On January 10th, the editorial department of Pop Song Rock magazine issued an announcement announcing the temporary suspension of publication, and all the editorial staff terminated their labor contracts. The completed October 2017 issue and the ongoing November issue will not be released.
Subsequently, in the Weibo, Pop Songs Rock hoped that everyone "need not interpret the magazine’s closure excessively, and this clean-up work is about the rule that a public institution is not allowed to run its own business.
Popular Songs is a monthly magazine founded by Hebei Art Research Institute at the end of 1986, which was closed at the age of 31.
Other music magazines that disappeared before it were I Love Rock Music, Audio-Visual World, music heaven, Pocket Music, ROLLING STONE Audio-Visual World and Non-Music …
A flash in the pan, coming back from the dead, sticking to the last moment, this short list includes a fancy death method of a music magazine.
The death of "Popular Songs" is more aggrieved. The statement reads: "In these years, the magazine has not lost money, but it still has to disappear quietly at the end of 2017 without even a formal and good farewell."
At that time, everyone in the circle of friends had a lot to say. There are people who miss singing naysayers, but only one person must buy every issue until the last issue.
-"The magazine is still in Beijing and my hometown, and there are many CDs that I have listened to with the magazine for many years."
-"High school and college are spent by popular songs. One by one, the paper media fell, and youth really ended. "
-"Knowing Popular Songs Since I was a child, one popular song was in my father’s drawer. At that time, popular songs had a lot of music scores. Later, I subscribed to pop songs by myself, when pop songs were already rock magazines. I didn’t expect pop songs to say goodbye in this way … take care! "
For most people, "Popular Songs" died twice. One is the end of youth, no longer looking forward to, reading and relying on it to complete music enlightenment and self-identity; Once, I was shocked to hear that the magazine was closed. In fact, the magazine that had already died was mentally dead again.
When the music industry rolled all the way to performances, figures and platforms …, some magazines kept pace with the times, so there were survivors such as Heavy Music and the resurrected Modern Sky magazine.
"Popular Songs" failed to transform successfully, maybe it was time for me to disagree? The decline of paper media is like that of river of no return, and it is a miracle to survive.
But spiritual things are not easy to die. Many people who have come out of "Popular Songs" continue to add firewood to the music industry.
A friend’s first job and first unit were in Popular Songs, and later he became the founder of the music festival. He thanked the musicians and mentors he had known during the turbulent years, and was very grateful when he suddenly found that "the logo created by our young team at that time has not changed until now". It’s just that his testimony that "we will meet again in the future, rock music is still there, always there, always there" is as romantic as fireworks.
Another friend bought a magazine on the street at the beginning of the century, called according to the copyright page and went directly to the office for an internship. This internship became her first job for independent rock music, which read, "Music reviews and live reports with 60 words began her own writing outside her homework". Later, she became the VP of a well-known music company. She said, "I miss the time when I could give people growth and nutrition."
The old driver, a music critic who wrote a column for two or three years around 2000, said, "Turn over the page, it’s not cruel at all. An era has long since ended and there is no regret. "
A friend who used to be an editor of a music magazine reporter and later spent half his life in the industry also meant this: "There is no such thing as a banquet that must come to an end, so we should not recall the past."
The middle-aged musician who was accompanied by "Popular Songs" said: "Go well and don’t send, see you in the afterlife."
These people are all (once) media people. Media people are more pragmatic, and the lamentation of rabbit’s death and fox’s sorrow has been exhausted a few years ago. Those who are still working hard in the circle know that sighing is the most useless, and only by looking forward can there be a way to go.
The saddest thing is the youth. May the rock spirit be with you.
Like every generation of young people, they took this opportunity to express their feelings about the "times" at the space funeral of Popular Songs. Good, bad, bad, desperate. The eternal theme of youth has been stirred up again because of the closure of a rock magazine.
Youth and nothingness are only separated by a window paper. Decadent young people lamented the useless efforts of the editorial department for 31 years: "The media that have written countless music and bands will become some people who can’t name them, and they will have memories in their hearts. These invisible behind-the-scenes workers have paid so much enthusiasm."
Younger young people look at the "good times" that they have hardly had time to experience: "Music magazines and music critics once enlightened and influenced a whole generation of teenagers, but today’s children only have entertainment gossip to see."
What will happen in the future? Another pessimistic youth jumped out: "There is no need for the future, and no one listens to songs now."
At this time, positive young people appeared: "Now domestic independent musicians at least have more convenient channels for you to publish their works and get attention, right?" The era of superstars has passed, and focus and payment will give diversification more space to try. Will it be more comfortable to think about it? "
More philosophical young people voiced their efforts: "Just because there are no music magazines in this country doesn’t mean there are no music reports in this country. The key is that you don’t look at it very much … The times change, do you want to see ours?"
So many voices, back to the core of the old problem. I miss a music magazine gathering a large group of people. After 30 years, if everyone has a sense of ritual to piece together the past, it is actually missing "the self who scoured around to collect music magazines and watch performance information and music reviews", and always focused at that time.
A friend of mine has a friend named Dabao who hit the nail on the head: "After thinking about it, our generation is happy to float around, and no one wants to be popular." Shouting Buddhism in your mouth actually wants a lot. " Is this the truth?
