BONEYM may be unfamiliar to you, but when it comes to "Babylon River," you're sure to be able to hum a line or two of its melody. The song led the "fashion whirlwind" of China's young generation in the late 1970s, and enlightened the "bell-bottomed pants prom culture" of that era.
On Oct. 3, BONEYM, the original singer of "Babylon River," will hold a concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre to kick off the 20-year period of China's music industry. On October 3, BONEYM will hold a concert at the Shanghai Grand Theater to unlock Chinese fans' memories of dance music that have been sealed for 20 years.
For young Chinese people more than 20 years ago, BONEYM's songs were all too familiar. There were no discos back then, so young people who couldn't hold back their desire to be happy would quietly dance to the melodies of "Babylon River" and "Daddy's Cool" played on their own homes on their "brick" tape recorders or double-speaker recorders, which even led to the term "Black Light Ball". This even led to the term "Black Light Ball". Subsequently, the disco winds blowing more and more vigorously, but also led to a fashion trend, "disco ball" gradually publicized, disco from that time the term continues to this day.
After six years of negotiations, the veteran German singing group finally came to China, and for the first time, the original group will perform "Babylon River" on the banks of the Huangpu River. Now in their middle age, the fans and dancers of that year wonder if they can be brought back to the "ancient" era of Babylon River by BONEYM.