Solution (Cui Jian album) explained
Jiejue (解决 Solution), also featuring the English name Solution on the album cover, is a 1991 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian. It was his second commercially available album after Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March (1989), and he was able to have it released in China after adapting some of the lyrics.[1] [2] [3]
It features "A Piece of Red Cloth", which Cui always blindfolded with a piece of red cloth when performing this song. The lyrics express Cui's dissatisfaction with being controlled by the country, but he will not leave or escape because he knows "how much pain the country has suffered".[4]
Track listing
- 解决 (Solve)
- 这儿的空间 (Space Here)
- 一块红布 (A Piece of Red Cloth)
- 寂寞就像一团烈火 (Loneliness Is Like Fire)
- 投机份子 (Speculators)
- 快让我在这雪地上撒点儿野 (Let Me Go Wild In The Snow)
- 像一把刀子 (Like A Knife)
- 南泥湾 (Nanniwan)
- 从头再来 (Start Over)
- 最后一枪 (Last Shot)
Notes and References
- SPIN -1 10 1992 "1991: Unable to find support at home, several rock bands (including and Black Panthers) Sign contracts with Taiwanese and Hong Kong re» companies. Cui Jian releases his second album, Solution, in China, under the provision that the words ..."
- Reebee Garofalo Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements 1992 p122 "Cui Jian's relationship with the government is an interesting example of the particular intersection of politics with ... a piece about the anxiety and alienation of contemporary Chinese youth, with the title suggesting a possible political solution."
- Popular Music and Human Rights: World Music Ian Peddie - 2013 "Cui Jian, Jiejue [Solution] (EMI Music Publishing, SE. Asia, 1990)."
- Web site: Zhaoxi Liu. Cui Jian: Extolling Idealism Yet Advocating for Freedom Through Rock Music in China. pdf. 2016. Trinity University.
