It can also be interpreted as the story of Romeo and Juliet, except that Taiwan Province Province is called Zhiming and Chunjiao.
The origin of Zhiming and Chunjiao;
"You and I had better stop here, you have no feelings for me ..." I believe everyone is familiar with this song. I used to sing with Mayday at concerts, with friends at KTV and with CDs at home. So, what is the story that happened in this song?
Every time A Xin is in a bad mood, he always likes to ride to the Danshui River by himself and walk along the path with many seafood shops next to him. When he is tired, he will sit down by the river. One day, A Xin sat by the river as usual, listening to the sound of water lapping at cement. When he began to listen carefully, he heard music, which was the natural sound level of running water. It's wonderful and beautiful.
1June, 998, one day while taking the bus, A Xin suddenly remembered Danshui and the music he heard in Danshui, so in this short 10 minute drive, the lyrics of Zhiming and Chunjiao were born, and Danshui naturally appeared in the lyrics. In fact, the melody of this song is not like ordinary Taiwanese songs, but when writing lyrics, it is natural to fill in Taiwanese lyrics, and this is very smooth, so the version of this song that everyone heard in the album has not changed from beginning to end.
Who is Chunjiao? Who is Zhiming? In fact, naked love is you, me and every man and woman around us. In English, it's Peter and Mary, which is such a common name, but every ordinary person actually has his unusual story, just like the story told in this song, which may happen to you and me.
After hearing this song, other members of Mayday began to arrange music. At first, they tried some different feelings, such as taking a fresh route with two acoustic guitars and trying Bassanova style, but the final arrangement was unanimously adopted because it felt right.
The song "Meiji and Chunjiao" was recorded as a CD for the first time in May, in order to contribute to the record company. At that time, Mayday recorded 10 demo of many works, including the song Meiji and Chunjiao, in this double CD called Black and White Talk. Only 10 sets of this CD have been made, most of which were sent to record companies and some to friends. Although I made it myself on May Day, it takes time. Their music, and perhaps a beautiful cover, immediately attracted the attention of record companies. Album version of Meiji and Chunjiao in the CD of Black and White Talk has been formed, and there have been some changes since then, but the CD version of Black and White Talk has not changed much compared with the later demo version.
On July 1998 and 17, Mayday performed at @LIVE, which was Mayday's first official performance. Because of this concert, companies including Shang Hua, Sony and Magic Stone began to pay great attention to this group. After talking with many record companies, Mayday decided to sign a contract with Rolling Stone Records.
After signing the contract with Rolling Stone,/kloc-0 recorded an audition tape for record companies to choose songs before going to Canada for recording in May, 1999, which contained 13 songs including Meiji and Chunjiao. Then there is the official release that everyone often hears, which is included in the album.
After this song was selected as the title song, the music video of Meiji and Chunjiao began to be filmed in May. The most impressive music video of this song is Tired in May. This music video was shot for two days, the first day in the shed, the second day on location, and the first day was shot at 1 o'clock in the morning. Everyone decided to go back to the training group room to remove makeup and get ready to rest.
The best place to feel Mayday music is the scene. Whether it is the first hearing, the first concert or the concert, we can all hear the live version of Zhiming and Chunjiao. At the scene of Taipei Gymnasium on August 28th, 1999, we also heard the unpublished Bassanova version of Zhiming and Chunjiao.