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Balls Under The Red Flag
''Hongqi xia de dan'' (红旗下的蛋 literally ''"eggs" under the red flag''), English title on CD cover ''Balls Under The Red Flag'', is a 1994 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian Cui Jian ( zh, c=崔健, p=Cuī Jiàn, ; born 2 August 1961) is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" (), he pioneered Chinese rock music. For this distinction Cui Jian is often l ....World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Broughton, Simon, Ellingham, Mark, Richard Trillo - 2000 p55 "Cui renamed his band 'Balls under the Red Flag' (in original Chinese, 'Eggs under the Red Flag') in 1993-94, a self-mocking title of the powerlessness of rock musicians." Track listing References * * 1994 albums Cui Jian albums Mandarin-language albums {{china-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cui Jian
Cui Jian ( zh, c=崔健, p=Cuī Jiàn, ; born 2 August 1961) is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" (), he pioneered Chinese rock music. For this distinction Cui Jian is often labeled "The Father of Chinese Rock".Gunde, Richard. 002(2002) Culture and Customs of China. Greenwood Press. Early career Cui Jian grew up in a musical family in Beijing—his father was ethnic Korean and a professional trumpet player, and his mother was a member of a Korean dance troupe. Cui Jian followed his father to start playing the trumpet at the age of fourteen. He joined the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in 1981, at the age of twenty. He was first introduced to rock during this period when friends smuggled in illicit recordings from Hong Kong and Bangkok. Inspired by the likes of Simon and Garfunkel and John Denver, Cui began learning to play the guitar. In 1984 he formed his first band, Qi He Ban (七合板, literally "Seven-Ply Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solution (Cui Jian Album)
''Jiejue'' (解决 ''Solution''), also featuring the English name ''Solution'' on the album cover, is a 1991 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian Cui Jian ( zh, c=崔健, p=Cuī Jiàn, ; born 2 August 1961) is a Beijing-based Chinese singer-songwriter, trumpeter and guitarist. Affectionately called "Old Cui" (), he pioneered Chinese rock music. For this distinction Cui Jian is often l .... It was his second commercially available album after Rock 'N' Roll On The New Long March, and he was able to have it released in China after adapting some of the lyrics.Popular Music and Human Rights: World Music Ian Peddie - 2013 "Cui Jian, Jiejue olution(EMI Music Publishing, SE. Asia, 1990)." Track listing # 解决 (Solve) # 这儿的空间 (Space Here) # 一块红布 (A Red Cloth) # 寂寞就像一团烈火 (Loneliness Is Like Fire) # 投机份子 (Speculators) # 快让我在这雪地上撒点儿野 (Let Me Go Wild In The Snow) # 像一把刀子 (Like A Knife) # 南泥湾 (Nanniwan) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of The Powerless (album)
''Wuneng de liliang'' (无能的力量), English title on CD cover ''The Power of the Powerless'', is a 1998 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian. The title derives from the 1978 essay ''The Power of the Powerless ''The Power of the Powerless'' ( cs, Moc bezmocných) is an expansive political essay written in October 1978 by the Czech dramatist, political dissident, and later statesman, Václav Havel. The essay dissects the nature of communist regimes of ...'' by Václav Havel but the album does not specifically reference this connection.Tony Mitchell ''Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA'' 2002 p25 "... Powerless (a title derived from an essay by the former dissident Czech president and rock fan Vaclav Havel)," Track listing References * * 1998 albums Cui Jian albums Mandarin-language albums {{china-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Albums
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. Specific locations * 1994 in British music * 1994 in Norwegian music Specific genres *1994 in country music * 1994 in heavy metal music * 1994 in hip hop music * 1994 in Latin music * 1994 in jazz Events January–February *January 19 – Bryan Adams becomes the first major Western music star to perform in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. *January 21–February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes place, again expanding from the previous year's venues to include the Gold Coast, Queensland and Auckland in New Zealand. The festival is headlined by Soundgarden, Ramones and Björk. *January 25 – Alice in Chains release their ''Jar of Flies'' album which makes its US chart debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so. *January 29 – The Supremes' Mary Wilson is injured when her Jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside Los Angeles, USA. Wilson's 14-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cui Jian Albums
Cui or CUI may refer to: People * Cui (surname), a Chinese surname * Cui Shian (born 1957), governor of Macau * César Cui (1835–1918), Russian composer Education * Catholic University of Ireland * COMSATS University Islamabad * Concordia University Irvine Science and technology * Character-based user interface * Copper(I) iodide (CuI) * Corrosion under insulation * Cubic inch, a unit of volume * Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, a German research institute Other uses * Cui (character), a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media * Controlled Unclassified Information, in the United States * Cuiba language * Cui-ui, a fish endemic to Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada * Cui (or cuy), a Peruvian term for the guinea pig, when used as food See also * Cui bono ''Cui bono?'' (), in English "to whom is it a benefit?", is a Latin phrase about identifying crime suspects. It expresses the view that crimes are often committed to benefit their perpetrators, especially financially. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
