For fans, they must have heard of at least three versions of Red, ambiguity and ethereal in Red Album, willfulness and illusion in Crossing 97, boldness and loneliness in Enthusiasm. There is also a version that is sad and alienated from the piano in the demo version.
The album Red was released on 1996. At that time, my brother had just returned to the music scene. He grasped the only meaningful artistic conception in the lyrics, and composed the lyrics with his own music, giving everyone infinite reverie-"Red" can be an unforgettable bittersweet love, a bitter pursuit that you had no choice, or even a willful opening to the world.
My brother's interpretation of "red" in Crossing 97 is a classic. After his comeback, his brother's indifference to fame and fortune made him completely loyal to the art in his mind and practice his understanding of art-"the real artist should be hermaphrodite." Art has no gender, but it is reluctantly endowed with the so-called "gender" because of the gender of the performers. It is conceivable that the depth and breadth of art have to be bound by the limitations of human understanding of gender. At this concert, my brother danced the tango with the male dancers in those shocking red high heels, and presented the willful, enchanting and intoxicating nature of red to the audience with the scattered drums. This concert is the first time that my brother announced to the world that he would pursue a scarce aesthetic direction in another way on the road of art. In this concert, "red" became the best "spokesperson" to interpret my brother's art (the interpretation of another similar song "Cheating" also brought out the best in each other. )
Passionate Red 2000 is a classic in my mind. My brother's achievement in "Enthusiastic Concert" in 2000 reached his artistic peak, and it was also the one I enjoyed most in all his concerts. My brother used seven sets of stage costumes designed by jean paul gaultier to make his songs into a stage play "From a beautiful angel boy to a devil who controls all living things". With bold voice, king's dance and exquisite stage lighting, he performed the greatest concert in Asian music, and the height of this monument may take years of efforts to surpass it. My brother once again made a new interpretation of red. If the 97th edition of "Red" gives an incisive interpretation of the lyrics, then the 2000 edition of "Red" shows the essence of "red". I only listened to my brother's sexy voice, sandy tone and some Arab prelude, as if a gentle wind was blowing across the vast desert. At this time, apart from the boundless yellow sand, the only thing that has movement and life is this breeze, dancing alone. My brother was dressed in black, with a camcorder in his hand, beating drums like a minor. He was completely a bystander of the world filming the dancers on the stage. Favorite version of my brother's concert in Nanjing in 2000. As a professional artist, my brother didn't make any changes to the costumes or performances because of the weather. He is still wearing a thin stage costume. At the end of the red, he laughed loudly and sneered coldly: "What can this climate do to me?" Classic Leslie Cheung! !
This is a reprint. But I think it's well written.