唱不完的诗画江南
——词作家、音乐人施翔
2022-07-28文/王毓
文 / 王 毓
杭州爱乐乐团演奏施翔亚运歌曲《亲爱的亚细亚》。Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra performs Dear Asia, an Asian Games-themed song written by Shi Xiang.
趁盛夏来临前,浙江省音乐文学学会副会长兼秘书长、浙江财经大学公共艺术教育中心原艺术顾问施翔和我又一次神游西湖,在新荷绽开时,畅谈他创作的“浙里赞歌”。
自1988年以一首处女作《日月之恋》和著名诗人顾城同在《光明日报》主办的赛事上获奖算起,他已经写词30多年了,创作了3500余首歌词,被谱曲灌录的有500余首。有为城市、农村、单位等创作的市歌、村歌、校歌、行业歌曲和旅游形象推广歌曲,也有电视剧插曲和其他主题歌曲。很多风靡全国,红遍网络。像由他作词的《舞动中国》,搭档广场舞,传遍了大街小巷,创下了“最大规模排舞”的吉尼斯世界纪录。一首首歌让他多次摘得文化部“群星奖”、中国音协优秀创作歌曲奖、浙江省“五个一工程奖”、浙江省音乐舞蹈节大奖、浙江省音乐新作大赛大奖、全国村歌大赛大奖等。施翔还经常应邀去各地作音乐文学创作相关的系列讲座,在音乐大赛上点评作品,走到哪儿都深受词曲爱好者的青睐和欢迎。他也为各省市众多大型晚会和主题音乐会及电视专题片做过策划、主创和撰稿人。
唱不尽的西湖之美
杭州之美,美在西湖,西湖之美,美在流传的诗词歌赋和爱情神话。作为一个杭州人,一年四季持续不断的踏青、赏花、敬香、会友等都不会离西湖太远。施翔的好多歌词都围绕着西湖,最典型的是原创音乐大碟《西湖烟雨歌》。2017年,他以西湖十景、云栖竹径和灵隐禅寺等12处景点为创作背景和抒情对象,写下西湖十二阙,汇入一张大碟,为在湖边喝下午茶或咖啡的人们送去音蝶飞舞。
春天,在柳浪闻莺《单纯地望着天》:莺飞远,声闻见,柳浪叶落,回忆年少“那本书你借了又借读过多少遍”;夏天,《汪洋里弄月》:“三潭印着月洁白的模样”,小船吱吱地摇出过往,“水中央等她在老地方,不怕等来的是地老天荒”,青年人直白坦荡的衷肠续写着爱情之都白娘子和许仙相遇在那艘船上、梁山伯与祝英台也相遇在那艘船上、苏小小在船头痴情遥望、陶师儿乘船夜入湖光……;秋天,中年危机涤荡风中:“南屏晚钟传情却匆匆,迎接你也声声送别你,只有时光一世英雄”;冬天,柳青荷红、鱼跃钟响在雪后幻化归一,断桥断,残雪残,生命的素净近在眼前:“掀开了伪装,才是那纯洁的世界!”
品读《西湖烟雨歌》,多届央视春晚总撰稿人、音舞史诗《复兴之路》总执笔、国家一级编剧任卫新认为,不同于到了一定年龄的男人在情感的律动中逐渐趋于暮年的老化,施翔的创作呈现出一种更加成熟而又内敛的激化,甚至于比小伙子还要厉害:“作为后者的他,在保持沉静中的燃烧,以似乎廊桥遗梦的方式,与西子对视了。”这样优雅多情的“对视”是很容易吸引西子姑娘们的。江南女词人钱丹就评价他:“情感细腻,情调雅正。”
《西湖烟雨歌》最打动人的是歌词描刻的世界“万物之生意最可观”和创作者表达的“直抒真性情”。借由这部作品,施翔完成了他自我生命和西湖自然生命的水乳交融。以美写真、含真于美的艺术再现和“西湖之美”浑然一体。这种美成为施翔歌词创作的总体风格之一,传递出他独特的诗心、诗情、诗意。
他仿佛西湖上一只俊朗的银鸥,不断啼唱着和这片青绿山水相依相恋的故事:“我只愿以一颗最真诚的心去表达对诗画浙江的爱意,用最质朴最真实的生活细节去塑造一个绿水青山掩映下的人间仙境。”
颂不完的浙江赞歌
西湖东南边是吴山,俗称“城隍山”,古诗文中常见的“东南第一州”指的就是它,登顶可揽杭州江、山、湖、城之胜!山西南有南宋皇家籍田的遗址—八卦田。施翔小时候随父母住在那边,也随奶奶住过太庙遗址旁,他常常翻过城隍山或走过南宋御街去杭四中上学。时光荏苒,这个小伢儿已过耳顺之年,不变的是他攀爬“词山”时依旧脚力十足。
施翔在《歌曲创作的表达与感悟》分享会留影。Shi Xiang takes a photo after delivering a lecture on music creation.
走遍了山山水水,浙江,尽在施翔的歌唱里!《宋韵流芳吴山下》《钱塘江我的母亲河》《雾锁新安江》《余姚杨梅红》《追寻天台山》《向往大陈岛》等一百五十余首“浙里赞歌”记录着十万绿水青山千年图画,六千万家烟火楼台巷长。“这只鸟”践行了自己的承诺,振翅之间,吐纳珠玉之声,衔来千里江山图。
这幅长卷,名山胜水美不胜收,律动时还颇有一种“吴山之胜”的高远精神,指向浙江儿女的砥砺前行。温岭组歌《海的印记》等作品里蓬勃向上的氛围,既折射出施翔作为艺术家的浪漫天性和其作为堂堂七尺男儿的英雄豪情,又投射出浙江人勇立潮头、敢为人先的精神风貌。
或许正因为这份内外兼修的“胜情”,让他作词的歌曲在各项重大赛事或评选中秀出云表。
写不完的青春“潮”味
2016年,第13届杭州全国学生运动会会歌征集落幕。但应征作品不尽完美,一等奖空缺,会歌甄选悬而未决。后来,大赛组委会向施翔发出邀约。在大学从事公共艺术教育,和同学们朝夕相处的他,落笔生花,以一首《动如潮》献礼大会。歌名高度凝练、别具深意。生命无处不在的“动”和以钱江潮为意象所代表的城市的“潮”完美融合,将大会体育精神、杭州地域特色和文化内涵表现得淋漓尽致。
近年来,他的歌词越写越青春动感,“潮”味十足。
“潮”,源自歌词内容紧跟时代。施翔的创作历程反映的是浙江从改革开放到新时代的一路征程。上海音乐家协会音乐文学专业委员会常务理事兼副秘书长、《上海歌词》编辑、词人孔鸿声专访他时说:“看起来好像都是一些应节应景之作,但当你细细品读时,可以强烈地感觉到施翔是借应节应景创作之际,以他满腔的赤子之心体现记录新时代、书写新时代、讴歌新时代的使命担当,同时也是在为时代画像、为时代立传、为时代明德的艺术创作中实现着自己的音乐梦想。”
“潮”,来自歌词表达与年轻的心同频共振。施翔的90后女儿施余声是出色的流行歌曲评论者。她曾直率地批评自己的父亲和一些歌曲创作:“墨守成规,跟不上时代的节奏,年轻人不喜欢!套路就是死路。”年轻人的观点代表了当下的一种潮流、趋势和追求。他深切地感受到自己的音乐文学创作得“年轻化”:“需要不断的学习和创新,才能赢得听众,否则被社会淘汰就是早晚的事。”同时,在作曲和编曲制作上,他更是有意识地和优秀的青年音乐人甚至新人合作,创作出了一大批风格迥异、青春时尚、颇具流行元素的歌曲。“年纪越来越老,作品却写得越来越‘年轻’了。越来越与这个时代接轨,越来越能融入现代生活了。”施余声为老爸竖起了大拇指!
“潮”,还来自歌词用新媒体来传播推广。2018年以来,施翔通过微信公众号“沉吟的湖畔”等分享了约三百余首原创作品。据我所知,这种意识和做法在全国词人群体中也是屈指可数的。坚持不懈的更新,帮助他更好地塑造了自己的音乐IP和商业价值。这份对音乐创作的热爱、勤勉和使命感也令人十分敬佩。
梦依然绵绵不绝
“潮”涌深处,中华民族独特的音乐观烙刻在施翔身上的印迹清晰可见。中国最早的音乐理论著作《乐记》强调音乐对情感的影响:“天之常道,人之常情,不能无乐”,也指出“故礼以道其志,乐以和其声”的社会价值。施翔很注重音乐的社会性,对创作主旋律作品有自己的领悟:“我总想着用歌声可以去改变些什么,我的很多主旋律创作年轻人或许并不爱听,但是人在生存中总要担负起一些自己应尽的社会责任。”《潮涌之江 · 风云激荡》里的“抗金击倭”“辛亥流年”“复兴壮歌”、南湖《船歌》中“母亲船,百年仍向前”、浙江治水歌《不打胜仗,决不收手》、镇海爱老故事《车轮上的食堂》……施翔以作品彰显责任!
他还很重视传统文化对歌词创作的艺术滋养。其歌词呈现出刚柔并济、雅致俊逸的中国韵味,同时,其意象世界传承了天地万物和谐共生的中国智慧。中国音乐文学学会常务理事、浙江省音乐文学学会副会长、浙江词人徐阡寒评价他的大碟《最美杭州》:“犹如宋画里的留白,水墨氲湿,简洁明净……”
发掘中华文化的独特价值已成为施翔歌词创作的艺术自觉。这使我联想到南宋古都杭州正在发掘打造的另一处名胜—南宋皇宫遗址德寿宫,位于西湖以东,吴山东北角,在中轴线上坐方行圆。这又使我不禁联想到施翔歌词的又一种风骨,一词一句,蔚为大观,宛若“德寿之正”。用他的歌唱出来就是《梦想走在大路》 :“我欢呼中国气派!”
施翔的名字里有一个“翔”字,全网社交账号都叫“低飞的鸟”。自然界中低飞的鸟,诸如尖尾雨燕、军舰鸟之类,都很机敏,有着非常高超的空中技巧,飞行的耐力也比一般的鸟儿强。他的创作姿态就是这样:“我为什么在歌词创作这件事情上能够长久坚持,因为在攀爬这座‘词山’的途中,我至今还没有看到山顶,还没有看到最美的景色。我以为自己写得最好的作品是下一首,再下一首……”
传世的作品往往靠辛勤的坚守来完成,靠岁月的沉淀来升华。诗画江南,人杰地灵,隽永之至,可歌可泣,让我们一同期待施翔用接连不断的佳作让这里讲不完的故事,唱不完的歌,一如之江奔涌绵绵不息……
“百花迎春”中国文学艺术界大联欢上演唱施翔作品《以爱相拥》。Embracing in the Name of Love, a song by Shi Xiang, is performed at a gala event for China literary and art circles.
浙广直播《潮涌之江》交响声乐组曲之施翔作品《风云激荡》现场。Stormy Clouds, music written by Shi Xiang, is performed at a gala event in Zhejiang.
The Endless Poems and Paintings about Jiangnan
By Wang Yu
Shi Xiang, vice chairman and secretary general of Zhejiang Music Writing Society, and former art consultant of the Non-Major Art Education Center of Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, once again toured the West Lake before the summer heat of Jiangnan (south of the Yangtze River) came on.
He has been writing lyrics for more than 30 years since his debut workbrought him an award in a contest in 1988. He has composed more than 3,500 lyrics,500 of which have been set to music and sold in cassettes. They are popular all over China and on the internet. For example, hisas part of a square dance has occupied the streets and alleys, and set the Guinness World Record for “the largest line dance”. His songs have won him multiple awards including the Outstanding Song Composition Award of China Music Association, and the “Best Works Award” of Zhejiang Province.
The beauty of Hangzhou lies in the West Lake, with poems and songs and love myths circulating around it. As a native of Hangzhou, Shi is not too far from the West Lake, and many of his lyrics revolve around it, the most typical of which is his music album. In 2017, he wrote twelve stanzas based on the lake.
The most touching thing about theis that his lyrics describe the vivid world and the writer’s “straightforward expression of true temperament”. Shi completed the blending of his own life and the natural life of the West Lake. Beautiful portraiture, artistic reproductions that contain truth in beauty, and the “beauty of the West Lake” are integrated as a general style of his lyrics, conveying his unique poetic spirit and feeling. He is like a handsome herring gull on the West Lake, constantly singing the story of being in love with this green landscape.
Shi’s 150 songs about Zhejiang, such as,and, record thousand-year-old pictures of 100,000 kmlucid water and blue mountains, and a population of 60 million.The vigorous atmosphere in the songnot only reflects his romantic nature as an artist and the heroic pride of a gentleman, but also projects the spirit of Zhejiang people who are brave and pioneering. Perhaps it is because of this internal and external “winner” that the songs he wrote have excelled in various major competitions or selections.
施翔创作的《西湖烟雨歌》大碟。The Song of Misty Rain in the West Lake, song written by Shi Xiang.
In 2016, the call for songs for the 13th Hangzhou National Student Games ended without a proper theme song. So the organizing committee invited Shi. As a public art teacher, he wrote, where the ubiquitous “movement” of life and the “tide” of the city represented by the Qiantang tidal bore are perfectly integrated, and the sports spirit, the regional characteristics and the cultural connotation are vividly displayed.“Tide” in the lyrics expresses resonance with the young heart.Shi’s daughter Shi Yusheng is a critic of pop songs. She once bluntly criticized her father and the songwriting: “You stick to the rules, but young people don’t like it! Routines are dead ends.”Young people’s views represent a current trend and pursuit. So he consciously cooperated with outstanding young musicians and even newcomers to create a large number of songs with different styles, youthful and pop song elements. He also tries spreading his lyrics through new media. Since 2018, Shi Xiang has shared more than 300 original pieces through WeChat public accounts like“Silent Lakeside”. Regular updates have helped him better shape his music IP and commercial value.