Cui Jian’s Solo Concert
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“时代的晚上”崔健北京演唱会在工体上演。崔健，似乎是专门为中国的摇滚乐而诞生的天才，1986年，崔健用《一无所有》宣布了中国摇滚乐的诞生。他用摇滚乐这种方式感召了一代人，这一点随着时间的变化而日益明显。

Chinese rock and roll singer Cui Jian brought his solo concert, “Night of an Era” in Beijing Workers’ Stadium. It was his first solo concert in Beijing this year.

Website sina.com.cn reported that it was in Workers’ Stadium in 1986 that Cui Jian sang his classic Nothing to My Name in public for the first time. The song drove his initial success, indicating the emergence of Chinese rock music.

Known as the “godfather of Chinese rock and roll”, Cui Jian described Western rock music as a flood; Chinese rock music as a knife. He believed that the enthusiasm of fans would eventually turn Chinese rock and roll into a flood.

With dozens of classic songs popular among fans, Cui Jian’s performance turned the Workers’ Stadium into a huge Karaoke hall. Thousands of audiences sang with him for almost every song, especially the powerful Like a Knife and the following Fake Monk.

This concert brought new elements from the musician. Besides It Is Not that I Don’t See, combining rock music with dancing choreographed by Cui Jian himself, the audience was treated to Blue Bones, a song that Cui Jian had never performed in public.

Cui Jian explained that the color blue stands for wisdom and freedom, like the blue sky. He expressed hope that everyone will have more wisdom and more freedom in 2008.

Cui Jian’s friend Jiang Wen, director of The Sun Also Rises, attended the concert to celebrate his birthday. Jiang received a special present from Cui Jian, a song for him and his daughter.

Help: initial adj. 最初的  Karaoke n. 卡拉OK  choreographed adj. 精心设计的

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