Chinanews.com client Beijing, June 2 (Ren Siyu) "We are occasionally late, but we will definitely arrive."
On the last day of May, Mayday fulfilled their 2020 "May Agreement".
The circle of friends swipes the "Concert on May Antenna".
At 8pm on May 31st, the "Suddenly Want to See You" online concert was officially held. After singing the first song, Mayday pushed open the door and walked into the huge stadium. In the empty stadium, only five people stood in the center of the stage, but the lighting equipment and stage effects were not discounted. More specifically, all seats were equipped with light sticks, "Each light stick represents you at the scene. ".
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
"An Apple", "Summer Light Year", "Sun Wukong", "Starry Sky", "I Don't Want You Alone", "Party Animals", "Looking for Love", "Love", "Contentment", "Noah's Ark", "Stubborn"... …When I sang "Suddenly Miss You", Li Ronghao, Xiao Jingteng, and Mao were not even more pleasantly surprised. They sang together with lead singer A Xin.
A familiar melody sounded, many people in front of the screen sang unconsciously, and even left tears:
"I will never graduate from Mayday Youth University."
"The Mayday concert was so good that it was crying and humming, full of memories of Dangdang, I have heard it from the first day."
"It hasn't been this youthful passion for a long time, and the Mayday song always moved me to tears."
This was May Tiancheng’s first live concert in more than 20 years, and it was also the first free concert for ten thousand people. It was also the concert that most people attended at the same time. According to TME live statistics, more than 35 million people watched the live broadcast.
The biggest complaint of the audience is that the one-hour duration is too short: "Mayday's concert is like my youth, and it is unexpectedly over."
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
Twenty-three years into the army, Mayday and their songs accompanied many people's youth.
"When I was a high school student, I felt that Mayday's music was a weapon."
"From the sixth grade to the present, I have spent every hard night with me on Mayday. The senior three of me listened to "High Summer" and "Stubbornness" in the corridor over and over again. Now I have been admitted to a good university. go away."
"From middle school to college, to the beginning of the workplace, Mayday has been with me, cheerful, sad, frustrated and strong, these emotions exist in their singing, but also in my life, as long as the melody sounds, you can instantly Back to those days when you can’t go back."
They sing youth, dreams, and their own life experiences, and fans who live in all stages of life and with all kinds of moods seem to find resonance and get inspired.
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
The location of this online concert was chosen in May at the Taipei Municipal Stadium, where they once witnessed their "glorious moment".
On July 7, 1999, May Day, who signed the contract with Rolling Stones, released the first album "The First Creation Album". In August of the same year, they held the first concert for ten thousand people at the Taipei City Stadium.
The beginning of Mayday is a group of middle school students who love music. Asin, Monster, Martha, and Stone who studied in the High School Attached to Taipei Normal University met through the guitar club. In 1995, the lead singer Asin, the guitarist Monster, and the first drummer Qian Youda formed a band called "So Band", and then bass Martha joined in hand; in 1997, the guitarist Stone joined. In order to participate in the "Yetai Singing" music festival, they decided to use Martha's net name "MAYDAY" as a group name. The day of debut on March 29 is May Day. Army Day. In 1999, Guanyou, the boss of the training group, became the fourth drummer, and this lineup has remained so far.
The cover of Mayday's album "The First Creation Album".
But as Ashin later wrote, "In those days, the Internet was still dial-up, the recording studio was very expensive, and there were very few performance stages. It is considered impossible to use the orchestra as a lifelong career", because playing music, monsters 'S father was sent to the hospital in a coma; Asin's mother said, "You go to sing, which is equivalent to picking up trash."
In 1998, Mayday recorded the first audition tape and delivered it to major record companies. When it was sent to Rolling Stone, they told the front desk lady that if you want to throw it away, you should listen to it and then throw it away. Later, the sample was heard by Li Zongsheng, and he called Mayday: "Hello, I am Li Zongsheng." The monster that thought it was a spoof answered directly: "You Li Zongsheng? I'm Luo Dayou!"
In 2001, due to members' enlistment and further education, Mayday announced that they would say goodbye to the music scene. They said goodbye to their fans with a "Where Are You Going" concert. During the heavy rain that day, Asin and the 20,000 fans under the stage had the following dialogue: "Go home!" "No!" "Go home!" "No!" "No songs can be sung." "Yes!" They thought that this might be the last time they stood on stage.
But in the summer of 2003, at the Taipei City Stadium's "Sky City" concert, Mayday's crew returned. They were pleasantly surprised to see that 40,000 fans were waiting for them.
There was a time-honored "performance poster" circulating on the Internet: in the "Unknown Heights" bar in Beijing in 2004, the future bike, Joyside, and Mayday brought a platoon rock performance, the fare was 30 yuan, and the student ticket 20 yuan.
It was the first time to perform in Beijing on Mayday. They didn't ask for performance fees. They also invited everyone present to drink. "There were twenty or thirty people sitting under the stage, but they sang very happy that night."
Afterwards, with songs such as "satisfaction" and "stubbornness" became popular, Mayday sang all the way from the North Exhibition Theater to the Capital Stadium and then to the Workers Stadium... In 2012, Mayday opened the concert into the bird's nest of 100,000 people, and even opened Two games-
"How long did it take for everyone to come to the bird's nest? Someone was twenty minutes fast, some people were a little longer than two hours. I also know that many people came by train from far away and it took three days, but I have to tell You, it took 13 years to come to the Bird's Nest on Mayday."
The lyrics of the Mayday song "Any Door".
"We were all in our twenties at the first concert. If time flies, all five are old men in their forties." On the evening of May 31, shortly after the opening of the online concert, the members of Mayday would Start to ridicule yourself.
Halfway through the sing, five people sat directly in the audience. Asin laughed and said: "The first time I sang in the audience's perspective, it turned out that Mayday was really small", and several middle-aged people chatted happily, and also let the audience see Relish.
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
In the past two decades, Mayday’s concert has experienced various unexpected situations, and has also witnessed many people’s life events. Stone and Guanyou proposed to their girlfriends at the concert. The audience sang happy birthday songs for Guanyou’s daughter; they Fans have also grown up and become family members following concert after concert.
Asin once said on the stage, "One day we will walk on stage with a cane. As long as you are willing to replace the glow stick in your hand with a cane, we will still sing for you."
Why do you like Mayday? Some people said that they found resonance in their songs. Some people said that they regained their confidence and courage from their songs. Some people were moved by their tacit understanding. Others felt that they were the spokespersons of youth.
As a netizen wrote: "What could be more touching than the enthusiasm of people who still have teenagers in their middle ages? What could be slower than seeing that their favorite idols are constantly growing and they are constantly growing together Is it more inspirational to slowly become the person you want to be?"
The cover of Mayday's album "Autobiography".
The head monster once said in an interview, "For Mayday, the best thing is to stay in post-puberty forever, that is, after youth, before confessing, still trying to burn together for ideals."
Asin also said this at the concert of "Life Co., Ltd.":
"The world of adults is very good. If there is such a bad thing sometimes, it doesn't matter. When you put on headphones and listen to Mayday, you have to remember that Mayday will always be with you twenty years old, and Mayday will be with you twenty years old forever. "
Concert on the antenna in May. Source: video screenshot
On the evening of the 31st, the last song of the concert on the antenna in May was "stubborn" that many people would sing: "My last stubbornness with me, hold my hands tightly and never let go. The next stop is heaven, even if you are disappointed despair……"
When the five members bowed, a few lines of familiar text were printed on the screen, "Mayday is a monster, Guanyou, stone, Martha, Ashin, and you". (Finish)