Spring Festival Evening, which can be described as well-known works. From the official debut of * * * to the dissolution of/kloc-0 in 997, Little Tiger * * * released 13 records including selected works. Among them, Red Dragonfly was described by music critic Cui Shu as "the beginning of the peak period".
Little Tiger's works
single song
Love: "Cry out to the sky and say I love you, and say I miss you to the drifting white clouds", which is perhaps the most famous lyric of Little Tiger. The sweet and youthful yearning for love in songs has also become a major feature of Little Tiger's music works. What's more worth mentioning is that "Love" has introduced "three-part duet" into Chinese pop music, which has become a trend. When Love became popular, every class in primary and secondary schools would choose a male and a female chorus. Presumably, "Love" should be a lot of post-80s love enlightenment.
"Butterfly Dancing": The song MV is about three people in Little Tiger going to the suburbs to play, showing a carefree adolescence. The tune of this song is a little sad, but Little Tiger sings the expectation of dreams. At that time, every New Year's Day and June 1st cultural performance, primary and secondary school students used this song to choreograph dances.
Green Apple Paradise: Little Tiger's first single, but it was introduced to the mainland a little later than Love, so it became the representative work of Little Tiger at its peak. In my impression, the on-demand rate of the youth and children's program Green Apple Paradise is very high, and it happened that karaoke entered the mainland at that time. Many competitions chose this song and imitated Little Tiger's dance.
Happy New Year: Little Tiger's first song. It's about the confession in the New Year, not "I love you" but "Happy New Year". The reason why Little Tiger can attract people of all ages is that the lyrics are also a highlight. Because Little Tiger's lyrics are not explicit, without the emotional entanglements and lingering feelings that idol singers sing today, they express healthy and simple feelings. So the primary and secondary school teachers at that time did not object to everyone listening to Little Tiger's songs.
Red Dragonfly: Little Tiger's classic inspirational song. Lyrics use the skills of expressing ambition to inspire young fans. On the other hand, older fans will recall the innocent age when they hear the red dragonfly. In 2003, Red Dragonfly was sung by comedian boyz again. This shows that Little Tiger's works can stand the scrutiny of time, and works on youth issues are also easy to cause * * * sounds, like Jay Chou.
Special album
Fame: Happy Travel is Little Tiger's first real album. At that time, the signing ceremony of the 10,000-person marathon and the container truck tour planned by Kaili Records for Little Tiger made Little Tiger's popularity soar. Kelly Records produced two albums for Little Tiger, Boys Don't Cry and Dating a Star, but the only works that really circulated in Little Tiger during this period were Call You My Love and Dating a Star.
Peak, Red Dragonfly, Love and Goodbye are the three works of Little Tiger at the peak, when they had switched to flying saucers. Because the record market was relatively prosperous at that time, the distribution speed was relatively fast. Little Tiger can guarantee two copies a year, and can easily break hundreds of thousands of sales, earning a lot of money from royalties. The UFO also wrote many songs for Little Tiger, such as Red Dragonfly, Love, Flying Butterflies, Flying with Peace, Elegy and so on. More popular. It is said that in Taiwan Province Province at that time, if you take advantage of the recess of primary and secondary schools, meaningless shouting "Little Tiger" will lead to screams. However, in the album Goodbye, Little Tiger faced the first dissolution, because Alec Su was going to college and Julian Chen was going to be a soldier.
Transformation: After Julian Chen returned to the team, Little Tiger started again and released The Stars Are Still Bright. Because the complex topic has attracted much attention, the album sales are not as good as before, but the singing degree of "Stars Are Still Brilliant" is still very high. The record company took the opportunity to arrange an Asian tour of Roaring Yue Long for Little Tiger on 1995, which also included the mainland station. The response was very enthusiastic and the popularity rebounded. But with the growth of the three members' age, the record company deliberately let them take a mature route. On the one hand, they focus on lyric slow songs, on the other hand, they are afraid of losing fans. They chose a series of works for Little Tiger that only emphasized dance, but the lyrics and melody were mediocre. As a result, the two albums "Happy Feelings Always Same" and "Much ado about nothing" were unknown and their popularity dropped sharply. This also accelerated the disintegration of Little Tiger.
How was Little Tiger tempered?
Name: 1988. In July, Kelly Records Company of Taiwan Province Province launched a TV program "TV New Year Hegemony" aimed at young students. The program is hosted by a "kitten team" composed of three girls, so it is suggested to add three male-assisted balance charts. For this reason, Kaili held a draft, in which Nicky Wu, Julian Chen and Alec Su stood out to form the Little Tiger.
Modeling: Little Tiger modeling has always taken a clean and concise route. During Kelly's recording period, the three people mostly dressed up in white shirts, small suits and bow ties. By the time the flying saucer flag was hoisted, the shapes of the three men changed greatly, and they began to try the academic style of Europe, America and Britain. In terms of hairstyles, Julian Chen and Nicky Wu have always been fashionable, while Alec Su is a simple and lovely "suit head".
Workstation: From album cover to stage performance, Little Tiger's workstation is always in the middle of Nicky Wu's workstation, with Julian Chen on the left and Alec Su on the right. The only exception is the album cover of Much ado about nothing, which was changed from Alec Su Station halfway. The record company later explained that Nicky Wu is suitable for all ages; Julian Chen focuses on elderly fans because he looks like Leslie Cheung; Alec Su looks very smart and good at learning.
Brand: Little Tiger became popular and adopted diversified publicity mode. In addition to planning albums, concerts and film and television works for them, record companies will also launch luxurious calendars, posters, stickers, postcards, stationery envelopes and so on, gradually forming the earliest idol culture in Chinese music. Little Tiger is also the "originator of peripheral products" of Chinese singers, and Little Tiger's model was later used for reference by Hong Kong and Taiwan stars such as the Four Heavenly Kings.
B why not them?
Sean: Little Tiger is getting more attention.
At the same time, Little Tiger is active in the music world, and there are also many groups, including the Sorrow Party, Syoujotai and Hong Chunzu who sing "Happy New Year" with them. But it was Leopard, Hong Haier and Cao Meng who could compete with Little Tiger at that time. Why didn't they get on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening? Music critic Sean said in an interview that these groups have their own characteristics, but compared with Little Tiger, "the influence, popularity and topicality of their works are weak". So they were not chosen for the Spring Festival Gala.
The representative works of leopards are all covers.
Leopards are a group almost at the same time as Little Tiger. Two members, Wu Shilong and Li Dongyuan, are excellent dancers. Their music is characterized by pop dance music and new singing of old songs. From "I love you in my heart", "Where does the wind come from" to "Don't go home today", it has laid a highly recognizable style for them. But Sean pointed out that although the cover made the leopard boy, the audience couldn't remember what songs they sang after they faded out of the entertainment circle. Compared with Little Tiger, Leopard lacks its own powerful masterpiece. The audience didn't realize them. "The possibility of leopard bravery on the Spring Festival Evening is almost zero."
Hong Haier's dancing skills overshadowed music.
Hong Haier, as his younger brother, also stood out through the draft. Seven members have their own characteristics, which quickly attracted a large number of fans, even Xiao S. The first album "Show My Juvenile Passport" was sold out, and fans called Hong Haier "a young hero and a fiery partner". The five albums of Hong Haier, 250,000 were the worst sellers. At that time, HongHaier was regarded as a strong rival of Little Tiger. What impressed the mainland audience was the TV series "Little Xia Cyclone" starring Nicky Wu and Julian Chen, and the theme song "Magic Cyclone" was sung by Hong Haier.
Although the popularity and performance are comparable to Little Tiger's, there are fewer songs that Hong Haier can sing, and more are the main dances, and the music part is not outstanding. Sean thinks this is the main reason for Hon Hai's short life. As for the last Spring Festival Gala, he said: "Fans may not want to see the fat version of Hong Haier."
It is difficult for Cao Meng to attract widespread attention.
1990 When Little Tiger's "Love" was sung all over the streets, the career of Cao Meng, a Hong Kong group, reached its peak. Not only won the all-around gold medal for five consecutive years, but also went to Taiwan Province Province for development. After the album "Alliance of the Lost Love Front" was favored by fans, many albums had good results, and "Sorry Baby" and "Forget Samba Dance" became people's favorite at that time. Cao Meng was dissolved in 2000, and the three began to develop independently, and some members participated in the behind-the-scenes work. In 2005, Cao Meng reorganized and began to sing, which was well received by all circles.
Compared with Little Tiger, Cao Meng's singing and dancing skills are slightly better, and his singing works are also comparable, so he may also attend the Spring Festival Gala. However, Sean believes that even if Cao Meng's concert is well received now, it is difficult to generate new topics. "The reorganization or dissolution of Cao Meng seems unable to attract widespread attention." In other words, the Spring Festival Evening will definitely choose Little Tiger with more topics.
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