“How could I not have heard of it? TVB has been playing their song ‘Hometown’ a lot these days. I’ve listened to it several times.” A rich heiress explained to her best friend.
After this explanation, many people suddenly understood.
"Oh, it's this band. That song is pretty good. Isn't it number five on the singles chart right now?"
"That song, hey! The lead singer's a handsome guy too, are you interested?"
"You're too young, I'll keep her!"
Lewd laughter isn't just a male prerogative; women sometimes make this kind of laugh too.
It's just that people call their laughter a fawning laugh.
Liang Liang stood on the stage in silence for several seconds, waiting for the discussions below the stage to subside before speaking.
"Friends from Hong Kong! Good evening! We are the Blue Shark Band from the mainland. We were guests at Su Ennan's Hong Kong Coliseum concert a couple of months ago. We hope those who attended that concert will remember us! Raise your hand if you remember us."
Hundreds of people raised their hands at the Hung Hom Sports Centre.
This disappointed Liang Liang somewhat, as the quantity was a bit too small.
"You might not be familiar with our band's name, but you might remember us if I mention something: two TV stations in Xianggang have aired our music video single 'Hometown.' Do you remember it?"
This time, the number of people raising their hands increased exponentially, roughly estimated to be several thousand.
This was unexpected for Liang Liang. There were too few hands raised earlier, but now it seems there are too many.
This shows that their band's popularity in Hong Kong is comparable to that of Peking University.
"Thank you to our friends who still remember us. Next, we will perform two songs from Blue Shark's album 'Hometown,' which will be released on the 25th. We hope our friends in Hong Kong will enjoy them. The first song, 'Returning to Hometown,' is dedicated to you all."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bass guitar in his hand started playing, launching into a somewhat mournful solo.
This song is an original composition by Liang Liangchun. The first half of the verse adopts a soothing slow rock style, while the chorus adopts a more intense hard rock style. It portrays the journey from the faint sadness of homesickness to the ecstatic joy of seeing one's hometown, and finally to the tranquility of a wanderer returning home.
This can be described as an excellent piece of music expressing the homesickness and longing of a traveler returning home.
At least that's what Liang Liang thinks.
After the song was finished, many Hong Kong farmers agreed with his point of view, as evidenced by the fairly enthusiastic applause.
The applause for this song did not meet Liang Liang's expectations, but the applause for the second song, "Hometown," exceeded his expectations.
The reason Liang Liang chose "Hometown" as the title of this album is that his target audience is not mainly Hong Kong and Taiwan, but rather mainland China.
Only mainlanders can understand the meaning of the word "hometown," and he does not believe that people from Hong Kong and Taiwan have a strong emotional attachment to their hometown.
Looking back on the many years that Hong Kong and Taiwan songs have been popular, he has never heard any famous songs about homesickness from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
There's probably only one Taiwanese song called "Hometown" that's still worth listening to.
Then there's the song "Clouds Over My Hometown".
However, the fact that the song "Hometown" received so much applause here was still somewhat beyond Liang Liang's expectations.
It seems the music video played on TV didn't go to waste; the people of Hong Kong have embraced the melody of this song.
After finishing the two songs, although some audience members requested an encore, the Blue Shark band prepared to leave the stage.
At this moment, someone in the front row spoke up.
"Blue Shark Band! The song you sang last time wasn't this style, it was an upbeat song! Why didn't you sing the song you sang last time?"
At Su Ennan's concert, they sang "In My Eyes" and "Longing is a Knife," neither of which appeared on the album "Hometown," so Liang Liang certainly wouldn't sing them.
"Excuse me, beautiful lady, we have already finished singing our two songs. We are just guest performers for the Beiyang Band. If we sing any more, we would be stealing their thunder. If we hold a concert in Hong Kong in the future, we will definitely take your advice into consideration."
"If you sing that song 'Longing is a Knife' from last time, I'll treat you to a late-night snack after the concert."
For these idle, thrill-seeking young ladies from prestigious families, this is tantamount to a disguised form of asking for trouble.
So the ladies who knew this well started to jeer.
"I'm sorry, miss! We really can't go on any longer today. After all, the concert time is limited. Thank you for your kindness, miss!"
Liang Liang politely declined the invitation, mainly because the other person was not very attractive; if she were a beautiful woman, he might have hesitated.
Of course, he only hesitated for a moment; he wouldn't go out for a late-night snack with the other person and then go and beat them up.
This is a rural port; it was wiped out without even knowing how.
Although this place claims to be a society governed by law, it's actually a joke.
The Blue Shark Band left the stage, and the Beiyang Band took the stage again.
However, the socialites in the audience unanimously requested that the Blue Shark Band sing "Missing You Is a Knife," so the Beiyang Band had no choice but to invite the Blue Shark Band back.
Liang Liang had no choice but to sing the song "Time is a Knife" once.
The applause that followed was extremely intense, to the point that it could have blown the roof off.
Liang Liang didn't leave after the performance ended. The socialites who were closest to her asked when the song would be released as an album.
"The album for this song won't be released until next spring, but the Cantonese version by Liu Tianwang will be released around New Year's Day. I hope you can support it."
Liu Dehua bought the Cantonese version of this song, intending to use it as the title track for his new album around New Year's Day. There's still a week until New Year's Day, and his company has already started promoting his new album.
Liang Liang even gave him a free advertisement.
I wonder if Liu Tianwang will pay him a thank-you fee.
What's the Cantonese version called?
The Mandarin version and the Cantonese version of a song usually don't have the same name.
For example, the famous song "A Thousand Songs" has a Mandarin version called "Song of the Setting Sun".
Liang Liang didn't know the name of Andy Lau's Cantonese version of this song, nor did he ask Andy Lau or tell him.
"I'm sorry! This is a trade secret. I don't know the name of the Cantonese version of this song either, but I'm sure everyone will know in a few days."
That's just a bunch of nonsense.
Around 11 o'clock, the Beiyang Band's first concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum came to a successful conclusion.
Their concert was quite successful, with box office revenue approaching one million.
With this achievement as a foundation, they are confident about the next two concerts.
The Beiyang Band's second concert was held on the 26th, so Jinmeng Company's focus immediately shifted to the Blue Shark Band's album launch ceremony on the 25th after their first concert.
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