The so-called "immortality"

Although it has been settling in for almost a week, the news of Sinéad O'Connor's death still cannot be digested. In the mood between regret and grief, she seems to realize that such a departure seems to be the most suitable for a singer like her. summary.

How should I put it, this year marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s death, and there are special events all over the world. If you are under fifty years old, then you have never seen his greatness with your own eyes. You have received it from different media. Bruce Lee only lived for thirty-two years, but after his death, the legend has continued without abating at all. Everyone is still talking about it. I think this is probably the definition of "immortality".

After listening to the European and American music scene for many years, there are many cases of young people dying young. Some musicians have short lives, but the music they left behind is enough to last forever. And to a certain extent, their short lives are not only regrettable, but also freeze their brilliance in their best moments. After that, no one will know how they grow old or even decline. appearance. If Bruce Lee were still alive, he would be an old man in his eighties today. Would it change everyone's impression of him? No one knows, so now our impression of him is eternity and immortality.

In the European and American music circles, there is a legend of Club 27. Many important musicians died at the age of 27, including particularly famous ones such as Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. Wait, what a illustrious and heartbreaking list. Also in Hong Kong, some names such as Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Wong Ka-Kui, etc., although they are not as young as 27 years old, their popularity has increased day by day after their death.

Sinéad O'Connor is fifty-six years old. Her most glorious years were in the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to her uniqueness in music, her style of doing things is also unique. Her arbitrariness had offended many people. She longed for love and poured her feelings into her songs, but she was hurt again and again. Almost every one of her albums has a different style, which sometimes leaves followers at a loss. Recently, I listened again to her later works, which are actually quite listenable and show her mature side. Unfortunately, the results in the market were not as good as expected.

What impressed her the most was actually the Christmas song "Silent Night". This song is familiar to everyone and can be sung casually, but her almost acapella interpretation and Peter Gabriel's thin layer behind it The quality of the harpsichord, coupled with her solemn singing voice, a Christmas song that everyone is already so familiar with has been elevated to another level, which has the effect of cleansing everyone's soul.

Having said that, her most popular song "Nothing Compares 2 U" was originally composed by Prince, but he gave the lead vocal to someone else and later made his own version. Both of them are now deceased. In fact, there was another singer who covered the song and was quite popular. This singer was Chris Cornell, who unfortunately also passed away at the age of 52.

He was a singer who debuted during the rise of grunge rock in Seattle. His own band was Soundgarden. Later, he also collaborated with another band called Audioslave, and he also published albums under his own name. One of his more famous songs should be "You Know My Name" (2006), the theme song for the James Bond movie Casino Royale. However, this song may be the most easily recognized among the James Bond movie theme songs. One that people ignore.

In addition to these, he also launched a one-time music project called Temple of the Dog. Looking back today, it was a coincidence that the time came just right. It happened that one of his childhood friends, Andrew Wood, passed away suddenly in 1990. In his grief, he wrote two songs as a commemoration. He invited old teammates from Wood's band Mother Love Bone to collaborate and planned to record a single. song. It was later joined by others, including members of what would become Pearl Jam, including Eddie Vedder, and eventually became a full-length album. After that, everyone returned to their posts and continued working. The record company was not impressed and did not promote it vigorously. It wasn't until two years later that they realized that it was an irreplaceable project, and it was a song that brought together the main members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, and they started to promote it. Sales picked up, finally giving the album justice.

As for Chris Cornell, his music career has been making good progress, and no one noticed that he was suffering from depression until he returned to the hotel after a performance one night during the tour, couldn't think about it, and committed suicide. While everyone was shocked, they also remembered his influence and loyalty, so they organized a commemorative concert. Many friends and peers attended, and the scene was touching.

After his death, two albums were released. Among them, "No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1" mainly included him covering other people's songs. In comparison, everyone looked at him with special eyes.

David Fricke, a staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, once briefly commented on the Temple of the Dog album as deserves immortality. I particularly believe that some people and works will be worthy of being called immortal, but not too many.