When I was little, my dad loved to sing this song called “Ali Baba” in my ear. So that melody’s been stuck in my head ever since—and all this time, I thought it was something he made up himself. And then I just grew up with it, without ever thinking too much about it…
Thirty-something years later, I got a new tour offer. As usual, when I received the Dropbox link with the song list, I started doing my charting work.
First song: “10 Minutes 12 Inches.” I thought, what kind of weird song title is that? Weird’s fine, but it’s so long! Then, as I was listening—suddenly I heard, “Ali~ Ali Baba!”
What the heck?! Wait, what?! No way—this is the “Ali Baba” my dad used to sing to me when I was a kid! I actually teared up right there.
And that was just the beginning. As I kept preparing, more songs popped up—“酒咁通賣無,” “男兒當自強,” “瀟灑走一回,” “選擇”… way too many to name.
About half a year ago, we started rehearsals back in May. In all my years in the business, I’ve never had a concert production start rehearsing this early. (Sure, there are usually long prep periods, but I mean the band rehearsing—and with the artists, too!) The two of them joined us on the second day.
A lot of people were curious why we started so early. They said they wanted everyone to really live with the songs—so that by the time the concert came around, we could truly enjoy and play the music on stage, instead of just staring at charts like session players.
The result? These past five shows were pure joy. Everyone went absolutely wild 🤘🏻
Five concerts down, and our tour’s only just begun! Next stop: Foshan. See you all in November!
黃子瑜 (Fish)
#林子祥葉蒨文白頭到老演唱會
還記得很小的時候，我老爸很喜歡在我耳邊唱「阿里巴巴」，所以我腦裡一直有這個旋律，而我也一直以為這是他自己編的，然後我就這樣慢慢長大了⋯⋯
30幾年之後我接到了一個新的巡演 offer，收到 dropbox 曲目連結之後，按慣例我開始我的採譜工作。
第一首歌：10分12吋，我想說這什麼怪歌，怪就算了！還超級長～聽著聽著突然出現「阿里～阿里巴巴！」
哇靠哇靠哇靠⋯⋯？！？！？！？！？！
天啊！這什麼？？這不是我老爸小時候一直唱給我聽的那個「阿里巴巴」嗎？然後我就落淚了 囧rz...
更不用說之後準備的過程中繼續聽到的「酒咁通賣無」、「男兒當自強」、「瀟灑走一回」、「選擇」⋯⋯太多了。
將近半年前，我們從今年五月就開始彩排，我入行以來從沒遇過這麼早就開始彩排的演唱會製作（其他前置作業肯定會拉很長，但這邊指的是樂團開始彩排，而且是跟藝人！他們倆第二天就跟我們一起彩排了）。很多人好奇理由是什麼？他們倆說想要大家可以跟歌曲真的很熟，然後等到演唱會的時候，大家可以真的是在台上享受音樂、玩音樂，而不是在那邊看譜像個樂師，結果是過去五天大家都玩瘋了 🤘🏻
五場演唱會圓滿結束，而我們的巡迴才正要開始！下一站佛山，我們十一月再見～
When I was little, my dad loved to sing this song called “Ali Baba” in my ear. So that melody’s been stuck in my head ever since—and all this time, I thought it was something he made up himself. And then I just grew up with it, without ever thinking too much about it…
Thirty-something years later, I got a new tour offer. As usual, when I received the Dropbox link with the song list, I started doing my charting work.
First song: “10 Minutes 12 Inches.” I thought, what kind of weird song title is that? Weird’s fine, but it’s so long! Then, as I was listening—suddenly I heard, “Ali~ Ali Baba!”
What the heck?! Wait, what?! No way—this is the “Ali Baba” my dad used to sing to me when I was a kid! I actually teared up right there.
And that was just the beginning. As I kept preparing, more songs popped up—“酒咁通賣無,” “男兒當自強,” “瀟灑走一回,” “選擇”… way too many to name.
About half a year ago, we started rehearsals back in May. In all my years in the business, I’ve never had a concert production start rehearsing this early. (Sure, there are usually long prep periods, but I mean the band rehearsing—and with the artists, too!) The two of them joined us on the second day.
A lot of people were curious why we started so early. They said they wanted everyone to really live with the songs—so that by the time the concert came around, we could truly enjoy and play the music on stage, instead of just staring at charts like session players.
The result? These past five shows were pure joy. Everyone went absolutely wild 🤘🏻
Five concerts down, and our tour’s only just begun! Next stop: Foshan. See you all in November!
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