Flashback 追忆 | Music Festivals of Yesteryear 还记得那些真实“过载”的音乐节吗?

Flashback 追忆

Black Rabbit Music Festival 黑兔音乐节 (2011) 

Modern Sky Music Festival 摩登天空音乐节 (2010)

It’s crazy to think of how much festivals have changed over the past decade in China, particularly in Beijing, where they have gradually disappeared. There was once a time where you could pop over to Haidian or Chaoyang Park and be in a mosh-pit without moments of making your way through the entrance. There was an intimacy; an appreciation for adventure; and a serendipitous sense of chaos that led to some wonderful and memorable situations. And it’s where, for a time, bands reigned supreme.

难以想象过去十年间，多少国内的音乐节都发生了变故，尤其在北京，期间无数音乐节甚至已经逐渐消失。曾几何时，你可以直接跑到海淀或朝阳公园，无需等待入场即可扎进舞池里冲撞出激情。一种久违的亲密感，一种冒险的欣喜感，一种偶然的混乱感，交织出美妙而难忘的独特体验，此时此刻，乐队至上。

For instance take Black Rabbit Festival, the Chaoyang Sports Complex and its ‘too good to be true’ lineup - featuring the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Ludicrous and Jared Leto (before he became a cult leader). Yet it was always the local bands that drew my attention. Watching a band like Carsick Cars rip into their closer was simply to good to pass up. Even better, kidnapping or caretaking (as was my wife’s detail for the evening) Gold Panda afterward to Salud on Nanluoguxiang.

值得一提的是黑兔音乐节，朝阳体育中心及其令人难以置信的乐队阵容——包括Grandmaster Flash（闪耀大师）、Ludicrous和Jared Leto（在他成为邪魅神人之前）。然而真正能吸引我注意的一直都是本土乐队。欣赏一个乐队像Carsick Cars如此近的距离就是单纯而美好的过往。更妙的是，演出结束掳走（或者说安顿-我妻子那晚的分工任务）Gold Panda 去了南锣鼓巷的老伍酒馆。

Carsick Cars @ Black Rabbit

Gold Panda

Or take Modern Sky Festival in Haidian Park (before Strawberry Festival got too comfortable at Tongzhou Park) where Hedgehog blew my mind for the first time, charging through a set that ended with a smashed guitar being flung into the audience recklessly. Even better, turning a deflated Jagermeister beach ball into a cape and stalking the bassist from Mr. Turtle.

再来回忆一下海淀公园举办的摩登天空音乐节（悠然自得的通州公园草莓音乐的前身），正是在这里刺猬乐队第一次碰撞了我的听觉，让我心花怒放，也震撼了我的视觉，吉他手突如其来地砸碎了他的琴并且肆无忌惮地抛向观众，以此结束了当晚的演出。更神的是，找到一个瘪了气的野格沙滩球当作斗篷，悄悄跟踪海龟先生的主唱。

Mr. Sea Turtle 海龟先生

Guitar Damage @ Modern Sky Festival

For a few years after I went to music festivals in Beijing religiously, relishing every act, detailing every band I wanted to check out, and getting a bit looser than usual. But nothing will beat those virgin festival experiences in the end. Age and fatigue will do that to you. So will over-commercialization and the industry not taking as many risks. As the saying goes - they don’t make them like they used to.  

自我虔诚地去参加北京各式音乐节开始，这几年之中，我享受每一个场感染我的演出，挖掘每一支感兴趣的乐队，前所未有的放松着。我相信这些最初的音乐节经历是无与伦比的，最终无出其右者。但时间和疲惫或将不可避免地影响着这个行业，最终可能会被过度商业化或者大家不愿再承担过多的风险去守望它。正如他们自己感叹的，物是，人非。

Hedgehog @ Strawberry Festival 2011

Translated by: JOY