Moreover, says Jin Zhaojun, "Campus music was a return to a natural, stripped-down style, and it helped those who passed through the Cultural Revolution to find themselves and the simple natural feelings they had lost." Songs like "The Olive Tree", "Grandma's Penghu Bay," and "Small Town Roads" inspired people to dream of a new Shangri-La.
另一方面，「校園歌曲回歸自然的清新風格、純粹的音樂，讓文革中成長的一代重拾失去的自我、失去的自然」，金兆鈞說，「橄欖樹」、「外婆的澎湖灣」、「鄉間小路」勾勒出令人心神嚮往的新香格里拉，風靡那代青年學生。