Chapter 6: A Bombing That Touches the Soul
But Jing Xiaoqiang resisted.
Up to this point, no one had yet noticed the uniqueness of his singing.
After all, in a foreign song that no one quite understands, in a dance hall dominated by disco rhythms, it seems that the mediocre singing skills are nothing special.
Everyone's attention was focused on this young man and his stunning dancing moves.
In fact, it's a bit like Fei Yuqing's famous butt-sticking dance, except that the other one is an exaggerated pose designed to attract attention.
Jing Xiaoqiang danced more easily and freely.
Latin dance is like this, casual, unrestrained and full of sunshine.
This is very different from the ballroom dance that became popular in the mainland after the reform and opening up, and even the square dance that was popular in the following decades, all of which are very rigid and act like group exercises.
So Jing Xiaoqiang on the stage looked particularly cool and confident. He just twisted his body twice to the prelude and prepared to start singing.
Huang Xuerong couldn't help herself and jumped onto the half-meter-high stage and grabbed Jing Xiaoqiang's outstretched left hand.
She loves dancing very much and has received dance training since childhood. She is confident that she can keep up with this interesting and fashionable dance steps.
Jing Xiaoqiang's eyebrows twitched, but there was no smooth transition that showed any fear.
The band teacher and manager in the back all nodded secretly, this is called on-the-spot experience.
Performers cannot be affected by any sudden situations on the scene. Many people cannot cross this threshold, so their performances can only be amateurs.
In Jing Xiaoqiang's mind, Hu Delsohn and his team have been performing for many years, and it is common for them to make mistakes every now and then. This little scene is nothing.
He gently held the girl's hand, as a demonstration to the dance fans below.
You have to know that the movie "Rock Youth" starring Prince Pili was popular all over the country in 1988. The fact that social aesthetics and dance appreciation could spread to the public from the film and television drama styles at that time within two or three years was already the peak of the trend.
The dance fans in Shanghai are quite knowledgeable and followed suit.
Jing Xiaoqiang sang the song steadily while maintaining a sufficient distance. At least his chest was like he was hugging a cantaloupe, and below his waist he was surrounded by Mariana.
Otherwise, according to the characteristics of the Lombard dance, the first step he would have to do is to put his knees between the girl's legs to support her.
Jing Xiaoqiang clearly remembered that when he was in college, even in an art school known for its openness, one could still commit hooliganism if one was not careful.
However, he had forgotten the scene of behaving like a hooligan towards Feng Xiaoxia.
As a result, everyone in the audience thought that the Lombard dance should be performed like this, with the man and woman dancing in the air, which is quite interesting, right?
This gentlemanly demeanor of being polite and not bullying others in secret immediately made Huang Xuerong very fond of him.
Come every day!
But it was no longer her turn to occupy the front row.
The news that a young man who was good at singing and dancing had come to the Symphony Orchestra Ballroom and wowed the whole audience with his new song spread quickly in the Shanghai Ballroom.
The key is that the new song is really great!
Shanghai was still cutting-edge, and someone brought a walkman tape recorder and recorded a melody.
The cheerful South American music style played at a professional level is different from almost all previous popular dance music.
In an age when video cameras are rare and high-fidelity recordings and videos are difficult to transmit, seeing is believing is the most important means of solving puzzles.
So this dance hall opens at six o'clock every day and is packed with people!
Jing Xiaoqiang did not brag to the manager. The fans who flocked to the dance hall were not dancing at all. They all came to listen to the music.
But we can’t just sing Lambada all night long.
Jing Xiaoqiang only sang five songs, three in the first and two in the last, so he actually had less than twenty minutes of singing time in the whole night.
I can’t practice dance steps at other times now.
If one or two thousand people were to stand there and listen to the band playing over and over again, they would probably get tired of it after a few days, right?
not at all!
Entertainment these days is so monotonous!
Even standing there and listening, one can enjoy the performance with great interest. Different people can come to listen every day, but there are more dance fans who continue to listen just to hear Jing Xiaoqiang sing in person.
Of course the band couldn’t handle it, so adding some other tunes would certainly not be objected to.
Jing Xiaoqiang felt bad about it.
I took a morning to practice another song "Gangnam Style" with the band!
He doesn't remember the exact year of "Lambada", but he can definitely call "Gangnam Style" an original work signed by himself.
Because they only used other people's music, and the lyrics were all English version of the song and dance adaptation. It was considered a small show staged by the West City Theater to take advantage of the popularity when it was at its peak.
But the iconic dance moves must be used.
Jing Xiaoqiang also randomly called the girl who tried to get to the front of the stage, and asked her and her little sister to come over for rehearsal the next morning.
Huang Xuerong was so excited. She brought her sisters with her to such a public rehearsal place and had no guard at all.
As a result, they were even more excited. They only rehearsed for one whole afternoon, and Jing Xiaoqiang even treated them to a meal.
The three of them were ordinary girls in the city who loved dancing. They stood on the stage of more than ten square meters with Jing Xiaoqiang.
Needless to say, this song is very popular.
Even the whole world would be amazed by it twenty years later. If it were put in the 1990s, Jing Xiaoqiang would be 100% sure.
He even asked the manager to pay a little more attention to safety issues in advance.
If so many people were ignited by the popularity of the incident, there would be stampedes at various concerts and dance halls around the world. As the deputy general manager and chief security guard of the dance theater, he would know everything!
As a result, he didn't expect that the manager secretly asked someone to prepare a camera and set it up next to the stage.
At this time they could no longer be called dance fans, they were truly audiences, gathering from all directions as soon as six o'clock arrived.
After performing for five or six days, everyone already knew the routine of this young performer: he would sing before seven o'clock, and then they would have to wait until ten o'clock.
Spend two dollars, come and listen first, then leave. You can practice dancing when the place is empty.
Before ten o'clock, another large group of people came over, listened to the songs, played for a while and then went home.
But everyone is saying that this young man has new songs. He has an agreement with the manager of the dance hall and will release other new songs one after another...
In fact, this is a characteristic of some dance , where listening to music is the main purpose.
But that would be much more expensive. After all, it's just a cup of coffee and a cup of tea. If the girl orders a cake or something, it would cost more than ten yuan!
You have to know that these days Moutai is only ten yuan a bottle!
It’s still cheaper here.
So today I waited until after ten o'clock, and saw three girls with excited faces going on stage with makeup that was completely different from usual.
They all untied the hem of their shirts and tied them into a knot, rolled up their trouser legs to imitate cropped breeches, and used the same headband to secure different hairstyles as much as possible.
Then he stood on the stage in a serious manner, with his feet apart, as .
Everyone started to get excited!
There are new songs!
Jing Xiaoqiang helped the three girls put on makeup. He still wore the floral shirt, but tucked it into a pair of newly bought black carrot pants.
This is popular these days. In fact, the crotch of the pants is made bigger and lower, just like the harem pants that became popular later.
Fashion is a closed loop. Which guru said this?
It doesn’t matter anymore. This sentence will become the famous saying of the all-round player Jing Xiaoqiang.
I used the few dollars of gel cream that the girls had left over to smear myself into a Chow Yun Fat-like slicked-back slicked-back hair, and went on stage wearing a pair of sunglasses bought from a street vendor for two dollars...
It can still usher in instant cheers!
It is said that the sound spread to the bustling Huaihai Road outside, making people think that something big had happened here.
But all the audience who were crowded outside the dance hall and turned back to squeeze to the window outside the door after hearing the sound were still lucky enough to enjoy this popular scene.
Jing Xiaoqiang himself felt very good, as if Hudelson's innate love of showing off was greatly released. He picked up the microphone and said, "Ah Yu Rui... Di?!"
Absolutely authentic New York West End pronunciation.
The DJ language that may have become commonplace in the future made everyone feel involved at this moment, and they responded enthusiastically: "Ok..."
"Ready!"
"What did he say?"
"Who cares? Just follow the shouting!"
This time the combination of keyboard, guitar and bass has a bit of electronic music flavor, and the drummer is even more crazy!
In fact, the three dancers just need to follow the rhythm and push their hands left and right and up and down repeatedly. They should avoid any excessive movements such as stroking the body and moving it up and down.
Even so, under the pumping of strong rhythm, it can still cooperate with Jing Xiaoqiang's English rap.
Like a stimulant, it violently hit the ears and hearts of everyone present!
It doesn’t matter what is sung, but RAP had already begun to take root in China at that time, and Cui Jian had already pioneered it in "It's Not That I Don't Understand".
Therefore, the people of Shanghai, who are always at the forefront of trends, don’t care about the style at all.
It's enough to touch the soul!
But they never expected that the incomprehensible rap part at the beginning was just to set off the chorus at the end!
After the prolonged shout, the entire band and singer paused briefly at the same time.
Just when all the audience were feeling their hearts leapt into their throats due to the powerful rhythm, the sound in the entire dance hall suddenly cut off!
It was hung in the air, neither going up nor down, and even my ears felt temporarily blocked.
Just when everyone thought it was just hallucination or that there was something wrong with the equipment...
The subsequent music is like all the revolutionary war movies, with the momentum of the rocket artillery troops firing thousands of arrows at the same time...
Exploding hail covered the sky!
Jing Xiaoqiang, who had been
Swing your legs left and right!
The powerful dance moves that had never been seen before drove the whole audience crazy!
The crazy shouting in unison was enough to blow the roof off!
He roared without caring about anything, and his throat was about to burst!
This is Hu Haining, who is always known for being cautious and polite...
