Singer: Xu Wei.
Works: "Time", "Gift", "Hometown", "Walk", "Travel", "Blue Lotus", "That Year", "Once Upon a Time", "Paradise", "Freedom Like the Wind".
Xu Wei, who debuted in the early days, sang mostly dark-hued youth confusion and self-whispering.
The song is a portrayal of the heart, at that time, Xu Wei, still a young man and an unknown junior in the North Drift, although his "Persistence" has been sung by Tian Zhen, but his name is rarely known.
In the later period, Xu Wei's songs with high singing degree were obviously much more.
"Nothing can stop you from yearning for freedom", "Blue Lotus", "Once dreamed of fighting the sword to go to the end of the world, to see the prosperity of the world" "Once Upon a Time You".
Xu Wei's songs at this time, the lyrics are warm, full of positive and universal meaning.
I want to talk to you about Xu Wei today.
In the hustle and bustle of the music scene, there are always some people who seem out of place - they are low-key, silent, far away from social networks, are the insulators of all lively occasions, but every mouth can always sing a deafening voice.
Xu Wei is one of them - since 2009, he has no longer accepted awards and no longer walked the red carpet; he only performed at the award ceremony and left after singing; the hottest music program asked him to be a mentor, and he refused without thinking...
I once dreamed of fighting swords to go to the end of the world Take a look at the prosperity of the world The young heart is always a little crazy Now he makes his home
Xu Wei's songs are always so simple but straight into people's hearts - that kind of voice full of vicissitudes, stepping on the drums, walking through the simple and plain texts, as if they have already traveled through thousands of rivers and mountains, and returned as a teenager.
At that time, Xu Wei was the same - at the age of 16, he began to practice rock and roll and touch the guitar. At that time, his dream was to form the most bullish rock band in the country, and it became popular all over the world.
At its worst, he was penniless, couldn't cook himself, held a guitar with only two strings left, and cried like a child.
But even so, he has never given up on music, even if he has been tempered by life countless times, in his singing, there is still no sense of frustration, only a warm and innocent smile and a sea-like bosom, accompanied by songs, brushing off the dust on his body and moving forward firmly.
It is also those gray "onces" that have made Xu Wei today.
Xu Wei was born on July 21, 1968 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
Xu Wei, who was 18 years old at the time, must not have imagined that he could stand on such a glorious stage later, carrying a guitar on his back, and singing one song after another.
The audience was a fan who shed tears for him, who was crazy for him, singing loudly, saying love loudly, saying never leave.
He was born into a Kochi family, and his parents had high expectations of him, doing academics and research. As a result, before the college entrance examination, Xu Wei gave up college and followed a performance team to the cave and ran all over the small half of China.
At the end of the drift, he went to the Shaanxi Military Region to work as a literary and artistic soldier, and after he was discharged from the army, he could have been given the opportunity to guarantee the university, but he ran to the leader and said: "I will not go to college, I want to be Cui Jian." ”
At that time, it was a precious thing to be able to go to college, Xu Wei said to give up, take a guitar, and wander alone.
He began to walk around, write songs, and compose hundreds of songs, day and night, tirelessly. Even Don't Cry Baby was created during this period.
Later, the song was renamed "Persistence" and was sung by Tian Zhen all over the streets.
Xu Wei experienced ups and downs in the road of music, and when he came to Beijing at the end of 1994 with his works to seek opportunities, his musical talent attracted the attention of insiders, and then he signed a contract, launched an album and won an award, and the lyrics of his work "Two Days" were also selected by literary experts into the "Selected Contemporary Chinese Poetry".
In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Wei has embarked on a road of success, but he does not know what kind of confusion, despair, poverty and hardship Xu Wei has experienced along the way, and once, he was overwhelmed by pressure and was deeply depressed. The contrast between his talent and the unfair fate of his fate has made many people who care about him feel overwhelmed, and it is precisely because of this that the care and encouragement of friends and relatives have finally helped Xu Wei successfully return to the music scene.
Xu Wei has too many classic songs, each capital is the story of walking, from the dream of fighting the sword to the end of the world to now discovering the road under his feet, he has been walking on the way, as free as the wind, as persistent as an eagle.
"Once Upon a Time" and "Blue Lotus" are the most widely circulated songs, and also represent the best Xu Wei.
The encyclopedia says: "The original intention of the creation of "Blue Lotus" was written by Xu Wei to the famous tang dynasty monk Master Xuanzang, expressing his respect for Master Xuanzang! The whole song has a strong Zen flavor. There is no exciting tune, but it has shaken the hearts of countless people and given people strength."
Legend has it that there is a blue lotus flower that never fades on Xiyun Mountain, and anyone who has seen a blue lotus flower will be happy. Monks at the Reclamation Temple also said that the monks who had seen the blue lotus flower had eventually become a generation of senior monks. Therefore, Master Wu and Wu decided to go to Xiyun Mountain to find the legendary blue lotus. The two rushed all the way to Xiyun Mountain. Along the way, when he saw that the suffering and suffering people would help, he did not think that the void would delay their journey. After much hard work, on a night as cool as water, they finally saw the legendary blue lotus. Blue lotus flowers grow in the center of the lake, and under the moonlight, they shine with a cool color. Standing in the night, empty and empty, admiring this magical flower for a long time. That night, Hekong saw the blue lotus in his sleep, but the flower was no longer in the center of the lake, but bloomed quietly in his heart. He went to the center of the lake, and the moment he reached out to pick the flowers and his fingertips just touched the petals, the blue lotus flower withered. At the end of the story, Qikong later became a generation of high monks, and although the blue lotus flower withered, a beautiful blue lotus flower always bloomed in his heart sea, and the blue lotus flower that bloomed in the heart sea would never wither. “
The reason why this song is widely sung, it is estimated that people who like this song understand that the theme of this song is the first two sentences "Nothing can stop you from yearning for freedom".
Yes, freedom is the real theme. The Tang monks who were homaged seemed to have nothing to do with freedom. The third version of the Blue Lotus Legend is even worse than 18,000 miles. Of course, you can interpret it as "the Tang monk's search for the true scriptures is like my desire for freedom" according to some interpretation, which is the most positive explanation. As for whether it feels far-fetched, it should be a wise man who sees wisdom.
In my personal experience, "Blue Lotus" is more of a symbol of a spiritual force: the yearning and attachment to freedom, finding hope and their own direction in the "shackles of everywhere" in times of distress and decadence, standing up, and moving forward.
Nothing can stop your yearning for freedom. Whenever such a song floats out naked without any prelude, it always feels with an incredible little magic, it looks so bland and unremarkable, so it does not make you particularly surprised and admired, but just makes you can't help but reminisce afterwards.
This is because of Xu Wei's voice, which is neither high-pitched nor low. A little thick, a little casual, yet warm. The humanistic atmosphere of a singer's voice is here.
Speaking of Xu Wei, there is almost a topic that cannot be separated from depression.
Xu Wei has an article "How I Got Out of Depression", you can check it out.
Before Xu Wei went to Beijing in 1994, he was a young man full of ambition, and he felt that he could write songs, and he wrote well, more powerful than Zheng Jun, who was popular at that time.
He went straight to the record company "Red Star Music Production Society" (this company also signed Tian Zhen), and took out his masterpieces of the time (which were also highly respected by future fans) - "Two Days" and "Blue Bird". However, after the boss listened, the hood poured a scoop of cold water on him:
"First of all, your image is average, you are not as idolous as Zheng Jun. I'm the boss, I've been making records for so many years, it's too hard to make you popular. Plus, your music is too offbeat. ”
The boss asked him to go back to Xi'an to wait for the news. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Xu Wei, who is full of hope.
In fact, before he went to Beijing, the blow had come unexpectedly. At that time, Xu Wei formed a band called "Fly", which can be described as a grand ambition. However, in second- and third-tier cities, such bands are difficult to survive - they still have to insist on rehearsals a few degrees below zero, and after practicing, they can only go to the street to eat bowls of soup noodles. In contrast, the temptation from the outside world is too great. One day Xu Wei came to the rehearsal place, and his teammates had already gone to the empty building and went to the coastal song hall to work and earn a high salary.
This unforgettable experience led him to write the gray and torn "Two Days" and "Blue Bird".
Later, Xu Wei said: "All people who suffer from depression have one thing in common, that is, you had too high expectations of yourself before. ”
It is conceivable that the type of music that is bent on kurt Cobain (the lead singer of nirvana band, after suicide), to the earth-shattering Xu Wei, under a series of blows, the psychological endurance has reached a critical point, he has lost confidence in his music and the way of life before.
Back in his familiar hometown, his mood calmed down a little.
Through his own thinking and understanding, coupled with the comfort of friends and relatives, Xu Wei finally slowly walked out of the predicament of his soul.
In 2001, he accepted the invitation of the Beijing Record Company again to continue the music business he loved, but this time, he had adjusted his mentality and learned to use an ordinary mentality to engage in creation.
But his heart was no longer what it had been before. What he wants now is nothing more than —
"I want to go back to life as an ordinary person and live a normal life."
In the autumn of 2016, Xu Wei made a guest interview on the reality TV show "Lu Yu Has a Day Trip with Big Coffee".
In 1998, 30-year-old Xu Wei married, and his wife's name was Yuan Feng.
Yuan Feng was his comrade-in-arms when he joined the army, and the two were married for many years and never had children.
Someone offered to send Xu Wei to a mental hospital, but his wife firmly disagreed.
Xu Wei suffered from depression and is said to have thought of suicide when he was serious, and during his illness he was separated from his wife for 8 years, but the 8 years of separation did not weaken their feelings.
The two songs "Hometown" and "Warmth" were written by him to his wife.
Xu Wei's "Love" is 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
I sing for you, thank you for your grace, you are in the depths of my life in the depths of the years, you are the beautiful sky, in the cold winter of life, you hug me so tenderly (love lyrics)
The first sentence in the lyrics is a sentence that Xu Wei once said in "Lu Yu Has a Covenant". He said, "Love is a grace of heaven, not seven passions and six desires." I believe that only a man who truly loves his lover would say such a golden sentence. People familiar with Xu Wei know that he is not usually a person who loves to talk, but it is such a person who does not speak harshly, but he uses his music to write two romantic "love letters" for his lover. If you are a couple in love, you can really listen to these two songs, the lyrics do not have flowery rhetoric, but they are full of love. If you were a girl, would you marry a man like Xu Wei?
In this way, after eight years of separation, the two were finally reunited in Xi'an.
It's just that the once-spirited rock and roll youth is now like a mess of grass, and the hands that once deftly played the guitar are twitching and trembling, and they don't even know that they are hungry and thirsty, and if they don't help him get up, he will lie quietly on the bed for a few days.
Yuan Feng's unit was given to her a 5th-floor house, Xu Wei likes to bask in the sun, as long as she sees the sun, quietly move a chair to the balcony and sit. Xu Wei kept moving the chair with the change of the angle of the sun, and when the whole balcony was out of sunlight, he stood next to the railing, stretched out his hand to reach the sunlight outside the balcony, and tried to probe outside, not caring that he was on the fifth floor. Yuan Feng broke out in a cold sweat, didn't say a word, and immediately changed rooms. A week later, she took Xu Wei to a compound in the western suburbs.
Doctors have repeatedly advised that people with depression need to communicate with people frequently. Therefore, Yuan Feng tried his best to pestering Xu Wei, sometimes singing Xu Wei's songs, sometimes asking him if he remembered what happened in the army...
It is not difficult to see from the above photos that Xu Wei's wife is definitely a big beauty, and she is also a raw big beauty without any embellishment. Such a beautiful woman with Xu Wei's appearance is definitely more than enough, but she is not looking at Xu Wei's appearance, but his superb talent. From the moment she decided to hold hands with Xu Wei, the woman's natural sixth sense had already told herself that the man next to her was definitely a piece of gold and would shine one day.
Xu Wei's wife is a very low-key person, never appearing in front of the media, and will not use her husband's star aura to seek any benefits, but living in obscurity in the crowd of the city and living a quiet life of ordinary people.
Xu Wei and his wife have been inseparable from each other for 22 years, but unfortunately, the two people who are more than half a hundred years old have not yet had children and have become a veritable Dink family.
From the above photo with Dou Jingtong, the daughter of dou wei, it is not difficult to see that Xu Wei's eyes are still full of infinite desire for children, but it is not known why the specific couple has no children so far.
There is an old saying that goes well: "Men are afraid of choosing the wrong line, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man!" "So marriage is very important for women. Xu Wei's wife is definitely extremely discerning, and she has long seen that her husband is a potential stock that will shine one day. She witnessed everything with 22 years of silent waiting, proving to the world that she had made the right choice.
After experiencing many waves of torture and hardship, Xu Wei and his wife, who have finally achieved positive results, are now living a low-key and sweet life.
What is love?
True love is not to leave and not to abandon, is to rely on each other in the days of suffering.